Thanks for the link to the 'youth protection' page, geni - I've linked to it from Wikipedia:Child protection rather than redirect or abandon that page just yet - I hope we might make some progress :-)
With that in mind, it occurred to me that this list would be a good spot to ask folks if they are aware of any child protection measures in place in any of the WMF communities. I get the feeling that some feel child protection measures might either be fundamentally a bad thing, or in some way be a net negative, perhaps in terms of participation etc. - if this is your view, pipe up! It would be good to debate a little, and try and find some common ground and move forward :-) So here's my question - is anyone out there aware of any community discussion / policies / practices in regard to regulating children's participation in a project - be it a wikipedia of any language, or any project in the wiki-verse. I'd also really like to extend this to ask those readers of this list who partipate in other collaborative projects, or have experience of other large web sites, to see what measures are out there, and how they might work. Finally, I'd like to repeat my request that the smarter brains than I on the advisory board might like to offer some thoughts in this area - or maybe any foundation staff, and / or board members could indicate whether or not it's been discussed, and whether or not I might have any luck in getting this issue onto the radar - I think it's very important. best, Peter, PM. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:34 PM, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/11/16 private musings <thepmacco...@gmail.com>: > > I should add that if folk are interested in the english wikipedia, and > have > > any ideas / comments etc. in this area, I kicked this off here; > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_Protection > > > > cheers, > > > > Peter, > > PM. > > Already been addressed: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Youth_protection > > In practice defacto policy is that we remove personal information > posted by younger users. > > > -- > geni > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l