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    '''Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.'''
    '''For now, this Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.'''
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    ==Research in Wikipedia==
    ==Research in Wikipedia==
    ===Editors needed:===
    ===Editors needed:===
    * [[w:List of company registers]] (Currently listing FI,IE,NL,PK,SE)
    * [[w:List of brand name food products]]
    * [[w:List of trade unions]] (Currently listing only UK, AU, FI, some of FR, NL)
    * [[w:List of company registers]]
    * [[w:List of employer associations]] (Currently a stub with some info on AU, FI, FR, ME, NL, UK) 
    * [[w:List of trade unions]]
    * [[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]] (a skeleton at the moment)
    * [[w:List of who owns what]] (growing)
    * [[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:SA8000]]
    * [[w:Natural Step]]
    * [[w:ISO14000]]
    * [[w:Material input per unit of service]]
    * [[w:Material input per unit of service]]
    * [[w:List of traded commodities]]


    ===Yet to be started:===
    ===Yet to be 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)
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    ===Fairly complete:===
    ===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)
    * [[w:List of supermarkets]]  
    * [[w:List of supermarkets]]  
    * [[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:SA8000]]
    * [[w:List of packaging companies]]


    ===[[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:===
    ===[[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:===
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    * [[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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    ===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 ==


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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]]
    * [[Research/How to find out who owns what]] see also [[who owns what]]
    * [[Countries]] for consumer, worker, investor issues on countries


    ===Locating Company information:===
    ===Locating Company information:===
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    ==Other places of research==
    ==Other places of research==
    ===Research in Disinfopedia===
    ===Research in SourceWatch===


    *[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=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=propaganda_techniques propaganda techniques] used to [[spin]] or otherwise promote [[evil]]
    *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=propaganda_techniques propaganda techniques] used to [[spin]] or otherwise promote [[evil]]
    *[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=Talk:Little_tin_god_sysop bad sysop]s who destroy projects by trying to "[[save]]" them
    *[http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=neoclassical_philosophy bad philosophy] that creates bad [[political economy]]
    *[http://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=neoclassical_philosophy bad philosophy] that creates bad [[political economy]]
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    Latest revision as of 14:03, 16 June 2012

    For now, this Research page is for contributing to and starting research projects.


    Research in Wikipedia[edit | edit source]

    Editors needed:[edit | edit source]

    Yet to be started:[edit | edit source]

    Fairly complete:[edit | edit source]

    Deleted for some reason:[edit | edit source]

    Wikipedia:Wikiprojects:[edit | edit source]

    Other articles:[edit | edit source]

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

    See also:[edit | edit source]


    Research in Meta-Wikipedia[edit | edit source]

    • 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)

    Research in Consumerium[edit | edit source]

    Ownership[edit | edit source]

    By country[edit | edit source]

    ...

    By subject[edit | edit source]

    Locating Company information:[edit | edit source]


    Other places of research[edit | edit source]

    Research in SourceWatch[edit | edit source]


    Research in Wiktionary[edit | edit source]

    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.


    Useful resources in doing research[edit | edit source]

    The w:Open Directory Project at http://dmoz.org. The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors. The contents are licensed under Open Directory License, which is a restrictive form of an w:Open content license.

    Google offers a more sophisticated view to the contents of http://dmoz.org so here are some useful directories