Richard, They've got a VC and two museums including http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Monmouth_Regimental_Museum which even has an Armoured car outside.
WSC On 30 December 2011 18:50, Richard Symonds <chasemew...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm going to spend tonight looking for some MilHist related articles... > > > On 30 December 2011 17:14, Roger Bamkin <victuall...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> >> I'm feeling good as I just had a press release from Monmouth County >> Council and I made the point that it was "Wikimedia UK" they were >> partnering with - a*nd we should be mentioned*. I agree that John >> Cummings comment is spot on. He isnt a Wikipedia old lag but quite a new >> Wikipedian. He is the only wikipedian as far as I know in Monmouth. We are >> going to try and pull off an amazing stunt of taking one Wikipedian and >> creating 1,000 QR codes in a town that has no other known editors. John >> cannot do this .... Monmouth and Wikimedia UK can. >> >> Lots of coverage to day from The Next Web et al, BBC Wales Radio and TV >> and we're on Radio 4 next week. We also have "promises" of longer features. >> My own target is that we get a TV programme out of this. The story "broke" >> because John got a bit published in the Monmouth Beacon and the press ran >> with it. I'm not surprised, this a "meme" of an idea. >> >> The project has not been hidden but I guess it has not occupied much >> board time as the idea is so simple and everyone I've spoklen to just says >> "got it .... lets do it". The only investment so far has been persuading >> "the town" that they want to do it..... and we have had no one say No, >> nearly everyone has said "yes ... how can we help". We have had a few who >> wanted to think about it, but we made it clear that this wasn't an option. >> We already have a university, several societies, 2/3 museums, councillors >> and civic societies etc committed. Initial funding is agreed. >> >> This is a great chance for Wikimedia UK to show what it can do. It would >> be great if some of our members searched out some Monmouth articles or >> looked at the Monmouthpedia project pages and started helping.* I would >> request however that people resist giving "a quick lesson in what you are >> doing wrong" to a newbie until we have helped them four of five times. * >> >> Anybody got some time to assist? It would be great to demonstrate how we >> collaborate to create something better then any of us can do alone. >> >> I'm (desperately) hoping someone surprises me >> Roger >> >> >> >> On 30 December 2011 16:10, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-16359364 >>> >>> I've just seen this article. I'd somehow missed this is the planning >>> stages (I was vaguely aware of some discussion about qr codes, but hadn't >>> realised anything had progressed this far) - it looks like a great idea. >>> >>> It's a good article too, I particularly like the quote from John about >>> being told he should implement his idea himself - that's exactly the >>> attitude wmuk should have and we should make everyone aware of that. >>> >>> The only thing I don't like about the article is that it makes it sound >>> like a Wikipedia project, rather than a Wikimedia UK project. It's not a >>> big deal, but we should try and get the chapter's role more emphasis. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Roger Bamkin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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