I've never tried it myself, but I thought one could smoke at 16, and just had to be 18 to purchase the tobacco. (This is somewhat off-topic, though) Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange
-----Original Message----- From: Brian McNeil <brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org> Sender: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:29:58 To: <wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Schools projects On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 18:19 +0100, steve virgin wrote: > "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 Actually, the minimum age at which you can buy tobacco has been raised to 18. So no post-coital smoking for George. :-D > -----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 > -- Brian McNeil. -- brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.org | Wikinews Accredited Reporter. http://en.wikinews.org | http://www.wikinewsie.org "Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news". _______________________________________________ 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
