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Take a look at the press coverage the project has received so far by using the links below.
May 17th 2012
- TRENDS MAP : http://trendsmap.com/topic/monmouthpedia
- (USA) GIGAOM : http://gigaom.com/
- (WALES) : http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/Blog/Monmouthwiki170512/Monmouthwiki170512.aspx
- (FRANCE) : http://www.journaldugeek.com
- (UK) The Next Web : http://thenextweb.com/uk/2012/05/16/monmouthpedia-the-worlds-first-wikipedia-town-is-set-to-go-live/
- (TURKEY) http://www.donanimhaber.com/web-siteleri/haberleri/Monmouthpedia-Dunyanin-ilk-Wikipedia-sehri.htm
- (RUSSIA) http://rosinvest.com/novosti/928647
- (USA) The Verge : http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/17/3026058/monmouth-monmouthpedia-wikipedia-town
- (USA) The Wall Street Journal : http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/05/17/worlds-first-wikipedia-town-launches/?mod=google_news_blog
- (MEXICO) http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/8307bab64de193d267926089f2b82a16
- (UK) HUFFINGTON POST : http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/jane-wilson/pr-if-you-want-to-underst_b_1517656.html
- (POLAND) : http://www.komputerswiat.pl/
- (TURKEY) : http://www.acikkod.org/monmouthpedia-dunyanin-ilk-wikipedia-sehri
MAY 18th 2012
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Economy Briefs: World’s first Wikipedia town to launch in Wales
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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Monmouth is first ‘Wikipedia town’
Monmouth in south Wales will become the first “Wikipedia town” and the Monmouthpedia will feature all notable places, people, flora and fauna. Wikipedia has urged people to contribute articles and photographs on as many aspects of life in Monmouth as …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
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World’s first Wikipedia town to launch
The project – dubbed “Monmouthpedia” – has been in the works for six months, helped along by the local council’s installation of town-wide free Wi-Fi. Local residents and businesses have created and edited articles about Monmouth that are linked to the …
- 10 May 2012 – The Calcalist (Israel)
- 16 May 2012 – Monmouthpedia: The world’s first Wikipedia town is set to go live The Next Web
- 16 May 2012 – Monmouthpedia: world’s first Wikipedia town (Milenio.com, Spanish):
- 16 May 2012 – Caribe Noticias (Caribbean, in Spanish)
- 16 May 2012 – Forever Dope website (US)
- 17 May 2012 – nlyten.com location unknown
- 16 May 2012 – Monmouthshire CC blog
- 17 May 2012 – Monmouthshire CC blog on local business
- 17 May 2012 – Dailystuff.org (India)
- 17 May 2012 – Wall Street Journal (US) blog
- 17 May 2012 – The Verge (US)
- 17 May 2012 – Geek Journal (France)
- 17 May 2012 – Donanim Haber (Turkey)
- 17 May 2012 – Ros Invest (Russia)
March 2012
- Monmouthpedia was in the local paper (the Monmouthshire Beacon) every two weeks
- Monmouthpedia, a project of Wikipedia, which lists a whole city Nanopress, in Italian
- Monmouthpedia, Wikipedia will catalog an entire city, Tuutogratis, in Italian
February 2012
- Monmouth to be Wales’ first WiFi town Monmouthshire Beacon, 29 February
- Monmouth: world’s first Wikipedia town also to be first WiFi town in Wales Monmouthshire County Council, 22 February
January 2012
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- Wikipedia launches new QR code project to document daily life in Monmouth, UK Qrcodepress.com, 2 January
- Monmouth becomes the world’s first Wikipedia town monmouthshire.gov.uk, 2 January
- Wikipedia as travel guide (Croatia) IT Vesti, 2 January
- Wikipedia names Monmouth for new cultural project Women in Technology, 3 January
- Wikipedia brengt dorpsleven in beeld De Morgen (Dutch) 4 January
- Wikipedia Takes Tourism Mobile business 2 community, 4 January
- Is Monmouthpedia The Future Of Wikipedia? TechDirt, 5 January
- Monmouthpedia launched to cover all aspects of life in Welsh town 100gf | Politics and Computers, 2 January
- The Monmouthshire Beacon sparks global interest in Monmouthpedia Monmouthshire Beacon 11 January
- Council Backs Creation Of Monmouthpedia e-government bulletin, 12 January
- Monmouth to be first Wiki-town Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review, 18 January
- Wikipedia puts Monmouth on frontier of a new kind of local history The Guardian, 26 January
- Welsh town of Monmouth gets Wikipedia treatment ComputerActive, 26 Jan
December 2011
- Monmouth chosen for new Wikipedia venture Monmouthshire Beacon, 29 Dec
- Monmouthpedia: Wikipedia’s new project covering life in the Welsh town of Monmouth TheNextWeb, 30 Dec
- Wikipedia project to cover life in Monmouth BBC News, 30 Dec
- Community Wikipedia Scheme “Monmouthpedia” Launched Gizmodo, 30 Dec
- Wikipedia vai criar a Monmouthpedia Sol (Portuguese) 30 December
- Wikipedia analizará la vida en un pueblo británico Baquía (Spanish) 30 December
- Wikipedia launches project dedicated to Monmouth Digital Spy, 30 December
- Interview with Mrjohncummings and Victuallers BBC Radio Wales 30 Dec (54 minutes in)
- Say it with me: “Monmouthpedia” Marketplace Tech Report 30th December
- Monmouthpedia: la Wikipedia de un pueblo La Salle, 30 Dec
- Town chosen for Wikipedia venture MyVillage, 30 Dec
- Coming Soon – Monmouthpedia! Monmouthshire.gov.uk, 30 Dec
- Monmouth chosen to star in unique Wikipedia experiment Western Mail, 31 December
- Wikipedia project dedicated to Welsh town, Monmouth T3, 31 Dec
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