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    '''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==
    ===Editors needed:===
    * [[w:List of brand name food products]]
    * [[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:Material input per unit of service]]
    * [[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
     
    === Deleted for some reason: ===
    * [[w:SA8000]]
    * [[w:List of packaging companies]]
     
    ===[[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:===
     
    * [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions]]


    ===By country===
    ===Other articles:===
    * [[Research/AU/How to find out who owns what]] (needs work, a stub)
    * [[Research/DE/How to find out who owns what]]
    * [[Research/FI/How to find out who owns what]] (fairly comlete, needs details)
    * [[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]]


    ===Research in Wikipedia===
    * [[w:Fair trade]]
    * [[w:Fair trade]]
    * [[w:Safe trade]]
    * [[w:Arms trade]]
    * [[w:Global EAN Party Information Register]] (GEPIR)
    * [[w:Global EAN Party Information Register]] (GEPIR)
    *�[[w:GLN]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:GLN]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Gross Global Product]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Gross Global Product]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Ethical investing]]
    * [[w:Ethical investing]]
    * [[w:List of association registers]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Resin_identification_code]] (codes for [[plastic]] [[packaging]] and their [[recycle|recycling]])
    * [[w:List of company registers]] (doesn't exist now and I'm not sure if this is the correct title)
    * [[w:List of stock exchanges]]
    * [[w:List of supermarkets]]
    * [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:List of non-governmental organisations]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:List of labor unions]]
    * [[w:List of employer associations]]
    * [[w:Lists of companies]]
    * [[w:List of reference tables]] Please check this out if you can think of some list that is not included here
    * [[w:SSCC]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:SSCC]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Trade block]]
    * [[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 [[Wikipedia|Interesting articles in Wikipedia]]'''
    ===See also:===
    * [[w:list of economics articles]]
    * [[w:list of ethics articles]]
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    ==Research in Meta-Wikipedia ==


    If you find something interesting in Wikipedia that seems to be fairly complete (no need to research it further) please put it in [[Wikipedia|Interesting articles in 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)
     
    *[[m:Simple View of Ethics and Morals|Simple View of Ethics and Morals]] which even [[m:troll|troll]]s understand
    *[[m:twelve leverage points|Twelve leverage points]] for making Wikipedia work better - '''there are now [[twelve levers|equivalents for Consumerium]]'''
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    ===Useful resources in doing research===
    ==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
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    ==Other places of research==
    ===Research in SourceWatch===
     
    *[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://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda_techniques propaganda techniques] used to [[spin]] or otherwise promote [[evil]]
    *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Little_tin_god_sysop bad sysop]s who destroy projects by trying to "[[save]]" them
    *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=neoclassical_philosophy bad philosophy] that creates bad [[political economy]]
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    ===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.
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    ==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.
    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
    * [http://directory.google.org/Top/Society/Issues/Business/Human_Rights/Sweatshops/ Google Directory on Sweatshops]
    * [http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Bar_Code/ Google Directory on Barcodes issues]

    Latest revision as of 14:03, 16 June 2012

    For now, this Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.

    Research in Wikipedia[edit | edit source]

    Editors needed:[edit | edit source]

    Yet to be started:[edit | edit source]

    Fairly complete:[edit | edit source]

    Deleted for some reason:[edit | edit source]

    Wikipedia:Wikiprojects:[edit | edit source]

    Other articles:[edit | edit source]

    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:[edit | edit source]

    Research in Meta-Wikipedia[edit | edit source]

    • 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)

    Research in Consumerium[edit | edit source]

    Ownership[edit | edit source]

    By country[edit | edit source]

    ...

    By subject[edit | edit source]

    Locating Company information:[edit | edit source]

    Other places of research[edit | edit source]

    Research in SourceWatch[edit | edit source]

    Research in Wiktionary[edit | edit source]

    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[edit | edit source]

    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

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