user74: On the gaming SE site YouTube videos are automatically embedded into answers. Could we get something like that too?
It would be very useful for showing mechanical parts/creations in action, especially LEGO robotics.

user132: 70 days into beta we have 19 answers and 6 questions that include at least one link to Youtube. The most popular tags associated with these posts tend to be mindstorms, building and power-functions.*
Questions based on robotics and mechanics tend to include videos, which can help explain a complex mechanism. A video alone isn't usually enough to answer a question so users should be encouraged to expand on important points.
* The search term used was url:"*.youtube.*" combined with is:question or is:answer

user63: The best way to make a case for this is to demonstrate a need for video on this site. If video would improve your answer, start linking to videos in your posts!
Assuming they're actually useful, this provides some concrete data for judging how and where they're appropriate, lets you create guidelines for their use, and lets us see that adding support for embedding them directly would be beneficial to the site.

74: <p>On the gaming SE site YouTube videos are automatically embedded into answers. Could we get something like that too?</p>

<p>It would be very useful for showing mechanical parts/creations in action, especially LEGO robotics.</p>
 132: <p>70 days into beta we have 19 answers and 6 questions that include at least one link to Youtube. The most popular tags associated with these posts tend to be <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/mindstorms" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;mindstorms&#39;" rel="tag">mindstorms</a>, <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/building" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;building&#39;" rel="tag">building</a> and <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/power-functions" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;power-functions&#39;" rel="tag">power-functions</a>.*</p>

<p>Questions based on robotics and mechanics tend to include videos, which can help explain a complex mechanism. A video alone isn't usually enough to answer a question so users should be encouraged to expand on important points.</p>

<p>* The search term used was <code>url:"*.youtube.*"</code> combined with <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/search?q=url:%22*.youtube.*%22%20is:question&amp;submit=search"><code>is:question</code></a> or <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/search?q=url:%22*.youtube.*%22%20is:answer&amp;submit=search"><code>is:answer</code></a></p>
 63: <p>The best way to make a case for this is to demonstrate a <em>need</em> for video on this site. If video would improve your answer, start linking to videos in your posts!</p>

<p>Assuming they're actually useful, this provides some concrete data for judging how and where they're appropriate, lets you create guidelines for their use, and lets us see that adding support for embedding them directly would be beneficial to the site.</p>
