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We've pitched a session on QRpedia, at the forthcoming Wikimania, in Washington DC. Please add your name to the event page if you'd like to attend. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits
Yesterday, I set up the first use of QRpedia in a church, St Paul's Church, Birmingham; you can see pictures on commons The cost of deployment was £0.40 (GBP) - about half a US dollar. It could easily be applied in other historic churches (i.e subjects of Wikipedia article), or those with historical connections (i.e. articles about notable people, events, etc), and similar sites.
As a bonus, we also deployed a QRpedia code in an external noticeboard, for the square in which the church sits - making St Paul's Square the first public square in the world to use QRpedia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:14, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm looking for ideas on how to display QR codes in a cemetery. Obviously, sticking them on the graves wouldn't be the best. Specifically, I've made a very preliminary inquiry to the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. They've got a 35 acre cemetery, not too far from Capitol Hill, with about 300 links in Wikipedia to people buried/memorialized there, mostly from the years 1820-1870. About 50 QR codes could turn the place into an open air encyclopedia of pre-Civil War U.S. History.
But how to display them? I was thinking of some display sign I might have seen in a rose garden once - metal spikes with an angled metal piece attached at the top. Unfortunately, I haven't seen anything like that in the stores or on-line. Maybe a short piece of 4X4 post cut at the correct angle with the QR code on the top - a bit more work, but it shouldn't look too bad. Any other ideas? Smallbones ( talk) 03:42, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
6 QR codes are now placed in the cemetery for a one month trial. Will send pix. Next time you're near Capitol Hill in Washington, stop by and snap some codes (They'll be checking stats). Smallbones ( talk) 22:51, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Pretty much completed now - 60 codes posted, 25 Wikipedians took a tour of the Cemetery during Wikimania and now a news report onChannel 7 ABC WJLA in Washington at http://wj.la/M7BOUf Smallbones ( talk) 23:52, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with the use of this template, and I don't see any discussion anywhere about it's creation or use. Can anyone advise? If anything, it needs to be placed on the talk page, not the main page. I can imagine that many of those who are interested in the quality and look of these articles (which are often Featured) will not appreciate this template on the front page. Thanks for any insight anyone is willing to give. LoriLee ( talk) 15:37, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
I am who made this template. Just to show a way to connect to the project. It's your turn to continue as you wish, I really didn't want to care of it. I thought the template was at its best place to warn the next editors to the connection with the outside world. (You know, people, on the other side of the window, walking on the street. :-) ) When I change something in an article, I rarely look at the talk page if I don't have a reason to do that. And I thought it would have been a kind of bait for the institutes and others to make new articles and new connections to them everywhere, if they would have seen themselves proudly as new members of a cultural invention. Never mind, on the Hungarian wiki this will work well. Feel free to change this on these pages, it was a suggestion only.
LoriLee, this is the discussion. "Be bold", remember? Greetings. - Orion 8 ( talk) 22:36, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to User:Whiteghost.ink, QRpedia is now in use at Children's Chapel, St James' Church, Sydney. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:37, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I understand that having external links on a talk page is unusual - but folks interested in how this works should know how to use the following: Use an underscore _ instead of a space to get stats.
By July 1, I'll be posting a total of 61 QRpedia codes at the Congressional Cemetery in DC (60 people + 1 for the Cemetery itself). Is there a method of getting stats for the whole group at once? For example, I'd like to be able to go to the QRpedia site above, enter something like "CongCem group" and get basic stats for all 61 codes, plus a total. Would anything like that be possible?
A more modest approach (but perhaps not that useful) might be to put a link to the proper stats page in the talk page article template, e.g. on the John Quincy Adams talk page, the QR template near the top might have a link such as this: QRpedia statistics automatically included.
Smallbones ( talk) 14:05, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
It's a bit odd but the city of Moscow is essentially "borrowing" the QRpedia idea. See the Voice of Russia (quasi-governmental) and listen to the (1 minute segment noted in the text). Also see earlier story My interpretation, the IT dept. for the City of Moscow has seen Monmouthpedia and wants to imitate it by PAINTing QR codes for tourists all over the city. There are some other Russian cities doing this as well. They want to create their own wikis for this (likely to have some control). Still pretty slow going for them, but they could get "instant access" to all cultural sites, if they got the Mayor to say "let's just do it." They do have some potential problems with reinventing the Wiki-QRpedia wheel, bureaucratic mindset, control of expression typically allowed.
