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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello<br>
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Ok Rexford and Oral.<br>
Advertisment it is.<br>
Fine.<br>
We can live with it as long as it is not too frequent and too
pushy ;) <br>
The goal and the mission is commandable. So I REALLY wish you
success in that business. <br>
<br>
TWO little requests though (not recommandations, requests :)).<br>
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1. Trademark issue<br>
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On the little page of presentation<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZHuuWFwKGxQ1Gnn2DguzlgljZ5ylQwnX2vt-8LUqJhA/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZHuuWFwKGxQ1Gnn2DguzlgljZ5ylQwnX2vt-8LUqJhA/edit</a><br>
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You introduce Afropedia as, I quote, <br>
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<b style="font-weight:normal;"
id="docs-internal-guid-94ef3edf-8615-6e59-ca3e-5f4a0934a6a6"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Ubuntu;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Oral Ofori is also an editor on </span><a
href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Oralofori"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Ubuntu;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Wikipedia</span></a><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Ubuntu;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">; the global encyclopaedia and its African version; </span><a
href="http://www.worldafropedia.com"
style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Ubuntu;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Afropedia</span></a><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Ubuntu;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> where #TheAfricanDream helps to create articles for Africa."
<b>Afropedia is NOT the African version of Wikipedia. It is unrelated to Wikipedia, it is not even under a free licence</b>. I<b> 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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.worldafropedia.com">http://www.worldafropedia.com</a> 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 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.worldafropedia.com/afropedia/Adja-Ouèrè">http://www.worldafropedia.com/afropedia/Adja-Ouèrè</a>
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
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Le 09/12/15 10:02, Nkansah Rexford a écrit :<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Mr Oral, please, did you know you could write
everything above in just 3 sentences?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Lemme show you what I mean:</p>
<p dir="ltr">"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.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thanks"</p>
<p dir="ltr">That was 3 sentences, without the salutation. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Didn't see this coming, wouldn't have approve.</p>
<p dir="ltr">😌</p>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Dec 9, 2015, 08:44 TheAfricanDream
Oral.Ofori <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:oralofori@gmail.com">oralofori@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Fellow friends and colleages,<br>
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<p dir="ltr">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.<br>
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</p>
<p dir="ltr">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: <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.goo.gl/0iuyGr"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.goo.gl/0iuyGr">www.goo.gl/0iuyGr</a></a><br>
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</p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> </p>
<p dir="ltr">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.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Thank you for your time and assistance,<br>
</p>
<p dir="ltr">Oral Ofori: Founder of TheAfricanDream LLC; an
Information and Communication Consultancy on African Affairs
--->> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://goo.gl/0iuyGr" target="_blank">goo.gl/0iuyGr</a> +12027069881<br>
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