What about wikipediajr.org ? And so we would have en.wikipediajr.org, fr.wikipediajr.org etc.
Thanks, Pharos On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Ziko van Dijk <zvand...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your very useful thoughts, Samuel. They lead us to these > two key questions: > > - Create new Wikipedias, or a new project: What would make sense? If > they were new Wikipedias, we would potentially double the list with > interwiki links ("in other languages"). I prefer a new project. > > - Scope and name: Maybe it would practically make no big difference > whether the project is called "simple" or "for kids". Poor readers and > adult beginning readers (natives or not) tend to read texts that are > meant for children anyway. It could make a difference in promoting, > though. A scope question can also be whether certain kinds of explicit > images are allowed. > > Before beginning such a project, it may be good to have a more > elaborate concept than there has been when the Wikipedias started. But > even before that, the Foundation should tell whether such a project > has any chance to be accepted, or will be banned for being essentially > Wikipedia in already existing languages. > > Hey, I just googled and found that there is already a proposal at Meta. :-) > > Kind regards > Ziko > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/wiki/Wikikids > > > 2010/6/24 Samuel J Klein <s...@wikimedia.org>: >> Hi Ziko, >> >> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Ziko van Dijk <zvand...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> In the discussion, the question of creating a Wikipedia in simple >>> German came up. >> >> This would be useful. >> >>> As we know, to-day Wikimedia language committee policies prohibit a >>> new Wikipedia in a language that already has a Wikipedia. >> >> To be more precise: the language committee was tasked with determining >> when to start new language projects. It was never asked to consider >> other sorts of new projects. So either "simple German" is a new >> language, or it's out of the current scope of the committee. >> >> Overall, we've never decided whether a "simple" or "children's >> encyclopedia" should be a separate project with its own root domain, >> or another set of 'languages' that show up as an interlanguage link or >> as FOO.wikipedia.org . >> >> >>> The existence of a Wikipedia in simple English refers to the fact that it >>> had been created before that policy of 2006. >> >> Simple English is quite useful, and used for groups developing their >> literacy skills at all ages, including many communities learning >> English as a Second Language. Presumably the same could be true of >> any other language. >> >> >>> There are a number of ideas and initiatives to create online >>> encyclopedias in "simple language", in and outside the Wikimedia >>> world. Wouldn't it be suitable to reconsider and try to give those >>> initiatives a place? Who else is more capable to create and support >>> such encyclopedias than we are? >> >> +1 >> >> My thoughts: >> * I would love to see similar projects in at least German, French, >> Spanish, and Dutch -- languages in which there are already communities >> working on encyclopedic knowledge in simplified language. >> * We should have a new process for requesting a simple-language >> version of a project. >> * We should resolve standard practice for naming them, and decide if >> this should be a new top-level Project (like wikikids) or a variation >> on the normal language code. >> >> Considering the historical role of the children's encyclopedia, we >> might consider rescoping "simple" as "for children" -- this could help >> to increase participation and use, and clarify the role of these >> projects. >> >> SJ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > > -- > Ziko van Dijk > Niederlande > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l