[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: What next with QRpedia?
Begin forwarded message: From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net Date: 13 December 2013 18:12:49 GMT To: UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What next with QRpedia? +1 on the leaflet idea. Sending a leaflet to every museum in the country (all 10,000 of them) could be very effective. Thanks, Mike On 13 Dec 2013, at 17:17, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I could train a chimp to make QRpedia codes in ten minutes, so training sessions are probably overkill. This is the sort of learning that can be done easily by reading a leaflet or watching a video (there's a nice little project for somebody). Richard's idea of a template for small museums sounds good - it would help ensure that nobody 'creative' decides that incorporating the Wikipedia logo would be a good idea (which is really the only caveat required for their use). Cheers -- Rexx On 13 December 2013 15:45, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I think a small leaflet about it would be a great start. Something that museums etc can use to set up their own uses of it without having to involve WMUK at all. A How-to guide. Perhaps we could also come up with templates etc for labels that small museums can use. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On 13 December 2013 15:31, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: We are now dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's on QRpedia. The next question is how do we make sure the community benefits from it? Do we need training, events etc? We have already started a FAQ page to help those who want to use it but is there more we can do? Can we get some ideas going? -- Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: What next with QRpedia?
Andy: the latest position is, I believe, at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Visual_identity_guidelines At present, the simplest advice for museums, etc. is not to use the Wikipedia globe or the stylised wordmark or even the stylised W icon without prior permission from WMF. There is no problem with using the word Wikipedia in plain text, so captions such as Scan this QRcode to read the corresponding Wikipedia article would be perfectly acceptable as I understand it. -- Rexx On 13 December 2013 18:20, Michael Peel michael.p...@manchester.ac.ukwrote: Begin forwarded message: *From:* Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net *Date:* 13 December 2013 18:12:49 GMT *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Subject:* *Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What next with QRpedia?* +1 on the leaflet idea. Sending a leaflet to every museum in the country (all 10,000 of them) could be very effective. Thanks, Mike On 13 Dec 2013, at 17:17, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I could train a chimp to make QRpedia codes in ten minutes, so training sessions are probably overkill. This is the sort of learning that can be done easily by reading a leaflet or watching a video (there's a nice little project for somebody). Richard's idea of a template for small museums sounds good - it would help ensure that nobody 'creative' decides that incorporating the Wikipedia logo would be a good idea (which is really the only caveat required for their use). Cheers -- Rexx On 13 December 2013 15:45, Richard Symonds richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: I think a small leaflet about it would be a great start. Something that museums etc can use to set up their own uses of it without having to involve WMUK at all. A How-to guide. Perhaps we could also come up with templates etc for labels that small museums can use. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 13 December 2013 15:31, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: We are now dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's on QRpedia. The next question is how do we make sure the community benefits from it? Do we need training, events etc? We have already started a FAQ page to help those who want to use it but is there more we can do? Can we get some ideas going? -- *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*. Mobile (0044) 7803 505 169 tweet @jonatreesdavies Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990. Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: What next with QRpedia?
On 13 December 2013 18:56, rexx r...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Andy: the latest position is, I believe, at: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Visual_identity_guidelines At present, the simplest advice for museums, etc. is not to use the Wikipedia globe or the stylised wordmark or even the stylised W icon without prior permission from WMF. Thank you. That's disappointing. I made my views clear to the WMF legal team, in a 90+ plus phone conversation, that there needs to be a freely-usable, easliy-recognsable logo for such cases. There is no problem with using the word Wikipedia in plain text, so captions such as Scan this QRcode to read the corresponding Wikipedia article would be perfectly acceptable as I understand it. Indeed; though so much English text is inadvisable where multi-lingual audiences are expected. Just Wikipedia: may suffice. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
