Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA

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The QRpedia code for MonmouthpediA Monmouthpedia will be the first Wikipedia project to cover a whole town, creating articles on interesting and notable places, people, artefacts, flora, fauna and other things in Monmouth in as many languages as possible including Welsh. We are very keen for local people to be involved in what ever way they would like. Computer skills are not that important, it’s the interest and the willingness to be involved, suggesting and writing articles, taking photos and recommend good reference materials. If you speak another language it would be great place to practice your writing skills and learn new vocabulary and grammar. There are a lot of opportunities for community involvement including teaching and learning of I.T skills, local history, natural history, languages and people of different ages working together. The amount, detail and quality of the information we could create is amazing. Monmouth appears in the Domesday Book in 1086, the Council for British Archaeology have designated Monmouth as the 7th best town in Britain. Knowledge gives us context, it allows us to appreciate our surroundings more, Monmouth may be first place in the world to offer it’s tourist information in up to 270 languages. Monmouthpedia will use QRpedia codes, a type of bar code a smartphone can read through it's camera that takes you to a Wikipedia article in your language. QR codes are extremely useful, physical signs have no way of displaying the same amount of information and in a potentially huge number of languages. Articles will have coordinates (geotags) to allow a virtual tour of the town using the Wikipedia layer on Google Streetview, Google Maps and will be available in augmented reality software including Layar. MonmouthpediA may not use standard black and white QR codes to differentiate between MonmouthpediA codes and other schemes and individual's codes. Finding contributors; local community groups, schools, care homes, internet communities, universities etc. Collate what contributors would like to write articles about Write articles using software people are confident using (to be transferred to Wikipedia later) Create Wikipedia article stubs Creating a pool of references to use for referencing articles Take photos or find creative commons or license free photos Find historical images to use Run sessions and provide materials on how to edit Wikipedia Work with the various bodies about having the qr codes placed around town Advertising and promotion to get more people involved and bring more attention to the project Decide on who will be responsible for the signs and who will pay for and maintain them Find people to create and translate articles in Welsh and other languages The project aims to work with many community groups and partners, in addition there may be special activities for certain groups to help engagement, including running how to edit Wikipedia workshops, working in local schools and collecting oral histories from people in the local care homes. There may also be a system where individuals and groups can create articles and a qr code plaque will be created for them free of charge. There is a getting started on Wikipedia guide below, User:Mrjohncummings will run regular Wikipedia sessions in Monmouth, please get in touch. Please sign your name on the contributors and partners page (there will be a competition soon). There may be different kinds of QR code plaques and stickers. Larger ceramic or metal plaques for places exposed to the elements for articles specific to Monmouth. Smaller biodegradable plastic, ceramic or metal plaques for labelling objects non specific to Monmouth, e.g. for use in the Flora and Fauna guide. Stickers for use inside buildings, e.g. for objects in museums. In addition there may be information posters, signs, notice boards and leaflets to help people contribute and stay informed. Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Starting an article Stub articles Help pages How to write a great article Wikipedia:Referencing_for_beginners Wikipedia:Simplified_ruleset Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user