Monmouthpedia

Monmouthpedia
The project's logo, stylised to look like the Wikipedia wordmark
Available inMultilingual[1]
Created by
  • John Cummings
  • Roger Bamkin
URLen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/MonmouthpediA
CommercialNo
Launched19 May 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-19)
Content license
Creative Commons Attribution/
Share-Alike 3.0
Introductory video to the project (in English, with French subtitles)

Monmouthpedia (styled as MonmouthpediA) is a collaborative project linking the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia and the town of Monmouth in Wales.[2][3][4]

The project uses QRpedia QR codes to provide multilingual smart phone access to Wikipedia articles covering notable subjects in Monmouth, such as places, people, artefacts, flora and fauna.[5] It was formally launched on 19 May 2012, and led to Monmouth being described as the "world's first Wikipedia town", "world's first Wikitown project".[6][7][8] The project was awarded the "Excellence in Marketing" award at the Monmouthshire Business Awards.

  1. ^ Sawyers, Paul (30 December 2011). "Monmouthpedia: Wikipedia's new project covering life in the Welsh town of Monmouth". The Next Web. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Wikipedia project to cover life in Monmouth". BBC. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  3. ^ Clayton, Nick (17 May 2012). "World's First Wikipedia Town Launches". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "World's First Wikipedia Town to Go Live". ABC News. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "MonmouthpediA – The World's First Wikipedia Town". Monmouthshire County Council. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Monmouth to be Wales' first WiFi town". monmouth-today.co.uk. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Welsh town of Monmouth gets Wikipedia treatment". Computer Active. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Monmouth to be first Wiki-town". cinderford-today.co.uk. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.