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    ==2001==
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    Initial idea of [[Consumerium]] forms in [[User:Juxo|Juxo's]] mind inspired by information on [[w:Bluetooth|Bluetooth]]


    [[Consumerium buying signal]] idea of [[green light]] for good products appears at [[act.greenpeace.org]] - lookup by [[barcode]]s.
    This is one and incomplete timeline of the Consumerium effort.  


    ==2002==
    Another is at [[Troll Timeline]] and [[MediaWiki]] article has a timeline of MW developments.
    Kalle Toivonen of http://korpikuu.fi sponsors the domain name and hosting after meeting Juxo and hearing his raves about the future of retail
     
    '''Nav'''
    * [[#2000|2000]] - Idea of Consumerium appears to the [[Lowest Troll]]
    * [[#2001|2001]] - Nothing much happens
    * [[#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
    * [[#2004|2004]] -
    * [[#2005|2005]] - [[Semantic MediaWiki]] extemsion is released
    * [[#2006|2006]] -
    * [[#2007|2007]] -
    * [[#2008|2008]] - [[Consumerium:Metrics]] start to take meaningful form
    * [[#2009|2009]] -
    * [[#2010|2010]] -
    * [[#2011|2011]] -
    * [[#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
    * [[#2014|2014]] -
    * [[#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.
    * [[#2017|2017]]
    * [[#2018|2018]]
    * [[#2019|2019]]
    * [[#2020|2020]]
    * [[#2021|2021]]
    * '''[[#2022|2022]]'''
    * [[#2023|2023]]
     
    == 2000 ==
    [[File:Bluetooth-Logo.svg|thumb|right|280px|Information on '''[[w:Bluetooth]]''' and some other factors sparked the idea of Consumerium in the [[Lowest Troll]]'s head.]]
    * Initial idea of [[Consumerium]] forms in the [[Lowest Troll]]’s mind inspired by information on [[w:Bluetooth|Bluetooth]]
     
    == 2001 ==
    [[File:Greenpeace.svg|thumb|right|220px|Greenpeace word mark]]
     
    [[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 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 [[barcode]]s.  Neither Adbusters nor Greenpeace has proposed an architecture for delivery.
    Adbusters begins discussing its [[Greenscan]] service - also based on [[barcode]]s.  Neither Adbusters nor Greenpeace has proposed an architecture for delivery.


    26.4. First description of Consumerium in Finnish released, unluckily it was built with proprietary tools so it didn't get updated at all.
    == 2003 ==
     
    January. Juho gets an internet connection :)
     
    Finnish version scrapped. Too much hassle.
     
    [[File:MediaWiki logo.png|thumb|right|180px|[[mw:MediaWiki]] logo]]
     
    [[File:Copyleft.svg|thumb|right|120px|'''[[w:Copyleft|Copyleft]]ed''' everything in 2004 as I have no hidden ulterior motive.]]
     
    * 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
     
    * 2003-03-15 Added [[w:monopoly|monopoly]] to [[features]]
     
    * 2003-03-16 Started [[Research|researching]] in [[Wikipedia]] to benefit all.
     
    * 2003-06-05 The First Ever [[Bluetooth]] [[Barcode]] [[Scanner]] ([[Baracoda Pencil]]) added to [[Hardware Requirements]]
     
    * 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]]
     
    * 2003-06-06 Added distinction between [[functional packaging]] and [[decorative packaging]] to section  ''Indicators of Environmental Friendliness'' of [[Features]]
     
    * 2003-06-06 Added [[Bluetooth|Bluetooth keyboard]]s to the ''optional requirements'' subsection of the ''Store's hardware requirements'' section of [[Hardware Requirements]]
     
    * 2003-06-08 Preparations for getting registered in [[Sourceforge]] get underway.
     
    * 2003-06-12 Added [[Product substitution]] to ''Other services'' section of [[Features]].
     
