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As the number of media items increased with time, the media gallery needed a number of new sub-categories so as to properly organize videos. This recommendation was made in this thread, shortly after which @Greg Bernhardt introduced new categories in the media gallery. For example, Biology and Chemistry were introduced under the Other Science category, and Optics, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism were introduced under Physics, and the former Classical was changed to Classical Mechanics.
Shortly after this, with permission from @Greg Bernhardt, I set out to reorganize the gallery. The primary aim was to put the videos under the proper sub-categories. But while doing this, I found that many videos were no longer available, but the web pages still existed for public view. There was a need to remove these videos from public view, so that visitors would not stumble upon such videos.
As the mentors and the Admin already have a great responsibility of running the site and looking after the day-to-day activities, I decided to help them out by doing this myself.
Why suddenly concentrate on the Media Gallery?
During my short tenure at PF, I understood that PF has three main parts - the main forums, the insights and the media gallery.
While the main forums and the insights are the most helpful to visitors and members, the media section, on the other hand, supplements studies by providing an audio-visual approach to topics. Instead of searching for good videos throughout the net, many people, who know about PF, first come here and search the topic they are looking for in the media gallery, because the media gallery of PF provides authenticate videos, and learning from them is the best way to be sure that one will not be learning anything wrong. Moreover, in several posts like this and the ones after that, the mentors and the Admin themselves talk about the utility of the media gallery.
The Results of the Survey:
Mostly the videos that were added in the early years, have been affected. I have removed all such videos from public view. The number of videos removed per sub-category is as follows:
Classical Mechanics: 3
Quantum: 2
Relativity: 1
Astronomy: 4
Calculus: 1
Interviews: 3
Pop Science: 3
Entertainment: 3
Other Science: 7
Total: 27
Will this survey be conducted again?
With the permission of @Greg Bernhardt, I would like to conduct this survey annually. This would help in keeping the media gallery free from all videos that are unavailable.
Hope that this endeavour of mine has helped the PF administration in their working.
Wrichik.
Shortly after this, with permission from @Greg Bernhardt, I set out to reorganize the gallery. The primary aim was to put the videos under the proper sub-categories. But while doing this, I found that many videos were no longer available, but the web pages still existed for public view. There was a need to remove these videos from public view, so that visitors would not stumble upon such videos.
As the mentors and the Admin already have a great responsibility of running the site and looking after the day-to-day activities, I decided to help them out by doing this myself.
Why suddenly concentrate on the Media Gallery?
During my short tenure at PF, I understood that PF has three main parts - the main forums, the insights and the media gallery.
While the main forums and the insights are the most helpful to visitors and members, the media section, on the other hand, supplements studies by providing an audio-visual approach to topics. Instead of searching for good videos throughout the net, many people, who know about PF, first come here and search the topic they are looking for in the media gallery, because the media gallery of PF provides authenticate videos, and learning from them is the best way to be sure that one will not be learning anything wrong. Moreover, in several posts like this and the ones after that, the mentors and the Admin themselves talk about the utility of the media gallery.
The Results of the Survey:
Mostly the videos that were added in the early years, have been affected. I have removed all such videos from public view. The number of videos removed per sub-category is as follows:
Classical Mechanics: 3
Quantum: 2
Relativity: 1
Astronomy: 4
Calculus: 1
Interviews: 3
Pop Science: 3
Entertainment: 3
Other Science: 7
Total: 27
Will this survey be conducted again?
With the permission of @Greg Bernhardt, I would like to conduct this survey annually. This would help in keeping the media gallery free from all videos that are unavailable.
Hope that this endeavour of mine has helped the PF administration in their working.
Wrichik.