Consumerium plans as of 2013: Difference between revisions

Voting will be strongly discouraged. + tweaks
(What kind of information Consumerium plans to offer consumers on companies?)
(Voting will be strongly discouraged. + tweaks)
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* <tt>Size range (vested capital and/or nominal and/or stockvalue shown delayed) <u>if</u> a [[corporation]])</tt>
* <tt>Size range (vested capital and/or nominal and/or stockvalue shown delayed) <u>if</u> a [[corporation]])</tt>
* <tt>Link to their feedback page (or shoutbox or such as)</tt>
* <tt>Link to their feedback page (or shoutbox or such as)</tt>
* <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>


== Voting ==
[[Voting]] will be strongly [http://let.sysops.be/wiki/Balance/hide/ignore/delete discouraged]. 'nuff said


== Images via InstantCommons ==
== Licensing ==
I think Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License is a natural choice but I'm not sure
 
== 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 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Coca+Cola&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 Commons images for "Coca Cola"] or [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Logos+of+companies+in+Quebec&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 logos of companies in Quebec] etc.
We can have Company logos etc. from Wikimedia Commons, no need to upload a gazillion logos just for use in Consumerium. See [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Coca+Cola&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 Commons images for "Coca Cola"] or [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&redirs=1&search=Logos+of+companies+in+Quebec&fulltext=Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1 logos of companies in Quebec] etc.
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* <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist]</tt> - [[regex]]es against spammers
* <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist]</tt> - [[regex]]es against spammers
* <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualMathCaptcha Extension:VisualMathCaptcha]</tt> - anti-bot measure. See [[w:CAPTCHA|CAPTCHA]] if you don't know what it is
* <tt>[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualMathCaptcha Extension:VisualMathCaptcha]</tt> - anti-bot measure. See [[w:CAPTCHA|CAPTCHA]] if you don't know what it is
== Licensing ==
I think Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License is a natural choice but I'm not sure


== Consumerium wiki structure ==
== Consumerium wiki structure ==
===Primary structure===
=== Primary structure ===
#<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/fi</tt>- Finnish langauge article space
#<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/fi</tt>- Finnish langauge article space
#<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en</tt> - English language article space
#<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en</tt> - English language article space
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(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>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Brand/Product</tt>- For big corporations<br />  
<tt>consumerium.org/wiki/en/Company/Product</tt> - For smaller companies<br />
:<tt>consumerium.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>consumerium.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>consumerium.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


== 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.
[[Adverts]] and [[Anti-advert]]s can be served from Youtube to [[mobile device|mobile]] or desktop devices.
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