Here's a tool for testing web sites for suitability for colour-blind users. http://colorfilter.wickline.org/ It may be worth creating a mockup on a public server and testing. Good luck with the project, Mathias- glad to see so many of the projects discussed at EduWiki are actually happening.
On 20 February 2014 12:37, Mathias Damour <[email protected]>wrote: > Le 20/02/2014 11:56, Richard Nevell a écrit : > > It's an interesting idea. The colours on the main page really stand out, >> though I wonder how easy it will be for people with colour blindness to >> read. Has it been tested for that? >> > > The current colours on the main page were made by a 15 years old user of > (mainly) Vikidia in French, we just make it in a wiki way you know ! (Would > you believe it can work ? ;-) ) > > On 19 February 2014 23:31, Mathias Damour <[email protected]<mailto: >> [email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Since I was able and glad to come in EduWiki 2013 in Cardiff, to >> make a presentation about the Wikikids proposal : >> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/EduWiki_Conference_2013/ >> Abstracts#Wikikids_-_Mathias_Damour >> we have gone forward and we are about to launch Vikidia in English >> on the 28th of February. >> It's already open with restricted access, and the early editors >> mainly come from the other Vikidias and from WikiKids.nl. >> >> Nevertheless, I would be glad that Wikimedia UK or some of it's >> member gets involved and supports this project, (Wikimedia France >> does), provided that if it makes its way properly, it can have a >> great impact for our goals. >> >> If you want to have a look, it's http://en.vikidia.org and the >> codes are "vikidia" and "aidikiv" >> We have set up most of the basic/frame pages and we better them >> before launching the wiki. >> Here they are : http://en.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:Talk/2014/8 >> >> Here is a scratch communiqué/launching message : >> May you be interested in this project and spread, advice or help it ? >> >> ***************************************************** >> >> A Vikidia opens today, let's built a children wiki encyclopedia in >> English ! >> >> Vikidia is the equivalent of Wikipedia for children: an online >> encyclopedic project, for 8-13 year-old readers, open to >> contributors of any age. It was launched in November 2006 in >> French, then in Spanish, Italian, Russian and now English. It aims >> both to offer a suitable corpus of knowledge for children and to >> let some of them, as well as teenagers them be involved in >> building it. It is very close to Wikipedia in its aim and >> functioning, except the age range. >> >> Such wikis have proven their sustainability, relevance and >> success, the two biggest ones this model being Vikidia in French >> and WikiKids.nl in Dutch, with respectively 16000 and 14000 >> articles and hundreds of thousand readers every month. >> >> Many children already use Wikipedia daily, for the substantial >> content and the well known convenient way it is to find material >> on any subject. However, the level of Wikipedia articles makes >> them hardly accessible for children or even other people on some >> subjects and they may read it for lack of a better resource. >> There is some television programs for children, some books, some >> movies for children and even some newspapers and magazines. It >> would be unsound to consider that they couldn't make a great use >> of a children encyclopedia. Many children really need and >> appreciate when it does exist to have a more readable content for >> them. They tell it on the French Vikidia guestbook, on which the >> main remarks are that they like it and that they would like to >> find more articles and more content in most articles. It is not >> designed only for children but for everybody who want a simple >> explanation on a subject. That mean that the content must be >> suitable for 8-13 years old children, based on the general >> perception of what is or not considered as possibly offensive for >> this age range. That also mean that we take each subject seriously >> in order to build a quality and substantial documentary resource. >> >> To offer to some children and teenagers to take part in such a >> resource and to be active in the building process is also >> obviously a matter of empowerment. The mere possibility to add >> something may also change one child's motivation for the content >> as a reader. >> >> Everybody is invited to edit Vikidia without age restrictions. >> There are no mandatory or forbidden roles or status related to the >> users real ages. Vikidia both needs grown-up contributions and >> enable children and teenagers to write and to be involved in >> building the encyclopedia. Young people can also be involved >> within educational activities organised by schools. They may gain >> some digital/media literacy by learning about the functioning of a >> resource they will use extensively few years later: Wikipedia, >> although the goal is still to create content an the "knowledge >> resource" benefit of such a project: school projects are welcomed >> provided they consider the wiki's rules and content objectives. >> >> - Adults involvement is essential for building content that is of >> quality and significance, fostering basic maintenance: to watch >> and ensure a certain stability in the functioning of the wiki, >> - children's involvement, even when they don't produce very long >> articles, let appear works on subjects that interest their peers, >> it responds to their aspirations and their desire to participate >> and they definitely take their share in growing the content and in >> maintenance tasks, >> - older children, teenagers that don't (yet) edit Wikipedia can >> have the chance to do it here, and to make a good work. The >> advantage is both the amount of work they can bring, and what this >> work can bring to them, like for the younger ones and like any >> Wikipedia editor. >> >> http://en.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:For_children_or_by_children%3F >> >> Vikidia representatives used to work on a proposal to be adopted >> within a multilingual Wikikids project. They no longer ask for it >> and decided to remain it independent from the Wikimedia Foundation >> and now to open a Vikidia in English. >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids/Vikidia%27s_ >> withdrawal_of_the_adoption_proposal >> >> Vikidia is handled by the Association Vikidia, located in France, >> a non-profit-organization. The servers are hosted by Tuxfamily, a >> non-profit-organization that host free softwares and free content >> projects. >> Vikidia is free according to the principle of Free Knowledge. The >> general license used is CC-BY-SA. >> Vikidia especially implements and complies with the articles 12, >> 13 and 17 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. >> http://en.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:Relation_to_the_ >> Rights_of_the_Child >> >> -- Mathias Damour >> 49 rue Carnot >> F-74000 Annecy >> 00 33 (0)4 57 09 10 56 >> 00 33 (0)6 27 13 65 51 >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> http://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Astirmays >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Richard Nevell >> Wikimedia UK >> +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 >> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. 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