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Links to video content on YouTube or Google Video (or other, similar content aggregators) are allowed, provided the material linked to is not obviously infringing copyright, is relevant to the article, and is a primary source or a reliable and irreplaceable secondary source. This is the same policy as for any other external link.
For example, a YouTube verification badge is used to identify an official channel of an established creator, business or organization, [1] but it does not fully guarantee that all its videos comply with copyright and fair use. Links to online videos should indicate that they are videos. The file size associated with links may also be useful.
So I propose that a sentence be added to the "Linking to YouTube, Google Video, and similar sites" section as follows: "However, links to pages that belong to the article's subject are usually acceptable. For example, it is acceptable to link to a singer's official YouTube channel." What do people think?--92.40.88.133 08:56, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
NOTE: A YouTube video uploaded by a user with a verification check mark badge, indicating that it is an official channel of an established creator or organization, does not fully guarantee that it complies with copyright and fair use laws.
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An alternative, supplementary method has been to add a hidden comment to the target section such as <!-- "Quark" links here --> [e] so that someone changing the title of that section can fix the incoming links. This method is weaker, since it puts the workload on the editor seeking to change the section title.