Talk:Vegan YouTube Directory - Updating Process
Main Page: Vegan YouTubers
We are seeking volunteers to help fill in information about channels within the vegan YouTube directory. On this page, you will find a synopsis of how the directory is formatted, and instructions on how to update any data that must be obtained manually. To see an example of a table in the middle of updating click here.
We've also created a survey for vegan YouTube content creators so that their answers can be tabulated to help people understand where others stand on key issues that are useful with regards to discussion and progession as a movement.
Contents
Instructions
Step 1: Copy a table from the In need of updating section to work on and email activistjourneys@gmail.com to let me know so it can be taken off the wiki to prevent others from doing redundant work.
Step 2: Open up Google sheets and paste.
Step 3: Turn link sharing on for the file and email it when you're finished.
Data Types
Help is appreciated in filling in as little or as much of information as you feel comfortable (namely, it is perfectly accetable to cover only certain columns/channels, or to fill in content types and music genres without additional specifiers).
Make sure for privacy's sake that you only include that which the creator has made public themselves on their YouTube channel, even if other information is easily found on a linked website (unless you have their consent or intend to write a short important disclaimer). We'll make it clear how creators can email in to get information taken down, but also remember to use your best judgement.
The table below describes the properties and purpose of columns within the directory. The "Method of Acquisition" column serves to indicate whether the data in question is obtained via an automated process (automatic), from volunteer input (manual), using a combination of the first and second (hybrid; for situations where automatic acquisition is only possible occasionally/in certain specific scenarios), or by recieving answers to the quiz (quiz; this information can also be inputted by volunteers if it is publicly available, but in that case, a note must be made in the "Consent" column).
| Column Name | Method of Acquisition | Possible Values | Appears in Which Comprehensive Tables | Appears in Which Specialised Tables | Further Explanation/Notes |
| Title | Automatic | The name of the channel | All Tables | ||
| Canonical ID | Automatic | The string of text found in the channel link of the format "https://www.youtube.com/channel/[Canonical ID]" | All Tables | - All channels have such an ID; channels that are deleted, whose custom ID is known, and whose canonical ID is unknown and unrecoverable using external sources such as SocialBlade and WayBack Machine are not listed in the main directory and are documented elsewhere. | |
| Custom ID | Automatic | The string of text found in the channel link of the format "https://www.youtube.com/user/[Custom ID]" | All Tables | - Many channels have no such ID and will therefore have this field left blank. | |
| Created | Automatic | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format) on which the channel was created | All Tables | ||
| Section | Automatic | See sections | All Tables | - Generated when sufficient information is entered into the "Vegan Status," "Channel Status," "Content Category," "Channel Activity," and "Language" columns. | |
| Content Category | Manual | Vegan, Music, Other | All Tables | - This is one of the five columns that determines the section in which a channel is placed; see section information for definitions of each value. | |
| Channel Status | Automatic | Intact, Empty, Deleted | All Tables | - This is one of the five columns that determines the section in which a channel is placed; see section information for definitions of each value. | |
| Channel Activity | Hybrid | Active, Inactive | All Tables | - This is one of the five columns that determines the section in which a channel is placed; see section information for definitions of each value. | |
| Vegan Status | Manual | Vegan, Quasi-vegan, Non-vegan | All Tables | - This is one of the five columns that determines the section in which a channel is placed; see section information for definitions of each value. | |
| Topics | Automatic | Various topics in the form of Wikipedia page titles | All Tables | - Generated by YouTube's algorithms; although not the same as "Primary and Secondary Content Type," which are determined manually using our own tags, it can still be helpful when filling in those columns. | |
| Primary Content | Manual | See tags | All Tables | - Only one primary topic can be listed (this can, however, include several additional specifiers with parentheses where applicable). | |
| Secondary Content | Manual | See tags | All Tables | - Several secondary topics can be listed if applicable. | |
| Music Genre | Manual | See tags | Music Video Tables | - Several genres can be listed if applicable. | |
| Musical Debut | Manual | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD format) that the artist or group started producing music | Music Video Tables | - Day and month can be omitted if they are unknown. | |
| Musical Retirement | Manual | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD format) that the artist or group stopped producing music | Music Video Tables | - Day and month can be omitted if they are unknown.
