Jane Darnell, 19/06/2013 10:37:
The problem with static offline versions of Wikipedia is that it doesn't allow any interaction at all, so you are virtually cutting off the ability of the reader to become an editor. I am sure many people will feel that prisoners probably don't have a lot of positive information to contribute, or perhaps would not do this in good faith, but theoretically there should be some channel back for them to voice corrections or additions, possibly through some sort of local collaboration committee?
I think this application of Wikipedia is great, but it is also crippled. If we had an incubator system where this type of offline application of Wikipedia could collect edits in a daily batch process for intermediate curation it would be good. Something like this might also useful for education programs with kindergartens or grade schools. We have claimed in the past that a 17-year-old can be smarter than a Ph.D. on any specific issue, but actually, age or environment is arbitrary, no?
Emmanuel is also working on a way for Kiwix to collect feedback/proposed edits for articles. It's a bit tricky to design, of course; probably pl.wiki and Wiktionary's examples will help.
Nemo