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'''For now, this Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.'''
'''Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.'''
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==Research in Wikipedia==
==Research in Wikipedia==
===Editors needed:===
'''These need most work:'''
* [[w:List of brand name food products]]
* [[w:List of company registers]] (Currently listing FI,IE,PK,SE)
* [[w:List of company registers]]
* [[w:List of trade unions]] (Currently listing only UK, AU, FI)
* [[w:List of trade unions]]
* [[w:List of employer associations]] (Currently a stub with some info on AU, FI, ME, UK) 
* [[w:List of employer associations]]
* [[w:List of tariffs]]
* [[w:List of tariffs]]
* [[w:Lists of companies]]
* [[w:Lists of companies]]
* [[w:List of who owns what]] (growing)
* [[w:List of who owns what]] (a skeleton at the moment)
* [[w:Economy of Earth]] (contains some interesting stuff, but it's not organised)
* [[w:Economy of Earth]] (contains some interesting stuff, but it's not organised)
* [[w:Mandatory labelling]]
* [[w:Mandatory labelling]]
* [[w:Natural Step]]
* [[w:ISO14000]]
* [[w:Material input per unit of service]]
* [[w:List of traded commodities]]


===Yet to be started:===
'''These haven't even been started:'''
* [[w:List of advertisement agencies]] (by country) (doesn't exist now)
* [[w:List of association registers]] (doesn't exist now)
* [[w:List of association registers]] (doesn't exist now)
* [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now)
* [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now)
* [[w:List of non-governmental organisations]] (doesn't exist now)
* [[w:List of non-governmental organisations]] (doesn't exist now)


===Fairly complete:===
'''These are fairly complete:'''
* [[w:List of advertisement agencies]]
* [[w:List of professions]] (very complete)
* [[w:List of professions]] (very complete)
* [[w:List of stock exchanges]] (very complete)
* [[w:List of stock exchanges]] (very complete)
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* [[w:List of reference tables]] Please check this out if you can think of some list that is not included here
* [[w:List of reference tables]] Please check this out if you can think of some list that is not included here


=== Deleted for some reason: ===
'''[[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:'''
* [[w:SA8000]]
* [[w:List of packaging companies]]
 
===[[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:===


* [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions]]


===Other articles:===
'''Other articles:'''


* [[w:Fair trade]]
* [[w:Fair trade]]
* [[w:Safe trade]]
* [[w:Safe trade]]
* [[w:Arms trade]]
* [[w:Global EAN Party Information Register]] (GEPIR)
* [[w:Global EAN Party Information Register]] (GEPIR)
* [[w:GLN]] (doesn't exist now)
* [[w:GLN]] (doesn't exist now)
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* [[w:Trade bloc]] consisting of lots of ecoregions
* [[w:Trade bloc]] consisting of lots of ecoregions
* [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions]]
* [[w:Voting system]]


'''If you find something interesting in Wikipedia that seems to be complete (no need to research it further) please put it in [[Wikipedia|Interesting articles in Wikipedia]]'''
'''If you find something interesting in Wikipedia that seems to be complete (no need to research it further) please put it in [[Wikipedia|Interesting articles in Wikipedia]]'''


===See also:===
==See also:==
* [[w:list of economics articles]]
* [[w:list of economics articles]]
* [[w:list of ethics articles]]
* [[w:list of ethics articles]]
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===Research in Meta-Wikipedia ===
==Research in Meta-Wikipedia ==


*'''[[m:Geospatial reference]] this just started and it's very important for proper utilization of Wikipedia for our content''' - includes most of [[m:spacetime_DTD]] but should also mention [[m:ecoregion_DTD]] for XML-based exchange with other services (insane to exchange data in anything but XML)
*'''[[m:Geospatial reference]] this just started and it's very important for proper utilization of Wikipedia for our content''' - includes most of [[m:spacetime_DTD]] but should also mention [[m:ecoregion_DTD]] for XML-based exchange with other services (insane to exchange data in anything but XML)
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*[[m:twelve leverage points|Twelve leverage points]] for making Wikipedia work better - '''there are now [[twelve levers|equivalents for Consumerium]]'''
*[[m:twelve leverage points|Twelve leverage points]] for making Wikipedia work better - '''there are now [[twelve levers|equivalents for Consumerium]]'''
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==Research in Consumerium==
==Ownership==
===Ownership===


===By country===
===By country===
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* [[Research/FI/How to find out who owns what]] (fairly complete, needs details)
* [[Research/FI/How to find out who owns what]] (fairly complete, needs details)
* [[Research/FR/How to find out who owns what]]
* [[Research/FR/How to find out who owns what]]
* [[Research/NL/How to find out who owns what]] (stubby)
* [[Research/UK/How to find out who owns what]]
* [[Research/UK/How to find out who owns what]]
* [[Research/US/How to find out who owns what]]
* [[Research/US/How to find out who owns what]]
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...  
 
===By subject===
===By subject===
* [[Research/How to find out who owns what]] see also [[who owns what]]
* [[Research/How to find out who owns what]]
* [[Countries]] for consumer, worker, investor issues on countries


===Locating Company information:===
===Locating Company information:===
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* http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/ - Ownership relations of media companies
* http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/ - Ownership relations of media companies
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==Other places of research==
===Research in Disinfopedia===
===Research in SourceWatch===


*[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=truth truth] and [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda propaganda] - what is our [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=standard_of_evidence standard of evidence]?
*[http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=truth truth] and [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda propaganda] - what is our [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=standard_of_evidence standard of evidence]?
*[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda_techniques propaganda techniques] used to [[spin]] or otherwise promote [[evil]]
*[http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda_techniques propaganda techniques] used to [[spin]] or otherwise promote [[evil]]
*[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Talk:Little_tin_god_sysop bad sysop]s who destroy projects by trying to "[[save]]" them
*[http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=little_tin_god_sysop bad sysop]s who destroy projects by trying to "[[save]]" them
*[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=neoclassical_philosophy bad philosophy] that creates bad [[political economy]]
*[http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=neoclassical_philosophy bad philosophy] that creates bad [[political economy]]
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Translation work will begin soon in [[Wiktionary]]. I'll start a word and [[glossary]] list of what needs to be translated there just as soon as I figure out how do it properly.
Translation work will begin soon in [[Wiktionary]]. I'll start a word and [[glossary]] list of what needs to be translated there just as soon as I figure out how do it properly.
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==Useful resources in doing research==
==Research sources==
 
===Useful resources in doing research===
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