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The original idea came from [[Monmouth]]'s [[Monmouthpedia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wikipedia: How a project launched in Monmouth has gone global|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/wikipedia-how-project-launched-monmouth-2503957|accessdate=12 December 2013|newspaper=WalesOnline|date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=James|title=It's the Smart Way to Put Your Town Firmly on the Map and in the Picture; A Project Wikipedia Launched in Monmouth Has Gone Global - with Copycat Projects Springing Up from Prague to Australia. One's Even Planned for Cardiff, as James McCarthy Reports|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3682/article-1G1-317078018/smart-way-put-your-town-firmly-map-and-picture-project|accessdate=12 December 2013|newspaper=The Western Mail|date=31 January 2013|location=Cardiff, Wales}}</ref>
The original idea came from [[Monmouth]]'s [[Monmouthpedia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wikipedia: How a project launched in Monmouth has gone global|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/wikipedia-how-project-launched-monmouth-2503957|accessdate=12 December 2013|newspaper=WalesOnline|date=31 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=James|title=It's the Smart Way to Put Your Town Firmly on the Map and in the Picture; A Project Wikipedia Launched in Monmouth Has Gone Global - with Copycat Projects Springing Up from Prague to Australia. One's Even Planned for Cardiff, as James McCarthy Reports|url=http://business.highbeam.com/3682/article-1G1-317078018/smart-way-put-your-town-firmly-map-and-picture-project|accessdate=12 December 2013|newspaper=The Western Mail|date=31 January 2013|location=Cardiff, Wales}}</ref>


Fremantle is the first city in Australia to have such a project, and thus a virtual tour of its historic sites.<ref name="COF 1st">{{cite web|title=Australian first for Fremantle heritage|url=http://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/home/List_of_News_and_Media/2013/May/Australian_first_for_Fremantle_heritage|publisher=[[City of Fremantle]]|accessdate=12 December 2013|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freopedia on the Streets of Freo|url=http://96fm.com.au/index.php/events/showEvent/312|publisher=96FM|accessdate=12 December 2013}}</ref> Visitors to Fremantle are encouraged to take a [[walking tour]] with the help of a map produced by the City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fremantlestory.com.au/your-story/see-do/tours/freopedia-heritage-tour/freopedia-heritage-tour.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Q1B6QTPL |archivedate=2 June 2014 |accessdate=2 June 2014 |title=Freopedia Heritage Tour |work=Fremantle Story}}</ref>
Fremantle is the first city in Australia to have such a project, and thus a virtual tour of its historic sites.<ref name="COF 1st">{{cite web|title=Australian first for Fremantle heritage|url=http://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/home/List_of_News_and_Media/2013/May/Australian_first_for_Fremantle_heritage|publisher=[[City of Fremantle]]|accessdate=12 December 2013|date=May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Freopedia on the Streets of Freo|url=http://96fm.com.au/index.php/events/showEvent/312|publisher=96FM|accessdate=12 December 2013}}</ref> Visitors to Fremantle are encouraged to take a [[walking tour]] with the help of a map produced by the City.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fremantlestory.com.au/your-story/see-do/tours/freopedia-heritage-tour/freopedia-heritage-tour.html |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Q1B6QTPL |archivedate=2 June 2014 |accessdate=2 June 2014 |title=Freopedia Heritage Tour |work=Fremantle Story}}</ref> The Freopedia Heritage Tour is one of several [[Fremantle walking tours and trails]] publicised by the City.


[[File:Freopedia 8 gnangarra.JPG|thumb|City of Fremantle Mayor, President of The Fremantle Society & President of Wikimedia Australia launching Freopedia]]
[[File:Freopedia 8 gnangarra.JPG|thumb|City of Fremantle Mayor, President of The Fremantle Society & President of Wikimedia Australia launching Freopedia]]

Revision as of 12:10, 18 June 2014

For the Freopedia project page, see Wikipedia:WikiTown/Freopedia
Video about using the Freopedia QR code at the Round House in Fremantle

Freopedia began as a project to install QRpedia codes at sites around Fremantle, Western Australia to link people to articles on Wikipedia. It has since evolved into a WikiTown project aiming to build comprehensive coverage of Fremantle on Wikipedia.

The original idea came from Monmouth's Monmouthpedia.[1][2]

Fremantle is the first city in Australia to have such a project, and thus a virtual tour of its historic sites.[3][4] Visitors to Fremantle are encouraged to take a walking tour with the help of a map produced by the City.[5] The Freopedia Heritage Tour is one of several Fremantle walking tours and trails publicised by the City.

City of Fremantle Mayor, President of The Fremantle Society & President of Wikimedia Australia launching Freopedia

The official launch took place at the W D Moore & Co Warehouse on 26 May 2013.[6] It is an ongoing project, with the Fremantle Arts Centre and the Round House included in the first set of sites.[6]

The creation of content on Wikipedia and the driving force of the project has come from the work of Wikipedian editors. Subsequently local groups and collaborators have supported the project, however content creation and maintenance of the project has remained with Wikipedians. Installation of plaques has been carried out by Fremantle Society volunteers, the University of Notre Dame Australia, and Fremantle Port Authority. The latter produced eight of their own plaques, of blue plastic, and are (as of March 2014) installing them[needs update] around Victoria Quay and the Maritime Museum.[7]

The collaboration has been between the Fremantle Society and Wikimedia Australia, supported by the City of Fremantle, State Records Office, Fremantle Business Improvement District, Fremantle Port Authority, and other organisations in Fremantle.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Wikipedia: How a project launched in Monmouth has gone global". WalesOnline. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  2. ^ McCarthy, James (31 January 2013). "It's the Smart Way to Put Your Town Firmly on the Map and in the Picture; A Project Wikipedia Launched in Monmouth Has Gone Global - with Copycat Projects Springing Up from Prague to Australia. One's Even Planned for Cardiff, as James McCarthy Reports". The Western Mail. Cardiff, Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Australian first for Fremantle heritage". City of Fremantle. May 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Freopedia on the Streets of Freo". 96FM. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Freopedia Heritage Tour". Fremantle Story. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b "App makes us tour guides". Cockburn Gazette. 28 May 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  7. ^ "QR codes for VQ". Portfolio. Fremantle Port Authority. March 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  • Craig Franklin, President of Wikimedia Australia (26 May 2013). "The Way We Were" (Interview). Interviewed by Steve Gordon. {{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter |callsign= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |city= ignored (|location= suggested) (help)
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