Thanks for this. I am certain that many of our volunteers would be interested in helping an accessibility project.
I think it worth noting that as accessibility projects have been running within Wikimedia for some years, this is no longer "getting the ball rolling", but more making people aware that we support and are open for new proposals.
Those interested in reading up on work done within our movement both recently and in past years can find existing resources and other motivated Wikimedians at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Accessibility and https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility.
This is not a UK specific project, so I suggest any new projects should include global cooperation as a prerequisite. It may be useful to ask those leading long running Wikimedia Accessibility projects to help with assessment of any proposal.
Thanks, Fae
On 13 January 2014 15:43, Jon Davies jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Accessibility_of_the_Wikimedia_UK_website
This paper has been written by Carol Campbell a trustee of Wikimedia UK. She is very interested in 'getting the ball rolling' on issues around accessibility on Wikipedia and all other wikis. She is fairly certain that this is not the first time these issues have been raised but would like to commit to bringing together people interested in finding answers to some of the challenges she is raising. Please add your names below and offer any background or insights you may have. Thanks. -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies
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