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'''Living Platforms no longer exist'''
'''Living Platform'''s are [[wiki]]s that help citizens or groups or parties create [[w:en:political platform|political platform]]s.  They are used at present mostly in [[Canada]]:
'''Living Platform'''s are [[wiki]]s that help citizens or groups or parties create [[w:en:political platform|political platform]]s.  They are used at present mostly in [[Canada]]:
*[http://lp.greenparty.ca|Green Party of Canada "lp."]
*[http://lp.greenparty.ca Green Party of Canada "lp."]
*[http://livingplatform.ca|nonpartisan LivingPlatform.CA]
*[http://livingplatform.ca nonpartisan LivingPlatform.CA]


There are proposals for [[Global Greens]] and [[simpol.org]] to use very similar facilities - based either on [[tikiwiki]] or [[mediawiki]] or [[getwiki]].
There are proposals for [[Global Greens]] and [http://simpol.org The Simultaneous Policy] to use very similar facilities - based either on [[tikiwiki]] or [[MediaWiki]] or [[GetWiki]].


Living Platforms have many problems similar to [[Consumerium:itself]] and so have lessons to teach in [[wiki governance]] and [[wiki management]], as well as illustrating the intersection of [[politics as usual]] and [[advocacy]] with the research of ordinary "facts".
Living Platforms have many problems similar to [[Consumerium:itself]] and so have lessons to teach in [[wiki governance]] and [[wiki management]], as well as illustrating the intersection of [[politics as usual]] and [[advocacy]] with the research of ordinary "facts".
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Essentially, all such facilities are experiments in [[wiki governance]] and [[wiki management]] in extremis.  This is reflected by the controversies that arise in their use - see [[Green Party of Canada Living Platform]].
Essentially, all such facilities are experiments in [[wiki governance]] and [[wiki management]] in extremis.  This is reflected by the controversies that arise in their use - see [[Green Party of Canada Living Platform]].
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