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Welcome! Thank you for your interest. CourtFool articles are based on extensive research. They appear once or twice a year. Numerous persons have helped in the background: scientists, researchers, specialists in various domains and many occasional contacts. We also owe a lot to reporters, newspapers and institutions around the world, who collect informations and allow free access to them. Without them these researches would not be possible.

Do you also think these articles are worth to be better known? Well, then join us for a moment, or longuer if you want, and enjoy the pleasure of participating!

Sofar, these articles are ignored by most of the mainstream media. They are mainly circulated on the internet. Hundreds of people already helped to make them reach hundreds of thousands of readers via more than 200 websites. And thanks to the work of great volunteers most articles are available in seven languages now. There is interest from all over the world. To offer access to these articles everywhere, it is just a matter of many relatively small tasks.

This page gives an overview. You can participate by picking up a task that suits you.

Address seekers

The fastest and easiest way to help us is to google some addresses of people who may be interested to read or publish an article. On the internet, there are tens of thousands of email addresses of people around the world who would be interested in receiving these articles. If visitors from different countries help find these addresses, we can divulguate the articles world wide. Just jump to the Address Seekers page and see how easy it is. Even if you can only contribute for a quarter of an hour, you can be extremely useful this way.

CourtFool-diplomats

If you are willing to take up a more important task and have the skills for it, you are invited to take up the role of a CourtFool-diplomat for a country you know well. This role comprises the search of relevant email addresses and sending around new articles once or twice a year. This way, you can bring the articles to the attention of thousands - often tens of thousands - of new readers. However, you need diplomatic skills to do this successfully.

 

In an ideal situation there would be one person in each country, who handles the distribution of new articles in his/her country. In the first place he/she googles all appropriate websites in his/her country and proposes the articles for publication.

Ideally he/she also knows where to find the names and email addresses of parliamentarians, senators, secretaries of political parties, trade unions, action groups, news services, appropriate TV-program makers, web publishers etc. (See Address Seekers page for more details.) And, of course, when address seekers find additional addresses for your country, they will be transmitted to you.

Information creates awareness among the population, but also among the rulers and politicians. CourtFool issues are not related to left-wing or right-wing politics. The issues affect humanity as a whole. Therefor, CourtFool diplomats inform all parties without discrimination.

To bring the articles to the attention of the addressees it takes more than just sending them by email. Nearly all email addresses and contact pages on your list are publicly known. Often the addressees receive dozens or hundreds of messages each day. The art is to distinguish yourself and to get positive attention, at least of the key persons. You will receive a few guidelines by mail. In any case, CourtFool diplomats treat all adressees with great respect and never lose their temper.

You won't have to use your personal email account to handle these contacts. As a CourtFool-diplomat you will receive a special email account with access to CourtFool's webmail.

You want to consider this task? Please send me an email and indicate for which country.

Translators

Extremely important are the persons who translate articles, preferably from English, French or Dutch into their mother tongue. Each translation opens the way to thousands and often to many tens of thousands of readers. Translations into any language are very, very welcome!

 

Information stops at the barriers of languages. If you speak more than one langage, you can help the articles cross these barriers. However, even if you are not a professional translator, readers must be certain your translation is correct. If, during a translation, you have the slightest doubt about the meaning of an expression or a sentence, you must imperatively ask me for additional explanations. I will be very happy to answer you as quickly as I can. (I speak English, French and Dutch, for help in other languages it takes a bit more time.)

Today, CourtFool has sections for seven languages. At the moment, in Spanish and Portuguese, there are still a few translations missing. So, if you happen to be a native Spanish or Portuguese speaker, please consider translating one of the missing articles. In particular "Out of the euro, and then?" is an article about a hot subject and very important for the people in Spain and Portugal.

If you speak another language than the seven that are already present, it would be great if you could help set up a section for your language so your countrymen can read the articles too.

Text Correctors

We would also appreciate the help of Text Correctors, who review a text before publication. (In particular when a text has been translated into your language by a foreigner.) Text Correctors should be able to correct badly formed sentences and errors in grammar and orthography. For the moment we would appreciate the help of a native French and a native English speaking corrector.

 

The help of these Text Correctors is very important. Indeed, when a text is badly written, visitors stop reading it and click away.

If you have good language skills and want to do this job, please send me a mail.

Publishers

More and more publishers around the world propose CourtFool's articles to their readers. From little websites to notorious news sites, from discussion forums to national wide magazines, they all contribute in making the articles better known. In the left column you can see a list of over 200 websites having published one or more articles.

 

You may copy the articles from www.courtfool.info and publish them freely. Images within the articles, unless explicitely stated otherwise, are also free of copyright.

Be aware, that others may copy CourtFool articles from your website. Therefor, do not cut or alter them. If you publish a part of an article, please mention the location of the original article on www.courtfool.info (A working link to the original article will be appreciated, but is not imperative.)

When you publish an article and inform me about it, I will mention the name of your website on each page of CourtFool.info, with links to your publication.

If you want to be informed when a new article appears, just click on one of the links on the homepage of www.CourtFool.info. If you are a publisher, I would appreciate a lot, if you add your name and the name of your website, magazine or newspaper. When possible, you will then receive the articles under embargo, leaving you time to prepare the articles before the authorized date of publication.

Text Writers

Another way to help drawing the attention to the articles of CourtFool.info is to write reactions on publications on the internet or in newspapers. If you have good skills to write such reactions and if you don’t mind to spend a bit of your time when opportunities arrise, please join the Writers.

 

An article gets a lot more attention, when its subject is on focus in the news. That is why it is important to propose them at such moments, for instance by mentioning the article in a reaction on a news article. As my articles are based on long research, their publication generally does not coincide with a related event. But because they are always about the big world problems, related events will happen over and over again and form opportunities to draw the attention to the hidden causes.

Article re-writers

CourtFool articles are generally too long for newspapers and magazines. Besides, they want exclusive articles. If you have the skills to write short versions of the articles for newspapers or magazines in your country (or elsewhere), you are welcome to do so!

 

I always try to make my articles comprehensive for a very wide public. That is why they are explicite, with many details and explanations. That makes them too long for the average newspaper. Depending on the public you are writing for, things can be left out. If you know newspapers or magazines interested in short versions, then please go ahead.

Cartonists

Textes become more attractive when they are illustrated by a cartoon. If you draw cartoons and if the content of the CourtFool articles inspires you to submit a cartoon, then be welcome!

 

When you draw a cartoon for an article, please keep in mind that this article will be read by people in over a hundred countries, with a still greater variety of cultures. Preferably your cartoon can be understood everywhere.

Others

And of course, there are many other ways to help. If you have good ideas, don't hesitate to share them here.

Thank you for your participation!

Your Court Fool,

Rudo de Ruijter,
Independent researcher,
Netherlands