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QR Codesor why its illegal to not use Wikipedia

Roger Bamkin(Victuallers)

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100 Articles ... So what?

Roger Bamkin(Victuallers)Help ...

• Belief in Free information• Smithsonian/ LOC/TCMI/BBC

Working with Authority• What has GLAM/BM done?

• Featured and Good Articles• 100 Articles

So what?• Can we change something?

FA 2 7

GA 2 6

B 16 24

C 20 54

Start 59 112

Stub 30 31

List 1 3

Total 148 (june)

255(Nov)

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Getting GLAMs to “come out” ...

1. Handaxe

2. Sleep Reindeer

3. Clovis point

4. A.S. Lovers

5. Barnet Burns

Four of the “100 Objects” that are wiki-articles and .... Barnet Burns

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1. Kalulu

2. Reindeer

3. BBC

4. Indian artist

5. Barnet Burns

> This is different!

This isn’t information coming out

This is Wikipedia going in!

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1. Whittaker1. Whittaker2. Matlockite3. Alkmunds bridge4. White Watson5. Virgil’s tomb

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Derby Museum information coming out ...

Policy change : Wikipedia is not banned and photos are allowed

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So can it change something?

Small Museums

They have information to come out

But why can’t Wikipedia go in?

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Why do museums write labels?

Because ...

They like doing it, its “their job”

Its very tricky...We could use QR Codes but

they won’t lets us try

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One museum said...

We will ...... And you can do it NOW!

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QR Codes ... What are they? Can we make one?

We will ...... And you can do it NOW!

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Remember Wap

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1. Printing2. Cutting3. Position4. First use5. Display

What is the payback period when it cost 20p?

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1. White Watson2. Fluorescence3. Allenton Hippo4. John Farey5. Display

Where it was demonstrated

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Strengths

• Robust: The codes were tested by a third party and found to work well

• Novel: news was retweeted in French.• WAP? – no, it just works• Readable - short url will improve readability of the

QR code • Security – need to own the domain• Transparent – tell the user where it goes (or obvious)• Pleased - Museum are pleased with the trial and

they have not any reported negative feedback (except one user who felt that Wikipedia was a "failed social experiment”

• It is intended to try an improved version of the trial.

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1. Robust2. Novel3. WAP4. Short url?5. Security

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Next steps (and threats)

• Software has been constructed to allow QR codes to be created more easily.

• British Library are using them at the same size as a pound coin.

• Wikimedia UK has agreed to fund the purchase of a smart phone to demo the technology for 3 months. Derby Museum have bought IPods

• The labels do get nicked/ moved• Vandalism is always an issue (with/without phone)

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OpportunitiesTime – you can update these as easy as

You can update your own websiteYou can change a wiki

Cost – You can create the labelYou can allow others to do soYou can use volunteers to add value

Language – You can write labels in two languagesYou can supply articles in many languagesYou can provide simpler and more complexAccessibility – You can supply spoken versions, sign language, large print, dyslexic friendly

ALLOW

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Conclusions

1. QR codes allow micro positioning – super geocode2. Installation is cheap3. Change can create and allow other changes4. Linking to smart phones means users have choice5. Linking to phones creates accessibility6. Language support is possible7. Different tours are possible8. There is a legal requirement to supply accessibility9. If Wikipedia is provably more comprehensive

and accessible then your own system then you will are legally obliged to use it.

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Acknowledgements

• Nick Moyes: - Derby Museum curator who said “Yes”

• Jonathon Wallis : Who agreed Wikipedia partnership

• Jimmy Wales :support to the partnership idea

• Terence Eden: Consultant and advice on QR

• Fæ:– programming and applause

• Andrew Turvey and Mike Peal – Wikimedia UK

• Matthew Cock and Witty Lama – Walked the walk

• James Bamkin – supplied QR codes overnight