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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==
    ===Editors needed:===
    * [[w:List of brand name food products]]
    * [[w:List of company registers]]
    * [[w:List of trade unions]]
    * [[w:List of employer associations]]
    * [[w:List of tariffs]]
    * [[w:Lists of companies]]
    * [[w:List of who owns what]] (growing)
    * [[w:Economy of Earth]] (contains some interesting stuff, but it's not organised)
    * [[w:Mandatory labelling]]
    * [[w:Natural Step]]
    * [[w:ISO14000]]
    * [[w:Material input per unit of service]]
    * [[w:List of traded commodities]]
     
    ===Yet to be started:===
    * [[w:List of association registers]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:List of non-governmental organisations]] (doesn't exist now)
     
    ===Fairly complete:===
    * [[w:List of advertisement agencies]]
    * [[w:List of professions]] (very complete)
    * [[w:List of stock exchanges]] (very complete)
    * [[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
     
    === Deleted for some reason: ===
    * [[w:SA8000]]
    * [[w:List of packaging companies]]
     
    ===[[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:===
     
    * [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions]]


    ===By country===
    ===Other articles:===
    * [[Research/AU/How to find out who owns what]] (needs work, a stub)
    * [[Research/DE/How to find out who owns what]]
    * [[Research/FI/How to find out who owns what]] (fairly comlete, needs details)
    * [[Research/UK/How to find out who owns what]]
    * [[Research/US/How to find out who owns what]]
    ...
    ===By subject===
    * [[Research/How to find out who owns what]]


    ===Research in Wikipedia===
    * [[w:Fair trade]]
    * [[w:Fair 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)
    * [[w:Gross Global Product]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Gross Global Product]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Ethical investing]]
    * [[w:Ethical investing]]
    * [[w:List of professions]] (very complete)
    * [[w:Resin_identification_code]] (codes for [[plastic]] [[packaging]] and their [[recycle|recycling]])
    * [[w:List of association registers]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:List of company registers]] (doesn't exist now and I'm not sure if this is the correct title)
    * [[w:List of stock exchanges]]
    * [[w:List of supermarkets]]
    * [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:List of non-governmental organisations]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:List of labor unions]]
    * [[w:List of employer associations]]
    * [[w:Lists of companies]]
    * [[w:List of reference tables]] Please check this out if you can think of some list that is not included here
    * [[w:Resin_identification_code]] (codes for [[plastic]] [[packaging]] and thier [[recycle|recycling]])
    * [[w:SSCC]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:SSCC]] (doesn't exist now)
    * [[w:Trade block]]
    * [[w:Trade block]]
    * [[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]]'''
    ===See also:===
    * [[w:list of economics articles]]
    * [[w:list of ethics articles]]
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    ==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)


    If you find something interesting in Wikipedia that seems to be fairly complete (no need to research it further) please put it in [[Wikipedia|Interesting articles in Wikipedia]]
    *[[m:Simple View of Ethics and Morals|Simple View of Ethics and Morals]] which even [[m:troll|troll]]s understand
    *[[m:twelve leverage points|Twelve leverage points]] for making Wikipedia work better - '''there are now [[twelve levers|equivalents for Consumerium]]'''
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    ===Useful resources in doing research===
    ==Research in Consumerium==
    ===Ownership===
     
    ===By country===
    * [[Research/AU/How to find out who owns what]] (needs work, a stub)
    * [[Research/CA/How to find out who owns what]]
    * [[Research/DE/How to find out who owns what]] (just a note that stock holdings are not public)
    * [[Research/FI/How to find out who owns what]] (fairly complete, needs details)
    * [[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/US/How to find out who owns what]]
    ...
     
    ===By subject===
    * [[Research/How to find out who owns what]] see also [[who owns what]]
    * [[Countries]] for consumer, worker, investor issues on countries
     
    ===Locating Company information:===
    * http://www.reportgallery.com/ - Links to over 2.200 Annual reports of Corporations
    * http://www.europages.net/ - Links to over 500.000 European companies
    * http://www.cjr.org/owners/ - 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 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://sourcewatch.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://sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=neoclassical_philosophy bad philosophy] that creates bad [[political economy]]
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    ===Research in Wiktionary===
     
    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==
    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.
    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
    * [http://directory.google.org/Top/Society/Issues/Business/Human_Rights/Sweatshops/ Google Directory on Sweatshops]
    * [http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Bar_Code/ Google Directory on Barcodes issues]

    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