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<big>'''''Consumerium''''' - ''Enhancing Consumer Informedness'' since 2002 - '''''Kuluttajisto''''' - ''Kuluttajien voimaannuttamista'' jo vuodesta 2002 </big> | |||
[[Image:Consum-er-ium-banner.png]] | [[Image:Consum-er-ium-banner.png]] | ||
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| | = Consumerium itself = | ||
[[File:Copyleft.svg|thumb|left|120px|[[w:Copyleft|w:Copyleft]], totally a thing to do with all said to the right of this graphic. In Finnish it is [[w:fi:käyttäjänoikeus|w:fi:käyttäjänoikeus]] which translates to "user's right"]] | |||
[[ | [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium itself]] is a not-for-profit effort to enable '''display''' of '''[[Features|product information]]''' to '''[[consumer]]s''' and '''[[feedback]]''' to '''producers''' and their '''owners''' in '''all [[countries of the world]]''' to enhance the consumer experience and to keep this planet as hospitable as possible. To this end Consumerium is compiling information on the '''[[countries of the world]]''', '''[[technologies]]''', [[Consumerium list of lists#Consumerium lists of consumer convenience services|convenience services for the consumer]] and [[Consumerium list of lists|more]]. | ||
Our intent is to provide '''[[Knowledge graphs|a knowledge graph]]''' and '''[[services]]''' for which we need [[infrastructure]] built with '''[[technologies]]'''. | |||
<big>'''The [[Consumerium development wiki turns 20]]'''</big> on Friday 2023-02-24 Fri Feb 24 2023 00:52:00 GMT +0000. | |||
[[Consumerium: | [[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]], [[Human rights and business|human rights in business]], [[political consumerism]], [[copyleft]], [[free software]], [[moral purchasing]], [[w:consumer activism|w:consumer activism]] and [[w:Activist shareholder|w:shareholder activism]] are close to the core. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
---- | Today is {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} and it is week #{{CURRENTWEEK}}. The wiki has {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} [[Special:AllPages|pages]] out of which {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} are articles with {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} edits. There are {{NUMBEROFFILES}} [[Special:ListFiles|uploaded files]]. | ||
There are {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} registered users out of which {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} users are admin. Today the wiki is running on [[mw:MediaWiki]] {{CURRENTVERSION}}. | |||
<big>[https://consumerium.org/ Consumerium.org domain root landing page Wordpress]</big> explains the core of Consumerium with links to this wiki and [https://kuluttajisto.consumerium.org/ Kuluttajisto.consumerium.org]</big> the same thing in Finnish<ref group="footnote">The translation from Consumerium to Kuluttajisto was done by a bloke, whose name I cannot recall, on the [[w:Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and for Citizens' Action|ATTAC]] Finland bus trip to the [[w:European Social Forum#Second ESF|Second European Social Forum]] 2003 in Paris by the time we had reached [[w:Töölö]]</ref> | |||
[[Image:Trollboele.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Welcom to Trollböle, west bank of the [[Former Aral Sea Shores]]. No, seriously, keeping all production servers in [[w:Finland|w:Finland]] to make [[w:jurisdiction|w:jurisdiction]] certain. [[w:law of Finland|w:The laws of Finland]] are quite rational. Read for yourself, if you don't believe: most of it is in translations [https://finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/ here].]] | |||
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== Consumerium's lists of constructive services == | |||
[[File:Consumerium.org-A6-cards-winter-clear.png|thumb|right|682px|The new bilingual (English && Finnish) A6 cards for Consumerium.org arrived in July 2020.]] | |||
