Proposal:Involving older people
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[edit] Summary
Increasing the participation of older people specifically those of retirement age
[edit] Proposal
Contacting age related organisations/clubs/sites with view to eliciting both interest in understanding, use and contribution to Wikipedia
[edit] Motivation
Older people are often isolated by the perceived(and actual)complexity of internet use. The physical limitations that age can place on a potential user/contributor may inhibit them from travelling to areas of interest in the physical world. They do, however, have a vast store of knowledge that is frequently overlooked. In the first instance the participation could be encouraged by eliciting 'memorable moments'. A WikiHistory. Additionally, there is likely to be a large amount of photgraphic media available for scanning. Likely benefits, apart from increased capability in internet usage, is stimulation of the mind. Another could be reuniting colleagues/friends/family separated by time and distance. Much of recent history information could be immeasurably enriched by the experience and media of people who were actually there
[edit] Key Questions
How to establish liasons with these people possibly through supervisor, carers or family. The segmentation of information received into time/event categories Finding the right editors capable of sifting and arranging information in a way that values participation
[edit] Potential Costs
Potentially time only. Though some data collection requiring travel and/or a physical presence
[edit] References
- meta:Wikipedia Trainers
- Proposal:Publicize reference desk services and article readership statistics
- Proposal:Stupidity of increasingly smaller crowds
[edit] Community Discussion
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