Tag Archives: 2012

Bristol Wireless reports on #Monmouthpedia

Written by Steve Woods @Wood5y – Link to original story: http://www.bristolwireless.net/2012/05/a-look-back-at-monmouthpedia/ The dust has now settled over the launch of Monmouthpedia on Saturday, when Monmouth was officially launched as the world’s first Wikipedia town (news passim). Monmouth, an historic town close to the border between England and Wales, is now sell covered in QR codes, enabling visitors with smart […]

(AUDIO): Wikimedia UK Board Meeting [PART 1] – Monmouth. April 21st 2012

PART 1 of 6 PARTS. Here’s the AUDIO from the WIKIMEDIA UK Board Meeting, held at Shire Hall in Monmouth, Wales – on Sat 21st April 2012 For the Agenda of the meeting, and to watch the live webcast. Please visit: http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Agenda_21Apr12 [Download the MP3 file here : http://archive.org/download/part1WikimediaUk-BoardMeeting-Apr212012-MonmouthWales/wmuk_apr21_part1.mp3 ]

What is MonmouthpediA ?

Monmouthpedia is the first Wikipedia project to cover a whole town – specifically, the Welsh town of Monmouth . The project aims to cover every single notable place, people, artefacts, flora, fauna and other things in Monmouth in as many languages as possible, but with a special focus on Welsh. Monmouthpedia will use QRpedia codes, a type of bar code a smartphone can read through […]