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[edit] Requested move
Vodcast → Video podcast – {Agreed upon in talk page. New name is more commonly used and *much* more popular on google.Pdelongchamp 23:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)} copied from the entry on the WP:RM page
[edit] Survey
- Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~
Support Currently, "video podcast" redirects to this main article named "vodcast". From the table above, I gather that "Video podcast" is the most popular term (and nobody objects that those two refer to the same thing). I think it would make very much sense to move the the article to "Video podcast" and redirect "vodcast" there.
- Easier to understand when using the more popular term
- We regularly use the most easy to understand and popular term in the wikipedia to refer to things, not the shortest one
- Wouldn't change any way people interact with the article when using redirects
What does everybody think? Peter S. 11:34, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- Support I'd prefer that. Video podcast is the more usual term, even if the meanings are distinct. Stephen B Streater 17:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- Support. I think I just vodcast in my mouth a little. (Um, why are there votes before the RM was posted?) --Dhartung | Talk 11:47, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
- Someone had started the survey without using offical tags etc so I added the tags.70.29.156.229 16:40, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
- Support, seems to be the more common term. Recury 16:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- Support, strongly. --Haakon 17:03, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
- Add any additional comments
There is a theory that video podcast and vodcast are not the same. [1] I don't have a reliable source for this either way. Stephen B Streater 14:42, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
- This is not about that discussion. Currently, both terms link to the same article, one of the terms is also the main article title. My proposal is to just take the other term for the main article title. No big deal. Peter S. 09:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Misc
Some of this article seems blatant advertising (WHICH baptist church?). 213.84.239.37 19:47, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Shouldn't this article be folded in with the vlog article? Aren't video blogging, vodcasting, and video podcasting just subcategories of RSS video delivery?
Changed line about Tiki Bar tv being released in March 2005 on iTunes. iTunes didn't support podcasts or video until June of 2005. Tiki Bar TV was started in March but only existed as a Video Blog and was not available on iTunes until June.
What about the popular term Steve Jobs refers to... Vidcasting!!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.48.148.252 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Merge requested
The following terms should point to the same article: video podcast, videopodcast, vidcast, vodcast, vcast, video blog, videoblog, vlog, video podcasting, videopodcasting, vidcasting, vodcasting, vcasting, video blogging, videoblogging, vlogging (Update: boldified direct links to non-redirect articles. --Tokek 07:56, 12 January 2006 (UTC)) --Tokek 06:09, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
- Agree heartily (except you don't need to create new articles to redirect to the proper one if they don't exist already). The problem seems to be that "vlog" and "vodcast" were "invented" in two different camps, and although they denote the same thing (if you think they don't, come on), the type of people who come up with these horrible contorted terms do not let go of them easily and think they are some kind of neat inventions (see: the histories of the "History" sections). That's why "video podcast", "vlog" and "vodcast" are all common terms for the same concept. I hope we can merge them though, it's the only thing that makes sense. Haakon 09:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
- Merging would be fine... except their should still be a comment about the distinction. I dont buy the "horrible contorted terms are thought to be neat inventions" argument because it comes down to language and loosely defined terms that can be used to help explain specific aspects of the online DV distribution processes. The reason why a vodcast is deemed a seperate component of such a process is because a blog does not require RSS syndication to be a blog.... a videoblog is a blog with links to and embedded videos as the primary content of each post. A vodcast is the term used for those that want to syndicate their video outward onto aggregator sites and for synching onto client-side applications like fireant and itunes and optionally onto mobile devices like video iPods and other portable media players. A videoblog can include a vodcast channel. If it doesnt, it still is a videoblog. likewise, a vodcast does not require a blog to even exist, though it is recommended. "VODCASTS are Internet Video On Demand Channels." vlogs are video blogs.
