• @gibmiser@lemmy.world
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    231 year ago

    Half-baked idea incoming.

    Wiki Jr. A Wikipedia dedicated to kids culture. Kids contribute and edit, have a mentor, put it on college applications. When they turn 18 can migrate account to real Wikipedia.

    • Silverseren
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      201 year ago

      Possibly, though Wikipedia and all of its related projects have an 18+ requirement. Likely because of copyright issues, as under 18 year olds legally can’t give up a share-alike license on the content they make.

      • Aatube
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        61 year ago

        Note that this requirement is not really enforced

        • Silverseren
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          91 year ago

          It is if you reveal you’re underaged. But if you keep quiet about it, no one will know. That’s true for the entirety of the internet.

      • @chickenf622@sh.itjust.works
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        11 year ago

        Can they just give it to the public domain? I’m sure Wikipedia would other copy left systems, but for kid content I could see it being less important.

        • Silverseren
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          11 year ago

          It’s possible. I’m not a copyright expert, so I have no idea how things like that work and what the potential legal pitfalls are.

      • bean
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        1 year ago

        I know it’s a joke, but the world isn’t super black and white. Kids want to help, by nature. My family owned a business when I was underage. I wanted to help and did little little things, but not allowed to help customers. When I was old enough I got hired for real and paid for it. By then I knew most things and was a good contributor, and learned a lot about balancing ledgers and counting registers, etc.

        I also was manager at a young age after I moved out and went to other things, because I had experience already!

        This isn’t to say I’m for child labor. Just that, for centuries kids have helped out and learned things by being a part of stuff. Blocking that off complete until they are 18 isn’t benefiting them either. Just to be clear though, the thought of kids working in meat plants and such; sickens me. 😷

        I’m only pointing out the world isn’t black and white, and that perhaps there are in-between places which can benefit youths.

    • @MBM@lemmings.world
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      51 year ago

      I don’t know if it still exist, but that used to be a thing. I was pretty active on there during primary school.