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Market:Pedagogy/Contract-Validation-by-Students

2026-07-25T17:26:57Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: See also: course model page

'''Contract validation by students of law and administration''' — a WikiDeal [[Market:Pedagogy|pedagogy]] scenario. ''Proposed scenario, basis for discussion.''

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== The training scenario ==

Students of '''law and administration''' take part in the validation of contracts on WikiDeal, as part of their studies:

# Their educational institution and the WikiDeal side agree on a '''pedagogical contract''' (see below).
# The students '''validate contracts''' on WikiDeal: they review contract bases and clauses, check their coherence and clarity, document problems found and improvements proposed, and record their validation work publicly on the wiki.
# The work is carried out '''under the supervision of their teachers'''.
# On completion, the institution attributes '''ECTS credits''' for the validated work.

This scenario would give students real professional practice on real contracts, while helping WikiDeal reach a higher level of human validation of its contract bases (see [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement|Validation & Endorsement]]).


== The pedagogical contract ==

The arrangement is '''a contract in itself, of pedagogical type'''. It would describe, at least:

* the '''parties''': the student, the educational institution, and the WikiDeal side;
* the '''work''': which contracts are to be validated, following which method, over which period;
* the '''supervision''': who supervises and evaluates the work on the academic side;
* the '''credits''': how many ECTS credits are attributed, and on which completion criteria.

Like other WikiDeal contracts, the pedagogical contract is intended to be published, improved collaboratively, and reusable by other institutions.


== See also ==
* [[Market:Pedagogy|Pedagogy portal]]
* [[Market:Pedagogy/Course-Model|Course model (adapted from Wiki Education, CC BY-SA 4.0)]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement|Validation & Endorsement]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary|Glossary]]

Market:Pedagogy

2026-07-25T17:26:42Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: List the course model page

Welcome to the WikiDeal pedagogy home page. The Pedagogy portal is where WikiDeal and the world of education meet: '''training scenarios''' in which students learn by contributing real work to WikiDeal, and receive '''academic credits (ECTS)''' for it. Each scenario is framed by a '''pedagogical contract''': a contract in itself, of pedagogical type, between the student, the educational institution and the WikiDeal side. This page explains the concept and lists the scenarios, each with its own page.

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== What is a WikiDeal pedagogy scenario? ==

A WikiDeal pedagogy scenario is intended to be a '''learning-by-doing arrangement''': students carry out real, useful work on WikiDeal (for example validating contracts), under the supervision of their teachers, and their institution attributes '''ECTS credits''' for the work accomplished.

The arrangement is formalised as a '''pedagogical contract''': a contract in its own right, of pedagogical type, describing the work to be done, the supervision, and the credits attributed.


== The scenarios (open list) ==

The list below is open: new scenarios can be added whenever an educational partner and a WikiDeal working group want to build one.

* [[Market:Pedagogy/Contract-Validation-by-Students|Contract validation by students of law and administration]]: students validate contracts on WikiDeal and receive ECTS credits.
* [[Market:Pedagogy/Course-Model|Course model (adapted from Wiki Education, CC BY-SA 4.0)]]: the term-long course structure for the scenario above, with ECTS workload and credit equivalences for other world regions.


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement|Validation & Endorsement]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]]

Market:Pedagogy/Course-Model

2026-07-25T17:26:26Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Course model adapted from Wiki Education (CC BY-SA 4.0) for law students, ECTS + regional credit equivalences (Theo 2026-07-25)

'''Course model: contract validation for students of law and administration (Europe, ECTS)''' — a WikiDeal [[Market:Pedagogy|pedagogy]] course model. ''Proposed model, basis for discussion.''

''Adapted from the course and training model of [https://wikiedu.org Wiki Education] (Wiki Education Foundation, San Francisco, California), whose [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/students student training modules] are published under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0] licence. This adaptation is published under the same '''CC BY-SA 4.0''' licence.''

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== Origin: the Wiki Education course model ==

[https://wikiedu.org Wiki Education] runs programs in which university students contribute to Wikipedia as coursework, guided by a '''course timeline''' with weekly milestones and a set of '''training modules''' (policies and rules, how to edit, evaluating sources, drafting in a sandbox, peer review, plagiarism and copyright), all tracked on a public '''Dashboard'''. All the training content is free-licensed (CC BY-SA 4.0), which allows anyone to adapt it: this page adapts that structure to the validation of contracts on WikiDeal.