- Left blank if there is no explicit evidence that the artist or group has stopped producing music. | |
| Location | Hybrid | The user's region of residence in the form of an ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code | All Tables | ||
| Languages | Hybrid | The language(s) used on the channel in the form of ISO 639-3 codes | Other Language Tables | - The full list of language codes is extremely large; to find the correct code(s), use text search (CTRL+F) or refer to channels in the directory that already have this data.
- If more than one language is used on the channel, list them from most to least used. - This is one of the five columns that determines the section in which a channel is placed; exclusively English channels are placed in different categories than those with at least one other language. | |
| Attitude Towards Veganism | Manual | Anti-vegan, Pro-vegan | Quasi-vegan and Non-vegan Tables | - Leave blank if unclear or neither. | |
| Ex-vegan Reason (Short) | Manual | One or a few words that succinctly describe why the user abandoned veganism | Quasi-vegan and Non-vegan Tables | - Naturally, this can only apply to channels with the ex-vegan tag in their "Vegan History" column. | |
| Ex-vegan Reason (Long) | Manual | One or several sentences that describe in more detail why the user abandoned veganism | Quasi-vegan and Non-vegan Tables | - Naturally, this can only apply to channels with the ex-vegan tag in their "Vegan History" column. | |
| Vegan History | Manual | Never Vegan, Ex-quasi-vegan, Ex-vegan | Quasi-vegan and Non-vegan Tables | - Naturally, only "never vegan" and "ex-vegan" can be entered to quasi-vegan tables.
- It may seem strange to have a "Never Vegan" category, but this is to keep track of channels that appear frequently in searches for vegan content, but only produce it from a non-vegan perspective. | |
| Subscribers (Quantity) | Automatic | A non-negative integer | All Tables | - Left empty if the user choses to keep their subscriber count hidden. | |
| Subscribers (Trend) | Automatic | A rational number in the form of a percentage | All Tables | ||
| Views (Quantity) | Automatic | A non-negative integer | All Tables | ||
| Views (Trend) | Automatic | A rational number in the form of a percentage | All Tables | ||
| Uploads (Quantity) | Automatic | A non-negative integer | All Tables | ||
| Uploads (Trend) | Automatic | A rational number in the form of a percentage | All Tables | ||
| Last Upload (Title) | Automatic | The name of the channel's most recent video | All Tables | ||
| Last Upload (Published) | Automatic | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD format) on which the channel's most recent video was uploaded | All Tables | ||
| Last Upload (Timestamp) | Automatic | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format) on which the last observation of the channel's most recent video was made | All Tables | ||
| Reposted Content | Manual | None, Some, Most, All | All Tables | - The fraction of the channel's videos that were obtained from other channels/sources (None: 0%, Some: More than 0% but less than 50%, Most: At least 50% but less than 100%, All: 100%).
- If an entire video (or a portion of it that makes at least one coherent point) is uploaded without changing its original progression (including edits that involve the addition of subtitles or application of a filter), then it qualifies as reposted content. - If the video is edited in such a way that involves changing/interrupting its original progession, adding media from other sources added to it, or extracting a small clip from it in such a way that strips it of its context (often for comedic purposes), then it does not qualify as reposted content. | |
| Deleted Content | Hybrid | Yes, No | All Tables | - Leave blank if it is unclear from available information.