    * 2003-06-15 Added Consumerium to the [[w:InterWiki|InterWiki]] map from [[w:MeatballWiki|MeatballWiki]]
     
    * 2003-06-19 Added [[Inter-shop navigation]] to section ''Other services'' of [[Features]]
     
    * 2003-07-03 Added [[SA8000]] certification to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
     
    * 2003-07-23 Registered [[XML]] development project under [[GPL]] at http://consuml.sourceforge.net
     
    * 2003-08-31 The [[Design paradigm]] revisioned from using [[ConsuML]] ([[XML]]) to store the content to using a [[Wiki]] as the content platform
     
    * 2003-09-22 The principles of [[The Consumerium Exchange]] outlined
     
    * 2003-10-13 Majority of TCE implementation moved to be the responsibility of The [[Opinion Wiki]]
     
    * 2003-11-06 The concept of [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is introduced
     
    * 2003-11-29 [[Workplace Upgrade|Workplace Upgrade Requests]] added to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
     
    * 2003-11-29 [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is added to new section ''Future features'' of [[features]]
     
    * 2003-12-03 [[wiktionary:Consumerium translation lists|Translation work]] initiated in [[Wiktionary]]
     
    ''' 2003 highlights '''
     
    * [[Copyleft]] everything
    * [[MediaWiki]] introduced
    * http://develop.consumerium.org, the 1st subdomain is created and the development wiki is placed here.
    * Active development of knowledge
     
    '''Read more'''
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/December2003|Blog December 2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/November2003|Blog November 2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2003|Blog October 2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/September2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/August2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/July2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/June2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/May2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/April2003]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/Archive/March2003]]
     
    [[File:Consumerium.org-A6-leaflet-flyer-outside-2003.png|thumb|center|1280px|Outside facing pages of a 2003 printed A6 leaflet, which I made for the November 2003 trip to the European Social Forum in Paris.]]
     
    [[File:Consumerium.org-A6-leaflet-flyer-inside-2003.png|thumb|center|1280px|Inside facing pages of a 2003 printed A6 leaflet,]]
     
    == 2004 ==
    [[File:NFC logo.svg|thumb|right|180px|NFC is short for [[w:Near-field communication]]]]
     
    * 2004-03-10 Added [[Checkout Consumerium]] to section ''Other services'' [[Features]]
     
    * 2004-03-10 [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]] has been available for One Year!
     
    * 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 roll-out]] for planned '''future''' events and known scheduled events.  Don't take those as seriously as you take the above!''


    English version of the materials released.
    * 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


    ==2003==
    * 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
    January. Juxo gets an internet connection :)


    Finnish version scrapped. Too much hassle.
    * 2004-11-27 The international "buy nothing day" or BND for short http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/
     
    ''' 2004 highlights '''
     
    * [[How Consumerium differs from Wikipedia in a nutshell]] gets written, de-escalates the conflict with Wikimedia.
     
    '''Read more'''
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2004|Blog October 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/September2004|Blog September 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2004|Blog August 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2004|Blog July 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/June2004|Blog June 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/May2004|Blog May 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/April2004|Blog April 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/March2004|Blog March 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/February2004|Blog February 2004]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/January2004|Blog January 2004]]
     
    == 2005 ==
     
    '''2005 highlights'''
    [[File:SemanticMediaWiki_Logo.png|thumb|right|220px|The [https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki] logo]]
     
     
    * [[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
     
    ''' 2005 lowlights '''
    * Disarray and vandalism sets in. Hard times are about. Read about the [https://stop-synthetic-filth.org/wiki/User:Juho_Kunsola main lowlight-happenings on my userpage on the Stop-Synthetic-Filth! wiki]
     
    '''Read more:'''
     
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2005|Blog August 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2005|Blog July 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/June2005|Blog June 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/May2005|Blog May 2005]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/January2005|Blog January 2005]]
     
    == 2006 ==
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/September2006|Blog September 2006]]
     
    == 2007 ==
    [[File:DBpediaLogo.svg|thumb|right|220px|The [https://wiki.dbpedia.org/ DBpedia.org] logo]]
     
    * 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]], a pioneer in formalizing information from Wikipedia and other wikis comes online
     
    == 2008 ==
     
    ''' 2008 highlights '''
     
    * The first '''[[Consumerium:Metrics]]''' are developed. Continues till [[#2010|2010]].
    * Outdated Fedora Core 5 server retired in favour of a proper [[w:Debian GNU/Linux]] 6 server at Kotisivut.com.
     
