Add [youtube] tags?

Arcticblast

Arcticblast

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I am a member of a few forums, and one main (but a bit hidden) difference from here is that they all allow a poster to embed a Youtube video into their post.

Would it be possible to add this to Smogon? It could see use in Internet Renaissance and Firebot.

Demo below.
So, let's say I'm on the "metalheads united" thread and someone makes an unapologetically bad post, and I wish to show her to a better song. With the tags, I can embed the video in my post.
1) Find the video you are looking for.
2) Copy and paste the link (in this case, a Slayer video). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-oVENy5sI
3) Highlight all characters after the v=. Here, they would be 67-oVENy5sI.
4) Use Youtube tags. [youtube]67-oVENy5sI[/youtube]
5) The video will now show up in your post.
 
I don't think you even need [youtube] tags. I've been on forums where just linking to a youtube video puts it in your post.
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but ya I wouldn't mind them
 
i don't know were this would be acceptable other than the social forums.It might be a waste of time for the mods to do.
 
I dislike YouTube tags. They're usually in the wrong aspect ratio, don't have resolution controls, and when you click on them to get those controls or share the link, they play. Clicking YouTube links really isn't an issue on modern browsers which open up links in a new tab rather than window.
 
I would personally like it if Youtube tags could be implemented considering how lots of people like posting Youtube videos here.
 
I also dislike these things because they force huge loads onto the pages where they're used. My computer and internet aren't particularly fast, and I can easily get locked up on loading threads where multiples of these tags are used even if I don't click them. This has happened a lot to me at other forums I visit, and I would prefer not to have to deal with that here. If you want to share a YouTube link, do so by sharing the link and not some clunky Flash loader.
 
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