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Dennis J Yancey
Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
July 21, 2021 edited July 25, 2021 in Suggest an Idea

Every little while we get posts to the community - of people wishing that Videos could be uploaded to FS Memories.

For various reasons I have no reason to think that is going to happen soon . . .

BUT I just wanted to share - that one option - is simply to create a story item that has the URL of a video on YOUTUBE

Youtube is really a much better platform for video sharing.

here is an example of an item I created:

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/128545977?cid=mem_copy


note when this approach is taken - the url will not be a clickable hyperlink

BUT none the less - it works - as a way to get to the video - copying and pasting the url to the browser.

Pretty clunky - - but it works just fine.

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  • Miss Jessie
    Miss Jessie ✭✭✭
    July 24, 2021

    URL links to outside websites are in violation of the Upload Guidelines and policies

    https://www.familysearch.org/legal/familysearch-upload-guidelines-and-policies

    Content MAY NOT contain images, depictions, or descriptions of ....Links to outside websites (i.e. no URLs).

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 24, 2021

    That indeed is what it states . . .

    but apparently non clickalble hyperlinks are not flagged as in violation.


    such pages do NOT trigger RESTRICTION/ABUSE processes.

    and as far as I can tell FamilySearch Personnel and automated checking are allowing it.

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 24, 2021

    there are thousands of memories items that have references to URLs


    FamilySearch is not enforcing any restrction on urls


    https://www.familysearch.org/photos/find?searchTerms=http%3A&searchType=text-search&searchCategories=IMAGE%2CPDF%2CTEXT%2CAUDIO%2CALBUM&page=1&maxRecords=50&firstRecord=0&_=1627150851151

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  • Dennis J Yancey
    Dennis J Yancey ✭✭✭✭✭
    July 24, 2021

    and URL's are certainly allowed for FS "sources"

    so I dont see the point of not allowing it on a Memories item.

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