Wikijunior

Wikijunior is the tentative name for a Wikimedia project, targetted to children aged 8-11. The project consists of both a website and magazine. The website is currently in development in English, Japanese and Danish, but expected to be in at least a dozen languages. Wikijunior is funded by a grant from the Beck Foundation .

The project issues three series of print magazines:

The Natural World

Natural history. First issue: Big Cats, likely to be followed with Sharks or Dinosaurs.

Our World of People

Social sciences. First issue: South America.

A World of Innovation

Science and technology. First issue: Solar System

Project history

The Beck Foundation approached Wikimedia to create a wiki project for youth, offering a major startup grant for the project. The funding and project creation was approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees on October 16, 2004. The project was initated October 24 on Meta by Wikipedian user Danny.

Development on the project's actual content began November 7, 2004, a month after the project was first mentioned on Wikibooks.

Future goals

It is presumed the online component of Wikijunior will be shown on a locked website, edited and approved on Wikibooks before becoming "live".

External links

• Meta Wikipedia: Wikijunior, administrative coordination page