I'll likely contact folks at the Moscow article talk page, the Russian Wikipedia, etc. A likely useful strategy might be cooperation along the line "let us put up a couple of dozen codes, and then you can compare how the 2 systems work." Anybody interested in this should contact me. Smallbones ( talk) 20:25, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
From the sections above you might know that I've been looking for something that is waterproof and easily printed on for outdoor use that will last. Not 100% sure that this is the answer, but you might try Fusion Digital Paper if that is also what you're looking for. According to a local print shop - they'd have to special order the paper at this point, but it's polyester, waterproof, tear proof, can be ordered with a multiuse adhesive back, cut to size, and very roughly $2 per code for a Congressional Cemetery size card. I'll probably get some just to see whether they can last over NE USA winters - my guess is that they can last several years. Smallbones ( talk) 20:28, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
QRpedia (linking to eight locally-relevant articles) is now in use at an historic pub in Birmingham, England, The Bartons Arms, a listed (legally protected) building, where Laurel and Hardy once stayed, and even worked behind the bar! Pictures are on Commons.
Translations of the English Wikipedia article would be appreciated, please. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
(Further to discussion at Wikipedia talk:GLAM getting started#Fremantle QR mapping...)
I've been playing with a way of printing a bunch of code/plaques dynamically from a list of articles. See http://freo.org.au/qrpedia/ Of course, it's hardly beautiful doing it in HTML, and tricky to get the printing size correct (works okay when printed at 80% from Firefox); I might re-do as an SVG. Of course, it'll depend on the printing system: Roel mentioned stainless steel as a possibility. There's a few sites that would probably be better with laminated paper though... What have been other people's experiences with this?
Anyway, will report back as things progress! :-)
— Sam Wilson 01:23, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
The generator is a good idea. I made 60 codes to print out for the Congressional project - and I should know enough that I could put it into a basic template and they'd stay put and formated correctly. However, it always seemed that I had to reformat slightly with every code and the size was always moving around a line or two this way or that.
I tried two inputs into your generator and don't think either worked correctly, i.e. "John Philip Sousa" (without the quotes) and " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa"
We should find the material on proper use of the wordmark. See here
BTW, how much to the stainless steel plaques cost? Smallbones( smalltalk) 17:14, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
...here are some of the things that you can do with the Wikimedia Marks that do not require our permission: ...describe your content as "source: Wikipedia" or "derived from Wikimedia free content projects" (or something similar)."
It shouldn't be hard to come up with a general QRpedia standard of use, or a Fremantle standard of use, with WMF agreement, if we really want to go beyond "from Wikipedia". But "from Wikipedia" is so straightforward, so legally pristine, even without the explicit permission given above, that I'll just stick with that until I see what others do. Smallbones( smalltalk) 17:43, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Following up on the Congressional Cemetery QR code project about 9 months later. From above you may remember that I've been concerned about how long the basic inexpensive laminated paper codes will last. They are lasting fairly well - through Hurricane Sandy, a couple of snowstorms, lots of rain and DC humid heat, and most of the DC winter so far. They still work, linking smartphones to articles (I tested this extensively on Saturday), but they clearly won't last forever and a few are looking a bit shabby. My recommendation - replace at least once a year - or use digital synthetic paper (I'll try this in the spring), or - if you really want to spend money for something fancy - the much more expensive ceramic codes. Smallbones( smalltalk) 22:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm a member of the WMF legal team, and I'd like to ask for some assistance in updating the "display methods" guidelines, (located here). This morning, the legal team posted a blog concerning trademark licensing practices going forward in the context of QR code projects and Wikitowns. Please go here in order to view the post and participate in the blog's discussion. We want to make sure the information offered to those involved in QR code projects is as complete and up-to-date as possible.