- If you know where any deleted videos can be obtained, we will gladly preserve them in the Deleted Videos Archive. | |
| Amount of Channels | Automatic | A positive integer | All Tables | - This is a count of all the channels that are owned or co-owned by the user, and is therefore the sum of the amount of links in the "Other Channels" and "Collaborative Channels" columns, plus one (to account for the channel in question itself). | |
| Other Channels | Manual | A list of full links | All Tables | - Includes other channels that are owned exclusively by the user in question. | |
| Collaborative Channels | Manual | A list of full links | All Tables | - Includes any channels co-owned by the user in question. | |
| Contributive Channels | Manual | A list of full links | All Tables | - Includes the channels of the users who have contributed to at least one video on the channel in question, in addition to the channels that contain at least one video to which the user in question has contributed.
- Only planned contributions count; namely, videos such as responses and critiques do not count, but discussions and debates between several users do. | |
| Website | Quiz | Full link(s) to the user's website(s) | All Tables | ||
| Discord | Quiz | Full link(s) to the user's Discord server(s) | All Tables | - Make sure the Discord invite links are set to not expire. | |
| Patreon | Quiz | Full link(s) to the user's Patreon page(s) | All Tables | ||
| Quiz | Full link(s) the user's Facebook profile(s) or page(s) | All Tables | |||
| Quiz | Full link(s) to the user's Instagram profile(s) | All Tables | |||
| Quiz | Full link(s) to the user's Twitter profile | All Tables | |||
| Other Social Media | Quiz | The full links to (or names of, where links aren't applicable) all other social media profiles owned by the user | All Tables | ||
| Quiz | One or several email addresses | All Tables | - Often found at the bottom of the channel's about section. | ||
| Quiz | One or several mailing adresses | All Tables | |||
| Phone | Quiz | One or several phone numbers | All Tables | ||
| Politics | Quiz | A list of any ideologies with which the user identifies, and/or the most recent available links to the user's results on the Political Compass, 8Values, and/or PolitiScales | All Tables | ||
| Education | Quiz | A list of the user's almae matres with any credentials put into parentheses next to the institution at which they were obtained | All Tables | ||
| Work Experience | Quiz | A list of any jobs previously or currently held by the user with applicable dates in parentheses | All Tables | ||
| Vegan Dates | Quiz | A list of dates (in YYYY-MM-DD format) on which the user became vegan, quasi-vegan, and/or a non-vegan | All Tables | ||
| Animal Rights Rank | Quiz | 1, 2, 3, or N/A | All Tables | - If this factor is of no importance to the user, use N/A.
- Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Environmental and Societal Impact Rank | Quiz | 1, 2, 3, or N/A | All Tables | - If this factor is of no importance to the user, use N/A.
- Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Personal Health Rank | Quiz | 1, 2, 3, or N/A | All Tables | - If this factor is of no importance to the user, use N/A.
- Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Position on Violent Activism | Quiz | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | - Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Position on Illegal Non-violent Activism | Quiz | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | - Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Position on Legal Harassment or Shaming as Activism | Quiz | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | - Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Position on Freeganism | Quiz | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | - Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Position on Animal Products Produced in vitro (Under Ideal Conditions) | Quiz | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | - Only applicable to non-vegans if they are still pro-vegan in some respect. | |
| Position on Vitamin B12 Supplementation | Quiz | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | ||
| Disclaimers | Manual | Any warnings about the user giving harmful advice, promoting prejudicial behaviours, holding dangerous ideological views, or similar | All Tables | - If similar disclaimers already exist for other channels, try to remain consistent with their format. | |
| Notes | Manual | Any other information that may be important/useful | All Tables | ||
| Description | Automatic | The user's channel description | All Tables | - Cut off if it exceeds 1000 characters. | |
| Distance | Automatic | A non-negative rational number | Intact and Empty Sections | - A lower number indicates an increased likelyhood that the published information on subscribers, views, and uploads is accurate. | |
| Quiz Consent | Manual | None, All, or a list of the specific columns for which consent was obtained | No Tables | - All information that would usually be obtained from the quiz will be documented privately until consent has been recieved from the user in question; it will be sent to them if they eventually choose to answer the quiz themself.