- I happen to be someone who is from the videoblogging so-called 'camp' but have been promoting the use of the term 'vodcast' since March 05 with similar explanation to what i have added here. I maintain a videoblog directory -vlogdir.com so you can see how the distinction plays out in such an environment. If that last comment is deemed self-promotion or whatever, be my guest and yank it. sull
- Video podcast now points to vodcast instead of vlog. I've added video podcasting to the list of articles that might need to be merged. I see now the difference between vidcast and videoblog - it sounds just like the difference between mp3 blog and podcast. I agree that a clear distinction should be made, whether the two articles remain split or merged. I've found pretty high Google counts for each of the terms I listed above. I think one of the benefits of redirects is that it can prevent a user from creating yet another article on the same topic.--Tokek 09:38, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Content moved from Talk:Vlog
Don't merge. Steve Garfield
I agree, don't merge. "Vodcast" is a term used only by 1 company, as far as I know, not by any community of people. PeterVanDijck
- I've been vlogging since last year and I've often used the term vodcast. I know it's not popular. I've never really been comfortable with the term vlog. Frankly, I think the sheer descriptive force of the term video podcast is going to win out ultimately. Anyway, I think vodcast should be merged with vlog/videoblog. Oed 14:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
No merge. I've rarely heard the term vodcast and I produce and consume a lot of vlogs. Ekai 04:00, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
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My original merge request did not specify what the title of the new merged article should be. Hence if "vodcast" is an unfavorable title, then don't choose that, I wasn't recommending a specific title to begin with. I've created a separate article called VODcast (SeaChange) to deal with the above mentioned trademarked term. Different people have been referring to more or less the same thing as vlog, video blog, videocast, etc. etc. Perhaps here hasn't been as much consensus on the Internet as some believe. —Tokek 05:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
Looking at the article histories, it appears that the two articles were merged into Vlog on March 2006 by Ashibaka, but Vodcast was subsequently resurrected by an anonymous IP's revert. —Tokek 05:23, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] don't merge
There is a big difference between a vodcast and a vlog. Therefore both Wikipedia entries should not be merged. A Vlog is a personal bulleting like a blog, but then with video. Mostly a html site, sometimes with rss. A vodcast is a TV-channel with on-demand video titles, built by pro-users or broadcasters, mostly an rss but not a website. To keep the distinction, vlog and vodcast should keep their own pages. (cross posted this to vlog talk) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.73.22.113 (talk • contribs).
- Thanks for pointing that out. I have written an article for SeaChange's VODcast technology and Vodcast (disambiguation). I find use of the term vodcast to be problematic because it is ambiguous. I'm still undecided/neutral on whether or not video blog and video podcast should be separate articles. Web feeds are usually a feasible and convenient feature to add to video blogs anyway, from what I understand. Four terms are used: video podcast, video blog, video on demand -cast (internet), and video on demand -cast (VODcast, a trademarked multicasting technology). The first three terms can exist in one, two, or three separate articles, but the fourth term (VODcast) is definitely unrelated. --Tokek 13:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
- SeaChange's trademark is USA only, not international. In the Netherlands, VODcast is trademarked too, by vodcast.nl, referring to ondemand TV channels. If you search Google for 'vodcast', there is second to none article on Seachange's vodcast, but almost all articles are related to video blogging, video podcasts or (as I think it covers best) on-demand rss TV channels. IMHO we can have separate articles on all four subjects, and clear out the differences and correct terms. Even Apple uses incorrect terms. I can understand that iTunes and iPod use Video Podcasts, but in Front Row Vodcast makes more sense...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.41.188.213 (talk • contribs).
