Hi Jacopo,

I have deleted the comment on the video that was accidentally posted from
the project's official account and have now replied using my personal
account. I apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Best regards,
Arun Patidar




On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM Jacopo Cappellato <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Anil,
>
> I have to disagree with the idea that "something is better than
> nothing". In my view, quality matters, and creating educational videos
> is not a mandatory activity for the project. If we currently do not
> have contributors with sufficient content creation skills, I think it
> is perfectly acceptable for the project not to publish official videos
> until we do.
>
> I also hope we can reach a shared understanding of the minimum quality
> standards expected for the project's official deliverables, regardless
> of their form.
>
> That said, I am absolutely in favor of encouraging engineers to
> experiment with content creation and develop those skills. My
> suggestion would simply be to have those videos published from
> personal accounts or channels, and then shared with the community via
> the mailing list or perhaps a wiki page collecting community-created
> content. I don't think this would discourage contributors; on the
> contrary, it would give them the opportunity to experiment, receive
> feedback, and improve their skills without making every attempt an
> official project publication.
>
> To me there is an important distinction between sharing content within
> the community and publishing content as the Apache OFBiz project. The
> latter represents the project itself and therefore deserves a higher
> level of review and quality.
>
> As another example of why I believe official communications deserve
> review, I am also uncomfortable with the official reply posted under
> one of the videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ByUvnGx5ws&t=26s),
> where the project appears to promote paid services from a third-party
> vendor. I think this illustrates that review should apply not only to
> the videos themselves, but more generally to content published through
> the project's official communication channels.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jacopo
>
> On Sat, Jul 4, 2026 at 7:40 AM Anil Patel <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jacopo,
> >
> > Thank you for raising this topic. I agree that as our official YouTube
> > channel becomes a key resource for the community, maintaining a
> > professional presentation is important for the project's public image.
> >
> > However, I have a slightly different perspective on the path to achieving
> > that quality.
> >
> > We currently see very limited contributions in terms of tutorials and
> > community content, and I am concerned that imposing strict production
> > standards at this stage might inadvertently stifle the few contributors
> we
> > do have. Many of our contributors are engineers, not content creators or
> > videographers, and expecting them to be both often leads to no
> contribution
> > at all. I believe that right now, "something is better than nothing."
> >
> > Before we codify formal standards or guidelines, I think our priority
> > should be enablement:
> >
> >    1. *Building a Toolkit:* We should focus on creating a simple,
> >    "lightweight" toolkit—templates, basic editing guides, and software
> >    recommendations—that makes it easy for a developer to produce decent
> >    content without needing invent a process.
> >    2. *Leading by Example:* We need to identify 10 solid examples of
> videos
> >    published in the last few years that we consider "good." These can
> serve as
> >    the benchmarks for future contributors to follow, rather than relying
> on a
> >    rigid rulebook.
> >
> > Until we have such a toolkit and a more active pool of motivated
> > contributors, I would prefer we avoid implementing formal best practices
> or
> > standards that discourage eager contributors trying new things. Let’s
> focus
> > on making it easier for people to contribute and encourage them to do
> their
> > best to help the community.
> >
> > I look forward to seeing how the community wants to approach this, and I
> am
> > happy to support a collaborative effort to define these kinds of
> resources.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Anil
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM Jacopo Cappellato <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I would like to open a discussion about the content that is published
> > > on the official Apache OFBiz YouTube channel.
> > >
> > > Some of the recently published videos contain useful technical
> > > information and can certainly benefit users and developers. However, I
> > > believe that content published through the project's official
> > > communication channels should also meet a certain standard in terms of
> > > presentation quality. This includes aspects such as audio clarity,
> > > video quality, readability of the recorded screen, and the overall
> > > structure of the presentation. The official Apache OFBiz channel
> > > represents the project to the broader public, including potential
> > > users, contributors, and organizations evaluating OFBiz. The quality
> > > of the material published there contributes to the overall perception
> > > of the project.
> > >
> > > I am not suggesting creating unnecessary bureaucracy or discouraging
> > > anyone from producing content. Rather, I believe a collaborative
> > > review process would help us publish material that best represents the
> > > project while also giving authors constructive feedback before their
> > > work becomes part of the project's official communications.
> > >
> > > I would be interested in hearing the community's thoughts, as well as
> > > any ideas for defining practical and lightweight guidelines.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Jacopo
> > >
>

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