Images now uploaded:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Pigsonthewing
On 23 March 2012 15:16, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> It's my pleasure to announce that one of Birmingham's historic churches,
> St Paul's, in the city's Jewellery Quarter, is the first church in the
> world to use QRpedia. I have just helped their staff to install codes
> linking to articles about the church, the square in which it stands, its
> famous worshippers (James Watt & Matthew Boulton; each code alongside the
> location of their respective private pews), the artists who designed and
> made its east window (Benjamin West & Francis Eginton).
>
> Codes for the architect who added its spire (Francis Goodwin), and its
> famous organist (James Stimpson), will be added shortly.
>
> I'll be posting some images to Commons shortly, then working with them to
> raise some local and church-sector press coverage.
>
> Many thanks to fellow Wikipedians around the world, who raised the article
> about the church from one language to eleven over the last week. More would
> still be welcome!
>
> No doubt an item in "This Month in GLAM" will follow.
>
> I wonder what Messrs. Boulton and Watt would have made of this innovative
> technolgy?
>
>
> The URLs used are:
>
> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Birmingham
>
> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Square,_Birmingham
>
> [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watt
>
> [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Boulton
>
> [5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_West
>
> [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Eginton
>
> [7] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Goodwin
>
> [8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stimpson
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett
> @pigsonthewing
> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
>
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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