Italian Wikisource community had a discussion <https://it.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Wikisource:Bar&oldid=1590896#QR-code_per_le_opere_di_Wikisource> to deploy Extension:QrCode <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QrCode> in 2015, but as it was unmaintained, the task <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106792> got stalled.
After some digging, I got two more QRCode extensions. * QRLite <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QRLite> * Quick Response <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T50329> Can anyone suggest if one of these can be deployed? On 7 July 2017 at 11:32, Bodhisattwa Mandal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ilario, > > It's related to digital literacy. Not everyone knows about the process of > online search of books or how to find QR codes. > > When readers check small libraries for those books, which the libraries > don't have, they return empty handed. Instead, if we provide the libraries > with QR codes, the readers will be satisfied and libraries can retain their > readers. > > Regards, > On Jul 7, 2017 11:08 AM, "Ilario Valdelli" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In all of your discussion I have not undertood why someone should go to >> the library to have a qrcode while it is available online. >> >> Kind regards >> >> On 7 Jul 2017 07:22, "Bodhisattwa Mandal" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> There has been significant decline in library readerships in India. >>> Libraries are remaining almost empty throughout the day. I believe, that is >>> because, with the increasing usage of internet, there has been a change in >>> behaviour about reading physical books. People are preferring to remain >>> online and get information from the internet, rather than to stay in a >>> library and study there. The libraries are not also coping with this >>> scenario and not upgrading themselves, and losing readers. >>> >>> Also, the smart phone penetration in India is also increasing. It has >>> been estimated almost one third of Indian citizens will use smart phone by >>> 2019 and that's a huge number. Nowadays, many people who do not have >>> computers, have smartphones with cheaper internet than before. But many of >>> them doesn't know how to search a book in internet, even if does find some >>> book, tends to forget the urls, and unfortunately almost nobody knows >>> anything about Wikisource, even from the academy. >>> >>> Now, if we have a QR code generation system for Wikisource, we can >>> collaborate with the town libraries or college libraries, send them the >>> codes and help them build a QR code library of books. They can give the >>> codes to readers according to their demands, which will redirect them to >>> Wikisource. We can also generate QR codes for every book we work on and >>> upload them to Commons with a suitable title, creating a QR code library >>> ourselves, thus making the codes google searchable and accessible to the >>> readers. In every case, the viewership of the site will increase. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> On Jul 7, 2017 7:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Certainly, this can be done. >>>> >>>> Could you elaborate a little more about the use scenarios you are >>>> imagining? >>>> >>>> A. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Can we create a Wikisource specific QR code generator tool for the NS0 >>>>> pages? >>>>> >>>>> People often forget the urls or sometimes doesn't know the way to >>>>> search texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr codes, that would also >>>>> benefit libraries from remote places or readers who don't have computers >>>>> in >>>>> their possession . >>>>> >>>>> I think it will definitely increase the viewership of the site to a >>>>> significant amount. What's your opinion regarding this? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Bodhisattwa >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> -- Bodhisattwa
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