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How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell

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In a nutshell [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium]] differs from [[Wikipedia]] in a fundamental way in that wikipedia is necessarily a [[consensus]] aimed project due to its stated goal of being an [[w:encyclopedia|encyclopedia]], which quite directly imposes the necessity to always claim [[NPOV]]; in contrast with consumerium, which is a consensus and [[dissensus]] project simultaneously.

This fundamental difference that exists because of the different natures of these projects undermines the '''"always avoid the Wikipedia ways"'''-argumentation that has nearly deflated to the level of [[trollism|one-party]] rethoric. --[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] [[Lowest Troll]] of [[Consumerium]]

Main Page

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|[[Consumerium:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]] to [[Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]], where [[fair trade]], [[political consumerism]], and [[moral purchasing]] trends, all essential to our [[Consumerium:philosophy|philosophy]], are being pieced together into what we call '''moral purchasing power'''.

[[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium itself]] is a [[not-for-profit project]] to enable consumers to gain more insight into products and companies.

A couple of ways to start exploring Consumerium are the '''[[Brief introduction]]''' and '''[[Consumerium:FAQ]]''' articles. There are also other '''[[essential projects]]''', such as '''[[Simple English Wikipedia]]''' and '''[[Living Platform]]''' that we hope to introduce you to.

We are collaborating under the [[GFDL]] [[licences|license]], to design a [[healthy buying infrastructure]]. We are identifying [[hardware requirements]] for [[wiki|storage]], transport and display of varying levels of '''[[features|product information]] to [[consumer]]s''' and '''[[feedback]] to [[producer]]s''' at the [[point of purchase]] to enhance the consumer experience, advance product development and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.

There are currently {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} [http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Allpages articles] of [[Development Wiki|Consumerium development]] related work.

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Managers wondering about the impact of this on their business should read <big>[[Consumerium:Executive summary|The Executive Summary page]]</big>.

To contribute corporation information please review [[types of companies]] and [[Research:policy]] first. When these issues are clear [[Research Wiki]] will be available - until then please use [[CorpKnowPedia]].

Our [[Links]] offer a comprehensive list of moral purchasing related information resources.

Proceed to the <big>[[Article hub]]</big> for more access points to this wiki.

For editing practice, try playing in the [[Consumerium:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
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We invite you, if you wish, to participate by editing proposals and discussions below. As customary in many [[wiki]]s '''any page can be edited by anyone, anytime''', or [[revert|restored to a previous state]] by anyone, which is the convention we assume will also apply in operation in this (combined) [[Research Wiki|Research]] and [[Development Wiki]]; Please see [[What Consumerium RD Wiki is not]], [[guidelines]] and [[rules]] for do's and don'ts.
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'''[[Links|Looking for info on companies and products now?]]''' - '''[[Features|Planned Features to The Consumer]]''' - '''[[Consumerium Services]]''' '''[[Research Wiki|Planned Research Wiki]]''' - '''[[Publish Wiki|Planned Publish Wiki]]''' 
'''[[How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell]]'''

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Use [[w:Wikipedia]] to link to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia (and [[m:]] to meta). Avoid unnecessary replicating, we're in the [[GFDL]] part of the world after all :)

What Consumerium is not

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'''What Consumerium is not''' is the most negative view of [[Consumerium Itself]]. For those who consider that things are defined by negation, this list is quite important:

*a general purpose discussion blog
*an anarchist experiment - we are [[troll-friendly]] only to the degree we have to be to head off certain [[corruption]] and [[accountability problems]] that less troll-friendly wikis run into almost by design
*a playground for "Wikipedians" - especially those who cause those problems
*a peer or friend to the [[enemy projects]] which are competing directly with us for attention from skilled people, and wasting the time of many such folks - often trying and failing to do jobs we can do better, like defining [[Simple English]] or controlling [[sysop vandalism]] or coping with [[political dispute]]s
*any of the [[essential projects]] - we don't compete with them to do the work they do, and we hope they are wise enough not to compete with us and will work with us instead
*[[free software]] necessarily, nor necessarily even [[open source]], nor a representative of any particular ideology - we deliberately let [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] and eventually an [[independent board]] decide what [[software license]] options should be placed on what aspects of this system - if you disagree, well, the entire [[R&D wiki]] is [[GFDL]], so ''[[fork off]]''!

Consumerium:Consumerium Itself

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'''Consumerium, itself''' makes claims about [[Consumerium]], i.e. what it "is" or "is for":

*A medium for making [[Opinion Wiki|distribution]] and [[Content Wiki|acquisition]] of information on [[moral purchasing]] more widely and easily accessible
*A medium to enable a paradigm shift in shopping from affective shopping decisions based on [[advertising|illusions]] to affective shopping decisions based on [[features|information]]
*A medium to make [[Advertisement Video|audio-visual marketing tools]] available to smaller businesses then previously possible.
*A medium to provide [[consumer]]s with [[work description]]s so that if interested a consumer may familiarize her/himself with what kind of work goes into some [[product]]
*An aid to [[transparency]]
*An aid to target R&D and production more precisely due to incresed [[feedback|flow of information]]
*A [[glossary]] of [[Consumerium Concepts|concepts applicable to all the above]]
*A [[Consumerium governance]] protocol to keep the above fair.
*A [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] to keep the protocol fair.

These claims about itself guide the project. If a claim is made in even one place off to the side, it is important, and should be added to the above. If the claim is wrong, change it in the article it came from, and THEN change it here.

Mention of '''Consumerium, itself''' in articles requires some standards to ensure:

*Text need not change when moved elsewhere in the [[GFDL text corpus]]. If we refer to this project in the third person, as Consumerium, then the text stands up better when moved elsewhere in the GFDL text corpus. This should be a standard everywhere '''Consumerium, itself''' is mentioned within.

*Statements about "Consumerium is...", or "Consumerium does..." can be more easily found, closely examined, and disputed (by [[faction]]s or otherwise). This is absolutely necessary to achieve [[deliberative democracy]], [[design reflexivity]] and some [[positive brand management]] - we would not want strange claims or assertions about its purpose or character to go unexamined, and we would want to support any desirable role or purpose. This is simpler if 'what links here' is a comprehensive list. Accordingly, any mention that affects identity or defines or limits a purpose should be to Consudev:Itself not Consumerium, to distinguish from casual mentions that do not make any such claims (e.g. what "Consumerium says..." about something that is not itself).

*It provides a positive counterpoint to [[What Consumerium is not]], which is the negation of [[Consumerium:Itself]]. But by definition can't define any progressive or positive mission! It's easier to keep "not" updated if "is and does" are up to date.

*It reminds people to update the [[Main Page]] occassionally and keep up to date with the most effective terminology to describe concepts under discussion.

[[What Consumerium is not]] may actually be more important to understand for daily operating and governance decisions.