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'''Consumium / Consumerium - Enhancing Consumer Informedness - Kuluttajien voimaannuttamista jo vuodesta 2002'''
== Consumerium - Enhancing Consumer Informedness - Kuluttajien voimaannuttamista jo vuodesta 2002 ==
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|[[Consumerium:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]] to [[Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]], where [[fair trade]], [[political consumerism]], [[w:FLOSS|Free, Libre and Open Source Software ( FLOSS )]], [[moral purchasing]], [[w:consumer activism|consumer activism]] and [[w:Activist shareholder|shareholder activism]] trends, all essential to our [[Consumerium:philosophy|philosophy]], are being pieced together into what we call '''moral purchasing power''' by the means of providing consumers means and opportunity to consort by enabling [[services]] ( which are provided on [[infrastructure]] that consumes [[resources]] and is built with [[technology|technologies]] ). [[Image:Trollboele.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Welcom to Trollböle, west bank of the [[Former Aral Sea Shores]]. No, seriously keeping all production servers in Finland to make jurisdiction certain. Finnish law is very rational and I can read it.]]


{{Q|'''Ethical consumerism''' is a type of [[w:consumer activism|consumer activism]] that is based on the concept of [[w:dollar voting|dollar voting]].  It is practiced through 'positive buying' in that ethical products are favoured, or 'moral [[boycott]]', that is negative purchasing and company-based purchasing.|Wikipedia|[[w:Ethical consumerism|Ethical consumerism]]}}
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[[File:Copyleft.svg|thumb|left|75px|Copyleft, totally a thing to do with all said to the right of this graphic]]
 
[[Consumerium:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome, newcomers]] to our set of <font color="blue"> {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</font> [[Consumerium]] Effort [[development wiki]] [[Special:Allpages|articles]] crafted in the spirit of [[Consumerium:We|our]] [[Consumerium:philosophy|philosophy]] where [[fairtrade]], [[political consumerism]], [[copyleft]], [[free software]], [[moral purchasing]], [[w:consumer activism|consumer activism]] and [[w:Activist shareholder|shareholder activism]] are close to the core.


{{Q|'''Consumism'''.|jubo-jubo|how can into neologism}}
Our intent is to provide [[services]] for which we need [[infrastructure]] built with [[technology|technologies]]. [[Image:Trollboele.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Welcom to Trollböle, west bank of the [[Former Aral Sea Shores]]. No, seriously keeping all production servers in Finland to make jurisdiction certain. Finnish law is very rational and I can read it.]]


[[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium itself]] is a not-for-profit effort to enable display of [[Features|product information]] to [[consumer]]s and [[feedback]] to the producers to enhance the consumer experience and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.
[[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium itself]] is a not-for-profit effort to enable display of [[Features|product information]] to [[consumer]]s and [[feedback]] to the producers to enhance the consumer experience and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.


We are collaborating under the [[GFDL]] [[licences|license]], to design a [[healthy buying infrastructure]].  We are identifying [[hardware requirements]] for [[wiki|storage]], transport and display of varying levels of '''[[features|product information]] to [[consumer]]s''' and '''[[feedback]] to [[producer]]s''' at the [[point of purchase]] to enhance the consumer experience, advance product development and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.
We are collaborating under the [[GFDL]] [[licenses|license]], to design a [[healthy buying infrastructure]].  We are identifying [[hardware requirements]] for [[wiki|storage]], transport and display of varying levels of '''[[features|product information]] to [[consumer]]s''' and '''[[feedback]] to [[producer]]s''' at the [[point of purchase]] to enhance the consumer experience, advance product development and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible.


