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*[[wikitext standard]] efforts, notably at [[Metaweb]] and [[Meta-Wikipedia]]. | *[[wikitext standard]] efforts, notably at [[Metaweb]] and [[Meta-Wikipedia]]. | ||
*[[Simple English Wikipedia]] - educating people all over the world, finding out what they care about, recruiting those who can keep [[opinion wiki]] up to date. This is the translation base for all Wikipedias, and may be necessary for use to provide background notes in any language for Consumerium advice. | |||
*[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Wikipedias_Forum United Wikipedias Forum] - how to get a huge 40-language project governed in [[Simple English]] without a cabal taking it over completely. Obviously this must be done here too. | *[http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Wikipedias_Forum United Wikipedias Forum] - how to get a huge 40-language project governed in [[Simple English]] without a cabal taking it over completely. Obviously this must be done here too. | ||
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* http://badcorp.org/ - they have very interesting search engine for figuring out who owns who! This is essential to track those constantly-changing names. | * http://badcorp.org/ - they have very interesting search engine for figuring out who owns who! This is essential to track those constantly-changing names. | ||
*[ | *[[Wikitravel]] - a travel guide - boycotts should include not going places where people do rotten things, since tourism has an eco-impact and sends messages of approval too. | ||
* http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/opensource/greenscan/ - [[GreenScan]], an [[Adbusters]] project to create a hand-held barcode scanner with a simple output system. Scan a product: if you get a [[green light]], it is ok to buy. Red is bad. What they don't yet realize is that building a specific access device without a database and information infrastructure, won't do much good. Go visit them and keep reminding them of this! | * http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/opensource/greenscan/ - [[GreenScan]], an [[Adbusters]] project to create a hand-held barcode scanner with a simple output system. Scan a product: if you get a [[green light]], it is ok to buy. Red is bad. What they don't yet realize is that building a specific access device without a database and information infrastructure, won't do much good. Go visit them and keep reminding them of this! | ||