- This column does not actually appear on any public tables and is only used to provide information to the publishers and to facilitate the process of answering the quiz for those who choose to do so. | |
| Number | Automatic | A positive integer | No Tables | - This column does not actually appear on any public tables and is only used to help the publishers. |
Sections
List
| Page Number | Page Name | Section Code | Section Description |
| 1 | Intact, Vegan Videos, Vegan User | 1A | English Language, Active |
| 1B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 1C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 1D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 2 | Intact, Vegan Videos, Quasi-vegan User | 2A | English Language, Active |
| 2B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 2C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 2D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 3 | Intact, Vegan Videos, Non-vegan User | 3A | English Language, Active |
| 3B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 3C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 3D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 4 | Intact, Music Videos, Vegan User | 4A | English Language, Active |
| 4B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 4C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 4D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 5 | Intact, Music Videos, Quasi-vegan User | 5A | English Language, Active |
| 5B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 5C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 5D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 6 | Intact, Music Videos, Non-vegan User | 6A | English Language, Active |
| 6B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 6C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 6D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 7 | Intact, Other Videos, Vegan User | 7A | English Language, Active |
| 7B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 7C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 7D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 8 | Intact, Other Videos, Quasi-vegan User | 8A | English Language, Active |
| 8B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 8C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 8D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 9 | Intact, Other Videos, Non-vegan User | 9A | English Language, Active |
| 9B | English Language, Inactive | ||
| 9C | Other Language, Active | ||
| 9D | Other Language, Inactive | ||
| 10 | Empty | 10A | Vegan User |
| 10B | Quasi-vegan User | ||
| 10C | Non-vegan User | ||
| 11 | Deleted | 11A | Vegan User |
| 11B | Quasi-vegan User | ||
| 11C | Non-vegan User | ||
| 12 | Unclassified | 12A | Unclassified |
Information
This provides definitions for all of the terms used in the table above.
| Category | Definition |
| Intact | The channel has at least one video. |
| Empty | The channel has zero videos. |
| Deleted | The channel no longer exists. |
| Vegan Videos | At least 50% of the channel's videos pertain to veganism. |
| Music Videos | At least 50% of the channel's videos are songs; this overrides the "Vegan Videos" category in cases where the channel mainly produces vegan-related music. |
| Other Videos | At least 50% of the channel's videos belong in neither the "Vegan Videos" nor the "Music Videos" category. |
| Vegan User | The channel's owner claims to be vegan, and there is no evidence to the contrary. This term applies to collaboration channels comprised of at least one vegan member. |
| Quasi-vegan User | The channel's owner lies in a gray area between vegan and non-vegan; perhaps they only claim to be "plant-based," or perhaps they claim to be vegan, but participate in activities widely considered non-vegan. This term applies to collaboration channels comprised of at least one quasi-vegan member and no vegan members. |
| Non-vegan User | The channel's owner is unambiguously a non-vegan/malzoist/carnist. This term applies to collaboration channels comprised of exclusively non-vegan members. |
| English Language | All of the channel's videos are in English. |
| Other Language | At least one of the channel's videos is in a language other than English. |
| Active | The channel's most recent video is no more than 60 days old (unless the channel has a clearly regular upload schedule where the time period between the release of each video is greater than 60 days). |
| Inactive | The channel's most recent video is more than 60 days old (unless the channel has a clearly regular upload schedule where the time period between the release of each video is greater than 60 days). |
| Unclassfied | A placeholder for channels that have not been assigned a proper section code yet. |
Tags
Content Types (Comprehensive)
If you intend to use the comprehensive list as a guide and several specifiers within the same topic apply to a channel, they are to be merged with commas within the parentheses next to the topic, such as in the following example: Corporation (Cosmetics, Hygiene).
