The “Wiki Loves Monuments” project in Russia has been featured on Russian TV. Check out the QRpedia codes!
You can see all the articles (and their QRpedia codes) – there is also a list of articles which need translating.
QRpedia’s Name
There is some confusion about QRpedia’s name.
@QRpedia please answer me, QRpedia = QR + wikipedia or QR + encyclopedia? I need it as a prooflink for [[ru:QRpedia]].
— Rave (@dslrave) November 2, 2011
The answer is very simple. The “pedia” isn’t from “Encyclopedia”. It isn’t from “Wikipedia”. It’s an acronym.
- P – Potentially
- E – Every
- D – Device
- I – Interlanguage
- A – Access
The “QR”, of course, standing for “Quick Response”.
I hope that clears up the matter 😉
To clarify; the above is a humorous backronym.
The “pedia” comes from “Wikipedia” – which, itself, derives from Encyclopedia.
This is because, currently, QRpedia only works with Wikipedia. There are plans to make it work with other data-sources, but that’s some way off.