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    == What kind of information Consumerium plans to offer consumers on businesses? ==
    == Licensing ( most urgent! ) ==
    I think Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License is a natural choice but I'm not sure. Surely it would make little sense to license the [[voting|votes]] so keep them copyright of the user i.e. have the templates used for quick voting will be under CC-A-SA but the actual votes are not under GFDL or CC-A-SA.. Right ? This can be done by loading a dump into a temp database and deleting everything in the User-namespace and redumping.
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    == Changing the name of the effort from Consumerium to Consumium ==
    The [[lowest troll]] has unilaterally decided it's better to drop the letters "er" to arrive at the effort being named Consumium, instead of Consumerium and has registerd the domain http://consumium.org to be used for the [[Implementation Wiki]] meanwhile the [[Development Wiki]] ( this wiki ) may remain at it's usual http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/ address or be moved to develop.consumium.org , this is an open question of low urgency and importance.
     
    == What kind of information Consumerium / Consumium plans to offer consumers on businesses? ==
    * <tt>Name</tt>
    * <tt>Name</tt>
    * <tt>HQ location</tt>
    * <tt>HQ location</tt>
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    * <tt>'''Their toll-free number''' (or a toll number if no toll-free line is supplied</tt>
    * <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>
    == Licensing ==
    I think Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License is a natural choice but I'm not sure. Surely it would make little sense to license the [[voting|votes]] so keep them copyright of the user i.e. have the templates used for quick voting will be under CC-A-SA but the actual votes are not under GFDL or CC-A-SA.. Right ? This can be done by loading a dump into a temp database and deleting everything in the User-namespace and redumping.


    == Images via $wgForeignFileRepos ==
    == Images via $wgForeignFileRepos ==
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    == Consumerium wiki structure ==
    == Consumium wiki structure ==
    === Primary structure ===
    === Primary structure ===
    #<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/fi</tt>- Finnish langauge article space
    #<tt>consumium.org/wiki/fi</tt>- Finnish langauge article space
    #<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en</tt> - English language article space
    #<tt>consumium.org/wiki/en</tt> - English language article space
    #<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/sv</tt> - Swedish language article space
    #<tt>consumium.org/wiki/sv</tt> - Swedish language article space


    (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>consumium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product</tt>- For big corporations<br />  
    ::<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Feedback</tt> - for storing the feedbacks sent to the company via web-form or phone
    ::<tt>consumium.org/wiki/en/Company/Feedback</tt> - for storing the feedbacks sent to the company via web-form or phone
    ::<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product/Reviews</tt> reviews of the product
    ::<tt>consumium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product/Reviews</tt> reviews of the product
    :<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Product</tt> - For smaller companies<br />
    :<tt>consumium.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>consumium.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>consumium.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. Having subarticleing will affect search engine scoring differently from using categories.


    == 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.
    [[Ads]] and [[Anti-ad]]s can be served from Youtube to [[mobile device|mobile]] or desktop devices.
     
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    Revision as of 16:16, 24 April 2012

    Licensing ( most urgent! )

    I think Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License is a natural choice but I'm not sure. Surely it would make little sense to license the votes so keep them copyright of the user i.e. have the templates used for quick voting will be under CC-A-SA but the actual votes are not under GFDL or CC-A-SA.. Right ? This can be done by loading a dump into a temp database and deleting everything in the User-namespace and redumping. "

    Changing the name of the effort from Consumerium to Consumium

    The lowest troll has unilaterally decided it's better to drop the letters "er" to arrive at the effort being named Consumium, instead of Consumerium and has registerd the domain http://consumium.org to be used for the Implementation Wiki meanwhile the Development Wiki ( this wiki ) may remain at it's usual http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/ address or be moved to develop.consumium.org , this is an open question of low urgency and importance.

    What kind of information Consumerium / Consumium plans to offer consumers on businesses?

    • Name
    • HQ location
    • Type (Types of companies) which evolved to w:en:Types of business entity
    • Size range (activity) <single location vendor>, <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)
    • Employability and other Consumerium:Metrics
    • 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...

    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


    Consumium wiki structure

    Primary structure

    1. consumium.org/wiki/fi- Finnish langauge article space
    2. consumium.org/wiki/en - English language article space
    3. consumium.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

    consumium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product- For big corporations
    consumium.org/wiki/en/Company/Feedback - for storing the feedbacks sent to the company via web-form or phone
    consumium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product/Reviews reviews of the product
    consumium.org/wiki/en/Company/Product - For smaller companies
    consumium.org/wiki/en/Product - a redirect to Company/Brand/Product if Product name is not a company name
    consumium.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. Having subarticleing will affect search engine scoring differently from using categories.

    Using Youtube to serve videos

    Ads and Anti-ads can be served from Youtube to mobile or desktop devices.