I think a particular hurdle for a standalone WMF-affiliated kidipedia project
is the COPPA, and other similar laws both in the US and elsewhere that could
potentially increase civil liability. Another hurdle is that America is very
aware, perhaps overly aware, of the potential safety risks when
(as our strategic direction
> says) is better that not providing at all.
>
> If you want to know more about Txikipedia, contact us, please.
>
> Galder
> From: Neurodivergent Netizen
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 2:59 AM
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Subject: [Wi
I'm having trouble reconciling a minors right to privacy
while proving that they are, in fact, minors.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 5:04 AM Neurodivergent Netizen <
idoh.idreamofhor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wikipedia is not asking any extra step nor age confirmation, and legally
> you can h
yet. :-)
> Kind regards
> Ziko
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Klexikon
>
> Am Mi., 22. Juni 2022 um 19:27 Uhr schrieb Mathias Damour
> :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> De: "Neurodivergent Netizen"
>> I think a particular hurdle for a standalone
The English Wikipedia has a “plain language” wikipedia, the Simple English
Wikipedia. It’s targeted not only towards children, but also towards people who
aren’t fluent in English and/or have learning disabilities. A few “internet
hack” memes say “If you can’t understand the Wikipedia article, c
>
>
> At the end of the day, we need to talk about the big picture: how are we, as
> wikimedians, providing content for those who need it more and can't
> understand our great work.
>
> Have a good solstice,
>
> Galder
> From: Neurodivergent Netizen <mailto:i
it:
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redaktion_Medizin/Projekt_Kinderleicht
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Simple_German_3
> Meanwhile Wikikids.nl was launched in March 2006 and Vikidia in French in
> November 2006.
>
>
gt; on Wikimedia
> projects
> they/them/theirs (why pronouns matter
> <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>)
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:43 PM Neurodivergent Netizen
> mailto:idoh.idreamofhor...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I think that SEWP was created like
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gt; for English (it is not, as writing in Simple Wikipedia is way more complex
> than doing at the regular one, because you must change the language) but not
> for the other languages. There's where especial places for children may work.
>
> Have a good day,
> Galder
> Fro
el
> quite the opposite than being patronized when they can have their word in the
> founctionning, tutoring some newer editors, get some patrol or admin rights,
> and so on. They are typically Wikipedia readers in the same time.
> About readers, that's not such a big issue as wel
Is that one sentence at least backed up by a source that confirms the
information? Were the stubs possibly created by a bot instead of human? (Hey,
it’s happened before!) If the answers to the questions I asked were “No” and
“Yes,” then it reflects even worse on the quality of articles written b
ev&action=history>
> - a 2010 project ended as they were told to request a Simple German Wikipedia
> and then denied to open it:
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redaktion_Medizin/Projekt_Kinderleicht
>
> <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:R
> When I had a look to the most viewed articles (not exactly recently) I had
> the impression that it actually reach one of its goal that is to be a
> resource for non native english speaker (that moreover don't have a well
> developped Wikipedia in their native language, such as indians of a mi
no more in
> charge of the Vikidia association, and I never planned to take in charge
> myself the kind of project I tell about. I just share an idea for anybody to
> possibly take it or elaborate his own from it!
>
>
> Envoyé: vendredi 24 juin 2022 à 23:21
> De: "
clopedia
> addresses dyslexics with videos, avoiding writing, eventually
> dyslexics learn to read with more appropriate texts and in suitable
> contexts.
> Grazie tantissimo a tutti Matteo
>
> Il giorno sab 25 giu 2022 alle ore 00:49 Neurodivergent Netizen
> ha scritto:
>>
Can you tell us what MENA stands for?
From,
I dream of horses
She/her
> On Dec 6, 2022, at 8:28 AM, Wikimedia Trust and Safety
> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> On December 6th 2022, the Foundation undertook 16 global bans to users who
> were engaging in conflict of interest editing on Wikipe
Of course Wikipedia has an article on it. :-) It refers to “the Middle East and
North Africa.”
