Consumerium plans as of 2013: Difference between revisions
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* <tt>Size range (vested capital and/or nominal and/or stockvalue shown delayed) <u>if</u> a [[corporation]])</tt> | * <tt>Size range (vested capital and/or nominal and/or stockvalue shown delayed) <u>if</u> a [[corporation]])</tt> | ||
* <tt>Link to their feedback page (or shoutbox or such as)</tt> | * <tt>Link to their feedback page (or shoutbox or such as)</tt> | ||
* <tt>Their | * <tt>Their toll-free number (or a toll number if no toll-free line is supplied</tt> | ||
* <tt>What else...</tt> | * <tt>What else...</tt> | ||
== Voting == | |||
[[Voting]] will be strongly [http://let.sysops.be/wiki/Balance/hide/ignore/delete discouraged]. 'nuff said | |||
== Images via | == Licensing == | ||
I think Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License is a natural choice but I'm not sure | |||
== Images via $wgForeignFileRepos == | |||
We can have Company logos etc. from Wikimedia Commons, no need to upload a gazillion logos just for use in Consumerium. See [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Coca+Cola&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 Commons images for "Coca Cola"] or [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Logos+of+companies+in+Quebec&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 logos of companies in Quebec] etc. | We can have Company logos etc. from Wikimedia Commons, no need to upload a gazillion logos just for use in Consumerium. See [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Coca+Cola&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 Commons images for "Coca Cola"] or [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Logos+of+companies+in+Quebec&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 logos of companies in Quebec] etc. | ||
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* <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist]</tt> - [[regex]]es against spammers | * <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist]</tt> - [[regex]]es against spammers | ||
* <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualMathCaptcha Extension:VisualMathCaptcha]</tt> - anti-bot measure. See [[w:CAPTCHA|CAPTCHA]] if you don't know what it is | * <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualMathCaptcha Extension:VisualMathCaptcha]</tt> - anti-bot measure. See [[w:CAPTCHA|CAPTCHA]] if you don't know what it is | ||
== Consumerium wiki structure == | == Consumerium wiki structure == | ||
===Primary structure=== | === Primary structure === | ||
#<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/fi</tt>- Finnish langauge article space | #<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/fi</tt>- Finnish langauge article space | ||
#<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en</tt> - English language article space | #<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en</tt> - English language article space | ||
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(these are all the languages that I'm fluent enough to [[sysopping|sysop]]) | (these are all the languages that I'm fluent enough to [[sysopping|sysop]]) | ||
===Ideas about using sub-articles extensively to avoid massive disambig collision=== | === Ideas about using sub-articles extensively to avoid massive disambig collision === | ||
<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product</tt>- For big corporations<br /> | :<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product</tt>- For big corporations<br /> | ||
<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Product</tt> - For smaller companies<br /> | :<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Product</tt> - For smaller companies<br /> | ||
<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Product</tt> - a redirect to Company/Brand/Product if Product name '''is not a company name'''<br /> | :<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Product</tt> - a redirect to Company/Brand/Product if Product name '''is not a company name'''<br /> | ||
<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Country/City/District/Business</tt> (for businesses that have a few or one outlet(s))<br /> | :<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Country/City/District/Business</tt> (for businesses that have a few or one outlet(s))<br /> | ||
===Sub-articleing vs. extensive and heavy use of categories=== | === Sub-articleing vs. extensive and heavy use of categories === | ||
not sure if sub-articleing is a good idea. using mediawiki's [[Special:Categories|categories]] instead to provide nested structures | not sure if sub-articleing is a good idea. using mediawiki's [[Special:Categories|categories]] instead to provide nested structures | ||
== Using Youtube to serve videos == | == Using Youtube to serve videos == | ||
[[Adverts]] and [[Anti-advert]]s can be served from Youtube to [[mobile device|mobile]] or desktop devices. | [[Adverts]] and [[Anti-advert]]s can be served from Youtube to [[mobile device|mobile]] or desktop devices. | ||
Revision as of 15:58, 1 October 2010
What kind of information Consumerium plans to offer consumers on companies?
- Name
- HQ location
- Type (Types of companies)
- Size range (activity) <small and medium domestic>, <large domestic>, <international> <transnational> (operates on 3 or more Continents
- Size range (vested capital and/or nominal and/or stockvalue shown delayed) if a corporation)
- Link to their feedback page (or shoutbox or such as)
- Their toll-free number (or a toll number if no toll-free line is supplied
- What else...
Voting
Voting will be strongly discouraged. 'nuff said
Licensing
I think Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License is a natural choice but I'm not sure
Images via $wgForeignFileRepos
We can have Company logos etc. from Wikimedia Commons, no need to upload a gazillion logos just for use in Consumerium. See Commons images for "Coca Cola" or logos of companies in Quebec etc.
from wm-bot: InstantCommons is a feature for MediaWiki 1.16+ that allows any MediaWiki installation to use media on the Wikimedia Commons. This has basically been realized via $wgForeignFileRepos. See <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgForeignFileRepos>. If you're only looking to use images from Wikimedia Commons and no other wikis, you can use the shortcut setting $wgUseInstantCommons to true.
MediaWiki extensions
- Extension:Data In this extension data is described by item/key/value triplets, where 'item' is typically the name of the article, 'key' the name of the data, and 'value' the actual data. Here is an example of Extension:Data in action great stuff
- Language extesion - this is really excellent. it allows to have multi-lingual pages. Must learn more about this mysterious and evasive extension - it's not listed in mediawiki.org extension matrix - also changes the language of the mediawiki navigation
- Extension:SpamBlacklist - regexes against spammers
- Extension:VisualMathCaptcha - anti-bot measure. See CAPTCHA if you don't know what it is
Consumerium wiki structure
Primary structure
- consumerium.org/wiki/fi- Finnish langauge article space
- consumerium.org/wiki/en - English language article space
- consumerium.org/wiki/sv - Swedish language article space
(these are all the languages that I'm fluent enough to sysop)
Ideas about using sub-articles extensively to avoid massive disambig collision
- consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product- For big corporations
- consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Product - For smaller companies
- consumerium.org/wiki/en/Product - a redirect to Company/Brand/Product if Product name is not a company name
- consumerium.org/wiki/en/Country/City/District/Business (for businesses that have a few or one outlet(s))
Sub-articleing vs. extensive and heavy use of categories
not sure if sub-articleing is a good idea. using mediawiki's categories instead to provide nested structures
Using Youtube to serve videos
Adverts and Anti-adverts can be served from Youtube to mobile or desktop devices.