Please assist if you can! Rkwon (WMF) ( talk) 21:34, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Geoff Brigham has asked me to place this section here as a possible discussion forum for the WMF blog post addressing trademark usage and QR codes. Best, Rkwon (WMF) ( talk) 00:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, Geoff, this is most helpful. Breaking out your points:
Hi everybody,
I just wanted to inform all of you of a project that I have initiated, as a volunteer, called UmepediA. It’s a QRpedia-project that Wikimedia Sverige is aiming to launch in June this year in Umeå, the largest city in the Northern part of Sweden.
Our idea is that the bulk of the project will span from June 2013 to December 2014 and that it will be an integrated part of Umeå 2014 – European Capital of Culture. We hope that the lessons learned will make it easier for other Chapters to include QRpedia-projects in European Capital of Culture cities in their countries.
With around 100,000 inhabitants and a dispersed center Umeå would be a rather large QRpedia city with the problems and opportunities this creates. As Umeå is within the Arctic circle this would also be the coldest and snowiest QRpedia-city ever – an interesting aspect to handle.
Together with two volunteers, User:Mickeno and User:MikaelLindmark, we at WMSE have so far initiated cooperations with Umeå University, Umeå city and the Swedish National Heritage Board that all has stated their will to participate actively. The first workshop to teach university staff how to edit took place about two weeks ago.
We have also been in contact with a number of other organizations, including Västerbottens museum and a regional cooperation organization, that are all very interested in the idea.
The issue at hand is lack of funding and we have so far started to apply for funding from external sources. If we get funding then either myself, or someone else from Wikimedia Sverige's office, will start working to realise this project and help coordinate the effort.
You can use Google translate to read more about the planned project here.
As always, for this to be a success we are dependent on the help from volunteers to help translating articles from Swedish or English to other languages! In preparation for the work on the articles we have created a project on svwp where we plan to list all relevant articles (existing or needed) connected to Umeå's culture (broadly defined). You can find the list here.
We are still in the early planning stages, but I wanted to tell you as soon as possible. I will do my best to answer any questions you might have. Any thoughts or ideas are much welcome!
Regards,
John Andersson (WMSE) ( talk) 16:41, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
QRpedia is now in use at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:36, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Something seems to have changed since QRpedia was transferred to Wikimedia UK... Codes for the following articles were generated and printed prior to the project's transfer:
They worked just fine but that's no longer the case... Common factor? The apostrophe!
The problem seems to be that although the URL for the article is /info/en/?search=St._Jago's_Arch, when it is copy-pasted into QRpedia it displays as /info/en/?search=St._Jago%27s_Arch and gives you a code for the latter URL. It used to work fine but if you were to scan that code now it returns en.qrwp.org/St._Jago%2527s_Arch, i.e. adding an extra '25' to the URL and this returns an HTTP 400 Bad request.
These codes have been integrated into wider information panels which will be costly to replace, so in an attempt to find a short-term fix I tried to create an in-wiki redirect ([[St. Jago%2527s Arch]]), but as you can see it doesn't let me create an article with this title.
Help please! -- Gibmetal 77 talk 2 me 23:10, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
(Reposting from
Template talk:WikiProject QRpedia.)
http://qrpedia.org/stats.php seems to not work anymore. Should it be http://stats.wikimedia.org.uk/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=2&date=today&period=month&segment=pageTitle=={{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}
instead?