    == 2009 ==
     
    == 2010 ==
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/May2010|Blog May 2010]]
     
    == 2011 ==
     
    == 2012 ==
     
    ''' 2012 highlights '''
    * '''[[Archive Team]]''' [http://archive.org/details/wiki-develop.consumerium.org archives all the non-deleted full article histories]. [[Lowest Troll]] sighs with relief as it is no longer up-to only him to keep working backups safe.
    * [[MediaWiki]] upgraded 8 versions up and [[MediaWiki/extensions]] to combat automized vandalism are installed and the wiki is once again unlocked for editing.
    * [[Consumerium plans as of 2013]] was originally "Consumerium plans as of 2012" and contained an interesting take on [[voting]] systems.
    * <font color="green">Plans regarding the</font> '''[[voting]]''' <font color="green"> were (almost) finished in December 2012</font>. Voting results ( obs. plural ), '''[[reviews]], [[feedback]] and [[links|links and linked data]] and other [[information]]''' are the five key components of a view on a business.
     
    ''' 2012 elsewhere '''
     
    * Work is begun on '''[[Wikidata]]''' and the underlying '''[[Wikibase]]''' extension
     
    [[File:Open Food Facts logo.svg|thumb|right|300px|[[Open Food Facts]] is founded by Stéphane Gigandet in France. OFF clearly and conscientiously stays clear of anything political.]]
    '''[[Open Food Facts]]''' [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ (.org)], a crowdsourced non-profit open database, web app and mobile apps of food products initiated in 2012 by French programmer Stéphane Gigandet. It is limited to foodstuffs only by the contract, others will be removed and clearly seeks not to be political.
     
    The database is [[copyleft]]ed under [[w:Open Database License]], database entries under [https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/dbcl/1.0/ Database Contents License] and the uploaded photos under [[w:Creative Commons license|CC-BY-3.0 Creative Commons]] so the database and the photos can be reused in other services so it would seem a good place to contribute as [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/data open data is available in various formats].


    10.3. Consumerium gets Wikified and GFDL'd (see: [[old articles]] for most of the original articles copied from the old site.)
    ''' 2012 confusion '''
    * In 2012 there were 2000+ extensions made for [[MediaWiki]] which must all be analyzed for usefulness which was attempted at [[MediaWiki/extensions]]


    15.3. First GPL'd DTDs released


    15.3. Added [[w:monopoly|monopoly]] to [[features]]
    more from


    16.3. Started [[Research|researching]] in [[Wikipedia]] to benefit all.
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/December2012|Blog December 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/October2012|Blog October 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/August2012|Blog August 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/July2012|Blog July 2012]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/April2012|Blog April 2012]]


    5.6. The First Ever [[Bluetooth]] [[Barcode]] [[Scanner]] ([[Baracoda Pencil]]) added to [[Hardware Requirements]]
    == 2013 ==


    6.6. Track record of [[Charitable contribution]]s or [[Social service]]s added to section ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
    ''' 2013 highlights '''
    * New server with Debian7 at the excellent https://transip.eu hosting guys in Netherlands for the first [[Consumium free social]] medium, [[diaspora]]*.


    6.6. Added distinction between [[functional packaging]] and [[decorative packaging]] to section  ''Indicators of Environmental Friendliness'' of [[Features]]
    '''Read more''':
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2013]]  
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/February 2013|Blog February 2013]]
    * [[User:Juboxi/Blog/January 2013|Blog January 2013]]
    and other sources.


    6.6. Added [[Bluetooth|Bluetooth keyboard]]s to the ''optional requirements'' subsection of the ''Store's hardware requirements'' section of [[Hardware Requirements]]
    == 2014 ==
    To be constructed from [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2014]] and other sources.


    8.6. Preparations for getting registered in [[Sourceforge]] get underway.
    == 2015 ==
    To be constructed from [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2015]] and other sources.


    12.6. Added [[Product substitution]] to ''Other services'' section of [[Features]].
    == 2016 ==
    [[File:Consumerium-org-cards.png|thumb|right|480px|A hybrid bilingual (English & Finnish) card from 2016 marketing both [https://consumerium.org/ Consumerium.org] and [https://d.consumium.org/ d.consumium.org] (the free social media spin-off diaspora* pod). The [[w:QR code]] contains a link to a valid URL [http://kuluttajien.yhteinen.asia kuluttajien.yhteinen.asia] which currently redirects to kuluttajisto.consumerium.org.


