Re: [GLAM] Fwd: Meta email from user "Evad37" - Free Knowledge Portal

2018-02-12 Thread Gnangarra 
HI Barbara

I hadnt thought of that because when the codes are placed they include
Wikipedia, and collaborative partner logos.  As these are now more stand
alone it does make sense to be enable to incorporate a logo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiTown/Toodyaypedia#/media/File:Toodyaypedia_plates_stg_1_gnangarra_fs-1.jpg

On 12 February 2018 at 19:42, Barbara Fischer 
wrote:

> Hi Gideon,
> very good initiative! Does the QR code show the Wikipedia W? This would
> spur its use, as people would see immediately who is responsible for the
> content. look here to illustrate what I mean: https://stackoverflow.
> com/questions/35104305/how-to-generate-qr-code-with-logo-inside-it
>
> kindly bfisch
>
> Barbara Fischer
> Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften
> via Twitter: @fischerdata
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 26-(0)44
>
> http://wikimedia.de
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
> Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
> der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
> Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
>
> 2018-02-10 12:42 GMT+01:00 Gnangarra :
>
>> Kaya
>>
>> I like to announce the development of a new QR code creator.  The
>> original idea for the upgrade came from Wikimedia Australia and its work
>> with Toodyay WikiTown project.
>>
>> Wikimedia Australia has setup out to create two new independent resources
>> for the Qrpedia project with the support of Wikimedia UK who first
>> developed the QRpedia concept back 2011 and presented it to the community
>> in 2012.
>>
>> The two concepts are;
>>
>>- a new qr code creator that uses the stable Wikidata item url.
>>- the reason for for this was to firstly avoid what turned out to be
>>   a costly exercise for Toodyay when some articles were renamed in a 
>> couple
>>   of instances just breaking the qr link to wikipedia, in another 
>> instance
>>   sending the reader to an unrelated article
>>   - this also gives us the opportunity to link directly to the other
>>   projects
>>   - and connect all of that in a two way exchange of knowledge with
>>   the numerous 3rd GLAM's through their unique identifiers
>>- the concept is now to create a qr reader thats based within the
>>Wikimedia Foundation family
>>   - this first and foremost will ensure that our readers aren't
>>   being directed to third party services that capture user data, and use 
>> it
>>   to spam them with usual set internet advertising, scams, and phishing
>>  - a feature that is significant to GLAMs, Education
>>  institutions, and ourselves
>>   - this reader will enable user to connect with all of our
>>   information whether be Wikipedia articles, Quotes, diaries &
>>   journals(Wikisource), or Wikivoyage and its itineraries.
>>   - I think there is also the potential for Education/Wikiversity to
>>   develop learning programs connecting real life observations to WMF 
>> content.
>>   - For GLAMs it'll be able to provide a safe reliable way for links
>>   to and from their collections
>>   - all of this within a multi lingual environment free from
>>   advertising
>>
>> I'd like to thank Dave for his efforts in turning a discussion at a Perth
>> meetup  into reality.  I also acknowledge the WMF & WMAU for supporting me
>> on a detour post WMCONF 2017 to discuss the concept with the WMUK and the
>> some of the people involved in the development of the original project,
>> those discussion were invaluable getting to this point.
>>
>> I looked forward to the next part of the project and hope that people
>> will come forward with suggestions, requests, and help so that as a
>> community we take an even bigger step in sharing the sum of all knowledge
>>
>> Regards
>> Gideon Digby(Gnangarra)
>> Vice President Wikimedia Australia
>> Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page
>> WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Meta 
>> Date: 10 February 2018 at 17:43
>> Subject: Meta email from user "Evad37" - Free Knowledge Portal
>> To: Gnangarra 
>>
>>
>> Hi, can you please forward the following to Wikimedia-l and other places
>> of
>> interest, per our discussion this afternoon.
>>
>> Thanks, David (User:Evad37)
>> ---
>> New tool "The Free Knowledge Portal"
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've created a new tool, The Free Knowledge Portal,[0] that is a solution
>> to
>> the Community Wishlist Survey proposal "Qr codes for all items".[1]
>>
>> The basic idea is to provide stable urls that showcase a Wikidata item's
>> sitelinks, and related items.
>>
>> The tool also lets you generate QR codes that link to those urls, and so

