Dear oral,
First off, I want to appreciate your work and research in this area. I'm willing to help on this. Feel free to send me a private mail for further discussion.
Olatunde isaac,
Olatunde isaac,
Reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com
+2348166620737
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Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Help needed identifying African or
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Thanks to all for the advice and help, they are all well noted and will be
acted upon appropriately.
Oral Ofori: Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an Information and
Communication Consultancy on African Affairs -- +12027069881
On Dec 9, 2015 4:03 AM, "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Mr Oral, please, did you know you could write everything above in just 3
> sentences?
>
> Lemme show you what I mean:
>
> "My name is Oral, as you know already, and I share African stories. I am
> looking into African world leaders, innovators, and educators in Science,
> Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Will appreciate links to
> personalities relating to these fields and specialties.
>
> Thanks"
>
> That was 3 sentences, without the salutation.
>
> Didn't see this coming, wouldn't have approve.
>
> 😌
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 08:44 TheAfricanDream Oral.Ofori <oralofori(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Fellow friends and colleages,
>>
>> Fisrt of all permit me to extend my warmest regards to you and to also
>> express my great admiration and appreciation for the great work you all do
>> for your country which positively affects Africans and humanity all over
>> the globe.
>>
>> My name is Oral Ofori, am originally from Ghana and I am a UK trained
>> journalist who has been working as a media specialist in the Washington DC
>> area of the United States of America over the past half decade. I am also
>> the Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an Information and Communication
>> Consultancy on African Affairs which happens to be a multiplatform media
>> firm. I encourage you to find out more about me and my work here:
>> www.goo.gl/0iuyGr
>>
>> I am passionate about telling the African story from an African
>> perspective to especially give the non African audience an authentic view
>> of the reality and to also inform and motivate Africans globally about the
>> positive strides fellow compatriots are making in all aspects of human
>> endeavor. As a result, I have recently begun research online and offline
>> for ideas/information/data to help create profiles of African world
>> leaders, innovators, and educators in Science, Technology, Engineering and
>> Mathematics. Fiber optic and Nano technology innovators also excite me a
>> lot. I feel some of you may have a world of experience in helping me
>> identify such individuals based on your extensive network, which is why I
>> thought it beneficial to reach out here.
>>
>>
>>
>> I will therefore appreciate any information anyone will be able to assist
>> me with over time in my pursuit of this project as I believe these are a
>> few of the many key areas we need to really highlight in our quest to
>> further empower the African brain all over.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your time and assistance,
>>
>> Oral Ofori: Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an Information and
>> Communication Consultancy on African Affairs --->> goo.gl/0iuyGr
>> +12027069881
>>
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Fellow friends and colleages,
Fisrt of all permit me to extend my warmest regards to you and to also
express my great admiration and appreciation for the great work you all do
for your country which positively affects Africans and humanity all over
the globe.
My name is Oral Ofori, am originally from Ghana and I am a UK trained
journalist who has been working as a media specialist in the Washington DC
area of the United States of America over the past half decade. I am also
the Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an Information and Communication
Consultancy on African Affairs which happens to be a multiplatform media
firm. I encourage you to find out more about me and my work here:
www.goo.gl/0iuyGr
I am passionate about telling the African story from an African perspective
to especially give the non African audience an authentic view of the
reality and to also inform and motivate Africans globally about the
positive strides fellow compatriots are making in all aspects of human
endeavor. As a result, I have recently begun research online and offline
for ideas/information/data to help create profiles of African world
leaders, innovators, and educators in Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics. Fiber optic and Nano technology innovators also excite me a
lot. I feel some of you may have a world of experience in helping me
identify such individuals based on your extensive network, which is why I
thought it beneficial to reach out here.
I will therefore appreciate any information anyone will be able to assist
me with over time in my pursuit of this project as I believe these are a
few of the many key areas we need to really highlight in our quest to
further empower the African brain all over.
