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-8LUq...
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.comwhere #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-Ou%C3%A8r%C3%A8 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 You do not cite the source, nor the names of the original authors That point is a bit more tricky that the above one...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@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 _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:African-Wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians
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