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==FAQ== | |||
'''Ask your questions here''' | '''Ask your questions here''' | ||
Place your question on top. When it is anwsered it will be moved to the proper category. Avoid empty linking when writing anwsers in the FAQ. | Place your question on top. When it is anwsered it will be moved to the proper category. Avoid empty linking when writing anwsers in the FAQ. | ||
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:Q: Why should I think this project will work? | |||
:A: Because many global NGOs with long experience in [[w:moral purchasing|moral purchasing]] have proposed or launched similar efforts, usually as shorter-term [[w:boycott|boycott]] efforts. Such projects were instrumental in ending the apartheid regime in South Africa, for instance. More recently, [http://act.greenpeace.org/1020609361/1021119917/1021124011/1021160307/index_html Greenpeace activists discussed 'personal moral purchasing rules' and systems to support them] including collecting [http://act.greenpeace.org/1014917000/1014941204/1024270541/1024347962/1024421552/1024691201/index_html Universal Product Codes of offending products]. Given the experience of the organizations that support and organize such efforts, it may be more appropriate to ask "what makes you think this project would ''not'' work?" | :A: Because many global NGOs with long experience in [[w:moral purchasing|moral purchasing]] have proposed or launched similar efforts, usually as shorter-term [[w:boycott|boycott]] efforts. Such projects were instrumental in ending the apartheid regime in South Africa, for instance. More recently, [http://act.greenpeace.org/1020609361/1021119917/1021124011/1021160307/index_html Greenpeace activists discussed 'personal moral purchasing rules' and systems to support them] including collecting [http://act.greenpeace.org/1014917000/1014941204/1024270541/1024347962/1024421552/1024691201/index_html Universal Product Codes of offending products]. Given the experience of the organizations that support and organize such efforts, it may be more appropriate to ask "what makes you think this project would ''not'' work?" | ||
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:Q: What on earth is the [[Consumerium]] project? | |||
:A: The goal of the Consumerium project, in a nutshell, is to increase power of the [[consumer]] in [[market economy]]. This goal is achieved by developing an information gathering, storage and transporting infrastructure that delievers '''all available information''' to support consumer decisions - with '''just a touch of a button''', and gives to the consumer the ability to give [[feedback]], even to the '''other side of the world''' - with just a few touches of buttons. All this must be offered to the consumer free of charge. Ideally it would invoke criteria from trusted mediators, e.g. [http://act.greenpeace.org/1014917000/1014941204/1024270541/1024347962/index_html#1024421552 Non-Governmental Organizations, e.g. Greenpeace, where a suggestion of how to do this was debated extensively in June of 2002]. | :A: The goal of the Consumerium project, in a nutshell, is to increase power of the [[consumer]] in [[market economy]]. This goal is achieved by developing an information gathering, storage and transporting infrastructure that delievers '''all available information''' to support consumer decisions - with '''just a touch of a button''', and gives to the consumer the ability to give [[feedback]], even to the '''other side of the world''' - with just a few touches of buttons. All this must be offered to the consumer free of charge. Ideally it would invoke criteria from trusted mediators, e.g. [http://act.greenpeace.org/1014917000/1014941204/1024270541/1024347962/index_html#1024421552 Non-Governmental Organizations, e.g. Greenpeace, where a suggestion of how to do this was debated extensively in June of 2002]. | ||
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:Q: That's not saying much. Can you be more concrete? | |||
:A: Sure, go check out the planned [[Features]] | |||
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:'''Q: What is Wiki?''' | |||
:'''A:''' Wiki is an hypertext system where anyone can edit any page easily.You can learn how to edit articles in less then 10 minutes at http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page | |||
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:'''Q: What is GFDL?''' | |||
:'''A:''' GFDL stands for '''GNU Free Documentation License'''. All material here is Lisenced under GFDL, so it's free and will stay that way forever. | |||
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:Q: Why Consumerium? | |||
:A: The [[Motivation]]. | :A: The [[Motivation]]. | ||
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:Q: I want to contribute. How do I do that? | |||
:A: If you're not coming here from [[Wikipedia]] you should go and see [[w:How to edit a page]] to learn how to edit pages in under 10 minutes. Please do come back though, and add interesting Wikipedia articles you find to [[Research]]. You can of course edit any page you want here, or even create a new one. We are not so crowded as Wikipedia, and so we can be more relaxed. | :A: If you're not coming here from [[Wikipedia]] you should go and see [[w:How to edit a page]] to learn how to edit pages in under 10 minutes. Please do come back though, and add interesting Wikipedia articles you find to [[Research]]. You can of course edit any page you want here, or even create a new one. We are not so crowded as Wikipedia, and so we can be more relaxed. | ||
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:Q: This seems a little poorly organised? | |||
:A: That's true, we pretty much make it up as we go along. There are different [[Stages]] charted out though. We are currently somewhere between stages I and II. There's also a [[glossary]] which might help you see how things fit together. Like most [[moral purchasing]] we are growing from "bottom up". | :A: That's true, we pretty much make it up as we go along. There are different [[Stages]] charted out though. We are currently somewhere between stages I and II. There's also a [[glossary]] which might help you see how things fit together. Like most [[moral purchasing]] we are growing from "bottom up". | ||
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:Q: Who's the founder of this project? | |||
:A: The founder is [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] | :A: The founder is [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] | ||
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:Q: Who are the other people writing? | |||
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:A: Some [[elves]] and some [[trolls]], who are people too. Chimps are now also people too (in Genus Homo)! Don't be too concerned about "who" here, if you see something you disagree with, just change it. We don't need credentials for research, though we might need them to certify things said about companies. | :A: Some [[elves]] and some [[trolls]], who are people too. Chimps are now also people too (in Genus Homo)! Don't be too concerned about "who" here, if you see something you disagree with, just change it. We don't need credentials for research, though we might need them to certify things said about companies. | ||
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Is there an equivalent of the help desk to ask general questions about products etc? | |||