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{{Infobox website
| name = QRpedia
| logo = QR code for QRpedia.png
| logo_size = 90px
| logocaption = A QRpedia code which decodes as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia, used widely as the logo
| screenshot = [[File:Qrpedia.org screenshot.png|frameless]]
| collapsible = yes
| collapsetext = Screenshot
| caption = The QRpedia website, showing a QR code, which decodes as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia
| url = {{URL|https://qrpedia.org}}
| slogan =
| commercial = No
| type =
| registration = None
| language = Multilingual
| content license = [[MIT License]]
| owner =
| author = {{Plainlist|
* Terence Eden
* Roger Bamkin
}}
| launch date = {{Start date and age|2011|04|09|df=yes}}
| alexa =
| revenue =
| current status = Online
| footnotes =
}}
'''QRpedia''' is a [[mobile Web]] based system which uses [[QR code]]s to deliver [[Wikipedia]] articles to users, in their preferred language.<ref name="EdenT-1">{{cite web|url=http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/04/introducing-qrpedia/|title=Introducing QRpedia|last=Eden|first=Terence|date=2011-04-03|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="CmoI">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/Childrens-Museum-Indianapolis-Creates-New-Learning-Opportunities-through-Wikipedian-in-Residence|title=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Creates New Learning Opportunities through Wikipedian-in-Residence|last=Anon|date=2011-08-19|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329035310/http://www.childrensmuseum.org/Childrens-Museum-Indianapolis-Creates-New-Learning-Opportunities-through-Wikipedian-in-Residence|archivedate=29 March 2012|df=}}</ref><ref name="TO">{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=L.|last2=Adams|first2=S.|title=The Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education 2011-201|url=http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Technology-Outlook-UK.pdf|series=NMC Horizon Report Regional Analyses|year=2011|publisher=The New Media Consortium|location=Austin, Texas|isbn=978-0-615-38209-8|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005200523/http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Technology-Outlook-UK.pdf|archivedate=2011-10-05|df=}}</ref> QR codes can easily be generated to link directly to any [[Uniform Resource Identifier]] (URI), but the QRpedia system adds further functionality. It is owned and operated by a subsidiary of [[Wikimedia UK]] (WMUK).
QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin, a Wikipedia volunteer, coded by Terence Eden, and unveiled in April 2011. It is currently in use at museums and other institutions in countries including [[Australia]], [[Bulgaria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Spain]], [[India]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Germany]], [[Ukraine]] and the [[United States]]. The project's source code is freely reusable under the [[MIT License]].
== Process ==
[[File:Derby Museum visitor uses QR Code.jpg|thumb|left|Visitors to [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery|Derby Museum]] using a [[mobile phone]] to scan a QRpedia QR code]]
When a user scans a QRpedia QR code on their [[mobile device]], the device decodes the QR code into a [[Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL) using the [[domain name]] "''languagecode''.qrwp.org" and whose [[Path segment|path]] (final part) is the title of a Wikipedia article, and sends a request for the article specified in the URL to the QRpedia [[web server]]. It also transmits the language setting of the device.<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2">{{cite web|url=http://midea.nmc.org/2011/06/qrpedia/|title=Going Multilingual with QRpedia|last=Byrd Phillips|first=Lori|date=2011-06-15|publisher=Marcus Institute for Digital Education in the Arts|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6ACwdLuzA?url=http://midea.nmc.org/2011/06/qrpedia/|archivedate=26 August 2012|df=}}</ref>
The QRpedia server then uses Wikipedia's [[Application programming interface|API]]<ref name="EdenT-1" /> to determine whether there is a version of the specified Wikipedia article in the language used by the device, and if so, returns it in a mobile-friendly format.<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /> If there is no version of the article available in the preferred language, then the QRpedia server offers a choice of the available languages, or a [[Google Translate|Google translation]].
