Le 21/02/2014 21:44, Fæ a écrit :
Could someone explain how this fits with past
experiences of setting
up school-friendly versions of Wikipedia, like
http://schools-wikipedia.org?
I answered above, see
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2014-February/011827.html
Moreover, it's not only a matter of providing content to children but
for them to "freely share knowledge" and "empower them to collect and
develop educational content under a free license and to disseminate it
effectively and globally." (Guess where I picked this up ! ;-) )
There is also the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (signed and
ratified by the UK) which states:
"Article 13 - 1. The child shall have the right to freedom of
expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive *and
impart information* and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers,
either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through
any other media of the child's choice."
Even if the readers/editors rate is roughtly the same as on Wikipedia (I
mean that while Wikikids.nl and fr.vikidia are some reasonable success
in audience, they don't gather a massive community of editors.
fr.vikidia has 600 000 UV a month, 175 active user a month and about 20
very active of any ages), I can tell that children and teenagers can
really appreciate and be proud to be involved in such a project !
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