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Sam
Wilson
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Hi All,
I have Initiated a QRpedia project for Bidar, north-eastern part of Karnataka state in India. In the first phase Bidar and Bidar Fort QR Codes will be displayed in front of the fort with the help of District Administration, Department of Tourism, Government of Karnataka, Bidar Rotary Club [1] [2]
I would require help spreading this word. Is there a meta project or page on which I can keep an update on this activity? Omshivaprakash ( talk) 04:12, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hi. On page http://qrpedia.org/ I've generated a code for Ljubljana, aiming to slovenian article for Ljubljana. It works fine for me on my phone. As soon as I've sent QR to friend in Serbia, he gets error. What should I do in order that he gets choice of articles about Ljubljana in different languages?-- ModriDirkac ( talk) 08:53, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
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Dear project participants,
The collapsed comment above is in regards to some redirects in the "Article" namespace which, in my opinion, had no encyclopedic value as search terms, but either have or had incoming links from the QRpedia system. The discussion I'm referencing can be found at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15#St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- ). To reference my main point in the collapsed discussion in a nutshell, I don't believe that redirects with titles in the "Article" namespace that have no encyclopedic value as search terms to users of Wikipedia via a computer, mobile or the app should be retained just for the fact that it has an incoming QRpedia link. (For an extreme example, let's say that Jahhshjfvhfshbgjfchg would be kept as a redirect to Chicago for the lone fact that it has a QRpedia connection. Basically, the redirect is nonsense as a search term.) I propose a couple of possible resolutions that could provide a long-term solution to the QRpedia project, assuming that neither have been implemented or have been considered in the past:
From what I see about the QR system and the history on Wikipedia:WikiProject QRpedia, I noticed that this project was created in 2011, possibly in line with the creation of the QRpedia linking system through Wikipedia. Since if I recall, Wikidata didn't go live until 2012, I assume that this option may have never been considered due to it being launched after this project. Anyways, I think that either one of my propositions could provide a long-term solution to the project as a whole to prevent issues in the future with QR links being broken due to linked titles being deleted from Wikipedia. (Also, I assume that there is a lot about QR that I don't understand, and now that I know about its existence, I'm willingness mg to help out in whatever capacity I can.) Either way. I am pretty sure that converting all existing QR links to either one of my proposed solutions would probably be a Herculean task, but the task is probably necessary at this point. Steel1943 ( talk) 20:05, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
I suggest that redirects from QR codes should be kept while there is QR code/plaque pointing to them. It's a specific instance of WP:RFD#KEEP 4 "You risk breaking incoming ... links", so I propose we should:
This is a reiteration of the same suggestion at
WT:WA#St John the Baptist Church,
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15#St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- ),
Wikipedia talk:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15#Post-move discussion for St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- )
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... but it probably should be titled {{ R from QR code}} ...— Agreed. The name I used was just a placeholder for the purpose of the sample WP:RFD#KEEP text. Mitch Ames ( talk) 01:10, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
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We've pitched a session on QRpedia, at the forthcoming Wikimania, in Washington DC. Please add your name to the event page if you'd like to attend. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits
Yesterday, I set up the first use of QRpedia in a church, St Paul's Church, Birmingham; you can see pictures on commons The cost of deployment was £0.40 (GBP) - about half a US dollar. It could easily be applied in other historic churches (i.e subjects of Wikipedia article), or those with historical connections (i.e. articles about notable people, events, etc), and similar sites.
As a bonus, we also deployed a QRpedia code in an external noticeboard, for the square in which the church sits - making St Paul's Square the first public square in the world to use QRpedia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:14, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
I'm looking for ideas on how to display QR codes in a cemetery. Obviously, sticking them on the graves wouldn't be the best. Specifically, I've made a very preliminary inquiry to the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. They've got a 35 acre cemetery, not too far from Capitol Hill, with about 300 links in Wikipedia to people buried/memorialized there, mostly from the years 1820-1870. About 50 QR codes could turn the place into an open air encyclopedia of pre-Civil War U.S. History.
But how to display them? I was thinking of some display sign I might have seen in a rose garden once - metal spikes with an angled metal piece attached at the top. Unfortunately, I haven't seen anything like that in the stores or on-line. Maybe a short piece of 4X4 post cut at the correct angle with the QR code on the top - a bit more work, but it shouldn't look too bad. Any other ideas? Smallbones ( talk) 03:42, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
6 QR codes are now placed in the cemetery for a one month trial. Will send pix. Next time you're near Capitol Hill in Washington, stop by and snap some codes (They'll be checking stats). Smallbones ( talk) 22:51, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
Pretty much completed now - 60 codes posted, 25 Wikipedians took a tour of the Cemetery during Wikimania and now a news report onChannel 7 ABC WJLA in Washington at http://wj.la/M7BOUf Smallbones ( talk) 23:52, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
I disagree with the use of this template, and I don't see any discussion anywhere about it's creation or use. Can anyone advise? If anything, it needs to be placed on the talk page, not the main page. I can imagine that many of those who are interested in the quality and look of these articles (which are often Featured) will not appreciate this template on the front page. Thanks for any insight anyone is willing to give. LoriLee ( talk) 15:37, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
I am who made this template. Just to show a way to connect to the project. It's your turn to continue as you wish, I really didn't want to care of it. I thought the template was at its best place to warn the next editors to the connection with the outside world. (You know, people, on the other side of the window, walking on the street. :-) ) When I change something in an article, I rarely look at the talk page if I don't have a reason to do that. And I thought it would have been a kind of bait for the institutes and others to make new articles and new connections to them everywhere, if they would have seen themselves proudly as new members of a cultural invention. Never mind, on the Hungarian wiki this will work well. Feel free to change this on these pages, it was a suggestion only.