    15.6. Added Consumerium to the [[w:InterWiki|InterWiki]] map from [[w:MeatballWiki|MeatballWiki]]
    This marketing domain kuluttajien.yhteinen asia is a wordplay in Finnish


    19.6. Added [[Inter-shop navigation]] to section ''Other services'' of [[Features]]
    fi."kuluttajien" == en."of consumers"


    3.7. Added [[SA8000]] certification to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
    fi."yhteinen" == en."joint, common"


    23.7. Registered [[XML]] development project under [[GPL]] at http://consuml.sourceforge.net
    fi."asia" == en."cause, matter, thing"


    31.8. The [[Design paradigm]] revisioned from using [[ConsuML]] ([[XML]]) to store the content to using a [[Wiki]] as the content platform
    You can find the other .yhteinen.asia Consumerium.org marketing redirecting subdomains at start of the [[Consumerium:Executive summary]].]]


    22.9. The principles of [[The Consumerium Exchange]] outlined
    Consumerium-y going-ons in 2016


    13.10. Majority of TCE implementation moved to be the responsibility of The [[Opinion Wiki]]
    * [[Priorities selections]] is an article to get things going by writing them out.
    * [[Systems selections]] is a  bring-together article to collect, screen and select technology etc. etc. Observe correct selection of [[Wikimedia flavor]] when your senses call for it.
    ** [[Databases]] (models of data and implementations)
    ** [[Product and service classifications]] provide hierarchical ways of finding a group for a product, similar products etc.


    6.11. The concept of [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is introduced
    * [[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.


    29.11. [[Workplace Upgrade|Workplace Upgrade Requests]] added to ''Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility'' of [[Features]]
    [[User:Juboxi/Blog/2016|Lowest Troll's blog for year 2016]]


    29.11. [[Fairtrade On Demand]] is added to new section ''Future features'' of [[features]]
    == 2017 ==
    * [[User:Jukeboksi/Blog/2017|Lowest Troll's blog for the year 2017]]


    3.12. [[wiktionary:Consumerium translation lists|Translation work]] initiated in [[Wiktionary]]
    == 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]]


    ==2004==
    == 2019 ==
    [[File:Open Food Facts logo.svg|thumb|right|200px|[[Open Food Facts]] [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/ (.org)] is a strictly non-political effort to chart out our nutrition. Logo from Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC-BY-SA.]]
    * 2019-08-20 | [[User:Jukeboksi|Juho]] joins the [[Open Food Facts]] as [https://world.openfoodfacts.org/editor/juho-of-consumerium-org Juho of Consumerium.org at world.openfoodfacts.org] [https://wiki.openfoodfacts.org/User:Juho-of-consumerium-org Juho of Consumerium.org at wiki.openfoodfacts.org
    * Consumerium gets a [[w:WhatsApp|WhatsApp]] number.


    10.3. Added [[Checkout Consumerium]] to section ''Other services'' [[Features]]
    == 2020 ==
    [[File:Consumerium.org-A6-cards-winter-clear.png|thumb|right|682px|The new bilingual (English && Finnish) A6 cards for Consumerium.org arrived in July 2020.]]
    * 2020-07-23 | the new cards arrived
    * 2020-07-23 | New page is created in Consumerium.org Wordpress [https://consumerium.org/marketing-materials/ '''Marketing materials''' - Consumerium.org]
    * 2020-07-24 | New page is created in Kuluttajisto.consumerium.org Wordpress [https://kuluttajisto.consumerium.org/markkinointimateriaalit/ ''''Markkinointimateriaalit'''' - Kuluttajisto - Consumerium Suomessa]


    10.3. [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium]] [[Development Wiki]] has been available for One Year!
    == 2021 ==
    * Nothing much happening yet. [[User:Jukeboksi|Juho]] is keeping busy with improvements and promotion of [https://stop-synthetic-filth.org/wiki/Main_Page the Stop Synthetic Filth! wiki]  


    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]]
    == 2022 ==
    * Purchased domain Kuluttajisto.fi on Tuesday 2022-11-15 and subsequently setup a Finnish lanaguage wiki there [[kuluttajistow:Etusivu]] is the Main Page.