<section begin=Consumerium.org lists /> | |||
<big> | |||
:[[Lists of shared and alternative transport and traveler routers]] | |||
:[[Lists of review aggregators and review sites]] | |||
:[[Lists of price comparison services]] | |||
:[[Lists of alternative financial services]] | |||
:[[List of free education]] | |||
:[[Countries of the world]]</big> is where the local information relevant to Consumerium goals is gathered | |||
: and <big>[[Consumerium list of lists|much more in the Consumerium list of lists]] | |||
</big> | |||
<section end=Consumerium.org lists /> | |||
'''[[Timeline of Consumerium]]''' is work eternally in progress. Currently it is year '''[[Timeline of Consumerium# | == Some key articles == | ||
'''[[Timeline of Consumerium]]''' is work eternally in progress. Currently it is year '''[[Timeline of Consumerium#2021|2021]]'''. | |||
'''[[How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell]]''' - a timeless classic from 2004 | '''[[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]] | [[Features|Planned Features to The Consumer]] - [[Consumerium Services|Consumerium Services ( messy )]] - [[Consumer Agent|Planned Consumer Agent app]] | ||
<big>'''[[Consumerium:Executive summary|The Executive Summary page]]'''</big> is a 5 minute read to Consumerium. | |||
<big>'''[[Human rights and business]]'''</big> | |||
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== Quotes == | |||
{{Q|'''Ethical consumerism''' is a type of consumer activism that is based on the concept of [[w:dollar voting|w: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|w:Ethical consumerism]]}} | |||
''' | {{Q|'''Consumism'''.|[[User:Jukeboksi]]|how neo can into logism ([[User:Jukeboksi/Quotes|more]])}} | ||
== Visit also these sites == | |||
=== For decision makers === | |||
:[ | <big>[https://www.traffikanalysis.org/ '''TraffikAnalysis'''.org]</big> anti-trafficking data hub by [https://www.stopthetraffik.org/ StopTheTraffik.org] and IBM | ||
: | <big>[https://www.frdm.co/ '''FRDM.co''']</big> offers for-a-fee services that find and fix risks in supply chains | ||
=== Be a conscientious consumer === | |||
</big> | <big>[https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ '''OpenFoodFacts'''.org]</big> [[Open Food Facts|OFF]] is a non-political effort to crowdsource and copyleft information on food. | ||
: and [ | <big>[https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ '''EthicalConsumer'''.org]</big> ( UK ) and their [https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/researchhub/globaldirectory.aspx Global directory to ethical consumption] | ||
< | <big>[https://www.greenamerica.org/responsible-shopper '''ResponsibleShopper''' at greenamerica.org]</big> ( USA ) | ||
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<big>[https://www.thegoodshoppingguide.com/ '''TheGoodShoppingGuide'''.com]</big> ( UK ) | |||
<big>[ | <big>[https://buycott.com/ '''Buycott'''.com]</big> a mobile and web app with same goals as Consumerium: consumer empowerment. | ||
=== Share your consumer experiences === | |||
<big>[https://alternativeto.net/software/trustpilot/ '''Alternatives to''' TrustPilot]</big> or <big> [https://www.trustpilot.com/ '''TrustPilot'''.com]</big> | |||
=== Be a part of the activist momentum === | |||
<big>[ | <big>[https://corporatewatch.org/ '''CorporateWatch'''.org]</big> | ||
<big>[http:// | <big>[http://SumOfUs.org '''SumOfUs'''.org]</big> ( World-wide activist effort ) | ||
<big>[ | <big>[https://www.utopia.de/ '''Utopia.de''']</big> ( Deutsch ) | ||
=== Be smart about computer issues === | |||
<big>[ | <big>[https://alternativeto.net/ '''AlternativeTo'''.net]</big> crowdsourced software and website recommendations | ||
<big> [ | <big>[https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/ '''The Green Web Foundation''' (.org)]</big> Green hosting selection site and browser add-on | ||