LoriLee, this is the discussion. "Be bold", remember? Greetings. - Orion 8 ( talk) 22:36, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to User:Whiteghost.ink, QRpedia is now in use at Children's Chapel, St James' Church, Sydney. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:37, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
I understand that having external links on a talk page is unusual - but folks interested in how this works should know how to use the following: Use an underscore _ instead of a space to get stats.
By July 1, I'll be posting a total of 61 QRpedia codes at the Congressional Cemetery in DC (60 people + 1 for the Cemetery itself). Is there a method of getting stats for the whole group at once? For example, I'd like to be able to go to the QRpedia site above, enter something like "CongCem group" and get basic stats for all 61 codes, plus a total. Would anything like that be possible?
A more modest approach (but perhaps not that useful) might be to put a link to the proper stats page in the talk page article template, e.g. on the John Quincy Adams talk page, the QR template near the top might have a link such as this: QRpedia statistics automatically included.
Smallbones ( talk) 14:05, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
It's a bit odd but the city of Moscow is essentially "borrowing" the QRpedia idea. See the Voice of Russia (quasi-governmental) and listen to the (1 minute segment noted in the text). Also see earlier story My interpretation, the IT dept. for the City of Moscow has seen Monmouthpedia and wants to imitate it by PAINTing QR codes for tourists all over the city. There are some other Russian cities doing this as well. They want to create their own wikis for this (likely to have some control). Still pretty slow going for them, but they could get "instant access" to all cultural sites, if they got the Mayor to say "let's just do it." They do have some potential problems with reinventing the Wiki-QRpedia wheel, bureaucratic mindset, control of expression typically allowed.
I'll likely contact folks at the Moscow article talk page, the Russian Wikipedia, etc. A likely useful strategy might be cooperation along the line "let us put up a couple of dozen codes, and then you can compare how the 2 systems work." Anybody interested in this should contact me. Smallbones ( talk) 20:25, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
From the sections above you might know that I've been looking for something that is waterproof and easily printed on for outdoor use that will last. Not 100% sure that this is the answer, but you might try Fusion Digital Paper if that is also what you're looking for. According to a local print shop - they'd have to special order the paper at this point, but it's polyester, waterproof, tear proof, can be ordered with a multiuse adhesive back, cut to size, and very roughly $2 per code for a Congressional Cemetery size card. I'll probably get some just to see whether they can last over NE USA winters - my guess is that they can last several years. Smallbones ( talk) 20:28, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
QRpedia (linking to eight locally-relevant articles) is now in use at an historic pub in Birmingham, England, The Bartons Arms, a listed (legally protected) building, where Laurel and Hardy once stayed, and even worked behind the bar! Pictures are on Commons.
Translations of the English Wikipedia article would be appreciated, please. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:21, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
(Further to discussion at Wikipedia talk:GLAM getting started#Fremantle QR mapping...)
I've been playing with a way of printing a bunch of code/plaques dynamically from a list of articles. See http://freo.org.au/qrpedia/ Of course, it's hardly beautiful doing it in HTML, and tricky to get the printing size correct (works okay when printed at 80% from Firefox); I might re-do as an SVG. Of course, it'll depend on the printing system: Roel mentioned stainless steel as a possibility. There's a few sites that would probably be better with laminated paper though... What have been other people's experiences with this?
Anyway, will report back as things progress! :-)
— Sam Wilson 01:23, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
The generator is a good idea. I made 60 codes to print out for the Congressional project - and I should know enough that I could put it into a basic template and they'd stay put and formated correctly. However, it always seemed that I had to reformat slightly with every code and the size was always moving around a line or two this way or that.
