Thanks for summarizing this, Mathias. I love the work that has been done so far on Wikikids, and think WMF should think about creative ways to make such projects successful. Gathering knowledge for all audiences requires simpler language than most wikipedias have; and building a culture of contribution works best when there are ways for young people to contribute and collaborate.
I don't know if it will work as a WM-hosted project, under the current system. This depends on whether we become more flexible in creating new and independent communities. But we should consider all of the ways to realize our mission, including through partners whose tools & policies & contributor networks look very different.
Sam
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 8:56 PM, Mathias Damour mathias.damour@laposte.net wrote:
Hi,
They were quite a few expressed thoughts on the 2015 Strategy - Community consultation that raised in a way or another the idea of a "Wikipedia for children". I've made some excerpt of them on the following page : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikikids/Excerpt_from_ the_2015_Strategy/Community_consultation
It actually does exist and are thriving in some languages (especially in Dutch and French, and we actually worked for a while on [[m:Wikikids]]), however they seem to be also some rampant objections. The WMF may not be the most suited organization to host and promote such wikis, is it?
-- Mathias Damour https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Astirmays https://fr.vikidia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Astirmays
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