Talk:Vegan YouTube Directory - Updating Process
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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 survey (survey; 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).
It is also worth noting that in the case of many columns, if any data pertaining to the channel in question is completely deleted, the most recent entry will be preserved instead of the cell being emptied (for example, if a channel completely removes its description, its entry prior to deletion will be preserved).
| 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 | All Tables | |
| Canonical ID | Automatic | The string of text found in the channel link of the format "https://www.youtube.com/channel/</nowiki>[Canonical ID]" | All Tables | No Tables | |
| Custom ID | Automatic | The string of text found in the channel link of the format "https://www.youtube.com/user/</nowiki>[Custom ID]" | All Tables | No Tables | |
| Created | Automatic | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss format) on which the channel was created | All Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey, Music Video Tables & WIki Volunteer Tables | |
| Section | Automatic | See sections | All Tables | No Tables | |
| Content Category | Manual | Vegan, Music, Other | All Tables | 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 | All Tables | |
| Channel Activity | Hybrid | Active, Inactive | All Tables | All Tables | |
| Vegan Status | Manual | Vegan, Quasi-vegan, Non-vegan | All Tables | All Tables | |
| Topics | Automatic | Various topics in the form of Wikipedia page titles | All Tables | Wiki Volunteers Table | |
| Primary Content | Manual | See tags | All Tables | All Tables | |
| Secondary Content | Manual | See tags | All Tables | All Tables | |
| Music Genre | Manual | See tags | Music Video Tables | Music Video Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Musical Debut | Manual | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD format) that the artist or group started producing music | Music Video Tables | Music Video Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Musical Retirement | Manual | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD format) that the artist or group stopped producing music | Music Video Tables | Music Video Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Location | Hybrid | The user's region of residence in the form of an ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code | All Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey & WIki Volunteer Tables | |
| Languages | Hybrid | The language(s) used on the channel in the form of ISO 639-3 code | Other Language Tables | All Tables | |
| Attitude Towards Veganism | Manual | Anti-vegan, Pro-vegan | Quasi-vegan and Non-vegan Tables | Pro-vegan, Anti-vegan & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Ex-vegan Reason (Short) | Manual | One or a few words that succinctly describe why the user abandoned veganism | Quasi-vegan and Non-vegan Tables | Ex-vegan Table & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| 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 | Ex-vegan Tables & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Vegan History | Manual | Never Vegan, Ex-quasi-vegan, Ex-vegan | Quasi-vegan and Non-vegan Tables | Ex-ex-vegan, Ex-quasi-vegan, Ex-vegan Tables & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Subscribers (Quantity) | Automatic | A non-negative integer | All Tables | All Tables | |
| Subscribers (Trend) | Automatic | A rational number in the form of a percentage | Intact Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Views (Quantity) | Automatic | A non-negative integer | All Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Views (Trend) | Automatic | A rational number in the form of a percentage | Intact Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Uploads (Quantity) | Automatic | A non-negative integer | All Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Uploads (Trend) | Automatic | A rational number in the form of a percentage | Intact Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey & Wiki Volunteer Tables | |
| Last Upload (Title) | Automatic | The name of the channel's most recent video | All Tables | No Tables | |
| Last Upload (Published) | Automatic | The date (in YYYY-MM-DD format) on which the channel's most recent video was uploaded | All Tables | Taking a break/ Retired, Deleted all their videos & Deleted Channel 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 | No Tables | |
| Reposted Content | Manual | None, Some, Most, All | All Tables | Wiki Volunteers Table | |
| Deleted Content | Hybrid | Yes, No | All Tables | No Tables | |
| Amount of Channels | Automatic | A positive integer | All Tables | Wiki Volunteers Table | |
| Other Channels | Manual | A list of full links | All Tables | All except for the Contact & Survey Tables | |
| Collaborative Channels | Manual | A list of full links | All Tables | All except for the Contact, Survey & Music Video Tables | |
| Contributive Channels | Manual | A list of full links | All Tables | No Tables | |
| Website | Survey | Full link(s) to the user's website(s) | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Discord | Survey | Full link(s) to the user's Discord server(s) | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Patreon | Survey | Full link(s) to the user's Patreon page(s) | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Survey | Full link(s) the user's Facebook profile(s) or page(s) | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | ||
| Survey | Full link(s) to the user's Instagram profile(s) | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | ||
| Survey | Full link(s) to the user's Twitter profile | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | ||
| Other Social Media | Survey | The full links to (or names of, where links aren't applicable) all other social media profiles owned by the user | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Survey | One or several email addresses | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | ||
| Survey | One or several mailing adresses | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | ||
| Phone | Survey | One or several phone numbers | All Tables | Contact, Other Language Contact & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Politics | Survey | 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 | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Education | Survey | 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 | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Work Experience | Survey | A list of any jobs previously or currently held by the user with applicable dates in parentheses | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Vegan Dates | Survey | A list of dates (in YYYY-MM-DD format) on which the user became vegan, quasi-vegan, and/or a non-vegan | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Animal Rights Rank | Survey | 1, 2, 3, or N/A | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Environmental and Societal Impact Rank | Survey | 1, 2, 3, or N/A | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Personal Health Rank | Survey | 1, 2, 3, or N/A | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Position on Violent Activism | Survey | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Position on Illegal Non-violent Activism | Survey | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Position on Legal Harassment or Shaming as Activism | Survey | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Position on Freeganism | Survey | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Position on Animal Products Produced in vitro (Under Ideal Conditions) | Survey | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Position on Vitamin B12 Supplementation | Survey | Opposes, Favors, or Depends | All Tables | Survey Table & Wiki Volunteers Tables | |
| Disclaimers | Manual | Any warnings about the user giving harmful advice, promoting prejudicial behaviours, holding dangerous ideological views, or similar | All Tables | All except for the Contact & Survey Tables | |
| Notes | Manual | Any other information that may be important/useful | All Tables | No Tables | |
| Description | Automatic | The user's channel description | All Tables | All except for the Contact & Survey Tables | |
| Distance | Automatic | A non-negative rational number | Intact and Empty Sections | No Tables | |
| Survey Consent | Manual | None, All, or a list of the specific columns for which consent was obtained | No Tables | Contact, Survey & Wiki Volunteers | |
| Sorting Number | Automatic | A positive integer | No Tables | Wiki Volunteers Table |
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
Below are the lists of tags used in the "Primary Content," "Secondary Content," and "Music Genre" sections. More items may be added to any of these lists if all others are deemed insufficiently accurate.
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 |