| Name | Definition/Example |
| 30BAD/CTFU/RT4 | |
| Acrobatics (Education) | |
| Acrobatics (Performance) | |
| Acrobatics (Review) | |
| Acting (Education) | |
| Acting (Performance) | |
| Acting (Review) | |
| Activism | |
| Animals | |
| Animation (Education) | |
| Animation (Production) | |
| Animation (Review) | |
| Archive | |
| ASMR | |
| Atheism | |
| Business | |
| Celebrities | |
| Collaboration | |
| Comedy | |
| Commenter | |
| Compilation | |
| Conspiracy Theory | |
| Corporation (Fashion) | |
| Corporation (Cosmetics) | |
| Corporation (Food) | |
| Corporation (Hygiene) | |
| Corporation (Marketing) | |
| Corporation (Other) | |
| Cosmetics (Advice) | |
| Cosmetics (Documentation) | |
| Cosmetics (Review) | |
| Cosplay | |
| Criticism (Advice) | |
| Criticism (Claim) | |
| Criticism (Lifestyle) | |
| Criticism (Organization) | |
| Criticism (Other) | |
| Criticism (Philosophy) | |
| Criticism (Politics) | |
| Criticism (Religion) | |
| Dance (Education) | |
| Dance (Performance) | |
| Dance (Review) | |
| Debate | |
| Discussion | |
| Education | |
| Efilism | |
| Engineering | |
| Environmentalism | |
| Ethics | |
| Fashion (Advice) | |
| Fashion (Documentation) | |
| Fashion (Review) | |
| Feminism | |
| Fitness (Advice) | |
| Fitness (Documentation) | |
| Food (Advice) | |
| Food (Documentation) | |
| Food (Recipies) | |
| Food (Review) | |
| Gaming | |
| Gardening | |
| History | |
| Hygiene (Advice) | |
| Hygiene (Documentation) | |
| Hygiene (Review) | |
| Illustration (Education) | |
| Illustration (Production) | |
| Illustration (Review) | |
| Intersectionality | |
| Interviews | |
| Lifestyle (Advice) | |
| Lifestyle (Documentation) | |
| Literature (Education) | |
| Literature (Production) | |
| Literature (Review) | |
| Logic | |
| Masculism | |
| Mathematics | |
| Minimalism | |
| Motivation | |
| Movie (Documentary) | |
| Movie (Fiction) | |
| Movie (History) | |
| Music (Education) | |
| Music (Production) | |
| Music (Review) | |
| Nature | |
| News | |
| Organisation (Health) | |
| Organisation (Other) | |
| Organisation (Sanctuary) | |
| Organization (Environment) | |
| Organization (Ethics) | |
| Other | |
| Parenting | |
| Philosophy | |
| Photography (Education) | |
| Photography (Production) | |
| Photography (Review) | |
| Podcast | |
| Poetry (Education) | |
| Poetry (Production) | |
| Poetry (Review) | |
| Politics (Analysis) | |
| Politics (Anarchism) | |
| Politics (Capitalism) | |
| Politics (Centrism) | |
| Politics (Conservatism) | |
| Politics (Globalism) | |
| Politics (Liberalism) | |
| Politics (Nationalism) | |
| Politics (Other) | |
| Politics (Socialism) | |
| Politics (Totalitarianism) | |
| Pseudoscience (Aerology) | |
| Pseudoscience (Anthropology) | |
| Pseudoscience (Astronomy) | |
| Pseudoscience (Chemistry) | |
| Pseudoscience (Economics) | |
| Pseudoscience (Geography) | |
| Pseudoscience (Geology) | |
| Pseudoscience (Hydrology) | |
| Pseudoscience (Kinesiology) | |
| Pseudoscience (Linguistics) | |
| Pseudoscience (Medicine) | |
| Pseudoscience (Nutrition) | |
| Pseudoscience (Other) | |
| Pseudoscience (Phylogenetics) | |
| Pseudoscience (Physics) | |
| Pseudoscience (Psychology) | |
| Pseudoscience (Sexology) | |