From,
I dream of horses
She/her
> On Dec 6, 2022, at 12:01 PM, Nathan wrote:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MENA?wprov=sfla1
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 2:59 PM Neurodi
I wouldn’t be surprised if there was already an official Wikimedia blog. I do
have a vague memory of one. However, I don’t believe it’s a wiki, just a blog.
There could be benefits to a non-Wikimedia wiki that’s used in a blog-like
fashion, but I really don’t see any use for one that’s WMF-affil
One concern I have is that all “oldbies” like myself have all seen bots
basically decay after whomever is maintaining goes inactive. Of course, this
could be mostly rectified by having the AI be open source. This leaves the
“people” aspect; that is, not only does the AI need to be maintained, bu
I know there are cultures in the world that regard English as a litmus test
with regards to whether or not you’re educated, and was wondering if that added
a layer of nuance to the conversation. However, this changed my mind:
>
>> Q: My article is in French, Portuguese, Swahili, or any other lan
> I didn't attend but I'd imagine any event with international attendees would
> have a increased chance of spreading covid, even if certain measures were
> taken to prevent that from happening.
Nevertheless, there are measures that can be taken to reduce the likelihood.
Honestly, I need to d
Testing for COVID is on the decrease. I wonder if all twenty are getting
tested, or if they are getting tested, how inclined they are to tell others
they’ve caught it?
From,
I dream of horses
She/her
> On Sep 8, 2023, at 7:55 AM, Reke Wang wrote:
>
> There was over 20 Taiwanese people par
States and caught
>> COVID one time before.
>>
>> Completely unrelated, but back in the United States our housemates got COVID
>> while we were gone. Also elsewhere in my town there are suddenly people out
>> with COVID in many places, when for some time, we
While a good stop-gap measure, VPNs can be expensive enough that it’s not
really a permanent solution. The ultimate solution is to get Commons unblocked,
if that’s possible. Of course, getting it unblocked might prove impossible.
From,
I dream of horses
She/her
> On Mar 19, 2024, at 9:33 AM
> A few years ago, I acquired a VPN as part of an antivirus package. However,
> when I tried to use it for other services, I encountered an unexpected issue
> switching on wiki platforms: despite being there as a registered user, I
> found myself unable to edit them.
>
> So how can VPN be a sol
lem to begin with.
>
> In any case, nothing will probably change. But please don't say that VPN is a
> solution. People have already enough problems that adding more and more
> passages.
>
> Il martedì 19 marzo 2024 alle ore 19:51:42 CET, Neurodivergent Netizen
> ha s
ll be implemented, given
> the likelihood that the approach will mirror that of the VPN case or other
> instances—utilizing massive and/or indefinite self-referential strict
> measures that are seldom evaluated on the long term with some metrics.
>
>
>
> Il marte
I wonder what context made you bring up these concerns. I know sometimes
several IP addresses are blocked because of IP-hopping trolls/harassers, etc.
This can unfortunately lead to collateral damage, and it may superficially
appear to be preemptive, but it isn’t.
From,
I dream of horses
She/he
This wouldn’t apply to the English Wikipedia. VPNs/similar technology have been
blocked there for people consistently using them to vandalize. You can get an
IP block exemption if you are both trusted and demonstrate a need for privacy
above and beyond what most people need (for example, to circ
> If it is a reason for some to create many useless pseudo articles - that is a
> poor incentive.
If it motivates people to create an “article writing” bot, the articles are
going to be that much more useless to the Wikipedia reader. The English
Wikipedia community is perhaps the largest, and y
The main obstacle I see here is that different language Wikipedias have
differing notability standards, which is inevitable given the different
cultures. I’m not sure how you’d account for that.
From,
I dream of horses
She/her
> On Sep 22, 2024, at 6:01 AM, Amir Sarabadani wrote:
>
> The
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