Le 18/03/2015 13:59, Marc A. Pelletier a écrit :
On 15-03-18 03:09 AM, Mathias Damour wrote:
[from the Convention on the Rights of the Child] "[...] this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds"
Interestingly enough, to me this reads /against/ the idea of a "Wikipedia for Kids" insofar as the intent is to curate, limit, or restrict the encyclopedia to material or language "apropriate" for children.
I really don't see your point. Children and older contributors can perfectly understand and comprehend that the the content must be appropriate for children, just as (and additionaly) it as to be encyclopedic content and respect the NPOV. They can go somewhere else for another kind of content. When they are on such a wiki for some time, they often are the most active defenders of its principles and rules.
For instance, would a Russian Kids' Wikipedia carefully avoid "promotion of homosexuality" as their law now demands (to pick one salient example amongst thousands).
There is not thousands examples, this kind af question is definitely not a day-to-day issue on Vikidia in French. There is so much to write on other subjects.
Le 18/03/2015 14:22, Fæ a écrit :
On 18 March 2015 at 12:59, Marc A. Pelletier marc@uberbox.org wrote:
For instance, would a Russian Kids' Wikipedia carefully avoid "promotion of homosexuality" as their law now demands (to pick one salient example amongst thousands).
Yes it would.
Though this has been bounced about as a project for many years, with a few reasonable examples being implemented (invariably having issues for long term maintenance), it is a difficult and debatable business. The topic of LGBT is a good test, as making educational materials available to children addressing sexuality and gender is always controversial, and at the same time there is no doubt that it is needed.
Where did you hear about such project "having issues for long term maintenance" ? The main issue some (not all) of these projects have is just a very common one : to gather a significant community. I must say we don't have enough content on sexuality on fr.vikidia (in my opinion) yet the controversies on those subjects are not no frequent. I remember one about the content on the article "Masturbation", some wanting it to remain vague and allusive, some other ones wanting it more informative. That's not such a big deal.
By the way, there is a frequent asked questions/Questions and answers on: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids/Questions_and_answers