In this way, one QRcode can deliver the same article in many languages,<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /> even when the museum is unable to make its own translations. QRpedia also records usage statistics.<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /><ref name="Stats">{{cite web|url=http://qrwp.org/stats.php?path=QRpedia|archive-url=https://archive.is/20120713074153/http://qrwp.org/stats.php?path=QRpedia|dead-url=yes|archive-date=13 July 2012|title=QRpedia Statistics (example)|accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref>
== Origins ==
QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin,<ref name="EdenT-1" /><ref name="Bamkin">{{cite web|url=http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/February_2011/Contents/Derby|title=Three days of Action - QR codes at Derby Museum and Art Gallery|last=Bamkin|first=Roger|work=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref> a Wikipedia volunteer, and Terence Eden,<ref name="EdenT-1" /> a mobile web consultant,<ref name="Imperica" /> and was unveiled on 9 April 2011<ref name="EdenT-1" /><ref name="GLAM/D-1">{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/QR_code_experiment|title=Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/QR code experiment|last=Various|work=[[Wikipedia]]|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> at [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery]]'s ''Backstage Pass'' event,<ref name="EdenT-1" /><ref name="Imperica">{{cite web|url=http://www.imperica.com/features/quiet-realities|title=Quiet Realities|last=Anon|date=2011-05-21|work=Imperica|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> part of the "GLAM/Derby" collaboration between the museum and Wikipedia,<ref name="BSP">{{cite web|url=http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Derby_Backstage_Pass|title=Derby Backstage Pass|last=Various|publisher=[[Wikimedia UK]]|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> during which over 1,200 Wikipedia articles, in several languages, were also created.<ref>Roger Bamkin, interviewed on [[BBC Radio Derby]] by [[Phil Trow]], 2011-08-30</ref> The project's name is a [[portmanteau]] word, combining the initials "QR" from "QR (''Quick Response'') code" and "pedia" from "Wikipedia".<ref name="Eden-2011-11-03">{{cite web|url=http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/11/qrpedia-in-russia/|title=QRpedia in Russia|last=Eden|first=Terence|date=2011-11-03|accessdate=25 November 2011 |quote=The 'QR', of course, standing for 'Quick Response'; The 'pedia' comes from 'Wikipedia' - which, itself, derives from Encyclopedia.}}</ref>
The project's source code is freely reusable under the MIT License.<ref name="code">{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/qrwp/|title=qrwp — QR Redirection to Wikipedia|work=[[Google Project Hosting]]|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref>
== Implementations ==
<gallery>
File:Orrey QR.jpg|Derby Museum's label for the painting "[[A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery]]" features a QRpedia code linking to the Wikipedia article about it which, as of February 2012, was available in 19 languages.
File:TCMI Carousel QRpedia Label.jpg|A label in [[The Children's Museum of Indianapolis]] that uses a QRpedia code to direct visitors to the Wikipedia article "[[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]]"
File:QRpedia plaque for Shire Hall, Monmouth.jpg|Ceramic plaque with QRpedia code for [[Shire Hall, Monmouth|Shire Hall]], as part of the [[MonmouthpediA]] project.
File:QRpedia_in_Prague_10_2.JPG|Enamel sign with QRpedia code for [[Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Prague)|Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary]] in [[Záběhlice]], Prague, Czech Republic
File:Vasamuseet, Samtidigt-Meanwhile Wikipedia touch table demo long.webm|Film showing the use of QRpedia codes in a touch table populated with Wikipedia articles related to the period 1600-1650 and with coordinates. The table is used in the exhibition Samtidigt/Meanwhile, at the [[Vasa museum]] in Stockholm, Sweden.
