Tag Archives: Wales

Bristol Wireless reports on #Monmouthpedia

May 21, 2012 · by · in Blog, MonmouthpediA, News

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 […]

The Next Web (UK)… reports

May 17, 2012 · by · in Blog, MonmouthpediA, News, Press

Press report from: THE NEXT WEB link : http://thenextweb.com/uk/2012/05/16/monmouthpedia-the-worlds-first-wikipedia-town-is-set-to-go-live/ written by: Jamillah Knowles The Internet of things is becoming easier to grasp as household appliances, pot plants and other objects are connected to the Internet to let us know more about them or update on environmental changes. Though the appearance of the Internet of things is […]

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

May 16, 2012 · by · in Podcast

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 ]

Live WEBCAST on Sat 21st Apr at 16:45 BST

April 18, 2012 · by · in Blog, MonmouthpediA, News, webcast

On SATURDAY 21ST APRIL from 16:45 – 18:00 BST (GMT +1), Wikimedia UK will be doing a LIVE WEBCAST announcing the winners of the Charles Rolls challenge. Here’s the details and webcast link to watch: [ Click here to watch the live webcast ] Note: As we cannot embed the webcast video directly here, please follow the link above to watch […]

What is MonmouthpediA ?

March 24, 2012 · by · in Blog, MonmouthpediA · 1 Comment

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 […]