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Add ability to share QR code for a page in any Wikimedia project
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Problem
: QRpedia.org has existed for many years, but it doesn't (seem to) suport anything other than "[xx].wikipedia.org" domain. So we can't make QR codes for Commons, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikibooks, Species, Incubator, etc. CMIIW but there's no documentation and unclear who's the maintainer
Proposed solution
: Create an official QR generator In-Wiki. Just like how
w.wiki
was created for URL shortener, something like
qr.wiki
could be made for a permanent QR identifier
Who would benefit
: Everyone that's trying to generate QR codes for projects other than wikipedia.org domain.
More comments
: Our GLAM partner have to resort to third party websites to generate QR code for Commons. It works normally the first few weeks(?), but after that it display advertisement first before user being redirected to the target URL. By that time it's already late to replace all the plaques, printouts, etc. It was a saddening day. Their trust to us was lowered because they think the advertisement came from us/Wikipedia. (And please don't suggest a "free" 3rd party QR generator, I'm not looking for any)
Phabricator tickets
phab:T329973
Proposer
Bennylin
09:56, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
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Discussion
See also this 2011 blog:
QR Codes + Wikipedia
—The preceding
unsigned
comment was added by
Bennylin
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) 09:56, 1 February 2023
Looks like it's
WMUK, but the whole project is embroiled in controversy
. Thanks, but no thanks.
—The preceding
unsigned
comment was added by
Bennylin
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) 10:00, 1 February 2023
No, the "whole project" is not "embroiled in controversy"; you're looking at something that was resolved a decade ago.
Andy Mabbett
Pigsonthewing
);
Talk to Andy
Andy's edits
17:27, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
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There shouldn't be a need for a new domain name for this should there? Wouldn't
URLs work just as well in QR codes? I've used them for that a bunch of times, and there's a generator on Toolforge that can be used (
e.g.
), instead of advertising-laden commercial services. I note also that adding QR codes to
mw:Extension:UrlShortener
has been requested before (
T242467
) and was declined (although the reasons for doing so weren't documented). One other major part of QRPedia has been the gathering of usage statistics, so perhaps there's more to this than just generating the codes for display on-wiki.
SWilson (WMF)
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10:11, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
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OK, scrap the new domain name, I wrote that as an afterthought. The main thing here is the QR generator, able to generate not just Wikipedia links, but also other projects, and w.wiki shortlinks.
Bennylin
08:37, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
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Bennylin
Great, that makes sense. So perhaps the
QRCode generator tool
is sufficient? It accepts any URLs (even for other sites).
SWilson (WMF)
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08:44, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
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Awesome, I didn't know about it before. I will check it out and try it.
Bennylin
09:02, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
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It would be nice if we can make that part of some sort of "share page"-flow... Maybe when you've chosen "permanent link" in the menu ? Or in the share menu's of the iOS and Android app ? —
Th
DJ
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contribs
14:05, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
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Would you want this to go to the permalink/current version; or just to the current url? —
xaosflux
Talk
15:02, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
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If there's that option on the tool, then that would be great! I reckon most of the times the current URL is preferred (the nice URL), but in some cases the permalink may be desired (there's no-such option ATM in the qrpedia nor QRCode generator tool).
Bennylin
05:56, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
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On the one hand, QR codes with short links are not surprising for a long time (not a fad, but
not a new trend
). Also readers cannot understand what a website is and what is there. But some people use them. It also solves the problem with websites and browsers that do not work correctly with some characters or non-Latin alphabets in links (horror links, for example,
).--
Proeksad
talk
20:30, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Proeksad
Also, using short URLs can make the QR codes simpler and more reliable to scan (or smaller). URLs for things like the Wikdiata Query Service can be quite long.
Sam
Wilson
07:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Would also be nice to have some prettified, some might say: Branded, magic in the QR code. For some ideas
see: Embellished QR Codes on Commons
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CmdrDan
talk
18:02, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
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Voting
Strong support
nice idea --
Frettie
talk
18:31, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Xbypass
talk
19:57, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Yes.
TheAmerikaner
talk
20:15, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
. I think it can be useful for some communities.--
Proeksad
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20:18, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Fallbackintoreality
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20:47, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Strainu
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21:36, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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SHB2000
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contribs
23:06, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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NMaia
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23:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
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Skimel
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00:16, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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26 Ramadan
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01:48, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Hehua
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02:59, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Soumendrak
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06:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Goliv04053
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06:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Arado Ar 196
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08:39, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Szymonel
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08:58, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Stardust-09
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09:14, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Exilexi
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09:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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RVA2869
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13:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Shizhao
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13:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Cepice
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14:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Atleticano da Alemanha
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14:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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SanderProGamer
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14:47, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Bluerasberry
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15:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Muhammed amine benloulou
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16:35, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Litev
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17:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Novak Watchmen
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18:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Ivario
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21:56, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
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Vive la Franks
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01:20, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
This should be added as it can be useful in multiple wikis as well.
Thingofme
talk
03:18, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
MASUM THE GREAT
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05:30, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
HLFan
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07:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Mauricio V. Genta
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07:58, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Arnd
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08:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Wiki-uk
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09:13, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Hddty
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13:02, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Firefoxys
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14:22, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Fvtvr3r
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14:23, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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CsanMan31
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17:10, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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P12062545
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21:29, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
IsabelaSC
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17:00, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
JAn Dudík
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21:16, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
SpacedShark
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06:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
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Rachmat04
08:57, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Ayumu Ozaki
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10:47, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Meganinja202
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14:49, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
ZandDev
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15:37, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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За
I will send articles to my friends easier.
Kylain Aixter
СО
16:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Thibaultmol
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18:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Michal30
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19:24, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Ottawajin
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10:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
There's a lot of scope to extend this to other projects!
Hareesh Sivasubramanian
talk
10:52, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
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Strong support
This project has huge potantial as per above. Great Idea!
NPRB
talk
21:45, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Sadads
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01:15, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Aishik Rehman
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07:41, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
مهدی بهرامی مطلق
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09:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
cyrfaw
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17:37, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
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Lousyd
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18:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
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Garshaasp
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21:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
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Lollipoplollipoplollipop
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23:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
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Lightoil
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03:12, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Daniel Case
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06:24, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Kuba Walczak
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08:52, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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Weigandwood
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14:21, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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Vulcan
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Sphere!
15:45, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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Jim.henderson
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17:44, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Hans5958
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02:33, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Cmarsch
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06:24, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Augend
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07:52, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Tommy Kronkvist
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09:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Th
DJ
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contribs
10:50, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Toad40
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13:03, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
מקף
(Hyphen)
00:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Korhoj
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02:43, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Jeeputer
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02:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Sounds good, but has to be promoted more than w.wiki and QRpedia.org
Qxyz123
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04:07, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Serieminou
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22:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
ABAL1412
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04:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Genesis2FrontierProj
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18:23, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Morten Haan
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18:27, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
A nice Idea.
Manjiro91
12:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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Oppose
how often would people actually use this? If you need to generate QR codes there are apps and libraries on Github to do it that are actually free in every sense of the word.
Snowmanonahoe
talk
13:05, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
Lionel Scheepmans
Contact
(Fr-N, En-3, Pt-3)
21:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
. ——
Eric Liu
Talk
03:25, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
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Support
CmdrDan
talk
17:57, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
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