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::''(note: [[Meta-Wikipedia]] is now devoted to [[software imperialism]] and [[mediawiki]] hegemony, and cannot be considered a valid forum to discuss any such "standard"; As an example of a failed attempt to organize against a cabal, see the[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Wikipedias_Forum United Wikipedias Forum] - how to get a huge 40-language project governed in [[Simple English]] without a cabal taking it over completely. Obviously this has failed.'' | ::''(note: [[Meta-Wikipedia]] is now devoted to [[software imperialism]] and [[mediawiki]] hegemony, and cannot be considered a valid forum to discuss any such "standard"; As an example of a failed attempt to organize against a cabal, see the[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Wikipedias_Forum United Wikipedias Forum] - how to get a huge 40-language project governed in [[Simple English]] without a cabal taking it over completely. Obviously this has failed.'' | ||
* http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ A project run by [http://www.coopamerica.org Co-op America] that has very convergent goal with us. They actually have a DB online with 350 big companies investigated. '''Truly worth a visit.''' | * http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ A project run by [http://www.coopamerica.org Co-op America] that has very convergent goal with us. They actually have a DB online with 350 big companies investigated. '''Truly worth a visit.''' | ||
*[ | *[[Transnationale]] - Consumer guides to Multinationals and shopping. Transnationale.org provides comprehensive information on more than 10000 [[companies]] around the world. We report social and environmental behaviour, financial data, list of brands, membership to the most influential lobbies, public relations and �opinion making�, managers name and position, shareholders and subsidiaries, plants locations and offshore centers, brand and corporate image management. '''Membership is required for full access''' | ||
* http://badcorp.org/ - they have very interesting search engine for figuring out who owns who! This is essential to track those constantly-changing names. | * http://badcorp.org/ - they have very interesting search engine for figuring out who owns who! This is essential to track those constantly-changing names. | ||
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::Now it will be necessary to fork this project, perhaps working with a valid and neutral international agency such as [[UNHCR]] which actually cares about the providing of essential survival and liability and risk information to people in simple language, and which probably has good resources for dealing with this. | ::Now it will be necessary to fork this project, perhaps working with a valid and neutral international agency such as [[UNHCR]] which actually cares about the providing of essential survival and liability and risk information to people in simple language, and which probably has good resources for dealing with this. | ||
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:* [[Recyclopedia]] (at [http://www.recyclopedia.info this URL] - probably the most closely aligned encyclopedia project, and using [[GetWiki]]. We might consider this to be the best prototype yet of the future [[Development Wiki]]. '''Recyclopedia is down for an unknown period''' | |||