    ''See [[Consumerium anticipated rollout]] for planned '''future''' events and known scheduled events. Don't take those as seriously as you take the above!''
    The plan is to migrate the wordpress at https://kuluttajisto.consumerium.org to a subdirectory /wp/ there


    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
    == 2023 ==
    [[Consumerium development wiki turns 20|Consumerium development wiki turns 20 on Friday 2023-02-24]].  


    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
    [[Category:Timeline]]
    ----
    Upcoming events: [[2004]], [[2005]], [[2006]]...

    Latest revision as of 12:37, 7 December 2022


    This is one and incomplete timeline of the Consumerium effort.

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

    Nav

    2000[edit | edit source]

    Information on w:Bluetooth and some other factors sparked the idea of Consumerium in the Lowest Troll's head.

    2001[edit | edit source]

    Greenpeace word mark

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

    2002[edit | edit source]

    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[edit | edit source]

    January. Juho gets an internet connection :)

    Finnish version scrapped. Too much hassle.

    mw:MediaWiki logo
    Copylefted everything in 2004 as I have no hidden ulterior motive.
    • 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

    Outside facing pages of a 2003 printed A6 leaflet, which I made for the November 2003 trip to the European Social Forum in Paris.
    Inside facing pages of a 2003 printed A6 leaflet,

    2004[edit | edit source]

    NFC is short for w:Near-field communication

    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[edit | edit source]

    2005 highlights

    The Semantic MediaWiki logo


    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

    Read more:

    2006[edit | edit source]

    2007[edit | edit source]

    The DBpedia.org logo
    • 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

    • DBpedia, a pioneer in formalizing information from Wikipedia and other wikis comes online

    2008[edit | edit source]

    2008 highlights

    2009[edit | edit source]

    2010[edit | edit source]

    2011[edit | edit source]

    2012[edit | edit source]

    2012 highlights

    2012 elsewhere

    Open Food Facts is founded by Stéphane Gigandet in France. OFF clearly and conscientiously stays clear of anything political.

    Open Food Facts (.org), a crowdsourced non-profit open database, web app and mobile apps of food products initiated in 2012 by French programmer Stéphane Gigandet. It is limited to foodstuffs only by the contract, others will be removed and clearly seeks not to be political.

    The database is copylefted under w:Open Database License, database entries under Database Contents License and the uploaded photos under CC-BY-3.0 Creative Commons so the database and the photos can be reused in other services so it would seem a good place to contribute as open data is available in various formats.

    2012 confusion


    more from

    2013[edit | edit source]

    2013 highlights

    Read more:

    and other sources.

    2014[edit | edit source]

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

    2015[edit | edit source]

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

    2016[edit | edit source]

    A hybrid bilingual (English & Finnish) card from 2016 marketing both Consumerium.org and d.consumium.org (the free social media spin-off diaspora* pod). The w:QR code contains a link to a valid URL kuluttajien.yhteinen.asia which currently redirects to kuluttajisto.consumerium.org. This marketing domain kuluttajien.yhteinen asia is a wordplay in Finnish fi."kuluttajien" == en."of consumers" fi."yhteinen" == en."joint, common" fi."asia" == en."cause, matter, thing" You can find the other .yhteinen.asia Consumerium.org marketing redirecting subdomains at start of the Consumerium:Executive summary.

    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[edit | edit source]

    2018[edit | edit source]

    2019[edit | edit source]

    Open Food Facts (.org) is a strictly non-political effort to chart out our nutrition. Logo from Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC-BY-SA.

    2020[edit | edit source]

    The new bilingual (English && Finnish) A6 cards for Consumerium.org arrived in July 2020.

    2021[edit | edit source]

    2022[edit | edit source]

    • Purchased domain Kuluttajisto.fi on Tuesday 2022-11-15 and subsequently setup a Finnish lanaguage wiki there kuluttajistow:Etusivu is the Main Page.

    The plan is to migrate the wordpress at https://kuluttajisto.consumerium.org to a subdirectory /wp/ there

    2023[edit | edit source]

    Consumerium development wiki turns 20 on Friday 2023-02-24.

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