File:Hamadryas baboon - QRpedia at Skopje Zoo.JPG|A QRpedia plaque in [[Skopje Zoo]], Macedonia, showing info on a [[hamadryas baboon]] (''Papio hamadryas'') using a mixed approach
File:Satyagraha-House-1.jpg|A QRpedia plaque in Satyagraha House, Johannesburg South Africa
</gallery>
Though created in the United Kingdom, QRpedia can be used in any location where the user's phone or tablet has a data signal (or remembers URLs until a signal is available) and is in use at venues including:
* [[Children's Chapel, St James' Church, Sydney]]
* [[The Children's Museum of Indianapolis]], United States<ref name="CmoI" /><ref name="ByrdPhillips">{{cite web|url=http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|title=QR codes + Wikipedia = QRpedia|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|last=Byrd Phillips|first=Lori|date=2011-07-29|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926014126/http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|archivedate=26 September 2011|df=}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Cemetery]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Historic Congressional Cemetery Program to get Wikipedia boost |author=Greta Kreuz |url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/07/historic-congressional-cemetery-program-may-get-wikipedia-boost-77932.html |newspaper=[[WLJA]] |date=17 July 2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
* Derby Museum and Art Gallery, England<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" />
* [[Estonian Sports Museum]]
* [[Galleries of Justice Museum]]
* [[Fundació Joan Miró]], Spain<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /><ref name="Hinojo">{{cite web|url=http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/05/qrpedia-codes-at-fundacio-joan-miro.html|title=QRpedia Codes at Fundació Joan Miró|last=Hinojo|first=Alex|date=2011-05-11|work=The GLAM-Wiki Experience|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6AD1IRPVL?url=http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/05/qrpedia-codes-at-fundacio-joan-miro.html|archivedate=26 August 2012|df=}}</ref> including a travelling exhibit shown at [[Tate|The Tate]]<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" />
* [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]], United Kingdom<ref name="TNA">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/620.htm|title=New collaboration between Wikimedia UK and The National Archives |date=2011-09-15|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)]]|accessdate=16 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="EdenT-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/09/national-archives-and-qrpedia/|title=National Archives and QRpedia|last=Eden|first=Terence|date=2011-09-18|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[The National Museum of Computing]] (UK)<ref name="SmartUK">{{cite web|url=http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1750|title=Become an instant expert with a little help from your mobile|date=2012-02-02|publisher=Smart UK Project|accessdate=2 February 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6AD1MRL0v?url=http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1750|archivedate=26 August 2012|df=}}</ref>
* [[Sofia Zoo]], Bulgaria
* The Welsh town of [[Monmouth]], as part of Wikipedia's [[MonmouthpediA]] project.<ref name="MonToday">{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouth-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=7508&headline=Monmouth%20to%20be%20Wales'%20first%20WiFi%20town|title=Monmouth to be Wales' first WiFi town|date=2012-02-29|work=Monmouth Today|accessdate=1 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[St Paul's Church, Birmingham]]<!--ref to follow, shortly-->
* Different monuments in [[Prague 10]]<ref name="mobilmania.cz">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilmania.cz/clanky/qrpedia-a-praha-10-qr-kod-na-kazde-pamatce/sc-3-a-1321691/default.aspx|title=QRpedia a Praha 10: QR kód na každé památce|date=2012-09-30|work=mobilmania.cz|accessdate=1 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[The New Art Gallery Walsall]]
* [[Skopje Zoo]], Macedonia, using a mixed approach of ordinary QR-codes and QRpedia codes<ref>[[m:Shared Knowledge/Projects/Skopje Zoo|Shared Knowledge projects: Skopje Zoo]], Meta</ref>
