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    Another is at [[Troll Timeline]] and [[MediaWiki]] article has a timeline of MW developments.
    Another is at [[Troll Timeline]] and [[MediaWiki]] article has a timeline of MW developments.


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    * [[#2000|2000]] - Idea of Consumerium appears to the [[Lowest Troll]]
    * [[#2000|2000]] - Idea of Consumerium appears to the [[Lowest Troll]]
    * [[#2001|2001]] - Nothing much happens
    * [[#2001|2001]] - Nothing much happens
    * [[#2002|2002]] - Our first [[philantropist]] appears. Consumerium.org domain and hosting is donated to the effort.
    * [[#2002|2002]] - Our first [http://kato.iki.fi/ philantropist] appears. Consumerium.org domain and hosting is donated to the effort.
    * [[#2003|2003]] - [[Copyleft]]ing and adopting [[MediaWiki]] to drive development
    * [[#2003|2003]] - [[Copyleft]]ing and adopting [[MediaWiki]] to drive development
    * [[#2004|2004]] -  
    * [[#2004|2004]] -  
    * [[#2005|2005]] -  
    * [[#2005|2005]] - [[Semantic MediaWiki]] extemsion is released
    * [[#2006|2006]] -  
    * [[#2006|2006]] -  
    * [[#2007|2007]] -  
    * [[#2007|2007]] -  
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    * [[#2010|2010]] -  
    * [[#2010|2010]] -  
    * [[#2011|2011]] -  
    * [[#2011|2011]] -  
    * [[#2012|2012]] - Radical take on [[voting]] w/ extreme consumer protection, perhaps to the detriment of usability
    * [[#2012|2012]] - Radical take on [[voting]] w/ extreme consumer protection, perhaps to the detriment of usability. [[Wikidata]] is initiated.
    * [[#2013|2013]] - [[Consumium free social]] starts
    * [[#2013|2013]] - [[Consumium free social]] starts
    * [[#2014|2014]] -  
    * [[#2014|2014]] -  
    * [[#2015|2015]] -  
    * [[#2015|2015]] -  
    * '''[[#2016|2016]]''' - [[Priorities selections]] and [[systems selections]] kick in. Secret stuff will be implemented later on and the [[adequate technological secrecy]] will be applied in time.
    * [[#2016|2016]] - [[Priorities selections]] and [[systems selections]] kick in. Secret stuff will be implemented later on and the [[adequate technological secrecy]] will be applied in time.
    * [[#2017ish|2017ish]]
    * [[#2017|2017]]
    * [[#2018|2018]]
    * '''[[#2019|2019]]'''




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    == 2001 ==
    == 2001 ==


    [[Consumerium buying signal]] idea of [[green light]] for good products appears at act.greenpeace.org - lookup by [[barcode]]s.
    [[Greenpeace]] gets it independently: [[Consumerium buying signal]] idea of [[green light]] for good products appears at act.greenpeace.org - lookup by [[barcode]]s.


    == 2002 ==
    == 2002 ==
    ''' 2002 highlights '''
    ''' 2002 highlights '''


    * Kalle Hallivuori sponsors the domain name Consumerium.org at Gandi.net and hosting at Pingviini.net after meeting Juho and hearing his raves about a future of consumism and browsing the handout the [[Lowest Troll]] had prepared just in case meet nice technically adept peple.
    * Kalle Hallivuori sponsors the domain name Consumerium.org at Gandi.net and hosting at Pingviini.net after meeting Juho and hearing his raves about a future of consumism and browsing the handout the [[Lowest Troll]] had prepared just in case meet nice technically adept people:
     
    * '''[[Consumerium]].org online (!)''' and first plan-of-intent of Consumerium in Finnish and English released.
    * First plan-of-intent of Consumerium in Finnish and English released.


    ''' 2002 elsewhere '''
    ''' 2002 elsewhere '''
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    Finnish version scrapped. Too much hassle.
    Finnish version scrapped. Too much hassle.


    10.3. Consumerium gets Wikified and GFDL'd (see: [[old articles]] for most of the original articles copied from the old site.)
    * 2003-03-10 Consumerium gets Wikified and GFDL'd (see: [[old articles]] for most of the original articles copied from the old site.)


    15.3. First GPL'd DTDs released
    * 2003-03-15 First GPL'd DTDs released


    15.3. Added [[w:monopoly|monopoly]] to [[features]]
    * 2003-03-15 Added [[w:monopoly|monopoly]] to [[features]]


    16.3. Started [[Research|researching]] in [[Wikipedia]] to benefit all.
    * 2003-03-16 Started [[Research|researching]] in [[Wikipedia]] to benefit all.


