Judging Wikipedia: YouTube
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
The Wikipedia article linked above gives a great overview of YouTube as both a website and a company, from its history to accepted video formats. Since 2005, the article has grown along with the website itself.
The original definition was simply “YouTube is a website for hosting videos. It is similar to Flickr, except instead of photos, it is for videos.” Since then, it has expanded to include various topics including copyright, user comments, its social impact, history and more.
The sources used for this article are very diverse, many of them well known secondary sources such as USA Today and Time Magazine. There are also links to specific videos and help pages on the YouTube website itself. Overall I think the sources used are fairly reliable, which makes the article itself a good source for learning information about YouTube.
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