QRpedia also has uses outside of such institutions. For example, the [[Occupy movement]] uses it on campaign posters.<ref name="Occupy">{{cite web|url=http://wedontmakedemands.org/posters.php|title=We Don't Make Demands: Posters|date=2011-12-02|accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref>
== Award ==
In January 2012, QRpedia was one of four projects (from 79 entrants) declared the most innovative mobile companies in the UK of 2011 by the Smart UK Project, and thus chosen to compete at [[Mobile World Congress]] in Barcelona, on 29 February 2012.<ref name="SmartUK" /> The criteria were "to be effective, easy to understand and with global potential and impact".<ref name="SmartUK2">{{cite web|url=http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1730|title=Smart UK Project – the final four|publisher=Smart UK Project|accessdate=19 August 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618162634/http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1730|archivedate=18 June 2013|df=}}</ref>
== Wikimedia UK dispute ==
A conflict of interest case involving QRpedia was identified as one of the "main incidents" leading to a 2012 review of the governance of Wikimedia UK (WMUK). The review found that the amount of time taken to resolve ownership caused the risk of outsiders perceiving a potential conflict of interest, and that Bamkin's acceptance of consultancy fees on projects (jointly funded by WMUK) involving QRpedia provided an opportunity for damage to the reputation of WMUK. This conflict of interest led to the resignation of WMUK trustee Joscelyn Upendran.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Young |first=Niki May |title=Wikimedia UK trustees have been 'too involved' to effectively govern charity |url=http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity |date=8 February 2013 |accessdate=2013-02-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211023803/http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity |archivedate=February 11, 2013 }}</ref> Shortly before her resignation on 31 August 2012, Upendran stated that "the charity has in effect agreed to take on responsibility [...] for a service that is 'co-owned' by a trustee", and suggested that "the conflict of interest may present a legal risk under charity and corporate law".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/13/wikimedia_uk_shape_up/|title=Review finds Wikipedia UK board needs major leadership overhaul|publisher=}}</ref> On 9 February 2013, WMUK announced that the intellectual property in QRpedia, and the qrpedia.org and qrwp.org domains, were to be transferred to the chapter at no cost.<ref name="Keating">{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2013-February/010309.html|title=QRpedia|last=Keating|first=Chris|date=2013-02-09|publisher=[[Wikimedia UK]]|accessdate=9 February 2013}}</ref> On 12 February 2013, Michael Peel registered two QRpedia related domain names on behalf of WMUK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Wikimedia_compensation|title=User:Mike Peel/Wikimedia compensation|publisher=}}</ref> On 2 April 2013, WMUK announced that Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden were transferring ownership of QRpedia to Wikimedia UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/announcement-qrpedia-donated-to-wikimedia-uk/|title=Announcement – QRpedia donated to Wikimedia UK - Wikimedia UK Blog|publisher=}}</ref> On 16 November 2013, WMUK announced that the agreement for the transfer had been signed and the IP rights in QRpedia were held by Cultural Outreach Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of WMUK, and that following the agreement, the transfer of the domain names was an administrative process that could begin immediately.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Water_cooler&diff=prev&oldid=47323|title=Difference between revisions of "Water cooler"|publisher=}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
At least one Wikimedia chapter has received letters alleging that QRpedia infringes various patents.<ref>{{Cite web
|title=QRpedia
|work=Wikimediauk-l Archives
|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2013-June/010905.html
|date=7 June 2013
|author=Chris Keating
|quote=At least one Wikimedia chapter has received letters from people who purport that QRpedia infringes on various patents.