== The adapted course structure ==

The course would run over one term, following the same phased logic as the Wiki Education timeline:

# '''Orientation and training modules.''' Students learn the basics of WikiDeal: how the wiki works, the [[Policies/en/Universal-Code-of-Conduct|code of conduct]], how contract bases are structured, and the [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Internal-AI|AI transparency rule]]. Equivalent of Wiki Education's "Basics" modules.
# '''Evaluating existing contracts.''' Students learn to read and critically evaluate contract bases and clauses: coherence, clarity, fairness, legal soundness in their jurisdiction. Equivalent of the "Evaluating articles and sources" module.
# '''Supervised validation work.''' Each student (or group) takes one or several contract bases and documents a structured validation: problems found, improvements proposed, points requiring a professional lawyer. Work is drafted publicly on the wiki, the equivalent of sandbox drafting.
# '''Peer review.''' Students review each other's validation work, as in the Wiki Education peer review exercises.
# '''Final review and ECTS attribution.''' The supervising teacher evaluates the work; the institution attributes the '''ECTS credits''' defined in the [[Market:Pedagogy/Contract-Validation-by-Students|pedagogical contract]].

The workload is expressed in ECTS terms: 1 ECTS credit corresponds to about 25 to 30 hours of student work; a typical course of 3 ECTS would therefore represent about 75 to 90 hours (training, validation work, peer review included).


== Credit systems in other regions (indicative equivalences) ==

The model is written for '''ECTS''' (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System, used across the European Higher Education Area: 60 credits per full-time year). Institutions in other regions can adapt it to their own credit systems; indicative equivalences, to be verified with each institution:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! Credit system
! Full-time year
! Indicative equivalence
|-
| Europe (EHEA)
| ECTS
| 60 credits
| Reference system for this model
|-
| United Kingdom
| CATS (Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme)
| 120 credits
| 2 CATS ≈ 1 ECTS
|-
| United States
| Semester credit hours
| ≈ 30 credit hours
| 1 US credit ≈ 2 ECTS
|-
| Canada
| Credit hours (varies by institution)
| ≈ 30 credits
| ≈ 1 credit ≈ 2 ECTS (verify per institution)
|-
| Australia / New Zealand
| Credit points + EFTSL (Equivalent Full-Time Student Load)
| 1.0 EFTSL (commonly 48 credit points)
| Verify per university
|-
| Japan
| University credits (1 credit = 45 hours of study)
| ≈ 31 credits
| 1 credit ≈ 2 ECTS (indicative)
|-
| Latin America
| CLAR (Crédito Latinoamericano de Referencia, Tuning América Latina)
| 60 credits
| ≈ 1:1 with ECTS
|-
| Southeast Asia
| ACTS (ASEAN Credit Transfer System)
| Aligned on ECTS logic
| ≈ 1:1 with ECTS (verify)
|-
| Asia-Pacific
| UCTS (UMAP Credit Transfer Scheme)
| 60 credits
| ≈ 1:1 with ECTS (verify)
|}

These equivalences are '''indicative only''': each pedagogical contract states the exact number of credits attributed, under the rules of the institution concerned.


== Licence ==

This course model is published under '''[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0]''', in continuity with the Wiki Education training material it adapts. Anyone can reuse and adapt it, including for other disciplines than law and administration, under the same licence.


== See also ==
* [[Market:Pedagogy|Pedagogy portal]]
* [[Market:Pedagogy/Contract-Validation-by-Students|Scenario: contract validation by students]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement|Validation & Endorsement]]

Market:Pedagogy/Contract-Validation-by-Students

2026-07-25T17:24:27Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Pedagogy scenario: contract validation by students of law and administration, ECTS credits (Theo 2026-07-25)

'''Contract validation by students of law and administration''' — a WikiDeal [[Market:Pedagogy|pedagogy]] scenario. ''Proposed scenario, basis for discussion.''

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== The training scenario ==

Students of '''law and administration''' take part in the validation of contracts on WikiDeal, as part of their studies:

# Their educational institution and the WikiDeal side agree on a '''pedagogical contract''' (see below).
# The students '''validate contracts''' on WikiDeal: they review contract bases and clauses, check their coherence and clarity, document problems found and improvements proposed, and record their validation work publicly on the wiki.
# The work is carried out '''under the supervision of their teachers'''.
# On completion, the institution attributes '''ECTS credits''' for the validated work.

This scenario would give students real professional practice on real contracts, while helping WikiDeal reach a higher level of human validation of its contract bases (see [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement|Validation & Endorsement]]).


