Tag Archives: Wikipedia

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 ]

Monmouthpedia – so what’s in it for local businesses?

May 9, 2012 · by · in Blog, News

 What is it? Monmouthpedia has put Monmouth on the map as the world’s first Wikipedia project to cover a whole town. Monmouthpedia will use QRpedia codes around the town, a type of bar code a smartphone can read through its camera that takes you to a Wikipedia article. QR codes are extremely useful, as physical […]

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 […]