Wikipedia takes a page from Khan Academy and now allows video.

Originally published on Kapuno in the Technology community

🔗 How to Post a Video on Wikipedia | Let’s Get Video on Wikipedia (Article)

I think this is a massive disruption. The Wikipedia community is the most vibrant, productive community online today. That said, video is a very hard egg to crack so it will be interesting to see how they take the quiet editors and turn them into video personalities.

It’s likely they will be very different cohorts of contributors. This is an opportunity for anyone who’s considering to start video blogging.

From http://videoonwikipedia.com

Unlike other sites that support video uploading, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. That means your contributions will become part of a huge, free educational resource. No dancing cat or skateboarding dog videos here—Wikipedia needs your help building a high-quality archive of encyclopedic content.

What’s the impact? Has Wikipedia realized that it has an opportunity to help create a more educational media?