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Wiki Loves Explainer Videos is a project to produce and promote "explainer videos" which can be integrated into Wikipedia articles.

Explainer videos

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An "explainer video" is a short video which provides an introduction to a topic. Examples of explainer videos include the following:

Explainer videos are sometimes posted in the body of Wikipedia articles. The thought is that such videos may complement the text of a Wikipedia article and be useful to readers who want an overview of a topic. In November 2016, articles which contained explainer videos included these:

Make your own explainer video

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General video guidance

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Anyone with video production skills might make videos for Wikipedia as they see fit. For guidance within the Wikipedia community, visit

mysimpleshow.com

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simpleshow is an organization which produces explainer videos.

They also offer a service at mysimpleshow.com in which anyone can use an online tool to script, animate, and produce a voiceover for an explainer video which can be posted to Wikipedia articles.

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