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==Development==
[[Consumerium:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]]. This is the [[Development Wiki]], formerly know as the R&D Wiki, where we are planning operation of [[Research Wiki]], [[Opinion Wiki]] and [[Publish Wiki]](s) 

This [[wiki]] has been online since March 2003 and the [[past|original mission statement]] was published in April 2002. [[Timeline of Consumerium]] tracks the most prominent changes in our development work.

Originally the plan was to store information in [[XML]] and rely heavily on systemic checks on data at entry time. Nowerdays the plan has shifted to utilizing [[wiki]]s and peer-review for accuracy.

We are aiming to get [[Consumerium Services]] into the shelf front where the purchasing decisions are made, but it looks much more likely that we are going to focus on enabling changing repeat-buy behaviour, so called [[Checkout Consumerium]] where you grab the [[product identification]] information to your cell phone via [[Near Field Communication]] and then touch your home computer to examine alternate consumption choices.
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==What's going on?==
It's mostly about some [[POVs|view point disagreements]] and disagreements about various [[ISMs]]. Also opposition for re-introduction of [[Opinion Wiki]] into the total plan of how to make this workable in the real world is heated.

Much attention is needed to define the [[Consumerium:Intermediate page types]] to enable [[Consumerium:We|us]] to launch a [[Research Wiki pilot]]. Also [[Simple model for expressing opinions]] (within Research Wiki) should be sanity checked and details scrutinized in the light of usability and software performance.
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==Research==
[[Research Wiki]] will have an English interface but research in all relevant languages is conducted there in a similar manner as at [http://wikibooks.org Wikibooks]. 

Research wiki will be [[troll-friendly]] ie. it allows [[trolling]] by [[troll]][[trolls|(s)]] and is not accessible to external search engines to minimize the possibility of legal challenges such as [[libel]] accusations and to enable [[free circulation of fiction]]. This development wiki has caused some aggravation in [[Wikimedia]] circles due to the numerous [[AWR|Anti Wikipedia Rants]] and we hope to avoid such confrontation in the future.

Currently [[research]] is dispersed to multiple sites such as [[Wikipedia]] for generic, encyclopedic information, [[CorpKnowPedia]] for information on corporations and [[Wiktionary]] for translation needs. This is not a problem since all points of research are licensed under [[GFDL]]

Note:  there is no [[ontological distinction]] between research and opinion:  research is the opinion of a researcher.  And anyone can be a "researcher".   Thus, opinions are indistinguishable from other forms of research - except that one could say "facts are research, and analysis is opinion."  

There's some question of what to do with [[Critical Point of View]] articles that don't even pretend to be [[NPOV|neutral]].  These are part of "research" but must be clearly marked - maybe awaiting [[answer recommendation]] filters?  

They are often drawn from outside text, maybe via [[corpus import]], e.g.[[campaign]]s for and against some entity:  [[company]], [[product group]], [[product|individual product]], [[area]] ([[country]], [[ecoregion]].  They may be a piece of [[advertising]] which is clearly promotional.  

Separating them is unwise.  An opinion starts as the lowest-credibility form of research, undergoes [[TIPAESA]] debate, and those who provide it will often be engaged with the [[Lowest Troll]] to determine if the authors or transmitters or republishers are [[funded troll]]s being paid to trash or promote some commercial service.  But no one will volunteer to separate "research" from "opinion" and to do so simply creates unaccountable [[sysop power structure]].

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==Publish==
[[Publish Wiki]] will be updated from [[Research Wiki]] and [[Opinion Wiki]] upon approval by some algorithm that probably involves both trusted people and formal algorithms.  ''How the approval process works and how it may be reversed is a key question that needs to be solved before we proceed to the [[future]] - see [[answer recommendation]], [[edits, votes and bets]] for some approaches.''

We will start with the English language Publish Wiki and other languages will be set up when there is demand.

An important test of the publish wiki is that it must be able to filter out the opinions the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] can't sanction from the research that it exists to broadcast.  That can't be done by simply asking or requiring that contributors "properly" label it!  Neutrality is always a fight.