Thank you for your time and assistance,
Oral Ofori: Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an Information and
Communication Consultancy on African Affairs --->> goo.gl/0iuyGr
+12027069881
Dear Distinguished Wikipedians,
This is a Wake Up call to all of us who meant well for African based wikipedians.
I have been waiting for many months and it's running into a year and half, yet nothing is heard from No-One. Though, I could be wrong but this is a slice of my thought on Wikindaba and the Spirit behind it.
1. Is Wikindaba a one-off event.
2. What are the outcomes of the various committees setup after the event and their effect on the overall development of various communities in the region.
2. Are the Action points mapped out after the event been reviewed and acted upon by any one or a group of committee.
3. If we jettisoned the Idea of Wikindaba would the huge nvestment by WMF on this project gone through the drainage.
4. No doubts, other regions are collaborating through a larger meet up , a replica of Wikindaba. Why is it difficult to sustain our own initiative as Africans.
5. What is stopping us from building on the achievement of the maiden Edition of Wikindaba 2014.
5. Don't we have local communities, chapters and other open knowledge platforms begging for collaboration and prime initiatives in the context of Africa any more.
7. Don't we (Younger User Groups) have anything to learn from established User Groups and Chapters in Africa any more.
The WMF through annual Wikipedian Conferences and Wikimania due to limited fund has shown that sponsorship can't go round all the wikipedians that are not financially strong but are keen to attend these events . Since, most of these event are organized outside Africa. One can only conclude that we Africa wikipedian suffer it most. Therefore, only the African version of this event in the picture of Wikindaba can give us the sense of belonging.
Lastly, I am begging other wikipedians to join hands with me to wake up the sleeping giants in us .
This is a piece of more questions but no answer.
The harvest is many but the laborers are few.
Olaniyan Olushola
Team Lead, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN)
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Hello
Ok Rexford and Oral.
Advertisment it is.
Fine.
We can live with it as long as it is not too frequent and too pushy ;)
The goal and the mission is commandable. So I REALLY wish you success in
that business.
TWO little requests though (not recommandations, requests :)).
1. Trademark issue
On the little page of presentation
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZHuuWFwKGxQ1Gnn2DguzlgljZ5ylQwnX2vt-8LU…
You introduce Afropedia as, I quote,
" *Oral Ofori is also an editor on Wikipedia
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Oralofori>; the global
encyclopaedia and its African version; Afropedia
<http://www.worldafropedia.com>where #TheAfricanDream helps to create
articles for Africa." *Afropedia is NOT the African version of
Wikipedia. It is unrelated to Wikipedia, it is not even under a free
licence*. I*would be surprised to hear that it is considered an
"affiliate" project. So, your introduction to Afropedia is misleading
and this needs to be clarified. This point is easy to fix 2. Licence
issue http://www.worldafropedia.com is published under a non-commercial
licence. Yet.... after a quick checking, most of its content is clearly
a copy paste from Wikipedia. As in
http://www.worldafropedia.com/afropedia/Adja-Ouèrè So, you violate terms
of Wikipedia licence for two reasons 1. You republish a content
originally under a free licence, under a non free licence 2. You do not
cite the source, nor the names of the original authors That point is a
bit more tricky that the above one... but need to be addressed. Anthere **
Le 09/12/15 10:02, Nkansah Rexford a écrit :
>
> Mr Oral, please, did you know you could write everything above in just
> 3 sentences?
>
> Lemme show you what I mean:
>
> "My name is Oral, as you know already, and I share African stories. I
> am looking into African world leaders, innovators, and educators in
> Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Will appreciate
> links to personalities relating to these fields and specialties.
>
> Thanks"
>
> That was 3 sentences, without the salutation.
>
> Didn't see this coming, wouldn't have approve.
>
> 😌
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 08:44 TheAfricanDream Oral.Ofori
> <oralofori(a)gmail.com <mailto:oralofori@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Fellow friends and colleages,
>
> Fisrt of all permit me to extend my warmest regards to you and to
> also express my great admiration and appreciation for the great
> work you all do for your country which positively affects Africans
> and humanity all over the globe.
