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Comment on Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia Town by Neil Rathbone

Neil Rathbone — Mon, 21 May 2012 08:18:17 +0000

A great project, and I would like to follow it if you have a mailing list or newsletter. I might even visit Monmouth just for this. I do though sense the potential to get over-hyped by wikipedia. People need to think about when a wiki is the right medium (eg. a ‘community’ project) and when something else (eg. simple CMS-backed web site with devolved but controlled authorship and editorial control) presents a better interpretive experience for the tourist and visitor. In my view QR code users are by their nature on the move and have little time, so want information presented succinctly and professionally. My physical-world analogy would be to ask if you would rather put up a smart tourist information panel (which volunteers may have authored) or a whiteboard and ask passers-by to put information at random? The attendant need to monitor and moderate wikis to prevent abuse and inaccuracy means that for me a wiki is the wrong back-end solution for a visitor application. You might have guessed that I am involved in building back-end platforms behind QR codes ;-) One free public one already enables anyone to set up and manage QR code linked landing pages from their mobile. See: q-action.appspot.com

Comment on If you’re seeing ads on Wikipedia, your computer is probably infected with malware by Adiuseg

Adiuseg — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:33:01 +0000

I see not the naked eye ads in the articles of Wikipedia, but what I have found lately are some words with a hyperlink and subrrayadas in these articles. When you spades in those words you come across an ad for a something called Powered by Text – Enhance. I think this is another form of advertising that are sending the items.

Comment on If you’re seeing ads on Wikipedia, your computer is probably infected with malware by Если в Википедии реклама, то ваш компьютер заражён | CarderNews.org

Если в Википедии реклама, то ваш компьютер заражён | CarderNews.org — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:20:16 +0000

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Un nuevo malware para Chrome se manifiesta en Wikipedia — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:54:11 +0000

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Comment on Commons Picture of the Day: Framing the Taj Mahal by Matthew Roth

Matthew Roth — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:18:09 +0000

Hi Elitre,
Good point. I’m definitely not trying to be too promotional for any kind of product. We typically ask the photographers what they shoot, in large part to demonstrate that you don’t need to have a fancy DSLR to get a great shot that can be highlighted on Commons. I also try to link anything in the post that has a Wikipedia article, so that explains the various links to cameras, based on the available articles. I’ll try to tone down the product placement feel :)

thanks,
Matthew

Comment on Welcome to the world’s first Wikipedia Town by Diigo posts 05/19/2012 (a.m.) « hyperspace discoveries

Diigo posts 05/19/2012 (a.m.) « hyperspace discoveries — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:42:45 +0000

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Comment on Commons Picture of the Day: Framing the Taj Mahal by Elitre

Elitre — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:05:40 +0000

While I do like Diego’s pic and always appreciate reading the stories behind the images, all this wikilinking cameras’ models sounds too much “product placement” to me.

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QR codes at the heart of Monmouthpedia — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:45:45 +0000

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Comment on If you’re seeing ads on Wikipedia, your computer is probably infected with malware by Un virus chez Wikipedia ? | Les éditions arkhê

Un virus chez Wikipedia ? | Les éditions arkhê — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:34:47 +0000

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