"we can join the army, have sex, and smoke, if we are that way inclined"
George - a word of advice from a Greybeard like me - don't do all of that at the same time :-) -----Original Message----- From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of george.wat...@wikinewsie.org Sent: 06 June 2011 17:19 To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects Regarding not using full names until the age of 18, I think that's a somewhat high age limit. While my username is a pseudonym, I, at only 16, am an accredited Wikinewsie and OTRS volunteer, and both of these (plus my personal website) expose my real name. I think 16 year olds (and perhaps even younger) can be trusted to know what they're doing. After all, we can join the army, have sex, and smoke, if we are that way inclined. We have no need to be overly protective, I think. Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Jarry 1250 <jarry1...@gmail.com> Sender: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 16:53:58 To: <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects Surely you needn't even force them to register for Commons at all? Just make your own child-friendly submissions page, temporarily hosting them then transferring them en masse to Commons on the children's behalf. -- Harry (User:Jarry1250) On 6 June 2011 12:47, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was recently involved in a children's photography competition > through another organisation I'm involved in. I think that commons and > "Wiki loves monuments" has a huge opportunity there, as most UK kids > now seem to have access to digital cameras and the Internet. It would > be great to launch a "Wiki loves monuments" competition to schools, or > as a badge for scouts to earn. > > Providing the rules were clear about not including your friends in the > photographs, or using your full name as your commons ID at least until > you are 18, I think this could be useful, good for the kids and a > great entry route to the community. > > WSC > > On 5 June 2011 19:19, Martin Poulter <infob...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Chris, what I understand by schools outreach is getting the educational >> benefits of WM projects into schools - via teachers. Hence still an adult >> audience. >> >> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Pitching this stuff is hard; kids at different ages see things >>>> differently, and kids in different areas age at different speeds. >>> >>> I think you've hit one of the main challenge of schools outreach on the >>> head. >>> We are starting to have a "recipe" for introducing adult organisations to >>> Wikipedia which will basically work for charities, universities, museums >>> and the like - we would need several, for schools. >>> Plus our adult outreach model is based on people coming to events of their >>> own free will, not because they've been told to! I imagine that a room full >>> of schoolkids is a much more difficult audience than what we're used to. >>> I think this is part of the reason why we're focusing more on universities >>> and GLAMs at the moment. But clearly schools need to be part of the >>> long-term plan... >>> Chris >>>_______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network >> Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ >> >> The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ >> Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter >> Board member of Wikimedia UK: http://uk.wikimedia.org/ >> "Creating a world in which every single human being can freely share >> in the sum of all knowledge" >>_______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> > >_______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