}}</ref> Though WMUK believes that this is not the case and that the risk of litigation is not high, Cultural Outreach Limited has been set up to hold QRpedia, in order to shield WMUK should such a challenge arise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2013-June/010962.html|title=[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia|publisher=}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Amarapedia]]
* [[Monmouthpedia]]
* [[Gibraltarpedia]]
* [[Freopedia]]
* [[List of online encyclopedias]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiTown/Toodyaypedia|Toodyaypedia]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://archive.is/20120713074153/http://qrwp.org/stats.php?path=QRpedia QRpedia statistics] [change stem for other articles]
* [https://code.google.com/p/qrwp/ Qrpedia project on GoogleCode]
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| name = QRpedia
| logo = QR code for QRpedia.png
| logo_size = 90px
| logocaption = A QRpedia code which decodes as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia, used widely as the logo
| screenshot = [[File:Qrpedia.org screenshot.png|frameless]]
| collapsible = yes
| collapsetext = Screenshot
| caption = The QRpedia website, showing a QR code, which decodes as the URL http://en.qrwp.org/QRpedia
| url = {{URL|https://qrpedia.org}}
| slogan =
| commercial = No
| type =
| registration = None
| language = Multilingual
| content license = [[MIT License]]
| owner =
| author = {{Plainlist|
* Terence Eden
* Roger Bamkin
}}
| launch date = {{Start date and age|2011|04|09|df=yes}}
| alexa =
| revenue =
| current status = Online
| footnotes =
}}
'''QRpedia''' is a [[mobile Web]] based system which uses [[QR code]]s to deliver [[Wikipedia]] articles to users, in their preferred language.<ref name="EdenT-1">{{cite web|url=http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/04/introducing-qrpedia/|title=Introducing QRpedia|last=Eden|first=Terence|date=2011-04-03|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref><ref name="CmoI">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/Childrens-Museum-Indianapolis-Creates-New-Learning-Opportunities-through-Wikipedian-in-Residence|title=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Creates New Learning Opportunities through Wikipedian-in-Residence|last=Anon|date=2011-08-19|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329035310/http://www.childrensmuseum.org/Childrens-Museum-Indianapolis-Creates-New-Learning-Opportunities-through-Wikipedian-in-Residence|archivedate=29 March 2012|df=}}</ref><ref name="TO">{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=L.|last2=Adams|first2=S.|title=The Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education 2011-201|url=http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Technology-Outlook-UK.pdf|series=NMC Horizon Report Regional Analyses|year=2011|publisher=The New Media Consortium|location=Austin, Texas|isbn=978-0-615-38209-8|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005200523/http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2011-Technology-Outlook-UK.pdf|archivedate=2011-10-05|df=}}</ref> QR codes can easily be generated to link directly to any [[Uniform Resource Identifier]] (URI), but the QRpedia system adds further functionality. It is owned and operated by a subsidiary of [[Wikimedia UK]] (WMUK).
QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin, a Wikipedia volunteer, coded by Terence Eden, and unveiled in April 2011. It is currently in use at museums and other institutions in countries including [[Australia]], [[Bulgaria]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Spain]], [[India]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[Germany]], [[Ukraine]] and the [[United States]]. The project's source code is freely reusable under the [[MIT License]].
== Process ==
[[File:Derby Museum visitor uses QR Code.jpg|thumb|left|Visitors to [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery|Derby Museum]] using a [[mobile phone]] to scan a QRpedia QR code]]
When a user scans a QRpedia QR code on their [[mobile device]], the device decodes the QR code into a [[Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL) using the [[domain name]] "''languagecode''.qrwp.org" and whose [[Path segment|path]] (final part) is the title of a Wikipedia article, and sends a request for the article specified in the URL to the QRpedia [[web server]]. It also transmits the language setting of the device.<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2">{{cite web|url=http://midea.nmc.org/2011/06/qrpedia/|title=Going Multilingual with QRpedia|last=Byrd Phillips|first=Lori|date=2011-06-15|publisher=Marcus Institute for Digital Education in the Arts|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6ACwdLuzA?url=http://midea.nmc.org/2011/06/qrpedia/|archivedate=26 August 2012|df=}}</ref>
The QRpedia server then uses Wikipedia's [[Application programming interface|API]]<ref name="EdenT-1" /> to determine whether there is a version of the specified Wikipedia article in the language used by the device, and if so, returns it in a mobile-friendly format.<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /> If there is no version of the article available in the preferred language, then the QRpedia server offers a choice of the available languages, or a [[Google Translate|Google translation]].