== The pedagogical contract ==

The arrangement is '''a contract in itself, of pedagogical type'''. It would describe, at least:

* the '''parties''': the student, the educational institution, and the WikiDeal side;
* the '''work''': which contracts are to be validated, following which method, over which period;
* the '''supervision''': who supervises and evaluates the work on the academic side;
* the '''credits''': how many ECTS credits are attributed, and on which completion criteria.

Like other WikiDeal contracts, the pedagogical contract is intended to be published, improved collaboratively, and reusable by other institutions.


== See also ==
* [[Market:Pedagogy|Pedagogy portal]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement|Validation & Endorsement]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary|Glossary]]

Market:Pedagogy

2026-07-25T17:24:17Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: New Pedagogy portal: training scenarios with ECTS credits (Theo 2026-07-25)

Welcome to the WikiDeal pedagogy home page. The Pedagogy portal is where WikiDeal and the world of education meet: '''training scenarios''' in which students learn by contributing real work to WikiDeal, and receive '''academic credits (ECTS)''' for it. Each scenario is framed by a '''pedagogical contract''': a contract in itself, of pedagogical type, between the student, the educational institution and the WikiDeal side. This page explains the concept and lists the scenarios, each with its own page.

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== What is a WikiDeal pedagogy scenario? ==

A WikiDeal pedagogy scenario is intended to be a '''learning-by-doing arrangement''': students carry out real, useful work on WikiDeal (for example validating contracts), under the supervision of their teachers, and their institution attributes '''ECTS credits''' for the work accomplished.

The arrangement is formalised as a '''pedagogical contract''': a contract in its own right, of pedagogical type, describing the work to be done, the supervision, and the credits attributed.


== The scenarios (open list) ==

The list below is open: new scenarios can be added whenever an educational partner and a WikiDeal working group want to build one.

* [[Market:Pedagogy/Contract-Validation-by-Students|Contract validation by students of law and administration]]: students validate contracts on WikiDeal and receive ECTS credits.


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement|Validation & Endorsement]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]]

Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Internal-AI

2026-07-25T17:20:03Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: See also: link to new AI-Assisted-Questions page

{{KidsIntro|this page explains how WikiDeal uses smart computer helpers (AI) to do its work, and the rules that keep them honest and safe.}}

🔒 '''Admin view:''' You are viewing an administrative or core structural page.

== AI Transparency ==

WikiDeal operates under a '''mandatory AI transparency rule''': any content, proposal, code, or analysis submitted to WikiDeal, whether to the wiki, to an [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] competition, or to a governance vote, must disclose whether AI tools were used in its creation, and if so, which tools and what prompts were provided.

=== The Prompt Disclosure Requirement ===

Transparency about AI use is not merely an ethical preference at WikiDeal, it is a structural requirement embedded in the platform's content policy. Every wiki article that was assisted by AI carries the yellow disclaimer banner visible at the top of this page. Every Open Call submission must include a section titled "AI Contribution Disclosure" that specifies: the name and version of any AI system used; the exact prompts or instructions provided; the portions of the output that were accepted, modified, or rejected; and the human contributor's own intellectual contribution to the final result.

This requirement serves multiple purposes. It reduces the tendency to overstate AI contributions (claiming AI-generated insight as original thought) and understate them (hiding AI assistance to appear more impressive). It creates an auditable trail that allows the community to assess the intellectual provenance of proposals and articles. And it builds a shared understanding of how AI is actually being used in the project, which becomes increasingly important as AI tools become more capable.

=== Audit Trail and Verification ===

WikiDeal maintains an AI audit trail: a structured log of AI-assisted contributions, indexed by contributor, tool, date, and content type. This log is publicly accessible. While individual contributors' identities may be pseudonymous (WikiDeal respects privacy), the AI contribution record is open. This allows researchers studying AI use in cooperative governance to access real data, and allows the community to audit compliance with the disclosure requirement.

Verification is community-driven. Any user can flag a contribution as potentially non-compliant with the AI disclosure rule, triggering a review process managed by the wiki's moderating team. Verified violations result in a request for retroactive disclosure; persistent non-disclosure can result in a contribution being marked as non-compliant and excluded from formal proceedings (though it remains visible in history).

=== Why Transparency Reduces Conflict ===

The WikiDeal founder has noted that mandatory AI disclosure has a secondary benefit: it reduces the "my idea is better" dynamic that can paralyse open communities. When every proposal comes with a clear record of its intellectual ingredients (human insight, AI drafting, empirical data sources), it becomes easier to evaluate proposals on their merits rather than on their authors' prestige. The proposal that synthesises AI assistance with genuine human experience and wisdom stands on its own, regardless of who submitted it.

