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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.'''
-== 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/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]]
-===External links:===
-* http://www.cjr.org/owners/
-* http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/
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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)
-*[[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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 ==Research in Wikipedia==
+===Editors needed:===
-A nearly-meta issue that each language wikipedia must track for itself:
+* [[w:List of brand name food products]]
-*[[w:Wikipedia:Self-references|Self-references]] of the project to itself, which [[self-references|Consumerium needs too]] so it knows what it is and is becoming.
+* [[w:List of company registers]]
+* [[w:List of trade unions]]
-'''These need most work:'''
+* [[w:List of employer associations]]
+* [[w:List of tariffs]]
-* [[w:List of trade unions]] (Currently listing only UK, AU, FI)
-* [[w:List of employer associations]] (Currently a stub with some info on AU, FI, ME, UK)
 * [[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:Mandatory labelling]]
+* [[w:Natural Step]]
+* [[w:ISO14000]]
+* [[w:Material input per unit of service]]
+* [[w:List of traded commodities]]
-'''These haven't even been 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 company registers]] (doesn't exist now and I'm not sure if this is the correct title)
 * [[w:List of ethical funds]] (doesn't exist now)
 * [[w:List of non-governmental organisations]] (doesn't exist now)
-'''These are fairly complete:'''
+===Fairly complete:===
+* [[w:List of advertisement agencies]]
 * [[w:List of professions]] (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:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:'''
+=== Deleted for some reason: ===
+* [[w:SA8000]]
+* [[w:List of packaging companies]]
+===[[w:Wikipedia:Wikiproject|Wikipedia:Wikiproject]]s:===
 * [[w:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ecoregions]]
-'''Other articles:'''
+===Other articles:===
 * [[w:Fair trade]]
 * [[w:Safe trade]]
+* [[w:Arms trade]]
 * [[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:Ethical investing]]
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 * [[w:Trade bloc]] consisting of lots of 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:==
+===See also:===
 * [[w:list of economics articles]]
-* [[w:list of ethics articles]].
+* [[w:list of ethics articles]]
+----
+==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: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]]'''
+----
+==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]]
+...
-But be aware that [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtmltitle=Wikipedia_neutral_point_of_view Wikipedia neutral point of view] usually desn't work to get fair representation of a subject without any
+===By subject===
-[http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=systemic_bias systemic bias] because of who posts there and who gets to do [[m:Bans|bans]].  Eventually all [[wiki]] projects get ruined by not doing this properly, hopefully not [[Consumerium]]!
+* [[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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-===Research in Disinfopedia===
+==Other places of research==
+===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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 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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-==Research sources==
+==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.
-===Useful resources in doing research===
+Google offers a more sophisticated view to the contents of http://dmoz.org so here are some useful directories
-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.
+* [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]