    5.6. The First Ever [[Bluetooth]] [[Barcode]] [[Scanner]] ([[Baracoda Pencil]]) added to [[Hardware Requirements]]
    * 2003-06-05 The First Ever [[Bluetooth]] [[Barcode]] [[Scanner]] ([[Baracoda Pencil]]) added to [[Hardware Requirements]]


    6.6. Track record of [[Charitable contribution]]s or [[Social service]]s added to section ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
    * 2003-06-06 Track record of [[Charitable contribution]]s or [[Social service]]s added to section ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]


    6.6. Added distinction between [[functional packaging]] and [[decorative packaging]] to section  ''Indicators of Environmental Friendliness'' of [[Features]]
    * 2003-06-06 Added distinction between [[functional packaging]] and [[decorative packaging]] to section  ''Indicators of Environmental Friendliness'' of [[Features]]


    6.6. Added [[Bluetooth|Bluetooth keyboard]]s to the ''optional requirements'' subsection of the ''Store's hardware requirements'' section of [[Hardware Requirements]]
    * 2003-06-06 Added [[Bluetooth|Bluetooth keyboard]]s to the ''optional requirements'' subsection of the ''Store's hardware requirements'' section of [[Hardware Requirements]]


    8.6. Preparations for getting registered in [[Sourceforge]] get underway.
    * 2003-06-08 Preparations for getting registered in [[Sourceforge]] get underway.


    12.6. Added [[Product substitution]] to ''Other services'' section of [[Features]].
    * 2003-06-12 Added [[Product substitution]] to ''Other services'' section of [[Features]].


    15.6. Added Consumerium to the [[w:InterWiki|InterWiki]] map from [[w:MeatballWiki|MeatballWiki]]
    * 2003-06-15 Added Consumerium to the [[w:InterWiki|InterWiki]] map from [[w:MeatballWiki|MeatballWiki]]


    19.6. Added [[Inter-shop navigation]] to section ''Other services'' of [[Features]]
    * 2003-06-19 Added [[Inter-shop navigation]] to section ''Other services'' of [[Features]]


    3.7. Added [[SA8000]] certification to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
    * 2003-07-03 Added [[SA8000]] certification to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]


    23.7. Registered [[XML]] development project under [[GPL]] at http://consuml.sourceforge.net
    * 2003-07-23 Registered [[XML]] development project under [[GPL]] at http://consuml.sourceforge.net


    31.8. The [[Design paradigm]] revisioned from using [[ConsuML]] ([[XML]]) to store the content to using a [[Wiki]] as the content platform
    * 2003-08-31 The [[Design paradigm]] revisioned from using [[ConsuML]] ([[XML]]) to store the content to using a [[Wiki]] as the content platform


    22.9. The principles of [[The Consumerium Exchange]] outlined
    * 2003-09-22 The principles of [[The Consumerium Exchange]] outlined


    13.10. Majority of TCE implementation moved to be the responsibility of The [[Opinion Wiki]]
    * 2003-10-13 Majority of TCE implementation moved to be the responsibility of The [[Opinion Wiki]]


    6.11. The concept of [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is introduced
    * 2003-11-06 The concept of [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is introduced


    29.11. [[Workplace Upgrade|Workplace Upgrade Requests]] added to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
    * 2003-11-29 [[Workplace Upgrade|Workplace Upgrade Requests]] added to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]


    29.11. [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is added to new section ''Future features'' of [[features]]
    * 2003-11-29 [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is added to new section ''Future features'' of [[features]]


    3.12. [[wiktionary:Consumerium translation lists|Translation work]] initiated in [[Wiktionary]]
    * 2003-12-03 [[wiktionary:Consumerium translation lists|Translation work]] initiated in [[Wiktionary]]


    ''' 2003 highlights '''
    ''' 2003 highlights '''
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    '''Read more'''
    '''Read more'''
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/December2003|Blog December 2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/December2003|Blog December 2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/November2003|Blog November 2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/November2003|Blog November 2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2003|Blog October 2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2003|Blog October 2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/September2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/September2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/August2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/August2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/July2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/July2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/June2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/June2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/May2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/May2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/April2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/April2003]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/March2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/March2003]]


    == 2004 ==
    == 2004 ==


    10.3. Added [[Checkout Consumerium]] to section ''Other services'' [[Features]]
    * 2004-03-10 Added [[Checkout Consumerium]] to section ''Other services'' [[Features]]


    10.3. [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]] has been available for One Year!
    * 2004-03-10 [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]] has been available for One Year!