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==Services==
[[Features]] and [[Consumerium Services]] outline the services we intend to provide to the [[consumer]]. Feature known as [[Advertisement Video]], which could be in [[3GPP]] format which is playable on today's smartphones, should act as an source of revenue where the [[producer]] is debited a small amount of money for each view of the advertisement. In addition to providing revenue to the project this is an important extra-wiki feature in the sense that it allows for video marketing for small businesses with low volume products.
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==Hardware==
Originally the introduction of [[Bluetooth]] sparked the concept of [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium Itself]] but the slow adaption and complexity of using Bluetooth has lead us to plan for [[Near Field Communication]] devices to be adapted rapidly to enable [[Checkout Consumerium]] for starters where information is delievered after the purchase has happened and can be examined to affect repeat-buy behaviour.
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==Hacking==
We are in need of [[w:PHP|PHP]] coders to implement [[MediaWiki modifications]] needed for smooth operation. Special focus is needed on developing the [[Export-import]] functionality to an adequate level for smooth [[Consumerium maintenance]]. At a later date a dedicated [[Consumer Agent]] may be developed for providing automatic comparisons.
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==Trolling==

The basic philosophical stance of [[trolling]] is compactly presented in '''[[Trollism]]''' an almost entirely diametrical to that of [[Sysopism]]

Consumerium Development Wiki could humorously be called "the encyclopedia of [[trolling]]" so far has our main [[troll]], [[142.177.X.X]], [[trolling|trolled]] with the help of other [[trolls]], some choosing a maybe shared account, some choosing to remain anonymous identified only by [[IP number]]

Trolls are determined to fight for a [[troll-friendly]] wiki, which given that there are different wikis will be allowed only on [[Research Wiki]]. Trolls are fiercely against [[Sysop vandalism]], [[Sysop vigilantiism]], [[Developer vigilantiism]], [[Sysopism]], [[Sysops]], [[Sysop power structure]]s, [[GodKing]] reliant wiki culture, [[Ad hominem delete]], 
[[Ad hominem revert]], [[Outing]] (usually of [[Troll]]s or [[Trollherd]]s), [[Usurper]]s, [[Groupthink]], [[Spun threat]]s and other [[Framing]], [[Hard security]] such as [[Block IP]] and [[Systematic bias]] in [[Large public wiki]]s resulting from abefore mentioned but often failing to see the necessity of applying [[Ad hominem approval]] since no one has the time to read all that is being written even in this development stage. Trolls also resist [[use real names]] policies systematically.

Trolls are for an unified [[GFDL text corpus]] that is independent of [[GFDL corpus access provider]]s. 
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==Old categorisation==
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===New to Consumerium or Wiki?===
* [[Consumerium:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]]
* [[Motivation]]
* [[Features]]
* [[Consumerium:Philosophy|Philosophy]]
* [[Consumerium:FAQ|FAQ]]
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===Ready to [[Contributing|contribute]]?===
* [[Research]] 
* [[Wikipedia]]
* [[wiktionary:Consumerium translation lists]]
* [[wiktionary:Appendix:Types of companies]]
* [[Consumerium:FAQ]]
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===[[Links]]===
* [[Wikipedia|Links To Wikipedia]]
* [[Essential projects]] - don't miss these!
* [[Interesting projects]]
* [[Interesting companies]]
* [[Interesting organisations]]
* [[Interesting software]]
* [[Research|Ongoing works in Wikipedia etc.]]
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===[[Software]]===
* [[MediaWiki]]
* [[MediaWiki modifications]]
* [[ConsuML]] 
* [[Sourceforge]]
* [[XML]]
* [[XML/DTD]]
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===[[Hardware]]===
* [[Hardware Requirements]]
* [[Bluetooth]]
* [[Near Field Communication]]
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===Other===
* [[Consumerium:Village pump|Village pump]]
* [[Timeline of Consumerium]]
* [[Past]]
* [[Future]]
* [[Goals]]
* [[Stages]]
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