http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/education-cd.htm http://www.schoolnet.na/ Schoolnet Namibia is making Wikipedia content available on thin client PCs http://www.widernet.org/digitallibrary/ includes Wikipedia content http://mobiled.uiah.fi/ provides mobile access to spoken (!) Wikipedia content, piloted in African schools
OLPC (already mentioned) wants to involve kids in the editing process as well.
There's a bunch of data mining projects which make use of Wikipedia's huge text corpus.
No time for a more detailed response .. but briefly, by becoming part of the commons, resources can and do spread freely even into regions that don't have Internet coverage. Innovators, in the non-profit or the for-profit sector, can experiment freely with new ways to disseminate and derive knowledge.
Sandy, our Communications Director (in CC), is working on a press kit that includes these and other use cases -- you may want to get in touch with her to share info.
On 4/9/07, Aude audevivere@gmail.com wrote:
What innovative (re)uses of Wikipedia or Wikimedia content are out there?
I have looked through the Mirrors and forks page, but nothing jumps out at me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mirrors_and_forks
Also, what potential innovated uses of content might there be?
I'm seeking permission to license images I have of NHL trophies under GFDL or compatible license. I'd like to give them examples or explanation of positive benefits of such licensing and reuse of content and the philosophy behind it.
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