QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station

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Andy Mabbett

29 May 2012 29 May '12

11:03 p.m.

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Richard Symonds

30 May 30 May

12:20 a.m.

I've been sitting in the office with Stevie listening to him ring round the various railway magazines - it takes a while to explain QR codes to some of them, but once you start mentioning combining modern technology with preserved steam locomotives, you can hear their ears perking up... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 30 May 2012 00:03, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

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Wikimedia UK press release about my QRpedia work at Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station, from WikimediaUK: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/technological-landmark-for-award-winni… -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

HJ Mitchell

3:14 a.m.

New subject: QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station

I find QR codes a little hard to get excited about (perhaps because I don't own a smartphone), but if we can get the railway publications, and through them the railway industry, interested in Wikimedia, it could lead to some very constructive partnerships. There are a lot of dilapidated railway articles that would benefit. Harry ________________________________ From: Richard Symonds <richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk> To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Cc: Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public] <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2012, 1:20 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia press release: Technological landmark for award-winning Birmingham Moor Street station I've been sitting in the office with Stevie listening to him ring round the various railway magazines - it takes a while to explain QR codes to some of them, but once you start mentioning combining modern technology with preserved steam locomotives, you can hear their ears perking up... Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 30 May 2012 00:03, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: Wikimedia UK press release about my QRpedia work at Birmingham Moor

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Street Railway Station, from WikimediaUK: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2012/05/technological-landmark-for-award-winni… -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

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Gordon Joly

9:12 a.m.

On 30/05/12 04:14, HJ Mitchell wrote:

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I find QR codes a little hard to get excited about (perhaps because I don't own a smartphone).....

Another issue is that they are mysterious dots in a square. You don't know where they will take you. This is of course true of all encoded data, including the ubiquitous barcode. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode Supermarkets have barcodes created on the spot (for weighed goods etc) and can have some random results in terms of prices when you get to the checkout! QRPr0n codes? Gordo

David Gerard

9:18 a.m.

On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

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QRPr0n codes?

Real-world porn spam. Spammers are already putting QR codes in email spam ... - d.

Roger Bamkin

9:49 a.m.

QRpedia has been reviewed very positively wrt security. The review notes that the qrwp.org re-routing and that the urls are human readable as good points. hmmm QRcode email spam? Is the takeup of QR codes that enthusiastic? I'd be curious to see their scan rates :-) On 30 May 2012 10:18, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

QRPr0n codes?

Real-world porn spam. Spammers are already putting QR codes in email spam ... - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

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Deryck Chan

12:13 p.m.

I invoke rule 34 on QR codes. On May 30, 2012 10:18 AM, "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

QRPr0n codes?

Richard Symonds

12:43 p.m.

I have just had to explain to the office what Rule 34 is. Thanks, Deryck :-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 30 May 2012 13:13, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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I invoke rule 34 on QR codes. On May 30, 2012 10:18 AM, "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

QRPr0n codes?

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Thomas Dalton

2:43 p.m.

You knew there was a reason they kept you around! On May 30, 2012 1:44 PM, "Richard Symonds" <richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

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I invoke rule 34 on QR codes. On May 30, 2012 10:18 AM, "David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

QRPr0n codes?

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Andy Mabbett

1:17 p.m.

On 30 May 2012 10:12, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:

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On 30/05/12 04:14, HJ Mitchell wrote:

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Another issue is that they are mysterious dots in a square. You don't know where they will take you.

This is not an issue for the QRpedia codes at Moor Street, nor in Monmouth and elsewhere, which are labelled both "Wikipedia" (or "Monmouthpedia") and with the title of the target article. Like any other innovation, QR codes can be used well, or badly. We aim to use them well. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Andy Mabbett
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Deryck Chan
Gordon Joly
HJ Mitchell
Richard Symonds
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Thomas Dalton