WIKIPPP .ORG Wiki for Product, Planet, People
To Help Consumers Find And Contribute
Product, Humanitarian and Environment Related Info
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WIKIPPP .ORG Wiki for Product, Planet, People
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To Help Consumers Find And Contribute Product, Humanitarian and Environment Related Info |
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A unique wiki web address/URL for every product would help consumers find and contribute environmental, humanitarian, company information, product details, and product category info related to any product. Some of the advantages in creating a wiki article for every product would be: * encourage informed and ethical consumer purchasing benefiting humankind and the environment * quicker access to the product and 'product category' research, issues, reviews, pricing and availability * easier access to related info provided by the company * product pages could be accessed while in a store via cellphones with web access or store kiosks, or at home via the web * more consumer and citizen participation in product development and standards The unique wiki website required on all products and in advertising would be the main wiki URL followed by either: * the UPC (universal product code) * the product and the company name (if a UPC code is not available) For example, the unique wiki address for any product might be "WikiPPP.org/" or "WikiConsumer.org/" followed by the product-model-company name, or the product's UPC code. Such as, the URL posted on a Schwinn made bicycle, and on its shipping box might look like "wikippp.org/bicyle8851schwinn". The names could be abbreviated when needed. Because "bicyle8851schwinn" would be a file established under for the www.wikppp.org website, it would *not* be necessary for the Schwinn company to buy a domain name for this product, or any of their other products. In cases where companies change their names or the product name, an old page with a product's old name or a company's old name in the title could be easily redirected to the updated product page with the corrected title. This is one argument for using the UPC code to create the unique URL for products. Because the unique URL would be a file or subdirectory under the main Wiki~.org website, the cost to the company to setup these unique webpages for each product could be free and easy to establish. In the consumers' interest, it might be decided by the people that tax monies could be allocated to support this wiki consumer operations. Some companies might prefer to buy a top level name such as www.Wikibicyle8851schwinn.org to save space on their packaging and encourage participation in the Wiki. As such, they would still be obliged to point their domain to the central "www.WikiPPP.org/bicyle8851schwinn" page. Each of these product's wiki articles would initially be set up the company. However, the company would be obliged to leave a product page blank except for entering the Product Name and model, UPC code (if applicable), Product Category and Company Name. This product name followed by the company name would become the page title. Depending on the Wiki's guidelines for allowing companies to edit, it may be determined that companies would be allowed to include weblinks to the discussion page (or even at the bottom of the main article page). These company added links could point to product details, environmental, humanitarian, manufacturing, financial and/or other product related info pages that are owned by the company. Of course, wiki volunteer editors can add the company's weblinks to the main article page. As long as a specific product page remains blank after its initial creation, the product page would be redirected after ~15 seconds to an existing wiki article that describes the *category* the product is in. The 'long' ~15 second wait before redirecting to a product category would: * allow volunteer editors a chance to click on the 'edit' or other links * allow readers to click on the 'discussion' link to see volunteer talk and/or links a company may have posted * allow time to click on other page links, such as the preconfigured search links described below * allow readers a chance to click on company and product related links at the bottom Once a wiki volunteer has edited the article to include product or company related information and links, the volunteer could then stop the automatic redirect to the product category page. Environmental, humanitarian, specifications, history are examples of product related material that an editor may want to add to the page. The editor would also make sure the product was accurately categorized. A few of the features that might be nice on each product page include: * a search button for other products in the same product category * a search button for other products in the same product category from the same company * a search button for other products from the same company * a button that goes to a wiki page covering the company These buttons would automatically be created and configured for the page using a script that would use the info inputted by the company when the page was set up. Because many consumers would not be familiar with the wiki concept, the fact that anyone can edit these pages may need to be stated more clearly on product pages. Editable company product templates could be used to allow the editing of mutiple product pages for products that are similiar or are in the same category. If companies could imput their products into the wiki via a 'product tree' interface, it would be much easier to apply a product template to a group of related products from that company. Guidelines would be established to exempt companies with "simple" products that are low cost, produced in limited numbers and with little variability from similar products from other companies. An online petition will be set-up soon that consumers can sign to request *unique* wiki website on all products, and on all advertising related to products. It will probably be located on www.ThePetitionSite.Com. Relevant links:: * Ethical Consumerism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethical_Consumerism * Consumer.Gov http://www.consumer.gov (US federal government consumer info) * Consumer Reports http://www.consumerreports.org * Consumers International http://www.consumersinternational.org/ * develop.consumerium.org/wiki/ * Wikipedia.org search for "consumer information" * Wikicompany.org http://wikicompany.org/wiki/Main_Page * WikiPPP.org http://www.WikiPPP.org aka: WikiConsumer.org WikiC.org For The Life, Stele Ely Boulder, CO 80305-5350 greentopiaorg-4@yahoo.com www.WikiPPP.org www.EarthE.org 303.554.9599 Unique Wiki Labeling on *All* Consumer Products and Ads | ||||||||
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