Hey there!

Good catch, Isla. All of the versions we released have the appropriate
licensing (YouTube, Commons, etc.), but you're right that Mark Angel's
upload has a different license.

Zack is out today, and I haven't been involved in the nitty gritty on this,
but we'll follow up with more info soon.

Anne

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Isla Haddow Flood <[email protected]>
wrote:

> True Flo, but if they are important and notable within Nigeria, then that
> would allow for some weight behind them being notable to the community …?
> If they are just minor Nigerian celebrities, then not.
>
> On 02 Oct 2017, at 6:59 PM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Le 02/10/2017 à 18:52, Isla Haddow Flood a écrit :
>
> Hey Zack,
>
> Thanks for the clarity … that completely makes sense - I don’t think that
> anyone has a problem with them being paid to do an excellent job (at least,
> I don’t) - I was just wondering about the licensing on their release of the
> video. Perhaps you could ask them to change it, unless it is not what they
> agreed to? And if they are claiming the video, they should mention that
> they were commissioned by the Wikimedia Foundation or whoever to do it.
> That would tick all the attribution boxes, and keep with the licensing, yes?
>
> With regards to whether that makes them notable enough to have a Wikipedia
> article, then that is for the Nigerian community to decide. But it should
> be because they are notable in their own right, and not because they did a
> Wikipedia video.
>
>
> One correction. It is not for the Nigerian community to decide. It is for
> the Wikipedia community to do so.
>
> Florence
>
>
>
> *Isla Haddow-Flood*
> Co-project Director
> Username: Islahaddow
>
>
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