Talk:Wikijunior

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Contents 1 Three suggestions 2 I'm for a book about good books for kids 3 Suggestion 4 Vandalism Warning 5 Published book LANGUAGES 6 Ladybird alternatives

[edit] Three suggestions

Why not change the name of wikijunior to WiJi? It would definitely be more appealing to children. I think it sounds a lot better. Another suggestion would be to ditch the whole wikipedia template, its too boring. make one more appealing to children. My final suggestion is too allow for flash upload; this will allow interactive viewing for children,. Animation explains in a way no textbook can. It would be exclusive to wikipedia.

[edit] I'm for a book about good books for kids

I would like to see a book containing book reviews. I would like to contribute reviews of books by Holling Clancey Holling like "Paddle to the Sea," the "Swallows and Amazons" books and their video tie-ins, and "Banners at Shenandoah" by the noted historian Bruce Catton.

[edit] Suggestion

I'm unsure of where to suggest this, but how about some sort of non-English language book for young children, maybe as part of Wikijunior:Animal Alphabet? I've seen multiple books for young English-speaking children in which the alphabet of a different language is given, along with alphabet-book type pictures and words describing the pictures. Bart133 (talk) 00:57, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism Warning

In light of the recent vandalism I thought about putting up a warning on the main page of Wikijunior. This warning should include nothing but commonly known facts about all Wikimedia projects. However, some readers and parents of readers might not be aware of these facts; thus, I think it is in the interest of everyone to state these facts as clearly as possible. My first draft is this:

Thank you for visiting Wikijunior! Wikijunior is currently part of Wikibooks, an open-content wiki project of the Wikimedia Foundation. As such it is vulnerable to vandalism, i.e., the malevolent inclusion of inappropriate or even illegal content. While the Wikibooks community tries hard to reduce vandalism to a minimum, there is a small chance that readers of Wikijunior will be exposed to vandalism. To reduce these chances, you are encouraged not to log in. Thank you for your understanding.

I think we should put such a warning message on the main page of Wikijunior as soon as possible. --Martin Kraus (talk) 09:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Since there were no comments or objections, I included the warning on the main page. --Martin Kraus (talk) 09:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Published book LANGUAGES

When I was in 7th grade -- back in the 1950s-- I got very facinated by languages and alphabets. I think juniors who would look at this book need to know that one pronounces some languages reading from RIGHT to left, such as aramic, hebrew, sanscrit, etc., Some of the texts one is asked to pronounced, could be easily transcribed as they are memorizing the text. How about including an appendix showing relations of some languages, such as those derived from Latin, etc. Also an alphabet list, to show the similiar pronunciation of the individual letters, alph*, beth, gam* and so on. Just a thought. A R Taylor (For the academics in the crowd, I have a doctorate in Education, a specialist in Instructional Systems, a Masters in Librarianship, etc.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ARTHUR41 (talk • contribs) 23:09, 25 April 2009.

Good idea. There already is a Wikijunior:Languages book but these suggestions could certainly be included.--ЗAНИA ^talk 22:40, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ladybird alternatives

I was wondering if the intention of Wiki-Junior is to produce the type of books Ladybird did. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:24, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Sfan00 IMG. In a nutshell, pretty much. The works produced will ultimately be similar on a number of levels to those publications. However the books created here may not necessarily be on the same topics or based on the same material. Hope this answers your question. Reece (Talk) (Contributions) 21:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)