In this way, one QRcode can deliver the same article in many languages,<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /> even when the museum is unable to make its own translations. QRpedia also records usage statistics.<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /><ref name="Stats">{{cite web|url=http://qrwp.org/stats.php?path=QRpedia|archive-url=https://archive.is/20120713074153/http://qrwp.org/stats.php?path=QRpedia|dead-url=yes|archive-date=13 July 2012|title=QRpedia Statistics (example)|accessdate=12 December 2011}}</ref>
== Origins ==
QRpedia was conceived by Roger Bamkin,<ref name="EdenT-1" /><ref name="Bamkin">{{cite web|url=http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/February_2011/Contents/Derby|title=Three days of Action - QR codes at Derby Museum and Art Gallery|last=Bamkin|first=Roger|work=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|accessdate=17 February 2012}}</ref> a Wikipedia volunteer, and Terence Eden,<ref name="EdenT-1" /> a mobile web consultant,<ref name="Imperica" /> and was unveiled on 9 April 2011<ref name="EdenT-1" /><ref name="GLAM/D-1">{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/QR_code_experiment|title=Wikipedia:GLAM/Derby/QR code experiment|last=Various|work=[[Wikipedia]]|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> at [[Derby Museum and Art Gallery]]'s ''Backstage Pass'' event,<ref name="EdenT-1" /><ref name="Imperica">{{cite web|url=http://www.imperica.com/features/quiet-realities|title=Quiet Realities|last=Anon|date=2011-05-21|work=Imperica|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> part of the "GLAM/Derby" collaboration between the museum and Wikipedia,<ref name="BSP">{{cite web|url=http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Derby_Backstage_Pass|title=Derby Backstage Pass|last=Various|publisher=[[Wikimedia UK]]|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> during which over 1,200 Wikipedia articles, in several languages, were also created.<ref>Roger Bamkin, interviewed on [[BBC Radio Derby]] by [[Phil Trow]], 2011-08-30</ref> The project's name is a [[portmanteau]] word, combining the initials "QR" from "QR (''Quick Response'') code" and "pedia" from "Wikipedia".<ref name="Eden-2011-11-03">{{cite web|url=http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/11/qrpedia-in-russia/|title=QRpedia in Russia|last=Eden|first=Terence|date=2011-11-03|accessdate=25 November 2011 |quote=The 'QR', of course, standing for 'Quick Response'; The 'pedia' comes from 'Wikipedia' - which, itself, derives from Encyclopedia.}}</ref>
The project's source code is freely reusable under the MIT License.<ref name="code">{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/qrwp/|title=qrwp — QR Redirection to Wikipedia|work=[[Google Project Hosting]]|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref>
== Implementations ==
<gallery>
File:Orrey QR.jpg|Derby Museum's label for the painting "[[A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery]]" features a QRpedia code linking to the Wikipedia article about it which, as of February 2012, was available in 19 languages.
File:TCMI Carousel QRpedia Label.jpg|A label in [[The Children's Museum of Indianapolis]] that uses a QRpedia code to direct visitors to the Wikipedia article "[[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]]"
File:QRpedia plaque for Shire Hall, Monmouth.jpg|Ceramic plaque with QRpedia code for [[Shire Hall, Monmouth|Shire Hall]], as part of the [[MonmouthpediA]] project.
File:QRpedia_in_Prague_10_2.JPG|Enamel sign with QRpedia code for [[Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Prague)|Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary]] in [[Záběhlice]], Prague, Czech Republic
File:Vasamuseet, Samtidigt-Meanwhile Wikipedia touch table demo long.webm|Film showing the use of QRpedia codes in a touch table populated with Wikipedia articles related to the period 1600-1650 and with coordinates. The table is used in the exhibition Samtidigt/Meanwhile, at the [[Vasa museum]] in Stockholm, Sweden.
