YouTube is Removing Cubing Videos

[APdRF]

just noticed two of my videos were taken down, both 3x3 avgs of 12 (9.97, 9.56) scrambles were in the description... So when I take the scrambles out, they will make it public again?

Just appeal

 

[brandbest1]

just noticed two of my videos were taken down, both 3x3 avgs of 12 (9.97, 9.56) scrambles were in the description... So when I take the scrambles out, they will make it public again?

Well you see the problem is you can't access the video's description to edit it...so the only thing you can really do is appeal.

 

[Logiqx]

Here is more information about the YouTube policy - https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973

Please select a reasonable number of tags that most closely reflect your video content. Please also only add tags to the tag section of your metadata. Adding additional tags to the description of your video may constitute spam and can result in the removal of your video.

I'm guessing scrambles sometimes fall in to this category ("R2 D2" springs to mind... nothing to do with Star Wars) and may result in the video being removed.

If the main purpose of your content is to drive people off of YouTube and onto another site, it will likely violate our spam policies.

Be wary of putting URLs in your video descriptions (various suggestions earlier in this thread) because they may also cause you problems.

 

[SirWaffle]

One thing I want to point out is that i have had two videos removed and those had JUST the scrambles in the descriptions and nothing else but almost all my other videos have a preset description which i think might be keeping them safe despite most of my videos having scrambles as well. Just thought I would put this out there.

Spoiler: preset description

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[TDM]

Am I being bling? I can't seem to find this...

You're not being bling, I couldn't find it either, but I googled it and found it here.

There's a link to where you can appeal:

 

[nalralz]

I appealed and they still haven't given my videos back...

 

[tx789]

A third video of mine has been taken down. I have appealed for the first two. All have been averages.

 

[Yes We Can!]

About six or seven of my videos have been removed. I'm assuming because of scrambles.

EDIT: I've just appealed for all of them. MY LAWYERS ARE ON IT.

 

[Stefan]

Please select a reasonable number of tags that most closely reflect your video content. Please also only add tags to the tag section of your metadata. Adding additional tags to the description of your video may constitute spam and can result in the removal of your video.

I'm guessing scrambles sometimes fall in to this category ("R2 D2" springs to mind... nothing to do with Star Wars) and may result in the video being removed.

Really? Who uses scrambles as tags?

 

[nalralz]

How do I get my videos back... I appealed and have said nothing... (I got rid of all of the scrambles on my videos and now I can't get them back and my videos aren't coming back because they don't care)

 

[Yes We Can!]

You should give it a little time. Mine are still gone, too, but it hasn't even been an hour since I appealed. I wouldn't be surprised if it took a few days until they get back to you. But don't read too much into it yet, I'd say.

 

[nalralz]

I appealed 2 days ago...

 

[theROUXbiksCube]

I appealed 2 days ago...

do this
a)spam appeals
or
b)wait
if those two don't work just do
c)b

 

[Logiqx]

Really? Who uses scrambles as tags?

It sounds like anything in the description can be interpreted as tags. Listen to 2:13 in their video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QTUPkidackw#t=133

 

[Stefan]

It sounds like anything in the description can be interpreted as tags. Listen to 2:13 in their video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=QTUPkidackw#t=133

Ok, you're right, I now see youtube itself talks like that and I had missed it in the text you quoted earlier, sorry. Makes no sense to me and I'm trying to find out what exactly they consider tags.

 

[Logiqx]

Ok, you're right, I now see youtube itself talks like that and I had missed it in the text you quoted earlier, sorry. Makes no sense to me and I'm trying to find out what exactly they consider tags.

It's hard to say what they might consider to be tags. I think it's safe to assume that whatever is trawling through the titles and descriptions, searching for tags and adding them to their search database is also flagging up our content as breaking some of their rules. Maybe it is the presence of similar sequences of turns in different scrambles for some videos that is causing problems, who knows.

I think our scrambles must confuse their logic in much the same as some genuine e-mails confuse anti-spam mechanisms and end up in spam folders. Like someone said earlier in this thread we may be ok if there is some other text in the description as well but I wouldn't bet on it. I haven't had any videos removed yet but I've removed the scrambles just to be on the safe side.

 

[SpeedCubeReview]

Nothing has been deleted from the SpeedCubeReview channel

 

[Cubing Ninja]

I Now Put All My Scrambles In The Comments Section. Had No problems.

 

[MarcelP]

Yesterday a recent Ao12 of mine got removed. It seems they are not doing just old ones now. It was my best Ao12 on camera with a 12.xx single in it. I am pretty bummed about that. Now I have to go find it in my hard drive again

 

[Tim Reynolds]

Again, please appeal if your video gets removed.