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/AI-Assisted-Questions|Asking questions with AI (neutralization, pearls and trends)]]
[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:Meta/AI-Assisted-Questions

2026-07-25T17:20:02Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: New page: asking questions with AI, neutralization + conservation, retrieval service with pearls and trends (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|You can ask your questions about WikiDeal with the help of an AI. Your questions are kept and made anonymous, and everyone can read them later. A special service then fishes out the good ideas the AI missed (the pearls) and shows which subjects people ask about most (the trends).}}
{{ExpertIntro|WikiDeal intends to let participants use AI to ask their questions. Each question would be neutralized (personal details removed, wording made neutral) and conserved, with a link giving access to the contributions, the discussions and the AI answers, so that they can always be analysed. A retrieval service ("repêchage") would then review this corpus and produce two outputs: the pearls, good proposals that were wrongly judged by the AI and deserve a second look, and the trends, statistics on the most-treated subjects. This is an initial hypothesis, proposed as a basis for discussion.}}

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= Asking questions with AI =


== Ask your questions with AI ==
Participants can use AI to ask their questions about WikiDeal: how the platform works, the contracts, the funding, the governance, and so on. The AI provides first answers, available at any time.


== Neutralization and conservation ==
These questions are the object of a '''neutralization''' and a '''conservation''':

* '''Neutralization''': personal details are removed and the wording is made neutral, so that the question can be published without exposing the person who asked it.
* '''Conservation''': the questions are kept, with a link giving access to the '''contributions, the discussions and the answers of the AIs''', so that they can always be analysed, by anyone, at any time.

This follows the same spirit as WikiDeal's [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Internal-AI|AI transparency rule]]: what the AI says and how it is used remains open and auditable.


== The retrieval service: pearls and trends ==
On top of this conserved corpus, a '''retrieval service''' ("repêchage") is envisaged, with two outputs:

* '''The pearls''' 🦪: what was missed. Good proposals that were '''wrongly judged by the AI''' and deserve a second look. Human review fishes them back out of the corpus, so that a valuable idea is never lost just because an AI misjudged it.
* '''The trends''' 📊: the percentages of subjects that are heavily treated, and similar statistics. They show what the community asks about most, and can inform priorities.

This is what would be used and analysed over time; the exact mechanisms are still to be defined.


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Internal-AI|WikiDeal Internal AI]] (AI transparency rule, audit trail)
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/AI-Deviation-Risks|AI deviation risks]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:AI Disclaimer|AI Disclaimer]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Funding-Ecosystem-Development

2026-07-25T15:46:27Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Cash instalment schedule: 30% paid 12 to 24 months later (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal needs a computer program so that people can give money to the project and see their account on a dashboard. This call looks for software developers who can build it from the model already drawn (the mockup), get a small payment now, and a much bigger one later if the project works.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This early bird open call (wave 1) invites offers from independent software developers to build and maintain the WikiDeal funding ecosystem: a dashboard and management tools with SSO connected to the wikideal.net MediaWiki, outside the MediaWiki instance, with Stripe and PayPal for payments, on the basis of the published mockup. The process differs from the other calls: developers first post their questions on the mockup and their offer (references, sums requested in cash and in Rewards); the steering committee then contacts and mandates a provider to develop, submit to test, adapt, then maintain the service for 12 months after delivery, each improvement being paid by the hour. Indicative target: US$ 1,000 in cash plus 30,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*) for about 100 hours. A provider who delivers to satisfaction gets priority on new mandates.}}

{{RFF}}

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= Open call: funding ecosystem development =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Status
| Open · early bird (for pioneers)
|-
| Wave
| 1, WikiDeal global
|-
| Deadline
| None announced: the call remains open until a provider is selected and mandated
|-
| Indicative budget
| US$ 1,000 in direct cash + 30,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), for about 100 hours of work
|-
| How to respond
| Post on [[Market:Answer to Open Call/Funding-Ecosystem-Development#Discussion|the answer page of this call]]
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}


== What this call is about ==
This is what we need to develop: the '''WikiDeal funding ecosystem''', shown in this mockup:

'''https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/funding/'''

using '''Stripe''' and '''PayPal''' for payment.

We have a dedicated dev server running www.wikideal.net on MediaWiki. But for funding, we need a '''dashboard and other management tools with SSO''' (connected to our MediaWiki from wikideal.net) '''outside the MediaWiki instance'''.