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<font color="green">Plans regarding the</font> '''[[voting]]''' <font color="green"> were (almost) finished in December 2012</font>. Voting results ( obs. plural ), '''[[reviews]], [[feedback]] and [[links|links and linked data]] and other [[information]]''' are the five key components of a view on a business.  
'''[[Timeline of Consumerium]]''' is work eternally in progress. Currently it is year '''[[Timeline of Consumerium#2017|2017]]'''.
Facts and numbers for calculating most of the '''[[Consumerium:Metrics]]''' ( from 2008-2010 ) <font color="Green">are available from 2 sources</font>  - '''[[DBpedia]]''' and '''[[Wikidata]]''' for tens of thousands of businesses.
 
'''[[How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell]]''' - a timeless classic from 2004
 
[[Features|Planned Features to The Consumer]] - [[Consumerium Services|Consumerium Services ( messy )]] - [[Consumer Agent|Planned Consumer Agent app]]  


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'''In [[Consumerium plans as of 2013]]''' <font color="Red"> there are  various issues which need to be resolved</font>. Oh wow [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2014|2014]] went by.. so that makes it [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2015|2015]] and plans to support glueing in data from and to both [[Wikitravel]] and [[Wikivoyage]] are about.
{{Q|'''Ethical consumerism''' is a type of consumer activism that is based on the concept of [[w:dollar voting|dollar voting]].  It is practiced through 'positive buying' in that ethical products are favoured, or 'moral [[boycott]]', that is negative purchasing and company-based purchasing.|Wikipedia|[[w:Ethical consumerism|Ethical consumerism]]}}
{{Q|'''Consumism'''.|jubo-jubo|neo logism}}
 
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[[File:Consumerium-org-is-hosted-in-renewables-only-data-center-at-shellit-org.png|thumb|right|300px|Consumerium.org is hosted at a hosting business that uses electricity only from renewable sources. [https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/green-web-check/ Verify.]]]
 
'''Consumerium's lists of useful things and services'''
 
:[[Lists of shared and alternative transport and traveller routers]]
 
:[[Lists of review aggregators and review sites]]
 
:[[Lists of price comparison services]]


'''[[How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell]]''' - a classic from 2004
:[[Lists of alternative financial services]]


[[Links|Looking for info on companies and products now? See our links compiled since 2003.]] - [[Features|Planned Features to The Consumer]] - [[Consumerium Services|Consumerium Services ( messy )]] - [[Consumer Agent|Planned Consumer Agent app]]
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: and [[Consumerium list of lists|much more in the Consumerium list of lists]]


A couple of ways to start exploring Consumerium are the '''[[Brief introduction]]''' and '''[[Consumerium:FAQ]]''' articles.  There are also other '''[[essential projects]]''', such as '''[[Simple English Wikipedia]]''' [http://simple.wikipedia.org (.org)] and '''[[Sourcewatch]]'''[http://www.sourcewatch.org .org] and many others that we hope to introduce you to.


There are currently <font color="blue"> {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</font> [[Special:Allpages|articles]] of [[Development Wiki|Consumerium development]] related work.


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<big>[[Consumerium:Executive summary|The Executive Summary page]]</big> is a 5 minute read to Consum(er)ium.
<big>[[Consumerium:Executive summary|The Executive Summary page]]</big> is a 5 minute read to Consumerium.




Also visit these other sites:
Also visit these other sites:


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<big>[http://buycott.com/ Buycott] </big>a mobile and web app with same goals as Consumerium; consumer empowerment.
[http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ Responsible Shopper] ( USA )
 
<big>[http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ Ethical Consumer]</big> ( UK ) and their [http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/researchhub/globaldirectory.aspx Global directory to ethical consumption]
 
<big>[http://www.responsibleshopper.org/ Responsible Shopper]</big> ( USA )
 
<big>[http://thehungersite.greatergood.com/ The Hunger Site]</big> ( World-wide )


[http://www.thehungersite.org The HungerSite] ( World-wide )
<big>[http://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/ The Green Web Foundation]</big> (Green hosting selection site and add-on)


[http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ Ethical Consumer] ( UK )
<big>[http://www.thegoodshoppingguide.com/ The Good Shopping Guide]</big> ( UK )