| Pseudoscience (Sociology) | |
| Psychoactive Drugs | |
| Rationalism | |
| Raw Foodism | |
| Recovery (Acne) | |
| Recovery (Addiction) | |
| Recovery (Chronic Disease) | |
| Recovery (Excess Body Fat) | |
| Recovery (Infectious Disease) | |
| Recovery (Injury) | |
| Recovery (Psychiatric Disorder) | |
| Religion (Analysis) | |
| Religion (Animism) | |
| Religion (Bábism) | |
| Religion (Bahá'í Faith) | |
| Religion (Buddhism) | |
| Religion (Christianity) | |
| Religion (Confucianism) | |
| Religion (Esotericism) | |
| Religion (Hinduism) | |
| Religion (Islam) | |
| Religion (Jainism) | |
| Religion (Judaism) | |
| Religion (Mormonism) | |
| Religion (Other) | |
| Religion (Satanism) | |
| Religion (Scientology) | |
| Religion (Sikhism) | |
| Religion (Taoism) | |
| Religion (Zoroastrianism) | |
| Science (Aerology) | |
| Science (Anthropology) | |
| Science (Astronomy) | |
| Science (Chemistry) | |
| Science (Economics) | |
| Science (Geography) | |
| Science (Geology) | |
| Science (Hydrology) | |
| Science (Kinesiology) | |
| Science (Linguistics) | |
| Science (Medicine) | |
| Science (Nutrition) | |
| Science (Other) | |
| Science (Phylogenetics) | |
| Science (Physics) | |
| Science (Psychology) | |
| Science (Sexology) | |
| Science (Sociology) | |
| Speeches | |
| Sports | |
| Survival | |
| Sustainability | |
| Technology | |
| Travel | |
| Unknown | |
| Vehicles | |
| Videography (Education) | |
| Videography (Production) | |
| Videography (Review) |
Content Types (Simplified)
This list is for those who would prefer not to add the additional specifiers that are included in the comprehensive list.
| Name | Definition/Example |
| 30BAD/CTFU/RT4 | |
| Acrobatics | |
| Acting | |
| Activism | |
| Animals | |
| Animation | |
| Archive | |
| ASMR | |
| Atheism | |
| Business | |
| Celebrities | |
| Collaboration | |
| Comedy | |
| Commenter | |
| Compilation | |
| Conspiracy Theory | |
| Corporation | |
| Cosmetics | |
| Cosplay | |
| Criticism | |
| Dance | |
| Debate | |
| Discussion | |
| Education | |
| Efilism | |
| Engineering | |
| Environmentalism | |
| Ethics | |
| Fashion | |
| Feminism | |
| Fitness | |
| Food | |
| Gaming | |
| Gardening | |
| History | |
| Hygiene | |
| Illustration | |
| Intersectionality | |
| Interviews | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Literature | |
| Logic | |
| Masculism | |
| Mathematics | |
| Minimalism | |
| Motivation | |
| Movie | |
| Music | |
| Nature | |
| News | |
| Organisation | |
| Organization | |
| Other | |
| Parenting | |
| Philosophy | |
| Photography | |
| Podcast | |
| Poetry | |
| Politics | |
| Pseudoscience | |
| Psychoactive Drugs | |
| Rationalism | |
| Raw Foodism | |
| Recovery | |
| Religion | |
| Science | |
| Speeches | |
| Sports | |
| Survival | |
| Sustainability | |
| Technology | |
| Travel | |
| Unknown | |
| Vehicles | |
| Videography |
Music Genres
Ideally, all music genres should have an additional specifier that indicates whether the theme of the music pertains to veganism, other topics, or both, as in the following example: Parody (Other, Vegan).
| Name |
| Folk |
| Metal |
| Parody |
| Pop |
| Punk |
| Rap |
| Reggae |
| Rock |
| Straight Edge |