    18.3. [http://www.nokia.com Nokia], [http://www.sony.net Sony] and [http://www.philips.com/ Phillips] form [http://www.nfc-forum.org/ NFC-forum] to advance NFC development, implementation and interoperability, which is great news for [[Checkout Consumerium]] designated as one of the first '''instore''' [[Consumerium Services]]
    * 2004-03-18 [http://www.nokia.com Nokia], [http://www.sony.net Sony] and [http://www.philips.com/ Phillips] form [http://www.nfc-forum.org/ NFC-forum] to advance NFC development, implementation and inter-operability, which is great news for [[Checkout Consumerium]] designated as one of the first '''instore''' [[Consumerium Services]]


    ''See [[Consumerium anticipated rollout]] for planned '''future''' events and known scheduled events.  Don't take those as seriously as you take the above!''
    ''See [[Consumerium anticipated roll-out]] for planned '''future''' events and known scheduled events.  Don't take those as seriously as you take the above!''


    By 9.9. [[Main Page]] reaches 10.000 views and number of articles exeeds 1.000 unfortunatelly mostly due to some active participants diverging into useless wordplay and other activities which are not part of the main goal of this wiki
    * By 2004-09-09 [[Main Page]] reaches 10.000 views and number of articles exceeds 1.000 unfortunately mostly due to some active participants diverging into useless wordplay and other activities which are not part of the main goal of this wiki


    2.11. Nokia announces [[NFC]] enabled phone covers for Nokia 3220 (available 1st quarter [[2005]] in Europe and 2nd quarter 2005 in Americas and Asia
    * 2004-11-2 Nokia announces [[NFC]] enabled phone covers for Nokia 3220 (available 1st quarter [[2005]] in Europe and 2nd quarter 2005 in Americas and Asia


    27.11.
    * 2004-11-27 The international "buy nothing day" or BND for short http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/
    * The international "buy nothing day" or BND for short http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/


    ''' 2004 highlights '''
    ''' 2004 highlights '''


    [[How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell]] gets written, desteams conflict with Wikimedia.
    * [[How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell]] gets written, de-escalates the conflict with Wikimedia.


    '''Read more'''
    '''Read more'''
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2004|Blog October 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2004|Blog October 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/September2004|Blog September 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/September2004|Blog September 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2004|Blog August 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2004|Blog August 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2004|Blog July 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2004|Blog July 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/June2004|Blog June 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/June2004|Blog June 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/May2004|Blog May 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/May2004|Blog May 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/April2004|Blog April 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/April2004|Blog April 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/March2004|Blog March 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/March2004|Blog March 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/February2004|Blog February 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/February2004|Blog February 2004]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/January2004|Blog January 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/January2004|Blog January 2004]]


    == 2005 ==
    == 2005 ==


    '''2005 highlights'''
    '''2005 highlights'''
    *[[Fair Flower and Plants]] [[label]] is expected to be finalized and introduced to [[consumer]]s


    *[[Fair trade]] There are plans to introduce [[Fair trade]] [[cotton]] and [[textiles]] to the market
    * [[Semantic MediaWiki]] is introduced
     
    * [[Fair Flower and Plants]] [[label]] is expected to be finalized and introduced to [[consumer]]s
     
    * [[Fair trade]] There are plans to introduce [[Fair trade]] [[cotton]] and [[textiles]] to the market
     
    ''' 2005 elsewhere '''


    * UCC requires that by January 1, 2005 all retail scanning systems in the US must be able to accept [[EAN]]-13  
    * UCC requires that by January 1, 2005 all retail scanning systems in the US must be able to accept [[EAN]]-13  
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    '''Read more:'''
    '''Read more:'''


    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2005|Blog August 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2005|Blog August 2005]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2005|Blog July 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2005|Blog July 2005]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/June2005|Blog June 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/June2005|Blog June 2005]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/May2005|Blog May 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/May2005|Blog May 2005]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/January2005|Blog January 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/January2005|Blog January 2005]]


    == 2006 ==
    == 2006 ==
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    == 2007 ==
    == 2007 ==
    Switching from Escapebox.net's nice Semi-Managed [[w:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]] in Germany to a [[w:Fedora Core]] (v5 lol) GNU/Linux at Kotisivut.com to have newer versions of stuff.
     
    * Switching from Escapebox.net's nice Semi-Managed [[w:FreeBSD|FreeBSD]] in Germany to a [[w:Fedora Core]] (v5 lol) GNU/Linux at Kotisivut.com to have newer versions of stuff.
     
    ''' 2007 highlights'''
    * [[DBpedia]] comes online


    == 2008 ==
    == 2008 ==
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    ''' 2008 highlights '''
    ''' 2008 highlights '''


    * The first '''[[Consumerium:Metrics]]''' are developed. Continues till  [[#2010|2010]].
    * The first '''[[Consumerium:Metrics]]''' are developed. Continues till [[#2010|2010]].
    * Outdated Fedora Core 5 server retired in favor of a proper [[w:Debian GNU/Linux]] 6 server at Kotisivut.com.
    * Outdated Fedora Core 5 server retired in favour of a proper [[w:Debian GNU/Linux]] 6 server at Kotisivut.com.


