In reply to this comment by RhesusMonk:
*promote

Thank you so much for the promote!

Actually, it is a *dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Breakdance-Battle-Milky-vs-Lil-Demon

Starts at 3:10.

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by bareboards2. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

not a dupe of this: http://videosift.com/video/Breakdance-Battle-Milky-vs-Lil-Demon

Although the kid is wearing the same clothes.

First time I've thought of breakdancing as equivalent to ballet.

Thanks for the comments and kind words, really appreciate it.

First and foremost it's definitely about SEEING the skills being performed. The end result being on show e.g the painting, sculpture, cool machine etc isn't enough.

The focus is initially on two areas. First, dexterity, where people perform everyday actions in an incredible way and in the realm of craftsmanship.
The exception here is mostly musical - for example many people can play the guitar very, very well and there's not much to be gained therefore by including lots of music videos in the channel. And how well someone sings is definitely a matter of opinion. I'm not against a few masters of their art being included but the vast majority would not.

Secondly physical feats. There's a lot of skill to be seen in controlling and applying the human body in various ways. We already have some breakdancing because the skill level there is clearly high. Popping could also be added. Martial arts is looking to be popular but to avoid a flood I will try to only select the best (and eventually a martial arts channel will appear and I'd hate to have a lot of overlap).
The exception is mostly going to be professional sports where the skill level can be variable and a product of the team ethic. So most sport clips would not be in skillful though I can see a classic Messi goal getting in

So mental skills. That's really interesting and initially that sounds just fine to me. My concern is that if it's not externalised in some way then the video might not be that interesting. I'd like to see some example videos. Chess sounds good and so does world records because that's someone doing something exceptional. Great oratory might be more subject to debate and opinion particularly if you don't agree with what's being said. For that reason I suggest keeping those within politics/talks/comedy.
Another exception for this might be anything in the Magic channel. Where the underlying skills are partially hidden because the performer is trying to fool the audience.

Glad to have you onboard! I hope the above sounds reasonable but if it can be further modified then let me know what you think.

In reply to this comment by dannym3141:
Hey deano, this is probably my favourite channel. I've never even had a favourite channel before, because they never provided me with what i wanted.

So is it specifically for demonstrations of skill? As in, a video of the mona lisa is not skillful, but someone drawing the mona lisa, that's being skillful. But also, couldn't certain music videos be included then? Break dancing, body popping? Does it have to be practical skill? Could mental skill be involved? A game of chess, or perhaps Richard Feynmann videos? Oratory skill perhaps? What about world records and stuff?

Or is it like an overall feeling - if you feel like wow, they just did something incredible then it's skillful? But then i'd still need to know where you stand on mental skill.

Sorry to pepper you with questions, but it's the first time a channel has held any interest for me.

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'breakdancing, music' to 'breakdancing, music, awolnation, sail' - edited by enoch

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'dance, dubstep, breakdance' to 'dance, dubstep, breakdance, popping, locking' - edited by xxovercastxx

Tags for this video have been changed from 'dance, dubstep' to 'dance, dubstep, breakdance' - edited by xxovercastxx

sorry but this has already been sifted:
http://videosift.com/video/Youre-not-gonna-be-the-great-breakdancer-you-think-you-are

This video has been declared a duplicate by the original submitter; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by budzos.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Mickey-s-Breakdance-Battle-EuroDisney-Paris

Shiiit this is a *dupeof http://videosift.com/video/Mickey-s-Breakdance-Battle-EuroDisney-Paris