- Thanks, I will try to make changes to reflect that fact at Vodcast (disambiguation). By the way, could you please add a signature after your edits in the future? Sometimes I get a feeling that vodcast.nl is using Wikipedia to promote their website and their term VODcast. What they describe as a VODcast sounds like what Apple calls a video podcast. If that's the case, and there's no difference in what the two terms are describing, then I don't see why they should have separate articles. vodcast.nl's description uses "TV channels" as an analogy but I don't think it's likely that VODcasts are technically classified as TV channels.--Tokek 07:32, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- IMHO, there is a difference where video podcasting is aimed at the iPod (hence video "POD"casting), where VODcasting is aimed at any media device (portables, desktops, TV's) that is able to subscribe to RSS feeds (the reference to TV channels = casts) and see Video On Demand ( = VOD) titles. Two different applications who share some technology (RSS) but not all (streaming is promoted as well instead of downloads, and one can imagine that a Windows Media Video decoding settopbox can be fed with WMV encoded content instead of MPEG-4). Perhaps vodcast.nl is using the page, consider that they introduced and promoted vodcasting (or video podcasting as Apple named it) prior to Apple, and have had good influence on other people starting to use and and improving the concept. If one has unique expertise on a subject he/she can (should! ;) post it on Wikipedia, unless he deletes others or makes his role bigger than it actually is of course. Which IMHO is not the case. Credits to who deserve them. No less no more. (The name is Martijn.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.41.188.213 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Don't merge. Delete!
Check out the War on blogs we could use your votes. -- Femmina 20:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
You can't be serious right? What's got this to do with blogs? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.41.188.213 (talk • contribs).
- Don't merge, vodcasting is a technology, a vlog is a website that may use vodcasting. This is like arguing podcasting and blogs should be merged.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.207.218.34 (talk • contribs).
Do not merge. These mean different things but are very closely related. Why don't you guys do ..what you do? Have the distinct entities keep different definitions, have them "see also" each other, whilst in each definition emphasize the differentiating factor between them all (ie: "not to be confused with" "similar to ___but" "also called" "also known as" "also called __by such-n-such company" etc.----Kim-design student —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.68.71.189 (talk • contribs).
Merge request removed, it's obvious that VLOG and VODcast are totally different applications and different technology as well —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.138.250.42 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Vcast
Vcast also refers to a technology for streaming data to mobile phones that may have nothing to do with video (some games use it for instance): http://getitnow.vzwshop.com/index.aspx?id=vcast_technology —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.143.18.224 (talk • contribs).
- Verizon's technology has now been mentioned at Vcast, which is now a disambig page.—Tokek 06:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Google count
My original request was that articles referring to the same topic be merged. I wasn't advocating any title if there was a merge to take place. However, if it turns out that these terms are indeed referring to the same thing, and trivial cases such as minor trademark issues can be resolved with disambiguation pages, then some people may be interested in Google counts. So here they are, from highest to lowest:
| Google search term | search count | English results only |
|---|---|---|
| "video podcast"|"video podcasting" | 6,090,000 [2] | 5,210,000 [3] |
| vlog|vlogging | 5,420,000 | 4,380,000 |
| "video blog"|"video blogging" | 4,280,000 | 3,610,000 |
| "videoblog"|"videoblogging" | 3,910,000 | 2,490,000 |
| vodcast|vodcasting | 2,720,000 | 864,000 |
| videocast|videocasting | 2,000,000 | 2,110,000 |
| vidcast|vidcasting | 613,000 | 511,000 |
| "video cast"|"video casting" | 463,000 | 378,000 |
| vcast|vcasting | 287,000 | 235,000 |
| videopodcast|videopodcasting | 204,000 | 49,300 |
Above: note the lack of vodcast hits for the English only search in the third column.
Dutch count
Since I am not familiar with the Dutch language, I avoided counting the "-ing" variations, which weren't affecting counts by a great deal anyway.
| vodcast[4] | 324,000 |
| "video podcast" | 71,200 |
| videoblog | 51,100 |
| vlog | 38,600 |
| vidcast | 35,700 |
| videocast | 11,200 |
| "video blog" | 895 |
| vcast | 360 |
| videopodcast | 331 |
| "video cast" | 323 |
—Tokek 07:38, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vodcast(Video Podcast) and Vlog(Video Blog)
Tokek, it seems that you are not familiar with how democratic decision making works, the majority already concluded that vodcast (a video podcast) and vlog (a video blog) are different applications and different technology as well. That is why your merge request is removed, so stop vandalism the articles with your own ideas which apparently don't stroke with the consensus.
