On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Mathias Damour
<
mathias.damour@laposte.net> wrote:
> Le 19/04/2013 12:57, Samuel Klein a écrit :
>
>> Thank you, Laurent (and Jan-Bart) - it's lovely to hear these updates.
>> Is there discussion between wikimini and vikidia editors about the
>> differences between their goals and policies?
>>
>> Warmly,
>> SJ
>
>
> Yes, there is this discussion on that issue (in French, 2010)
>
http://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Vikidia:Wikimini_et_Vikidia
> I had not read it again recently, but I think it has some substantial
> content on that question.
> By the way, the discussions we had in Milan brought several points to work
> on (among which a summary in English of this discussion and if they were new
> elements since it)
> I will keep you informed !
>
>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Jan-Bart de Vreede
>> <
jdevreede@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> Having been involved in the Dutch Wikikids project over the past years
>>> (full
>>> disclosure: this is a small part of my work for the Kennisnet Foundation
>>> which supports this initiative) I can tell you a little more about it.
>>>
>>> Wikikids is run by a small foundation which has 5 trustees (who are all
>>> educators). They have 12889 articles and over 9000 pictures. They get
>>> about
>>> 3,5 million website visits a year. An important part is that they feel
>>> that
>>> the writing of the article by kids is actually a way for them to learn.
>>> While the end result is also important, the writing and improving is at
>>> least of equal (if not higher) importance.
>>>
>>> The english page on the project is here:
>>>
>>>
http://wikikids.nl/Wikikids:English_explanation
>>>
>>> (I am not sure but I think one or two of the founders might be on this
>>> mailing list, but probably not actively following it)
>>>
>>> Jan-Bart
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Laurent Jauquier <
laurent.jauquier@unifr.ch>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Will,
>>>
>>> After four years of activity, I can't recall a case in which an adult had
>>> tried to pass itself off as a child or that we even suspected such a case
>>> on
>>> Wikimini. In fact it is important to note that adults are also fully
>>> involved in the project and they even have their own dedicated portal on
>>> the
>>> wiki. I mean, our users are not *only* children, and furthermore, the
>>> collaboration between the latter and adults is an important component of
>>> Wikimini.
>>>
>>> From a safety standpoint it should also be noted that unlike many other
>>> community websites and services aimed at children (think of chat systems,
>>> message boards, online games, virtual worlds, social networks...) there
>>> is
>>> no way to engage in private exchanges with other users on Wikimini.
>>> Moreover
>>> the email functionality has been deactivated.
>>>
>>> Laurent
>>>
http://wikimini.org
>>>
>>> 2013/4/18 Wjhonson <
wjhonson@aol.com>
>>>>
>>>> How do you ensure that the contributors are children ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jane Park <
janepark@creativecommons.org>
>>>> To: Wikimedia Education <
education@lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>> Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 2:38 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Education] Wikimini, the Children's Encyclopedia
>>>> has reached 10 000 articles (word cloud inside)
>>>>
>>>> This is very cool! Are there any children oriented wikis in other
>>>> languages?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Laurent Jauquier
>>>> <
laurent.jauquier@unifr.ch> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm pleased to let you know that Wikimini in French
>>>>> (
http://fr.wikimini.org) has reached 10 000 articles. For those who
>>>>> don't
>>>>> know our project, Wikimini is a free encyclopedia written by children
>>>>> and
>>>>> young teenagers, both at school and at home. It currently exists in
>>>>> French
>>>>> and the site is based on Mediawiki (same software used by Wikipedia).
>>>>>
>>>>> Word cloud:
>>>>>
>>>>> On this very special occasion, our aspiring encyclopedists were asked
>>>>> to
>>>>> choose 3 words that would best describe the project in their eyes. A
>>>>> word
>>>>> cloud was built using the words we had received and their frequency. I
>>>>> wanted to share it with you, so I translated it in English:
>>>>>
>>>>> ==>
http://stock.wikimini.org/w/images/7/7c/EN-Wikimini_in_75_words.png
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope you'll find it interesting and inspiring.
>>>>>
>>>>> Laurent
>>>>>
http://wikimini.org
>>>>>
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