How to turn a Wikipedia article into a video

To turn a Wikipedia article into a video, paste a summary of its most interesting facts in your own words into the box below, then pick a voice, a visual style and a length in Faceless. It writes a script, narrates it with captions and a picture per scene, and renders a vertical video for 20 credits.

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What makes a Wikipedia article work as a short video?

Wikipedia is full of short video material: odd history, how things work, unusual animals and places. Its text is licensed CC BY-SA, which lets you reuse it with credit and share-alike terms, so the simplest safe route is to summarize the facts in your own words and credit Wikipedia in your description. A long article holds many videos: pick one surprising fact or section per video. Faceless writes a spoken script from your summary, narrates it with an AI voice, draws a generated picture for each scene and times captions to every word. A video in the Storyboard style costs 20 credits, and plans start at $29/month on the Starter plan.

How do I turn a Wikipedia article into a video?

1

Pick one section or one surprising fact

A 60 second video holds about 150 spoken words, so choose a single angle: one event, one mechanism, one record. The lead section is often too general; the body sections hold the details that hook.

2

Check the facts against the cited sources

Wikipedia can be wrong or out of date. Follow the footnotes for every number, date and name you use, and skip any claim marked "citation needed". Faceless narrates what you give it.

3

Summarize in your own words and paste it

Faceless does not open links, so paste your summary (up to 800 characters) rather than the URL. Then pick a visual style, a narrator voice, the language and a length.

4

Read the script before it is made

Turn on Approve each script first on the Posting step. Faceless drafts the script ahead of time so you can check every fact and fix wording. Nothing is made or charged until you approve.

5

Credit Wikipedia and post

Put "Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA" and the article title in your description, then post to a connected YouTube, TikTok or Instagram account. It runs as a series that can cover a new fact on a schedule, or you can pause it after one.

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Wikipedia text is licensed CC BY-SA, which allows reuse if you credit it and share adaptations under the same license. Summarizing the facts in your own words and naming Wikipedia as the source is the simplest way to stay clear of the share-alike terms.
Add a line to the video description such as "Source: Wikipedia, 'Article title', CC BY-SA", with a link to the article. If you quoted its sentences directly, also note the license applies to that text.
Faceless does not pull images from Wikipedia. It generates illustrations for each scene, which are not real photos of the people, places or events described. If you need an actual photo, check its own license on Wikimedia Commons.
A long article with ten sections can give five to ten videos, one fact or event each. Set it up as a series and Faceless takes a new angle on the topic for each video on the schedule you pick.
A video in the Storyboard style costs 20 credits. Plans start at $29/month with credits every month, and one-off credit packs start at $10 for 100 credits.

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