Re: [GLAM] Fwd: Meta email from user "Evad37" - Free Knowledge Portal

2018-02-12 Thread Barbara Fischer 
Hi Gideon,
very good initiative! Does the QR code show the Wikipedia W? This would
spur its use, as people would see immediately who is responsible for the
content. look here to illustrate what I mean:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35104305/how-to-generate-qr-code-with-logo-inside-it

kindly bfisch

Barbara Fischer
Kuratorin für Kulturpartnerschaften
via Twitter: @fischerdata

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 26-(0)44

http://wikimedia.de

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

2018-02-10 12:42 GMT+01:00 Gnangarra :

> Kaya
>
> I like to announce the development of a new QR code creator.  The original
> idea for the upgrade came from Wikimedia Australia and its work with
> Toodyay WikiTown project.
>
> Wikimedia Australia has setup out to create two new independent resources
> for the Qrpedia project with the support of Wikimedia UK who first
> developed the QRpedia concept back 2011 and presented it to the community
> in 2012.
>
> The two concepts are;
>
>- a new qr code creator that uses the stable Wikidata item url.
>- the reason for for this was to firstly avoid what turned out to be a
>   costly exercise for Toodyay when some articles were renamed in a couple 
> of
>   instances just breaking the qr link to wikipedia, in another instance
>   sending the reader to an unrelated article
>   - this also gives us the opportunity to link directly to the other
>   projects
>   - and connect all of that in a two way exchange of knowledge with
>   the numerous 3rd GLAM's through their unique identifiers
>- the concept is now to create a qr reader thats based within the
>Wikimedia Foundation family
>   - this first and foremost will ensure that our readers aren't being
>   directed to third party services that capture user data, and use it to 
> spam
>   them with usual set internet advertising, scams, and phishing
>  - a feature that is significant to GLAMs, Education
>  institutions, and ourselves
>   - this reader will enable user to connect with all of our
>   information whether be Wikipedia articles, Quotes, diaries &
>   journals(Wikisource), or Wikivoyage and its itineraries.
>   - I think there is also the potential for Education/Wikiversity to
>   develop learning programs connecting real life observations to WMF 
> content.
>   - For GLAMs it'll be able to provide a safe reliable way for links
>   to and from their collections
>   - all of this within a multi lingual environment free from
>   advertising
>
> I'd like to thank Dave for his efforts in turning a discussion at a Perth
> meetup  into reality.  I also acknowledge the WMF & WMAU for supporting me
> on a detour post WMCONF 2017 to discuss the concept with the WMUK and the
> some of the people involved in the development of the original project,
> those discussion were invaluable getting to this point.
>
> I looked forward to the next part of the project and hope that people will
> come forward with suggestions, requests, and help so that as a community we
> take an even bigger step in sharing the sum of all knowledge
>
> Regards
> Gideon Digby(Gnangarra)
> Vice President Wikimedia Australia
> Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page
> WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Meta 
> Date: 10 February 2018 at 17:43
> Subject: Meta email from user "Evad37" - Free Knowledge Portal
> To: Gnangarra 
>
>
> Hi, can you please forward the following to Wikimedia-l and other places of
> interest, per our discussion this afternoon.
>
> Thanks, David (User:Evad37)
> ---
> New tool "The Free Knowledge Portal"
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've created a new tool, The Free Knowledge Portal,[0] that is a solution
> to
> the Community Wishlist Survey proposal "Qr codes for all items".[1]
>
> The basic idea is to provide stable urls that showcase a Wikidata item's
> sitelinks, and related items.
>
> The tool also lets you generate QR codes that link to those urls, and so is
> like a successor to QRpedia: proving easy access our projects' pages via QR
> codes, but for all Wikimedia projects, not just Wikipedia.
>
> And it is multi-lingual - it will detect the device language and serve
> sitelinks for that language (i.e. enwiki if the langauge is English,
> frwiki if
> the language is French, etc).
>
> Also, it designed to be backwards-compatible with existing QRpedia codes,
> by
> using a page title and site to determine the relevant Wikidata item id.
> (But
> of course its up to the QRpedia people to redirect the

[GLAM] Fwd: Meta email from user "Evad37" - Free Knowledge Portal

2018-02-10 Thread Gnangarra 
Kaya

I like to announce the development of a new QR code creator.  The original
idea for the upgrade came from Wikimedia Australia and its work with
Toodyay WikiTown project.

