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'''For now, this Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.''' | '''For now, this Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.''' | ||
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==Research in Wikipedia== | ==Research in Wikipedia== | ||
===Editors needed:=== | ===Editors needed:=== | ||
* [[w:List of company registers]] | * [[w:List of company registers]] | ||
* [[w:List of trade unions]] | * [[w:List of trade unions]] | ||
* [[w:List of employer associations]] | * [[w:List of employer associations]] | ||
* [[w:List of tariffs]] | * [[w:List of tariffs]] | ||
* [[w:Lists of companies]] | * [[w:Lists of companies]] | ||
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* [[w:Material input per unit of service]] | * [[w:Material input per unit of service]] | ||
* [[w:List of packaging companies]] | * [[w:List of packaging companies]] | ||
* | * [[w:List of traded commodities]] | ||
===Yet to be started:=== | ===Yet to be started:=== | ||
* [[w:List of association registers]] (doesn't exist now) | * [[w:List of association registers]] (doesn't exist now) | ||
* [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now) | * [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now) | ||
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===Fairly complete:=== | ===Fairly complete:=== | ||
* [[w:List of advertisement agencies]] | |||
* [[w:List of professions]] (very complete) | * [[w:List of professions]] (very complete) | ||
* [[w:List of stock exchanges]] (very complete) | * [[w:List of stock exchanges]] (very complete) | ||
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==Other places of research== | ==Other places of research== | ||
===Research in | ===Research in SourceWatch=== | ||
*[http:// | *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=truth truth] and [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda propaganda] - what is our [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=standard_of_evidence standard of evidence]? | ||
*[http:// | *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda_techniques propaganda techniques] used to [[spin]] or otherwise promote [[evil]] | ||
*[http:// | *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Little_tin_god_sysop bad sysop]s who destroy projects by trying to "[[save]]" them | ||
*[http:// | *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=neoclassical_philosophy bad philosophy] that creates bad [[political economy]] | ||
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Revision as of 14:37, 24 April 2012
For now, this Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.
Research in Wikipedia
Editors needed:
- w:List of company registers
- w:List of trade unions
- w:List of employer associations
- w:List of tariffs
- w:Lists of companies
- w:List of who owns what (growing)
- w:Economy of Earth (contains some interesting stuff, but it's not organised)
- w:Mandatory labelling
- w:Natural Step
- w:ISO14000
- w:SA8000
- w:Material input per unit of service
- w:List of packaging companies
- w:List of traded commodities
Yet to be started:
- w:List of association registers (doesn't exist now)
- w:List of ethical funds (doesn't exist now)
- w:List of non-governmental organisations (doesn't exist now)
Fairly complete:
- w:List of advertisement agencies
- w:List of professions (very complete)
- w:List of stock exchanges (very complete)
- w:List of supermarkets
- w:List of reference tables Please check this out if you can think of some list that is not included here
Wikipedia:Wikiprojects:
Other articles:
- w:Fair trade
- w:Safe trade
- w:Arms trade
- w:Global EAN Party Information Register (GEPIR)
- w:GLN (doesn't exist now)
- w:Gross Global Product (doesn't exist now)
- w:Ethical investing
- w:Resin_identification_code (codes for plastic packaging and their recycling)
- w:SSCC (doesn't exist now)
- w:Trade block
- w:Trade bloc consisting of lots of ecoregions
- w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions
- w:Voting system
If you find something interesting in Wikipedia that seems to be complete (no need to research it further) please put it in Interesting articles in Wikipedia
See also:
Research in Meta-Wikipedia
- m:Geospatial reference this just started and it's very important for proper utilization of Wikipedia for our content - includes most of m:spacetime_DTD but should also mention m:ecoregion_DTD for XML-based exchange with other services (insane to exchange data in anything but XML)
- Simple View of Ethics and Morals which even trolls understand
- Twelve leverage points for making Wikipedia work better - there are now equivalents for Consumerium
Research in Consumerium
Ownership
By country
- Research/AU/How to find out who owns what (needs work, a stub)
- Research/CA/How to find out who owns what
- Research/DE/How to find out who owns what (just a note that stock holdings are not public)
- Research/FI/How to find out who owns what (fairly complete, needs details)
- Research/FR/How to find out who owns what
- Research/NL/How to find out who owns what (stubby)
- Research/UK/How to find out who owns what
- Research/US/How to find out who owns what
...
By subject
- Research/How to find out who owns what see also who owns what
- Countries for consumer, worker, investor issues on countries
Locating Company information:
- http://www.reportgallery.com/ - Links to over 2.200 Annual reports of Corporations
- http://www.europages.net/ - Links to over 500.000 European companies
- http://www.cjr.org/owners/ - Ownership relations of Media Companies
- http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/ - Ownership relations of media companies
Other places of research
Research in SourceWatch
- truth and propaganda - what is our standard of evidence?
- propaganda techniques used to spin or otherwise promote evil
- bad sysops who destroy projects by trying to "save" them
- bad philosophy that creates bad political economy
Research in Wiktionary
Translation work will begin soon in Wiktionary. I'll start a word and glossary list of what needs to be translated there just as soon as I figure out how do it properly.
Useful resources in doing research
The w:Open Directory Project at http://dmoz.org. The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. The contents are licensed under Open Directory License, which is a restrictive form of an w:Open content license.
Google offers a more sophisticated view to the contents of http://dmoz.org so here are some useful directories