<big>[ | <big>[https://builtwith.com/ '''BuiltWith'''.com]</big> see what websites are made with (few free samples without free account, some more with a free account and paid accounts up-to-unlimited searches) | ||
<big>[https:// | <big>The '''[[SAFE Network]]''' [https://safenetwork.tech/ (.tech)]</big> get clued into the next distributed Internet | ||
<big> | <big>[https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v6/ '''Free Software Foundation''''s giving guide v6]</big> | ||
=== Do philantropy === | |||
[ | <big>[https://thehungersite.greatergood.com/ The Hunger Site]</big> - Donate food to the hungry by clicking once a day | ||
https:// | Donate your spare computing resources to advance science and <big>[https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=ZH0F0ZTTB2 Join Team Consumerium.org on World Community Grid by following this link]</big>. | ||
== Get in touch == | |||
[https:// | [[Social media#Twitter|Twitter]]: [https://twitter.com/ConsumeriumORG @ConsumeriumORG] and [https://twitter.com/kuluttajisto @Kuluttajisto in Finnish] | ||
[https:// | [[Social media#Facebook|Facebook]]: [https://www.facebook.com/ConsumeriumORG/ @ConsumeriumORG] and [https://www.facebook.com/kuluttajisto/ @Kuluttajisto in Finnish] | ||
[[Diaspora]]* free social media network: [https://d.consumium.org/u/consumerium consumerium@d.consumium.org] | |||
[ | [[w:IRC|w:IRC]]: #Consumerium on [[w:Libera Chat]] network. | ||
[ | [[w:Signal (software)]], [[w:WhatsApp|w:WhatsApp]] or [[w:SMS|w:SMS]] to dedicated Consumerium hotline: +3584579416268 (no phone calls possible on sim) | ||
[ | Talk page: Write directly to the [[Lowest Troll|lowest troll and/or sysop(presseur)'s]] [[User_talk:Jukeboksi|user talk page]] | ||
Email from wiki: [[Special:EmailUser/Jukeboksi|e-mail Jukeboksi via the send email function]] of this MediaWiki (only for logged-in users) or call / sms at the number given [[User:Jukeboksi|here]] | |||
== Thank yous for tech == | |||
<section begin=thank-yous-for-tech /> | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Heckert GNU.png|[[w:GNU|w:GNU's Not Unix]].. | |||
File:Tux.png|.. but it has always helped [[w:Linux|w:Linux]] to be. | |||
File:MediaWiki-2020-logo.svg|Relying on [[MediaWiki]] to work towards the Consumerium goals since 2003. | |||
File:Debian-OpenLogo.svg|Consumerium has been relying on copyleft [[w:Debian|w:Debian]] GNU/Linux Stable-branch servers since [https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSqueeze Debian Squeeze]. Debian is also Juho's choice for everyday OS. | |||
Apache Feather Logo.svg|[[w:Apache HTTP Server|w:Apache HTTP Server]] has served Consumerium well for over 15 yrs. Consumium free social runs [[w:Nginx|w:Nginx]] a very nice copyleft web server. | |||
File:Mariadb-seal-flat-browntext.png|Choice of RDBMS is [[w:MariaDB|w:MariaDB]], a fork back by the original people behind MySQL. | |||
File:Matomo Logo.svg|[[Matomo]] - '''[https://matomo.org/ Matomo.org]''' is a [[w:free software|free]] and [[w:Open-source software|open source]] [[w:web analytics]] application originating from [[w:New Zealand]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
<section end=thank-yous-for-tech /> | |||
---- | [[File:Consumerium-org-is-hosted-in-green-at-hetzner-com.png|thumb|center|Consumerium.org is hosted at [https://www.hetzner.com/ Hetzner Online AG]'s Helsinki data center which uses electricity only from renewable sources. ([https://www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/green-web-check/?url=develop.consumerium.org Verify])]] | ||
</big> | |||
For editing practice, try playing in the [[Consumerium:Sandbox|Sandbox]]. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
<references group="footnote" /> | |||
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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 :) | 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 [[w:List of ISO 639-1 codes|w:the correct lang code]] ). Avoid unnecessary replicating, we're in the [[GFDL]] part of the world after all :) | ||