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Who '''We''' are at '''Consumerium''' is always changing. People drop in, drop out, get invited in, and sometimes even get [[driven off by trolls]] (in very nasty cases where those who perform [[sysop vandalism]] and then show up here!). | Who '''We''' are at '''Consumerium''' is always changing. People drop in, drop out, get invited in, and sometimes even get [[driven off by trolls]] (in very nasty cases where those who perform [[sysop vandalism]] and then show up here!). | ||
Any statement about '''who we are''' thus must be examined by every participant, so they can qualify, edit, object, or change it. | Any statement about '''who we are''' thus must be examined by every participant, so they can qualify, edit, object, or change it. See [[subject-object problem]] and [[God's Eye View]] for a more general presentation of the issues involved. [[Consumerium]] should be as careful with use of the word '''We''' as it is with mention of [[Consumerium:Itself]]. Please link any use of the word "we" meaning "we who edit or are assumed to read or use [[Consumerium Services]] to this page with the following link: | ||
To | To minimize any [[unequal power relationship]]s, please include this text: | ||
:<nowiki>[[Consumerium:We|We]]</nowiki> | |||
to create a link to [[Consumerium:We]] (this page which explains the significance of such a mention) directly in the text or talk page of any article that you think is saying something about '''who we are'''. This makes it easier to track these statements. | |||
It also makes it easy to see [http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Consudev:We what pages link here] and therefore, what's being said in "our" name. So that any one of us can change or modify or qualify it, if they, i.e. '''we''', disagree. | |||
It's another way to make sure only [[Consumerium:consensus]] is expressed here, and it frees us to [[Consumerium:be bold|be bold]] in making claims. | |||
A similar protocol applies to all mention of [[Consumerium:Itself]] and any [[Consumerium:Policy]]. | A similar protocol applies to all mention of [[Consumerium:Itself]] and any [[Consumerium:Policy]]. | ||