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Monmouthpedia (styled as ) is a collaborative project linking the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia and the town of Monmouth in South Wales. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/info/100002/business/1429/monmouthpedia )〕 It was formally launched on 19 May 2012, and led to Monmouth being described as the "world's first Wikipedia town". The project was awarded the "Excellence in Marketing" award at the Monmouthshire Business Awards. == Inception == The idea of Monmouthpedia was conceived in late 2011 by John Cummings, a resident of Monmouth. Cummings attended a TEDx event in Bristol which discussed the QRpedia project in use at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/news/article/587/monmouth_becomes_the_worlds_first_wikipedia_town )〕 Cummings founded the project with chair of Wikimedia UK, Roger Bamkin, who co-founded QRpedia. The project was subsequently supported by Monmouthshire County Council, and the council-owned Shire Hall later announced plans to instate a Wikipedian-in-Residence and introduce sessions to help visitors with contributions to the project.〔 Monmouthpedia's initial goal was to have 1,000 QR codes by April 2012, with each article having a corresponding ceramic plaque emblazoned with a code. By May, the project's home page reported 712 new and improved articles in 25 different languages. For non-English speakers, where available, articles in other languages are automatically displayed in the language of the user on the basis of the phone's language configuration. At project launch, some 500 articles in other languages were available thanks to the collaboration of editors abroad.〔("Monmouthpedia : la ville Wikipédia" ), ''GNT'', 18 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.〕 In addition to this, the project covers over 250 pre-existing entries on Monmouth-related topics. In the same period, over 1,000 photographs were uploaded. Monmouth Library has become the first library in the world to add QR codes to books. Users with smart phones can now instantly find Wikipedia articles on the book and its author. Priority has been given to local literature and Welsh titles but more recent acquisitions on the Queen's Jubilee and the Olympics have also been QR coded.〔("Monmouth Library First in the World" ), ''Monmouthshire Libraries'', 21 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monmouthpedia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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