There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the Guardian today; congratulations to all involved, it's a great advert for our work, despite some (baseless) naysaying.
However (there's always a catch!), the article says:
By April the aim is to dot 1,000 QR codes – a barcode that smartphones can read – around the border town. Visitors will be able to use their phones to scan the QR codes and view the Wikipedia page (in the language their phone is set up for) relevant to where they are standing.
which is good, but doesn't use the word QRpedia. can we try to include/. emphasise that name on our marketing; or if we did, encourage journalists to use it?
On 26 January 2012 17:30, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the Guardian today; congratulations to all involved, it's a great advert for our work, despite some (baseless) naysaying.
However (there's always a catch!), the article says:
By April the aim is to dot 1,000 QR codes – a barcode that smartphones can read – around the border town. Visitors will be able to use their phones to scan the QR codes and view the Wikipedia page (in the language their phone is set up for) relevant to where they are standing.
which is good, but doesn't use the word QRpedia. can we try to include/. emphasise that name on our marketing; or if we did, encourage journalists to use it?
The link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/26/wikipedia-monmouth-residents-local-...
I like that The Guardian are scaring people about deletionists.
They (we?) are very scary.
On 26 January 2012 17:36, Tom Morris tom@tommorris.org wrote:
I like that The Guardian are scaring people about deletionists.
"The next series of Big Brother is interested in finding a passionate Wikipedia deletionist. Preferably one with big tits."
- d.
Aye, I just saw it too! Matthew Roth (from WMF) is impressed about the coverage, and overall it's not a bad piece...
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On 26/01/2012 17:30, Andy Mabbett wrote:
There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the Guardian today; congratulations to all involved, it's a great advert for our work, despite some (baseless) naysaying.
However (there's always a catch!), the article says:
By April the aim is to dot 1,000 QR codes – a barcode that smartphones can read – around the border town. Visitors will be able to use theirphones to scan the QR codes and view the Wikipedia page (in the language their phone is set up for) relevant to where they are standing.
which is good, but doesn't use the word QRpedia. can we try to include/. emphasise that name on our marketing; or if we did, encourage journalists to use it?
We had a bit of a mix up with the journalist as I told him we had been shortlisted for the SmartUK award and then I realised it was not public knowledge. I think the piece is very well written and includes more that just what we told him. Hes done some research! I thought we were on the "cutting room floor" - Monmouthshire CC will be very pleaseed wit this I think and it shows what we can do.
Hope WMUK editors are still plugging away at Monmouth articles - we do have 50 so far (approx)
Roger
On 26 January 2012 17:39, Richard Symonds richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
Aye, I just saw it too! Matthew Roth (from WMF) is impressed about the coverage, and overall it's not a bad piece...
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On 26/01/2012 17:30, Andy Mabbett wrote:
There's a great article about MonmoutpediA in the Guardian today; congratulations to all involved, it's a great advert for our work, despite some (baseless) naysaying.
However (there's always a catch!), the article says:
By April the aim is to dot 1,000 QR codes – a barcode that smartphones can read – around the border town. Visitors will be able to use their phones to scan the QR codes and view the Wikipedia page (in the language their phone is set up for) relevant to where they are standing.
which is good, but doesn't use the word QRpedia. can we try to include/. emphasise that name on our marketing; or if we did, encourage journalists to use it?
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On 26 January 2012 17:43, Roger Bamkin victuallers@gmail.com wrote:
We had a bit of a mix up with the journalist as I told him we had been shortlisted for the SmartUK award and then I realised it was not public knowledge.
If it's not public knowledge, why did you just mention it on a public mailing list?
It wasn't public at the time they interviewed us - weeks ago. I believe it is now.
Richard Symonds
On 26 Jan 2012, at 19:00, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 January 2012 17:43, Roger Bamkin victuallers@gmail.com wrote:
We had a bit of a mix up with the journalist as I told him we had been shortlisted for the SmartUK award and then I realised it was not public knowledge.
If it's not public knowledge, why did you just mention it on a public mailing list?
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On 26 January 2012 19:16, Richard Symonds richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
It wasn't public at the time they interviewed us - weeks ago. I believe it is now.
I haven't found any announcements... shouldn't there be a blog entry or something?
You mean like dedicating a section of the chapter wiki's main page to it? ;)
Harry
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On 26 January 2012 19:16, Richard Symonds richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
It wasn't public at the time they interviewed us - weeks ago. I believe it is now.
I haven't found any announcements... shouldn't there be a blog entry or something?
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On 26 January 2012 19:24, HJ Mitchell hjmitchell@ymail.com wrote:
You mean like dedicating a section of the chapter wiki's main page to it? ;)
Why would I go to the main page? Isn't the "Latest News" section supposed to summarise the most recent blog post? (It links to the blog at the end of it.)
Sorry Tom, the blog entry may not have been mounted correctly. Please feel free to fix.
We've been making the press too on the SmartUK shortlist - which sounds like a magazine but is actually a competition to represent the UK mobile industry on a government stand at the World Mobile Conference.
MNot sure whether we make the cut but its a thrill to be short listed and we got some nice coverage in the mobile tech community.
roger
On 26 January 2012 19:35, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 26 January 2012 19:24, HJ Mitchell hjmitchell@ymail.com wrote:
You mean like dedicating a section of the chapter wiki's main page to
it? ;)
Why would I go to the main page? Isn't the "Latest News" section supposed to summarise the most recent blog post? (It links to the blog at the end of it.)
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This research project (which I am part of) is looking for participants for a workshop in Amman in April.
In particular we are interested in those who edit from or about the Middle East, either extensively, or who have been discouraged from editing more due to on-wiki issues.
Full details at http://www.zerogeography.net/2012/02/open-invitation-to-workshop-in-amman.ht....
All the best,
Richard Farmbrough
Hi there ,
Thank you for your email
The project sounds interesting and i would like to partake in it as best as i possibly can if time permits by then
Please keep me informed about what you deem is worth knowing
With my best wishes
Mo Hobeyl
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:31:54 +0000 From: richard@farmbrough.co.uk To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org; wikiar-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Looking for Workshop participants for Amman: Middle Eastern Participation and Presence in Wikipedia
This research project (which I am part of) is looking for participants for a workshop in Amman in April.
In particular we are interested in those who edit from or about the Middle East, either extensively, or who have been discouraged from editing more due to on-wiki issues.
Full details at http://www.zerogeography.net/2012/02/open-invitation-to-workshop-in-amman.ht....
All the best,
Richard Farmbrough
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