Yes, the Vikidia emcyclopedi is more appropriate for primary school students. It is also quite useful for them because the articles are written in a language that they can understand. I am actually trying to promote Vikidia among the primary schools in Geneva (as well as using Wikipedia with older students)
Gabe On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:25 PM, Mathias Damour <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Le 19/06/2014 15:05, Martin Walker a écrit : > >> Keeping kids safe from "adult" articles is a valid parent/teacher >> concern, and it may be very important in some cultures. And we should all >> recall the Florida teacher who lost her job when her kids accidentally got >> onto a pornsite in her classroom. >> >> I've worked on the 1.0 project on en:wp. When we produce offline >> collections of the English Wikipedia articles (often for schools), on DVD >> or flash drive, space is often limited. Therefore we sometimes provide >> only a selection of articles rather than the full encyclopedia. We can >> screen out the pornstars and the extreme violence by not selecting articles >> tagged by certain WikiProjects. (We leave in basic informational articles >> such as those on human anatomy). However, this approach only works on >> Wikipedias that use WikiProject tags, such as en and fr. >> >> Another issue is when obscene/racist phrases are inserted into otherwise >> clean articles by vandalism. That's one reason we did the offline project; >> we used a variation of the WikiTrust tool to select a clean version >> (RevIDs) of each article. Obviously these collections can't be used where >> kids are actively editing, but it has its place. >> > > I take this opportunity to remind about another model : a wiki for > children that kids (and adults) *are* actively editing : > http://blog.wikimedia.fr/vikidia-in-english-opens- > today-lets-build-a-children-wiki-encyclopedia-6400 > > My present concern on fr.vikidia is much more the too harsh and austere > (often teenage) admins, especially to newbies, than the insertion of > obscene or inappropriate content. :-\ > > -- > Mathias Damour > 49 rue Carnot > F-74000 Annecy > 00 33 (0)4 57 09 10 56 > 00 33 (0)6 27 13 65 51 > [email protected] > http://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Astirmays > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education >
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