    == 2009 ==
    == 2009 ==
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    ''' 2012 elsewhere '''
    ''' 2012 elsewhere '''
    * Work is begun on [[Wikidata]]
    * Work is begun on [[Wikidata]] and the underlying [[Wikibase]] extension


    ''' 2012 confusion '''
    ''' 2012 confusion '''
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    more from  
    more from  


    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/December2012|Blog December 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/December2012|Blog December 2012]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2012|Blog October 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2012|Blog October 2012]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2012|Blog August 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2012|Blog August 2012]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2012|Blog July 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2012|Blog July 2012]]
    *[[User:Juboxi/Blog/April2012|Blog April 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/April2012|Blog April 2012]]


    == 2013 ==
    == 2013 ==
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    == 2016 ==
    == 2016 ==


    It is the year '''2016'''.
    Consumerium-y going-ons in 2016
     
    Consumerium-y going ons in this year


    * [[Priorities selections]] is an article to get things going by writing them out.  
    * [[Priorities selections]] is an article to get things going by writing them out.  
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    [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2016|Lowest Troll's blog for year 2016]]
    [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2016|Lowest Troll's blog for year 2016]]


    == 2017ish ==
    == 2017 ==
    * [[User:Jukeboksi/Blog/2017|Lowest Troll's blog for the year 2017]]
     
    == 2018 ==
    * 2018-10-31 [https://kuluttajisto.consumerium.org/ Finnish language website https://kuluttajisto.consumerium.org/] launched
    * [[User:Jukeboksi/Blog/2018|Lowest Troll's blog for the year 2018]]
     
    == 2019 ==
    * Consumerium gets a [[w:WhatsApp|WhatsApp]] number.

    Revision as of 23:08, 22 March 2019


    This is one and incomplete timeline of the Consumerium effort.

    Another is at Troll Timeline and MediaWiki article has a timeline of MW developments.

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    2000

    2001

    Greenpeace gets it independently: Consumerium buying signal idea of green light for good products appears at act.greenpeace.org - lookup by barcodes.

    2002

    2002 highlights

    • Kalle Hallivuori sponsors the domain name Consumerium.org at Gandi.net and hosting at Pingviini.net after meeting Juho and hearing his raves about a future of consumism and browsing the handout the Lowest Troll had prepared just in case meet nice technically adept people:
    • Consumerium.org online (!) and first plan-of-intent of Consumerium in Finnish and English released.

    2002 elsewhere

    Adbusters begins discussing its Greenscan service - also based on barcodes. Neither Adbusters nor Greenpeace has proposed an architecture for delivery.

    2003

    January. Juho gets an internet connection :)

    Finnish version scrapped. Too much hassle.

    • 2003-03-10 Consumerium gets Wikified and GFDL'd (see: old articles for most of the original articles copied from the old site.)
    • 2003-03-15 First GPL'd DTDs released
    • 2003-06-08 Preparations for getting registered in Sourceforge get underway.
    • 2003-07-03 Added SA8000 certification to Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility of Features
    • 2003-10-13 Majority of TCE implementation moved to be the responsibility of The Opinion Wiki

    2003 highlights

    Read more

    2004

    See Consumerium anticipated roll-out for planned future events and known scheduled events. Don't take those as seriously as you take the above!

    • By 2004-09-09 Main Page reaches 10.000 views and number of articles exceeds 1.000 unfortunately mostly due to some active participants diverging into useless wordplay and other activities which are not part of the main goal of this wiki
    • 2004-11-2 Nokia announces NFC enabled phone covers for Nokia 3220 (available 1st quarter 2005 in Europe and 2nd quarter 2005 in Americas and Asia

    2004 highlights

    Read more

    2005

    2005 highlights

    2005 elsewhere

    • UCC requires that by January 1, 2005 all retail scanning systems in the US must be able to accept EAN-13

    2005 lowlights

    • Disarray and vandalism sets in. Hard times are about.

    Read more:

    2006

    2007

    • Switching from Escapebox.net's nice Semi-Managed FreeBSD in Germany to a w:Fedora Core (v5 lol) GNU/Linux at Kotisivut.com to have newer versions of stuff.

    2007 highlights

    2008

    2008 highlights

    2009

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2012 highlights

    2012 elsewhere

    2012 confusion


    more from

    2013

    2013 highlights

    Read more:

    and other sources.

    2014

    To be constructed from User:Juboxi/Blog/2014 and other sources.

    2015

    To be constructed from User:Juboxi/Blog/2015 and other sources.

    2016

    Consumerium-y going-ons in 2016

    • Consumium free social grew to a quartet in the spring of 2016 with the addition of Hubzilla, Friendica and GNU social.
    • Wikimedia Commons was activated on Saturday 2016-09-10 as a media source. Dig in.

    Lowest Troll's blog for year 2016

    2017

    2018

    2019