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No, you don't need to include a link-back in your video description.  People are accustomed to Youtube ads and the monetization factor is miniscule.  Also: we wouldn't want to discourage anyone from linking to videos posted by other people (in which case description-editing is obviously impossible).

If someone shows up and starts spamming links to random crap ("Top Ten Celebrity Scandals!"  "One weird weight loss trick that really works!") then we'd probably just kick them out.  If you're linking to relevant content (especially if it's stuff that you're compiling or creating from scratch) then please continue to do so.

To everyone else - please be aware that you can embed Youtube videos into your forum posts if you want to.  You can see an example in randomguy's recent post.  This approach may be helpful if you're linking several videos in a single post -- although you're welcome to use other organization techniques (such as Youtube playlists or special-purpose Youtube channels) as well.