Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Craig Franklin
Hi, I made a couple of comments on the talk page of the proposal. I'd point out that obviously not every GA has an obvious location for a plaque, and obviously those ones wouldn't be a part of this programme. On the other hand, there are plenty of articles, like [[Banksia oligantha]], that

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Gnangarra
I think the initial aim is not the existing GA's but rather focusing on bringing additional articles up to a standard that would warrant a plaque. On 3 February 2014 20:08, Craig Franklin cfrank...@halonetwork.net wrote: Hi, I made a couple of comments on the talk page of the proposal.

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Toby Hudson
I agree that's the main aim longer term, because it incentivises editing, but I think the April kickoff batch will almost all be existing GAs, because of the short lead time. But there's still big value in the kickoff batch, because it will show editors the potential, we can start collecting

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Kerry Raymond
All true, but, from an operational perspective, it's much more time-efficient to approach 1 organisation in relation to many plaques than vice versa. It think there's at least 3 variations here. 1. WMAU celebrates existing GAs by organising plaques where possible. 2. WMAU organises for plaques

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Toby Hudson
Hi Janet, nice to meet you, No, there's no documentation yet apart from this proposal http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:QR_codes_GA_articles I'm not quite sure that libraries are the target audience or stakeholder for this project though. The most common example in the trial phase would

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Janet Reid
On 4 February 2014 16:33, Toby Hudson tob...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Janet, nice to meet you, No, there's no documentation yet apart from this proposal http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:QR_codes_GA_articles I'm not quite sure that libraries are the target audience or stakeholder for

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Gnangarra
any thing can be QR coded its a matter of find a valid association to an article, JS Battye library in Perth would be associated with , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Battye or even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_S_Battye_Library additionally as its contained within the State library there

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal

2014-02-03 Thread Janet Reid
On 4 February 2014 17:31, Gnangarra gnanga...@gmail.com wrote: Dont write off Libraries as being unworthy of QR codes with our relationships with libraries they are good place to both start the research and to look for potential QR codes. True. Flinders Uni Library has Don Dunstan and John