[http://www.thegoodshoppingguide.com/ The Good Shopping Guide] ( UK )
<big> [http://SumOfUs.org SumOfUs.org]</big> ( World-wide activist effort )


[http://SumOfUs.org SumOfUs.org] ( World-wide activist effort )
<big>[http://www.utopia.de/ Utopia.de by Utopia Stiftung]</big> ( Deutsch )


[http://www.utopia.de/ Utopia.de by Utopia Stiftung] ( Deutsch )
<big>[https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v6/ Free Software Foundation's giving guide v6]</BIG>


[https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v6/ Free Software Foundation's giving guide v6]
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Consum(er)ium freesome presence:


https://d.consumium.org  [[diaspora]]* pod since 2013
[[Consumium free social|Consumium free]] [[social media]]:
 
https://d.consumium.org  [[Social media#diaspora|diaspora*]] pod since 2013
 
[https://hub.consumium.org/channel/consumium https://hub.consumium.org] [[Social media#Hubzilla|Hubzilla]]


[https://social.consumium.org/consumium/all https://social.consumium.org] [[w:GNU social|GNU social]] pod since 2016
[https://friendica.consumium.org https://friendica.consumium.org] [[Social media#Friendica|Friendica]]


[https://hubzilla.site/channel/consumium consumium@hubzilla.site] [https://github.com/redmatrix/hubzilla Hubzilla] channel since 2016
[https://social.consumium.org/consumium/all https://social.consumium.org] [[Social media#GNU social|GNU social]]  
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'''[[Consum(er)ium list of lists|Consum(er)ium's list of useful things and services]]'''
Consumium presence in commercial some:


:[[Lists of shared and alternative transport and journey planners]]
[https://twitter.com/#!/Consumium @Consumium] on [[Social media#Twitter|Twitter]].


:[[Lists of review aggregators and review sites]]
[https://plus.google.com/u/0/110250414051920308384/posts @Consumium] on [[Social media#Google+|Google+]]


:[[Lists of price comparison services]]
[https://www.facebook.com/Consumium/ @Consumium] on [[Social media#Facebook|Facebook]]
 
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For editing practice, try playing in the [[Consumerium:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
For editing practice, try playing in the [[Consumerium:Sandbox|Sandbox]].
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'''Contact info'''
'''Contact info'''


Get in touch: [http://irc.lc/freenode/Consumium #Consumium] on [[w:freenode]] [[w:irc]] network. [https://d.consumium.org/u/consumium consumium@d.consumium.org] [[Diaspora]]* pod ( since 2013 ). Follow @Consumium in [https://twitter.com/#!/Consumium twitter]. E-mail [[User:Juboxi]] via the send email function of this [[MediaWiki]] or call / sms the [[Lowest Troll|lowest troll and/or sysop(presseur)]] at the number given [[User:Juboxi|here]]
Get in touch: [http://irc.lc/freenode/Consumium #Consumium] on [[w:freenode]] [[w:irc]] network. [https://d.consumium.org/u/consumium consumium@d.consumium.org] [[Diaspora]]* pod ( since 2013 ). E-mail [[User:Juboxi]] via the send email function of this [[MediaWiki]] or call / sms the [[Lowest Troll|lowest troll and/or sysop(presseur)]] at the number given [[User:Juboxi|here]]
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Use [[w:Wikipedia]] to link to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia (and [[m:]] to meta). Avoid unnecessary replicating, we're in the [[GFDL]] part of the world after all :)
Use <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[w:Fairtrade]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to link to Wikipedia's article on fairtrade and <nowiki>[[</nowiki>[[w:fr:Commerce équitable]]<nowiki>]]</nowiki> to link to the article in the French Wikipedia as simple as that. ( works for all languages, just insert the correct lang code ). Avoid unnecessary replicating, we're in the [[GFDL]] part of the world after all :)
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