Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-3492791-20140523192544/@comment-6003396-20140602082119

I didn't necessarily mean to make it entirely impersonal. Your point is valid, but making it a bit more succinct and streamlined can also increase the chance that people will read it in full.

The purpose of giving a clear time limit is to remove any ambiguity. Someone might think that making a 40 minute video entitled "How to find every item in the Forest of Fallen Giants" (essentially a let's play) is specific enough given the purpose of the video within such a large area. I agree that the requirement to make a video on a specific topic should limit people in time, but I think users might interpret it differently.

No commentary isn't all that restrictive, and commentary shouldn't even be necessary given that the purpose of a video should be to show or demonstrate something. This also ensures that someone isn't going to just ramble on unnecessarily for a long time, and ensures that there is a consistent tone, neutral point of view, and some degree of professionalism across the videos that isn't obstructed by someone's personality who might otherwise be considered to be a "voice" of the wiki. No commentary also means that anyone can understand it regardless of what language they speak, and could be used on the Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, etc. versions of this wiki.