I think it's a good idea.
But then I took a quick look at the list of the GA articles for Australia. Yes, 500+ of them, but an awful lot don't seem to have an obvious "place" to put a plaque. http://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes <http://tools.wmflabs.org/enwp10/cgi-bin/list2.fcgi?run=yes&projecta=Austral ia&quality=GA-Class> &projecta=Australia&quality=GA-Class Just starting with the first on the list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fisher where would we put a plaque for him? He's got a couple of memorials in the UK (where he was born and died) and there is a bust of him in Ballarat (a city with which he does not appear to have been associated). I think we'd face a similar problem with many of the GAs being biographies. Also, in your Freopedia experience, how much time has to go into getting permission from the owner of the place where we want to put the plaque? Again, with Freopedia, you were "on the ground" and probably well-connected. But Australia-wide it's probably going to be "cold-calling" in a lot of situations. Did you contact people directly yourself or get introduced by a local historical society or .? Also, are there any constraints on the number of plaques in a batch? How few could we start with? You mention 100 as a trial in the proposal. Is that the minimum? Or could we run with less? Kerry _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gnangarra Sent: Sunday, 2 February 2014 7:25 PM To: Wikimedia-au Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] QR code proposal Hi Everyone During todays iirc discussion its was suggested that WMAU would create QR codes of articles which achieve GA status. This would enable everyone to participate in the WikiTown format without creating a full project, this will work especially well for places where you have a connection and can assist in gaining permission to install the plaque. The proposal is at http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Proposal:QR_codes_GA_articles Please join the discussion Gideon
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