Sorry Anne,  I missed your email. Thanks for your comment.

Regards,

Isaac.



On Oct 2, 2017 6:31 PM, "Isaac Olatunde" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Neither the "Wikipedia community " nor the "Nigerian community" is to
> decide whether they merit a Wikipedia page or not. One does not become a
> subject of a Wikipedia article by creating a video for WMF. If they had
> been the subject of multiple independent reliable sources, someone with no
> conflict of interest will probably write about them and this has nothing to
> do with the Wikipedia community or the Nigerian community.
>
> This is a commissioned work and accordingly to Nigerian copyright law, the
> copyright of the work does not belong to the WMF but the creator of the
> work. Unless there is a contract agreement between Mark Angels and the WMF
> to release the work under a free license, I doubt they will change the
> license. I'll like to hear from Zack if such agreement exist.
>
> Regards,
>
> Isaac
>
> On Oct 2, 2017 5:59 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
>>
>>
>>
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