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[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

For America, you'll also need to have a drop-down for states. I graduated from high school in California in 2009, and I'm currently working on a medical degree, so I'd be delighted to contribute to this. I'd especially like to help with a sex ed section for Americans.

[–] Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I’m not sure I’d want to get that granular because of the same fact was taught across the country there’s no need for the redundancy. Also trying to make this a global website helps removing that level of granularity from the states as well.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Design it so that it can get that granular later(when someone else wants to do that work)

As long as it's got the capability it can grow into that later. Assuming unexpected and explosive popularity/growth it would be great if wikifoundation acquired it someday as a dataset if nothing else, but having a structure that can be expanded globally at a granular scale baked into it from the beginning would be awesome

Sorry I'm not great with computers or i would offer more of a technical opinion not just design commentary

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The differences in curricula across states mean that some states would have gotten the correct information while others may not have. I know the science and history classes in my state were pretty different from some other states.

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thats not just the case in the US though

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

That's part of my point. My American education was pretty limited on the internal politics and civics of other countries, but my husband who went to high school in a different state did get a decent amount of information about how modern/current European countries are structured. So I guess it's safe to assume that other countries will also have differences across regions.

[–] HUMAN_TRASH@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I graduated from high school in California in 2009

Hey, me too