>
> My name is Oral Ofori, am originally from Ghana and I am a UK
> trained journalist who has been working as a media specialist in
> the Washington DC area of the United States of America over the
> past half decade. I am also the Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an
> Information and Communication Consultancy on African Affairs which
> happens to be a multiplatform media firm. I encourage you to find
> out more about me and my work here: www.goo.gl/0iuyGr
> <http://www.goo.gl/0iuyGr>
>
> I am passionate about telling the African story from an African
> perspective to especially give the non African audience an
> authentic view of the reality and to also inform and motivate
> Africans globally about the positive strides fellow compatriots
> are making in all aspects of human endeavor. As a result, I have
> recently begun research online and offline for
> ideas/information/data to help create profiles of African world
> leaders, innovators, and educators in Science, Technology,
> Engineering and Mathematics. Fiber optic and Nano technology
> innovators also excite me a lot. I feel some of you may have a
> world of experience in helping me identify such individuals based
> on your extensive network, which is why I thought it beneficial to
> reach out here.
>
> I will therefore appreciate any information anyone will be able to
> assist me with over time in my pursuit of this project as I
> believe these are a few of the many key areas we need to really
> highlight in our quest to further empower the African brain all over.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you for your time and assistance,
>
> Oral Ofori: Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an Information and
> Communication Consultancy on African Affairs --->> goo.gl/0iuyGr
> <http://goo.gl/0iuyGr> +12027069881
>
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Very cool tool. Even impressive is the number of entries from Mounir. How
did he manage that?
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> 1. WLA : who upload pictures ? (Florence Devouard)
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:25:16 +0100
> From: Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org>
> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians
> <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [African Wikimedians] WLA : who upload pictures ?
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>
> Hi friends
>
> Isla asked our dear Erik Zachte to provide us with data regarding
> uploaders to WLA.
>
> He wrote a script for us, and here is the outcome :
> http://stats.wikimedia.org/WLA_uploaders.html
>
> Pretty cool right ?
>
>
> Bonjour à tous
>
> Isla a demandé des infos stats à Erik Zachte. Il a rédigé un petit
> script pour nous. Mise à jour quotidienne. A voir !
> http://stats.wikimedia.org/WLA_uploaders.html
>
>
> Flo
>
> --
>
Hello friends
I would like to bring your attention on a little point.
Copyright issues are... hmmm... touchy and rather complicated issues.
And it takes a lot of time to actually really understand them.
I can speak from personal perspective. I had NO idea what a free licence
was when I started contributing to Wikipedia early 2002. My eyes started
to really open in 2004 (yeah, over 2 years later) when I first met
Richard Stallman at the first Wikimania (and thought... "what on earth
is the guy talking about ????"). It probably took me a few additional
years to really feel confortable with licensing. And even now... I must
say that I still have points on which I am not knowledgeable enough
(such as freedom of panorama, length of rights or orphan works).
So... I completely understand that some of you (if not to say, most of
you) are not fully informed about copyrights. And I understand you may
"miss" important points.
Amongst the images uploaded during Wiki Loves Africa, most are fine. But
obviously, some are potential copyright violations. I deleted quite a
few already ;)
We may identify them in the next few days or in a few months or even years.
I heard that at least one image which was a winner of Wiki Loves
Monuments in the past, was later found to be a copyright violation. So
we may make a mistake in celebrating a winner that... should not be a
winner.
At the global level, for the main contest, I will, with the other
oldbies wikimedians, make sure to limit that risk. This is also why we
request that uploaders provide a mean to contact them.
But I know that some of you decided to also hold a local contest and to
decide of "best images from their countries". And this is GREAT.
If you have decided to do so, please, do not hesitate to talk with us of
the images you plan to nominate as winners (in particular if you DO NOT
KNOW their authors).
So that other eyes can look at the nominated pictures and help decide
whether the images are legitimate or not.
Please contact us and share your best choices with us. I can help. Other
people can help such as Habib. Or others on Commons. To make sure the
winners are actually really freely licenced pictures.
Cheers
Anthere
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