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Approving Videos

Some notes from Eric with his advice and procedure for approving videos.

Checking and Approving

  1. Start in Admin/Video Queue to

  2. Click R on the dance name to open the dance page, preferably in a new tab, and go to the tab videos.

  3. Check on the thumbnails that that video has not been entered in duplicate. If you find a duplicate, see below.

  4. Click on the video Combined view button to play the video while showing both crib and diagram

  5. Watch the whole video, and

  • see if you agree with the quality level. If not: set it correctly.

  • Note any non-trivial errors (compare with crib and diagram, and signal all discrepancies).

  • In a hall view perhaps point out which set to watch. Note how many times through are shown.

  • Check if starting and finishing times are set correctly. Correct if needed.

  • Add any necessary comments in Extra Info (for this you need to open the video editing page)

  1. Click on Approve video.

Opening the editing page. I find the quickest way is to

  • Play the video from the Combined view button. Stop it.

  • Insert the text admin/acedd/ just after the letters /dd/ in the URL, and open the page.

Edit. Save as usual.

Deleting a video

Adding a video is one-click, but deleting is more work. Open the video editing page as described above, and select Delete. Be very careful not to delete the wrong video. There is no recovery. Adjust the video number if needed.

Bad videos

Some videos are so poor we do not want them on SCDDB at all. Deleting them does not help; someone may add them again. So set the quality to Blocked: do not display; do not re-add which blocks it permanently.

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