On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Mark Williamson <node...@gmail.com> wrote: > Phoebe, in my humble opinion, this project is a bit different. I think > when we are talking about child development and creating a project for > children, there's no room to screw around or create some amateurish > product. This is something that, if done wrong, could potentially have > a bigger negative impact than if, say, we'd screwed up on Wikinews. > > -m.
Wait, weren't you the one arguing just upthread that wikipedia was just fine and dandy for you as an adolescent? Not just wikipedia, but wikipedia of 7 years ago, which was far less complete and stable -- far more amateurish -- than it is today. I see your argument, but I don't buy it -- lots of kids are autodidacts just the same as many adults, and lots of stuff designed for kids is crap (including "professional teaching materials"). I don't necessarily know that we could do better, but I don't see why it's not worth a shot. Are you concerned about controversial material? Does your concern go away if the project isn't framed for kids, but rather as a simple language version (simple english, german, etc)? -- phoebe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l