A NEW Wikipedia project will put Monmouth on the map as the world's first Wiki-town.

The scheme allows smartphone users to scan special barcodes for information about places of interest in the town.

It all came about after Monmouth man John Cummings attended a Wikipedia seminar on barcode technology in Derby. He said to the organisers this could be used to advantage in a town and as a result the 'Monmouthpedia' project was born.

John worked with UK Wikimedia's Roger Bamkin on the project and now the county council is supporting an appeal for information to load onto the site.

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