I tried two inputs into your generator and don't think either worked correctly, i.e. "John Philip Sousa" (without the quotes) and " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa"
We should find the material on proper use of the wordmark. See here
BTW, how much to the stainless steel plaques cost? Smallbones( smalltalk) 17:14, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
...here are some of the things that you can do with the Wikimedia Marks that do not require our permission: ...describe your content as "source: Wikipedia" or "derived from Wikimedia free content projects" (or something similar)."
It shouldn't be hard to come up with a general QRpedia standard of use, or a Fremantle standard of use, with WMF agreement, if we really want to go beyond "from Wikipedia". But "from Wikipedia" is so straightforward, so legally pristine, even without the explicit permission given above, that I'll just stick with that until I see what others do. Smallbones( smalltalk) 17:43, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Following up on the Congressional Cemetery QR code project about 9 months later. From above you may remember that I've been concerned about how long the basic inexpensive laminated paper codes will last. They are lasting fairly well - through Hurricane Sandy, a couple of snowstorms, lots of rain and DC humid heat, and most of the DC winter so far. They still work, linking smartphones to articles (I tested this extensively on Saturday), but they clearly won't last forever and a few are looking a bit shabby. My recommendation - replace at least once a year - or use digital synthetic paper (I'll try this in the spring), or - if you really want to spend money for something fancy - the much more expensive ceramic codes. Smallbones( smalltalk) 22:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm a member of the WMF legal team, and I'd like to ask for some assistance in updating the "display methods" guidelines, (located here). This morning, the legal team posted a blog concerning trademark licensing practices going forward in the context of QR code projects and Wikitowns. Please go here in order to view the post and participate in the blog's discussion. We want to make sure the information offered to those involved in QR code projects is as complete and up-to-date as possible.
Please assist if you can! Rkwon (WMF) ( talk) 21:34, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
Geoff Brigham has asked me to place this section here as a possible discussion forum for the WMF blog post addressing trademark usage and QR codes. Best, Rkwon (WMF) ( talk) 00:04, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks, Geoff, this is most helpful. Breaking out your points:
Hi everybody,
I just wanted to inform all of you of a project that I have initiated, as a volunteer, called UmepediA. It’s a QRpedia-project that Wikimedia Sverige is aiming to launch in June this year in Umeå, the largest city in the Northern part of Sweden.
Our idea is that the bulk of the project will span from June 2013 to December 2014 and that it will be an integrated part of Umeå 2014 – European Capital of Culture. We hope that the lessons learned will make it easier for other Chapters to include QRpedia-projects in European Capital of Culture cities in their countries.
With around 100,000 inhabitants and a dispersed center Umeå would be a rather large QRpedia city with the problems and opportunities this creates. As Umeå is within the Arctic circle this would also be the coldest and snowiest QRpedia-city ever – an interesting aspect to handle.
Together with two volunteers, User:Mickeno and User:MikaelLindmark, we at WMSE have so far initiated cooperations with Umeå University, Umeå city and the Swedish National Heritage Board that all has stated their will to participate actively. The first workshop to teach university staff how to edit took place about two weeks ago.
We have also been in contact with a number of other organizations, including Västerbottens museum and a regional cooperation organization, that are all very interested in the idea.
The issue at hand is lack of funding and we have so far started to apply for funding from external sources. If we get funding then either myself, or someone else from Wikimedia Sverige's office, will start working to realise this project and help coordinate the effort.
You can use Google translate to read more about the planned project here.
As always, for this to be a success we are dependent on the help from volunteers to help translating articles from Swedish or English to other languages! In preparation for the work on the articles we have created a project on svwp where we plan to list all relevant articles (existing or needed) connected to Umeå's culture (broadly defined). You can find the list here.
We are still in the early planning stages, but I wanted to tell you as soon as possible. I will do my best to answer any questions you might have. Any thoughts or ideas are much welcome!
Regards,
John Andersson (WMSE) ( talk) 16:41, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
QRpedia is now in use at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:36, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Something seems to have changed since QRpedia was transferred to Wikimedia UK... Codes for the following articles were generated and printed prior to the project's transfer:
They worked just fine but that's no longer the case... Common factor? The apostrophe!