There is a big difference between a vodcast and a vlog. Therefore both Wikipedia entries should not be merged. A Vlog is a personal bulleting like a blog, but then with video. Mostly a html site, sometimes with rss. A vodcast is a TV-channel with on-demand video titles, built by pro-users or broadcasters, mostly an rss but not a website. To keep the distinction, vlog and vodcast should keep their own pages. --213.84.246.198 11:42, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
You can read up on policy pages to find out how decisions are made by votes on Wikipedia. There are rules against sockpuppeting on deletion requests, for example.
The "TV channel" explanation was given to me by an anonymous with Dutch IP address a while back, as you can see on this page, and it is the description given at vodcast.nl. However, vodcasts don't work on TV, but they're for computers, and the video is retrieved via the Internet. So it seems like the "TV channel" explanation is an analogy and vodcasts don't actually work with TVs. "TV channels" can also be used as an analogy for explaining vlog, by the way. Most entries, if not all, that are listed in the Vodcast#History section are what can also be called "vlogs." Here is the explanation that I've previously given at Talk:Vlog on the similarities:
- However, upon inspecting the definitions offered at the Vlog and Vodcast articles before they were merged, they had the same essential definitions:
- Is video the primary content? Yes.
- Do they have a webfeed (RSS or Atom), and are they served over the internet? Yes.
- Are video podcasts (that work with iTunes, for example) considered a vlog/vodcast? Yes.
And for the last time, I'm not here to advocate the term "vlog." I just want to determine whether the two articles should be merged or not. And I would appreciate it if you'd tone down with the name callings (e.g. "vandal", "vlog fan", "child") as it doesn't add value to the discussion. All I am asking for is that since you disagree with me, I just want a better explanation, in your words, how vodcasts are different from vlogs. Instead of continuing to focus on what you think of me, I would appreciate it if you'd change your focus to providing this explanation. Also, would you agree with "vodcast == video podcast" or are these different in your opinion as well? —Tokek 17:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Learn to read Tokek, I'am not going into a discussion with someone who asks questions which already have been answered. And again, wikipedia is not on the internet just for Tokek. --213.84.246.198 20:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
That is a rather unfortunate response. Thinking that at least you want to back up your claims, I come here wishing to be informed on what you think is the significant difference between the two terms, and all I get is hot air. —Tokek 04:53, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] A Video Podcast can't be a Video Blog
Because if a video podcast is a video blog, a podcast should be a blog. --213.84.246.198 08:31, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Video podcast
I would like to take a survey from the anonymous user(s) logging in from Dutch IP addresses if it's OK to say in the main article that the term video podcast is a synonym of vodcast? (Obviously, "vlog" is not liked by some person(s)). —Tokek 12:08, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] VODcast is not video blog is not video podcast
Tokek, this discussion has been closed before and the conclusion was that a merge is not ok.
- A video blog is a personal website with videos - A video podcast is an rss feed aimed at the iPod (hence the name) - A vodcast is a tv channel, with VOD titles, fed through RSS, for any device
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.41.188.213 (talk • contribs).
- Podcasts have NOTHING to do with the iPod-- they are just an RSS Feed that carry links to audio. The name is misleading, but that's it. Vodcasts are essentially another name for a video podcast. A video blog most likely carries an RSS feed, a.k.a. a video podcast. Thank you. (And quite frankly, I think the name "vodcast" is awkward). bCube(talk,contribs); 01:54, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Publishing vodcasts
I see there is no "See also" section to articles about tools which allow editing, publishing and hosting of video podcasts. Are there many of these?
My own company, Forbidden Technologies, makes FORscene, which includes upload from DV or mobile phones, editing, publishing for iPod and also hosting thrown in - a one-stop shop for video podcasting in fact. Stephen B Streater 16:50, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
