I prefer Snook's Colour Contrast Check: http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
as it allows you to test the foreground/background colour combinations for compliance with WCAG 2.0, which is the internationally recognised standard for accessibility of web pages. I checked the front page of Vikidia - the worst spot seemed to be part of the "Star article" which had black text on a background of #24B88E. That passes most of the WCAG standards, with the exception of the colour difference - so that's acceptable for most purposes. The rest of the wiki is very clean with good legibility - well done! -- Rexx On 21 February 2014 14:54, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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