Hi everyone -
Asaf, cheers for adding me here.
If the question is "was Mark Angel Comedy paid to make this video" the
answer is yes. They took a heavily discounted fee to concept, produce, act,
edit, and help distribute this video. This was managed with our creative
production partner in Lagos, an agency called Anakle. The project history,
participants, and further details are collected on Meta-Wiki here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Raising_Awareness_in_Nigeria>.
Actor Peter Edochie, who appears in the other video skit was also
compensated for his work. Again, he selected a highly discounted fee.
Overall, the production team on this project was very grateful for both
Mark Angel Comedy and Peter Edochie taking this project on. They are often
asked to do product or brand endorsements and decline, because they feel
the products/services do not align with their interests or beliefs.
Wikimedia was different- they were very excited to be part of this project,
and help advance access to knowledge.
Thanks,
- Zack
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:16 AM, Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org>
wrote:
Thanks Asaf!
On 02 Oct 2017, at 9:53 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I am not sure whether or not Anne and Zach are on this list, so I'm CCing
them explicitly so that they can shed light.
A.
On Oct 2, 2017 10:50, "Isla Haddow Flood" <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org>
wrote:
Am I missing something …? Is this not the video
that the Wikimedia
Foundation created for visibility in Nigeria? It is great that it is
receiving some visibility … but the way it is presented here looks like
they made it (perhaps they were involved in the making - I can see that
Emmanuella is the actress, yes?).
However, they have put forward this version as a standard YouTube license
and I imagine it was released under CC-BY-SA license as per usual …
Perhaps the WMF should have a word ?
On 01 Oct 2017, at 12:36 PM, alimi eyitayo <alimieyitayo(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
+1 wikiology
On Oct 1, 2017 4:17 AM, "Isaac Olatunde" <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Daniel,
Do you think this should be compensatory or they indeed meet our
notability guidelines?. For example, if they meet the English Wikipedia
notability guideline, someone with no conflict of interest who think they
are notable will probably write about them there. This does not implies
that you have a conflict of interest but I don't think this is something
you should start a thread about. They were engaged by WMF to produce the
video and I think they were paid for their services. Even if it was done
free of charge, they would merit a page on Wikipedia only if they pass the
notability guideline. Feel free to write about them on any Wikipedia of
your choice if you are sure they meet the notability criteria.
Regards,
Isaac
On Oct 1, 2017 2:07 AM, "OneMore Daniel" <danencyclopedia(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Mark Angel and Emmanuella just contributed
greatly to Wikimedia by
sensitizing their 1.3 million plus fan base Wikipedia in an
intelligently humorous way. It's something the Wikimedia community
would love to see. They had deserved a page so long ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEA0D3HYHYY
Enjoy (and share!)
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