Board Thread:Consensus track/@comment-4814368-20130620230020/@comment-3523404-20130728090521

There are other aesthetic reasons, I'll admit, that also influence my position on the matter. The very nature of an encyclopedia is to offer detailed information on a topic in a non-biased informative manner. The very nature of an encyclopedia is text and images. While video media is becoming more ubiquitous due to technological advancements, what's the stop us from replacing entire articles of text with a video that details the characters life, over top slideshow screenshots of the character, and brief videos on where to find the character or location etc. I feel that it is counter-intuitive to the encyclopedia process. If someone is seeking visual aid for locating an item or character or locations, why are they READING a wiki? Shouldn't they be looking for a video on a video-media platform? And I completely disagree that video material is necessary. Anything can be explained with text, so long as the writer is thorough and efficient with their command of language. After all, that's what writing is FOR. To illustrate a mental image of something so another can understand it without necessarily seeing it.