Mathias -
This: http://schools-wikipedia.org/
is something I think would be a great option for english-speaking students,
if we can get it on the Wikireaders
Also I think I need to be clear about a possible language issue: In the USA
people like me often use the word 'kid' to mean anyone all the way up to
sometimes the age of 21 or 25, and can be interchanged with the word
'child' when referring to someone under the age of puberty.
Merci pardon je ne parlais pas Francias :)
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Mathias Damour
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Hi,
How should be token into consideration the low readability of Wikipedia,
which was pointed out by some recent studies, as far as this device is
devoted to children ?
https://blog.wikimedia.org/**2012/11/29/wikimedia-research-**
newsletter-november-2012/#**Readability_of_the_English_**
Wikipedia.2C_Simple_Wikipedia.**2C_and_Britannica_comparedhttps://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/29/wikimedia-research-newsletter-november-2012/#Readability_of_the_English_Wikipedia.2C_Simple_Wikipedia.2C_and_Britannica_compared
There is Simple English Wikipedia as far as English is concerned. For
other language, there is the *Wikikids* proposal that has had some activity
recently and 2 or 3 existing and well running wiki for children.
That's about setting a frame pulled after the existing wikis for kids, to
make good work, associate potential editors (including children), and then
(notably ;-)) to supply a WikiReaders4Kids with suitable and quality
content a few years later !
Present step is to assemble a comparison between those existing wikis to
help to work out what should be the basic principles for such a project.
Have a look at it !
http://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Wikikidshttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids
Le 05/05/2013 06:27, Victor Grigas a écrit :
Hello everyone,
My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds
to
buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in
places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids.
The campaign is here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/**projects/help-us-distribute-**
wikireaders-to-kidshttp://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-distribute-wikireaders-to-kids
The video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=j07ROeiaFg0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07ROeiaFg0
Please consider funding the campaign and if you can't fund the campaign,
please share the link with others!
While I am an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, I am doing this
entirely as a volunteer.
Thanks!
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