The problem seems to be that although the URL for the article is /info/en/?search=St._Jago's_Arch, when it is copy-pasted into QRpedia it displays as /info/en/?search=St._Jago%27s_Arch and gives you a code for the latter URL. It used to work fine but if you were to scan that code now it returns en.qrwp.org/St._Jago%2527s_Arch, i.e. adding an extra '25' to the URL and this returns an HTTP 400 Bad request.
These codes have been integrated into wider information panels which will be costly to replace, so in an attempt to find a short-term fix I tried to create an in-wiki redirect ([[St. Jago%2527s Arch]]), but as you can see it doesn't let me create an article with this title.
Help please! -- Gibmetal 77 talk 2 me 23:10, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
(Reposting from
Template talk:WikiProject QRpedia.)
http://qrpedia.org/stats.php seems to not work anymore. Should it be http://stats.wikimedia.org.uk/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=2&date=today&period=month&segment=pageTitle=={{SUBJECTPAGENAMEE}}
instead?
—
Sam
Wilson
03:10, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
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Harej ( talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi All,
I have Initiated a QRpedia project for Bidar, north-eastern part of Karnataka state in India. In the first phase Bidar and Bidar Fort QR Codes will be displayed in front of the fort with the help of District Administration, Department of Tourism, Government of Karnataka, Bidar Rotary Club [1] [2]
I would require help spreading this word. Is there a meta project or page on which I can keep an update on this activity? Omshivaprakash ( talk) 04:12, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
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Hi. On page http://qrpedia.org/ I've generated a code for Ljubljana, aiming to slovenian article for Ljubljana. It works fine for me on my phone. As soon as I've sent QR to friend in Serbia, he gets error. What should I do in order that he gets choice of articles about Ljubljana in different languages?-- ModriDirkac ( talk) 08:53, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
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Dear project participants,
The collapsed comment above is in regards to some redirects in the "Article" namespace which, in my opinion, had no encyclopedic value as search terms, but either have or had incoming links from the QRpedia system. The discussion I'm referencing can be found at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15#St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- ). To reference my main point in the collapsed discussion in a nutshell, I don't believe that redirects with titles in the "Article" namespace that have no encyclopedic value as search terms to users of Wikipedia via a computer, mobile or the app should be retained just for the fact that it has an incoming QRpedia link. (For an extreme example, let's say that Jahhshjfvhfshbgjfchg would be kept as a redirect to Chicago for the lone fact that it has a QRpedia connection. Basically, the redirect is nonsense as a search term.) I propose a couple of possible resolutions that could provide a long-term solution to the QRpedia project, assuming that neither have been implemented or have been considered in the past:
From what I see about the QR system and the history on Wikipedia:WikiProject QRpedia, I noticed that this project was created in 2011, possibly in line with the creation of the QRpedia linking system through Wikipedia. Since if I recall, Wikidata didn't go live until 2012, I assume that this option may have never been considered due to it being launched after this project. Anyways, I think that either one of my propositions could provide a long-term solution to the project as a whole to prevent issues in the future with QR links being broken due to linked titles being deleted from Wikipedia. (Also, I assume that there is a lot about QR that I don't understand, and now that I know about its existence, I'm willingness mg to help out in whatever capacity I can.) Either way. I am pretty sure that converting all existing QR links to either one of my proposed solutions would probably be a Herculean task, but the task is probably necessary at this point. Steel1943 ( talk) 20:05, 16 November 2016 (UTC)
I suggest that redirects from QR codes should be kept while there is QR code/plaque pointing to them. It's a specific instance of WP:RFD#KEEP 4 "You risk breaking incoming ... links", so I propose we should:
This is a reiteration of the same suggestion at
WT:WA#St John the Baptist Church,
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15#St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- ),
Wikipedia talk:Redirects for discussion/Log/2016 November 15#Post-move discussion for St John the Baptist Church, Toodyay (1963- )
Mitch Ames (
talk)
00:13, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
... but it probably should be titled {{ R from QR code}} ...— Agreed. The name I used was just a placeholder for the purpose of the sample WP:RFD#KEEP text. Mitch Ames ( talk) 01:10, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
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