Le 19/04/2013 12:57, Samuel Klein a écrit :
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
Yes, there is this discussion on that issue (in French, 2010)
http://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:Wikimini_et_Vikidia
I had not read it again recently, but I think it has some substantial
content on that question.
By the way, the discussions we had in Milan brought several points to
work on (among which a summary in English of this discussion and if they
were new elements since it)
I will keep you informed !
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 ?
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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
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