Wikimedia Australia has setup out to create two new independent resources
for the Qrpedia project with the support of Wikimedia UK who first
developed the QRpedia concept back 2011 and presented it to the community
in 2012.

The two concepts are;

   - a new qr code creator that uses the stable Wikidata item url.
   - the reason for for this was to firstly avoid what turned out to be a
  costly exercise for Toodyay when some articles were renamed in a
couple of
  instances just breaking the qr link to wikipedia, in another instance
  sending the reader to an unrelated article
  - this also gives us the opportunity to link directly to the other
  projects
  - and connect all of that in a two way exchange of knowledge with the
  numerous 3rd GLAM's through their unique identifiers
   - the concept is now to create a qr reader thats based within the
   Wikimedia Foundation family
  - this first and foremost will ensure that our readers aren't being
  directed to third party services that capture user data, and use
it to spam
  them with usual set internet advertising, scams, and phishing
 - a feature that is significant to GLAMs, Education institutions,
 and ourselves
  - this reader will enable user to connect with all of our information
  whether be Wikipedia articles, Quotes, diaries & journals(Wikisource), or
  Wikivoyage and its itineraries.
  - I think there is also the potential for Education/Wikiversity to
  develop learning programs connecting real life observations to
WMF content.
  - For GLAMs it'll be able to provide a safe reliable way for links to
  and from their collections
  - all of this within a multi lingual environment free from
  advertising

I'd like to thank Dave for his efforts in turning a discussion at a Perth
meetup  into reality.  I also acknowledge the WMF & WMAU for supporting me
on a detour post WMCONF 2017 to discuss the concept with the WMUK and the
some of the people involved in the development of the original project,
those discussion were invaluable getting to this point.

I looked forward to the next part of the project and hope that people will
come forward with suggestions, requests, and help so that as a community we
take an even bigger step in sharing the sum of all knowledge

Regards
Gideon Digby(Gnangarra)
Vice President Wikimedia Australia
Noongarpedia: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nys/Main_Page
WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra


-- Forwarded message --
From: Meta 
Date: 10 February 2018 at 17:43
Subject: Meta email from user "Evad37" - Free Knowledge Portal
To: Gnangarra 


Hi, can you please forward the following to Wikimedia-l and other places of
interest, per our discussion this afternoon.

Thanks, David (User:Evad37)
---
New tool "The Free Knowledge Portal"

Hi all,

I've created a new tool, The Free Knowledge Portal,[0] that is a solution to
the Community Wishlist Survey proposal "Qr codes for all items".[1]

The basic idea is to provide stable urls that showcase a Wikidata item's
sitelinks, and related items.

The tool also lets you generate QR codes that link to those urls, and so is
like a successor to QRpedia: proving easy access our projects' pages via QR
codes, but for all Wikimedia projects, not just Wikipedia.

And it is multi-lingual - it will detect the device language and serve
sitelinks for that language (i.e. enwiki if the langauge is English, frwiki
if
the language is French, etc).

Also, it designed to be backwards-compatible with existing QRpedia codes, by
using a page title and site to determine the relevant Wikidata item id. (But
of course its up to the QRpedia people to redirect the codes to these urls)

Examples:
*Boston (Q100), using your devices language:
** https://tools.wmflabs.org/portal/Q100
*Boston (Q100), using French:
** https://tools.wmflabs.org/portal/Q100/fr
*Boston (Q100), using Spanish:
** https://tools.wmflabs.org/portal/Q100/es
*Backwards-compatible url for Boston on English Wikipedia
** https://tools.wmflabs.org/portal/?title=Boston=enwiki

The following features already work:
*QR code generator
*Portal page with
**Item label
**Item description
**Wikimedia sitelinks
**Related items (from 'What links here')
**Neary items (if the item has coordinates)

I'm also planning to show links to external identifiers, if the item has
any.

Another feature that would be nice would be to keep a record page visits,
which could then be visualised into graphs and the like. I'm not entirely
sure how this should be done, so any advice or help people could offer would
be appreciated.
(I'm thinking of making a mysql table with just a couple of
columns for item id and