File:Hamadryas baboon - QRpedia at Skopje Zoo.JPG|A QRpedia plaque in [[Skopje Zoo]], Macedonia, showing info on a [[hamadryas baboon]] (''Papio hamadryas'') using a mixed approach
File:Satyagraha-House-1.jpg|A QRpedia plaque in Satyagraha House, Johannesburg South Africa
</gallery>
Though created in the United Kingdom, QRpedia can be used in any location where the user's phone or tablet has a data signal (or remembers URLs until a signal is available) and is in use at venues including:
* [[Children's Chapel, St James' Church, Sydney]]
* [[The Children's Museum of Indianapolis]], United States<ref name="CmoI" /><ref name="ByrdPhillips">{{cite web|url=http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|title=QR codes + Wikipedia = QRpedia|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|last=Byrd Phillips|first=Lori|date=2011-07-29|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926014126/http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|archivedate=26 September 2011|df=}}</ref>
* [[Congressional Cemetery]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Historic Congressional Cemetery Program to get Wikipedia boost |author=Greta Kreuz |url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/07/historic-congressional-cemetery-program-may-get-wikipedia-boost-77932.html |newspaper=[[WLJA]] |date=17 July 2012 |accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
* Derby Museum and Art Gallery, England<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" />
* [[Estonian Sports Museum]]
* [[Galleries of Justice Museum]]
* [[Fundació Joan Miró]], Spain<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" /><ref name="Hinojo">{{cite web|url=http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/05/qrpedia-codes-at-fundacio-joan-miro.html|title=QRpedia Codes at Fundació Joan Miró|last=Hinojo|first=Alex|date=2011-05-11|work=The GLAM-Wiki Experience|accessdate=25 August 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6AD1IRPVL?url=http://theglamwikiexperience.blogspot.com/2011/05/qrpedia-codes-at-fundacio-joan-miro.html|archivedate=26 August 2012|df=}}</ref> including a travelling exhibit shown at [[Tate|The Tate]]<ref name="ByrdPhillips-2" />
* [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]], United Kingdom<ref name="TNA">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/620.htm|title=New collaboration between Wikimedia UK and The National Archives |date=2011-09-15|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)]]|accessdate=16 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="EdenT-TNA">{{cite web|url=http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2011/09/national-archives-and-qrpedia/|title=National Archives and QRpedia|last=Eden|first=Terence|date=2011-09-18|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref>
* [[The National Museum of Computing]] (UK)<ref name="SmartUK">{{cite web|url=http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1750|title=Become an instant expert with a little help from your mobile|date=2012-02-02|publisher=Smart UK Project|accessdate=2 February 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6AD1MRL0v?url=http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1750|archivedate=26 August 2012|df=}}</ref>
* [[Sofia Zoo]], Bulgaria
* The Welsh town of [[Monmouth]], as part of Wikipedia's [[MonmouthpediA]] project.<ref name="MonToday">{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouth-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=7508&headline=Monmouth%20to%20be%20Wales'%20first%20WiFi%20town|title=Monmouth to be Wales' first WiFi town|date=2012-02-29|work=Monmouth Today|accessdate=1 March 2012}}</ref>
* [[St Paul's Church, Birmingham]]<!--ref to follow, shortly-->
* Different monuments in [[Prague 10]]<ref name="mobilmania.cz">{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilmania.cz/clanky/qrpedia-a-praha-10-qr-kod-na-kazde-pamatce/sc-3-a-1321691/default.aspx|title=QRpedia a Praha 10: QR kód na každé památce|date=2012-09-30|work=mobilmania.cz|accessdate=1 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[The New Art Gallery Walsall]]
* [[Skopje Zoo]], Macedonia, using a mixed approach of ordinary QR-codes and QRpedia codes<ref>[[m:Shared Knowledge/Projects/Skopje Zoo|Shared Knowledge projects: Skopje Zoo]], Meta</ref>
QRpedia also has uses outside of such institutions. For example, the [[Occupy movement]] uses it on campaign posters.<ref name="Occupy">{{cite web|url=http://wedontmakedemands.org/posters.php|title=We Don't Make Demands: Posters|date=2011-12-02|accessdate=2 December 2011}}</ref>
== Award ==
