Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Video wide distro

Video wide distro
It's a single-page guide on how to get your video distributed throughout the internet. This material is hardly textbook-worthy. – Mike.lifeguard  &#124; talk 22:46, 3 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It really does strike me as being an advertisement for a few particular file-sharing programs, and an advertisment for file-sharing. Sites like piratebay may be popular file-sharing sites, but they exist solely for illegal file sharing, and not legitimate file sharing. I have nothing against teaching people how to distribute materials through the internet, but I don't think we want a step-by-step guide on how to pirate media files. It's hardly academic. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 15:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * --Panic 06:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I would be inclined to disagree with both of the above votes but as the 'page' is about a year old and nothing more than a page I have to also vote for its deletion but not on grounds of it being about file-sharing, etc.. File-sharing consists of more than just "illegal" sharing of files and the legalities vary across the world. US rules on copyright are far stricter than in most countries - for example in the UK there are many file sharing organizations which share TV programmes and can legally do so until the programmes have been distributed by means other than broadcast (i.e. DVD, etc.).  Wikibooks is not Wikipolice and we have to accept differing laws around the world but that's not the issue here.  The issue is that this is a crap book and on that issue I agree. Delete. Xania [[Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg|15px]]talk 00:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * My point about it wasnt that the file sharing itself is illegal and we shouldnt host illegal materials. My point was that this specific case is not academic in any way. There are plenty of legitimate ways to share and distribute files, and such a subject would certainly be a potential topic of study for people in mass communications, media arts, etc. Sites like thepiratebay.com exist solely for the circumvention of copyrights in any country, not just the US. If the files were legitimate, they wouldnt be on that site in the first place, they would be on some legitimate file host. --Whiteknight (Page) (Talk) 15:01, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I agree here with Xania that this is something that should have been more completely developed than its current state, if it were to be a textbook. I like to give some substantial lattitude to new authors, but I do not see this page ever becoming anything more than it currently is.  In addition, the note about using Pirate Bay as a distribution location, together with other dubious location for distros, is enough for me to push this over the edge and is more of a primer about how to distribute content if you want to intentionally violate copyright.  This page does not add value to Wikibooks.  --Rob Horning 03:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)