[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia in jail!

[Jane Darnell]

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?

2013/6/19, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com>:
> Hi Robert, no censoring, filtering, or monitoring. Its the full French
> wikipedia. Afaiu emmanuel it was not discussed, but he explicitly pointed
> out that all articles are there  including the ones about arms.
>
> Rupert
> Am 19.06.2013 03:46 schrieb "Robert Rohde" <rarohde at gmail.com>:
>
>> Very cool.
>>
>> I'm curious, did the prison have any concerns about content or want
>> things filtered out?
>>
>> I've know that some prisons don't allow reading material that is
>> sexual, violent, etc.  Did restrictions like that have to be
>> considered?  Obviously, most of Wikipedia is pretty mundane, but if
>> you look hard enough I'm sure some people might find things to object
>> to.
>>
>> -Robert Rohde
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Charles Andrès
>> <charles.andres.wmch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Wikipedia for prisoners – an unexpected partnership between a swiss
>> prison and Wikimedia CH
>> >
>> > Following an initiative from Emmanuel Engelhart, with the support of
>> Wikimedia CH CAO, Chantal Ebongué, since March 2013, prisoners who request
>> can have an access to Wikipedia offline (Kiwix project). The idea is to
>> stimulate or to support the interest for education of prisoners who were,
>> for a large majority, condemned to long-time sentences.
>> >
>> > After three months of pilot phasis, the project is successful : Among
>> the 36 prisoners of the Bellevue’s prison in Gorgier, 18 possess or rent a
>> computer. All of them requested the upload of Wikipedia offline on their
>> PC. For security reasons, swiss prisoners have a very restricted access to
>> internet.
>> >
>> > More informations in the press releases (ENG, DE, FR, IT) that was sent
>> today to the swiss media
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Charles
>> >
>> >
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