In January 2012, QRpedia was one of four projects (from 79 entrants) declared the most innovative mobile companies in the UK of 2011 by the Smart UK Project, and thus chosen to compete at [[Mobile World Congress]] in Barcelona, on 29 February 2012.<ref name="SmartUK" /> The criteria were "to be effective, easy to understand and with global potential and impact".<ref name="SmartUK2">{{cite web|url=http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1730|title=Smart UK Project – the final four|publisher=Smart UK Project|accessdate=19 August 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618162634/http://www.smartukproject.co.uk/archives/1730|archivedate=18 June 2013|df=}}</ref>
== Wikimedia UK dispute ==
A conflict of interest case involving QRpedia was identified as one of the "main incidents" leading to a 2012 review of the governance of Wikimedia UK (WMUK). The review found that the amount of time taken to resolve ownership caused the risk of outsiders perceiving a potential conflict of interest, and that Bamkin's acceptance of consultancy fees on projects (jointly funded by WMUK) involving QRpedia provided an opportunity for damage to the reputation of WMUK. This conflict of interest led to the resignation of WMUK trustee Joscelyn Upendran.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Young |first=Niki May |title=Wikimedia UK trustees have been 'too involved' to effectively govern charity |url=http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity |date=8 February 2013 |accessdate=2013-02-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211023803/http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/14428/wikimedia_uk_trustees_have_been_too_involved_to_govern_the_charity |archivedate=February 11, 2013 }}</ref> Shortly before her resignation on 31 August 2012, Upendran stated that "the charity has in effect agreed to take on responsibility [...] for a service that is 'co-owned' by a trustee", and suggested that "the conflict of interest may present a legal risk under charity and corporate law".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/13/wikimedia_uk_shape_up/|title=Review finds Wikipedia UK board needs major leadership overhaul|publisher=}}</ref> On 9 February 2013, WMUK announced that the intellectual property in QRpedia, and the qrpedia.org and qrwp.org domains, were to be transferred to the chapter at no cost.<ref name="Keating">{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2013-February/010309.html|title=QRpedia|last=Keating|first=Chris|date=2013-02-09|publisher=[[Wikimedia UK]]|accessdate=9 February 2013}}</ref> On 12 February 2013, Michael Peel registered two QRpedia related domain names on behalf of WMUK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike_Peel/Wikimedia_compensation|title=User:Mike Peel/Wikimedia compensation|publisher=}}</ref> On 2 April 2013, WMUK announced that Roger Bamkin and Terence Eden were transferring ownership of QRpedia to Wikimedia UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/04/announcement-qrpedia-donated-to-wikimedia-uk/|title=Announcement – QRpedia donated to Wikimedia UK - Wikimedia UK Blog|publisher=}}</ref> On 16 November 2013, WMUK announced that the agreement for the transfer had been signed and the IP rights in QRpedia were held by Cultural Outreach Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of WMUK, and that following the agreement, the transfer of the domain names was an administrative process that could begin immediately.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Water_cooler&diff=prev&oldid=47323|title=Difference between revisions of "Water cooler"|publisher=}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
At least one Wikimedia chapter has received letters alleging that QRpedia infringes various patents.<ref>{{Cite web
|title=QRpedia
|work=Wikimediauk-l Archives
|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2013-June/010905.html
|date=7 June 2013
|author=Chris Keating
|quote=At least one Wikimedia chapter has received letters from people who purport that QRpedia infringes on various patents.
}}</ref> Though WMUK believes that this is not the case and that the risk of litigation is not high, Cultural Outreach Limited has been set up to hold QRpedia, in order to shield WMUK should such a challenge arise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/2013-June/010962.html|title=[Wikimediauk-l] QRpedia|publisher=}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Amarapedia]]
* [[Monmouthpedia]]
* [[Gibraltarpedia]]
* [[Freopedia]]
* [[List of online encyclopedias]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiTown/Toodyaypedia|Toodyaypedia]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://archive.is/20120713074153/http://qrwp.org/stats.php?path=QRpedia QRpedia statistics] [change stem for other articles]
* [https://code.google.com/p/qrwp/ Qrpedia project on GoogleCode]
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