A simple-to-use tool to generate a video presentation of the history of a wiki page.
For the most effective presentation of changes to a wiki page over a period of time, a tool be developed that processes the page revision history, or a specified range of versions in the history. The output is a time-lapse type video where significant changes are visually highlighted.
For Wikimania in 2008, I gave a presentation on Wikinews. I wanted to have a visual presentation of the evolution of one of the project's most frequently edited articles - coverage of the London underground bombings; the article had a very large number of contributors, and significant Original Reporting content, including on-the-scene photographs.
In any presentation of a wiki's content evolution this would be a very valuable tool.
Example: An election campaign. Create videos of the changes to party or candidate articles during the election.
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