Proposal:Allow upload of flash animations

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    Summary

    Allow upload of flash animations to commons in order to complement text.


    Proposal

    Flash animations can give a good overview of many topics (how stuff works, how different processes occur etc.) They are more comprehensive and interesting than a plain text. They would be good complement to many articles. We do have gif animations, but they happen to be insufficient and obsolete. Obviously, it don't have to be Flash specifically, if there's a good open-source alternative we could use this one.

    Motivation

    Making articles easier to understand.


    Key Questions

    Is there a free alternative for Flash?


    Potential Costs

    Extra bandwidth and storage space required for these animations p'raps?

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    2. Vibhijain 14:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)