That would be Kim Gilbey, who has been guiding us through the consultation
and the development of the strategic priorities. We had a meeting about it
this morning, in fact. Further information is coming soon, I hope.
pb
*Philippe Beaudette * \\ Director, Community Advocacy \\ Wikimedia
Excellent. Thank's Philippe.
On Thursday, April 30, 2015, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
That would be Kim Gilbey, who has been guiding us through the consultation
and the development of the strategic priorities. We had a meeting about it
this morning, in fact. Further
Do we have an idea of the time commitment needed - X months of
full-time work? (Potentially more now than it took first time around).
Might be something which would justify an IEG grant, or a similar
small grant from an external body...
Andrew.
On 18 March 2015 at 16:38, David Gerard
On 15-03-18 03:09 AM, Mathias Damour wrote:
[from the Convention on the Rights of the Child]
[...] this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas of all kinds
Interestingly enough, to me this reads /against/ the idea of a
Wikipedia for Kids insofar as the
On 18 March 2015 at 12:59, Marc A. Pelletier m...@uberbox.org wrote:
For instance, would a Russian Kids' Wikipedia carefully avoid promotion
of homosexuality as their law now demands (to pick one salient example
amongst thousands).
Yes it would.
Though this has been bounced about as a project
On 18 March 2015 at 14:02, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
But TLDR - a Wikpedia *adapted* for children is a good idea.
http://schools-wikipedia.org does most of the job. And teachers LOVE
it. We should give this project more love and assistance, it's
basically the
I'd be the most vocal opponent of an encyclopedia *censored* for children.
But I would be a very vocal proponent of an encyclopedia *adapted* for
children. Not by dumbing it down and not by removing information that some
cultures, religions or governments consider immoral or
On 18 March 2015 at 16:07, Richard Symonds
richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
Indeed. http://schools-wikipedia.org is already used around the world -
it's a great example of what can be done if Wikimedians work with (even
passively with) other orgs.
Everyone likes it, not many are
Le 18/03/2015 13:59, Marc A. Pelletier a écrit :
On 15-03-18 03:09 AM, Mathias Damour wrote:
[from the Convention on the Rights of the Child]
[...] this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas of all kinds
Interestingly enough, to me this reads /against/
Le 18/03/2015 02:32, Samuel Klein a écrit :
Thanks for summarizing this, Mathias. I love the work that has been done
so far on Wikikids, and think WMF should think about creative ways to make
such projects successful. Gathering knowledge for all audiences requires
simpler language than most
Le 18/03/2015 20:41, Marc A. Pelletier a écrit :
On 15-03-18 02:19 PM, Mathias Damour wrote:
[...] the content must be appropriate for children [...]
The problem is exactly that. What is or is not appropriate for
children is an inherently *political* question, the answer to which is
Le 18/03/2015 16:23, David Gerard a écrit :
http://schools-wikipedia.org does most of the job. And teachers LOVE
it. We should give this project more love and assistance, it's
basically the refutation of all attempts to, er, filter the base product.
Teachers love it, what about children?
Le
Le 18/03/2015 15:02, Amir E. Aharoni a écrit :
Both were printed in Russian in the Soviet Union, so they also had, um,
ideological adaptations, which I was smart enough to spot (yay for me), but
the reason I loved it is that it had large illustrations, clear and large
font and engaging language.
I'm not dismissing other approaches! I'm noting one approach that did work :-)
On 18 March 2015 at 20:02, Mathias Damour mathias.dam...@laposte.net wrote:
Le 18/03/2015 16:23, David Gerard a écrit :
http://schools-wikipedia.org does most of the job. And teachers LOVE it.
We should give this
Thanks for summarizing this, Mathias. I love the work that has been done
so far on Wikikids, and think WMF should think about creative ways to make
such projects successful. Gathering knowledge for all audiences requires
simpler language than most wikipedias have; and building a culture of
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