Thank you, Laurent (and Jan-Bart) - it's lovely to hear these updates. Is there discussion between wikimini and vikidia editors about the differences between their goals and policies?
Warmly, SJ On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Jan-Bart de Vreede <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > Having been involved in the Dutch Wikikids project over the past years (full > disclosure: this is a small part of my work for the Kennisnet Foundation > which supports this initiative) I can tell you a little more about it. > > Wikikids is run by a small foundation which has 5 trustees (who are all > educators). They have 12889 articles and over 9000 pictures. They get about > 3,5 million website visits a year. An important part is that they feel that > the writing of the article by kids is actually a way for them to learn. > While the end result is also important, the writing and improving is at > least of equal (if not higher) importance. > > The english page on the project is here: > > http://wikikids.nl/Wikikids:English_explanation > > (I am not sure but I think one or two of the founders might be on this > mailing list, but probably not actively following it) > > Jan-Bart > > > > > > > > > On Apr 19, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Laurent Jauquier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Will, > > After four years of activity, I can't recall a case in which an adult had > tried to pass itself off as a child or that we even suspected such a case on > Wikimini. In fact it is important to note that adults are also fully > involved in the project and they even have their own dedicated portal on the > wiki. I mean, our users are not *only* children, and furthermore, the > collaboration between the latter and adults is an important component of > Wikimini. > > From a safety standpoint it should also be noted that unlike many other > community websites and services aimed at children (think of chat systems, > message boards, online games, virtual worlds, social networks...) there is > no way to engage in private exchanges with other users on Wikimini. Moreover > the email functionality has been deactivated. > > Laurent > http://wikimini.org > > 2013/4/18 Wjhonson <[email protected]> >> >> How do you ensure that the contributors are children ? >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jane Park <[email protected]> >> To: Wikimedia Education <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 2:38 pm >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikimini, the Children's Encyclopedia >> has reached 10 000 articles (word cloud inside) >> >> This is very cool! Are there any children oriented wikis in other >> languages? >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Laurent Jauquier >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm pleased to let you know that Wikimini in French >>> (http://fr.wikimini.org) has reached 10 000 articles. For those who don't >>> know our project, Wikimini is a free encyclopedia written by children and >>> young teenagers, both at school and at home. It currently exists in French >>> and the site is based on Mediawiki (same software used by Wikipedia). >>> >>> Word cloud: >>> >>> On this very special occasion, our aspiring encyclopedists were asked to >>> choose 3 words that would best describe the project in their eyes. A word >>> cloud was built using the words we had received and their frequency. I >>> wanted to share it with you, so I translated it in English: >>> >>> ==> http://stock.wikimini.org/w/images/7/7c/EN-Wikimini_in_75_words.png >>> >>> I hope you'll find it interesting and inspiring. >>> >>> Laurent >>> http://wikimini.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Education mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Jane Park >> Project Manager >> Creative Commons >> >> the School of Open, a collaboration with P2PU: http://schoolofopen.org/ >> >> Like what we do? Donate: https://creativecommons.net/donate/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Education mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >> > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