== How this call works ==
This call works differently from the other open calls:

# '''Developers post their questions and their offer.''' On [[Market:Answer to Open Call/Funding-Ecosystem-Development|the answer page of this call]], developers ask their questions on the mockup (how it works, the database, the SSO...) and propose their service, with links to their previous results and the sums requested in cash and in Rewards.
# '''The steering committee contacts and mandates.''' The committee contacts candidates and mandates a provider to develop on the basis of the mockup, submit to test, adapt, then '''maintain the service without improvement during 1 year''' after delivery. Each improvement is paid by the hour.
# '''Priority on new mandates.''' If the person has delivered the service to satisfaction, they get priority on new mandates.


== What your offer must contain ==
We wish to get offers from software developers, with:

# '''What needs to be clarified''' before starting to develop this "funding" ecosystem, and how you would see such a development (questions and answers, such as: which database, which SSO...). After we have provided answers that are accepted by potential software development service providers, we wish to receive answers to the following questions:
# '''How much time''', estimated, to develop and maintain this "WikiDeal funding" service during 12 months after delivering?
# '''How much money would you accept to get in Rewards''' (not guaranteed, but ×10 compared to normal payment: for instance, instead of US$ 25/hour, it would be US$ 250/hour)?
# '''How much money do you request in cash''' (amount paid 20% before starting, 50% at delivery, 30% between 12 and 24 months later)?


== The deal we hope for ==
Ideally, for us, we would hope to have a deal such as:
* '''US$ 10/hour in cash''', and
* '''US$ 300/hour in Rewards'''.

Total for 100 hours of work: '''US$ 1,000 paid cash in 3 parts + 30,000 Rewards''' if the project works.

For an explanation about Rewards, see [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] and the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]].


== Good to know ==
* We give preference to persons '''expert in MediaWiki''', since the /funding mockup is one of the rare developments needed outside MediaWiki.
* The payer is the '''Ynternet.org Foundation''', the Swiss non-profit foundation carrying the WikiDeal project at this stage (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]]).
* We give preference to persons able to charge '''at least 50% of their usual hourly rate in Rewards'''.
* We only give a mandate to an '''independent worker with an invoice''', not to employees.
* We can provide all necessary '''guarantees of payment''' for the cash-paid part.
* See also our [[Policies/en/Universal-Code-of-Conduct|Universal Code of Conduct]], adapted from Wikimedia.

Every offer must include a full '''AI transparency disclosure''': state which AI tools, if any, were used to prepare the offer, and how. The general rules of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] apply, in particular the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]].

Kindly,

'''[https://wikideal.net/wiki/User:Creativesoul4ever Théo Bondolfi]''' 
Founder of wikideal.net 
Chairman of [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org] Foundation 
theo.bondolfi@zen3.org


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call: main page]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|Open call: URL naming and general structure]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Open call: graphic charter]]

[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main

2026-07-25T14:40:26Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Add wave 1 call: funding ecosystem development; wave 1 now counts four calls (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|An open call is an invitation that says 'come help us!' to anyone with good ideas. This page explains how people can join in and build WikiDeal together.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Open calls are organised in waves, and each wave has two parts: the calls that concern WikiDeal as a global platform, and the calls that concern specific marketplaces. Wave 1 gathers four early bird calls: three announced and to be launched on 21 July 2026, each offering CHF 1,000 in direct cash and CHF 10,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*), plus one call for software developers on the funding ecosystem (US$ 1,000 in cash plus 30,000 in Rewards, indicative). The global calls are URL naming and general structure, graphic charter, and funding ecosystem development; the marketplace call is (spectacular tutorial on small loans, competitive, 21 December 2026 deadline; the two global calls stay open until a first simple version has been adopted). Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion, again in two parts; most future marketplace calls are intended to be organised directly by User Groups. Evaluation combines a public vote with an expert panel; AI transparency disclosure is mandatory. The rules and procedures in brief are on this page; the detailed FAQ is on a dedicated page.}}

{{RFF|where=the Discussion tab of each individual call (open the call page in the tables below, then use its Discussion tab), not the Discussion tab of this general page}}

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= Open Call =


== Open call waves ==
Open calls are organised in '''waves''', and each wave has '''two parts''': the calls that concern '''WikiDeal as a global platform''' (structure, identity, management), and the calls that concern '''specific marketplaces'''. Wave 1 gathers the four '''early bird''' calls, the pilot experience calls, also called open calls '''for pioneers''': they are launched before the steering committee is formed, and they are especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). Their informal launch is planned for '''21 July 2026''', the opening day of [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Wikimania 2026] in Paris, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia. Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion: they are listed below, and the list itself is intended to evolve.


=== Wave 1: the pilot experience calls (early bird) ===

==== Wave 1, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|URL naming and general structure]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Graphic charter]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Funding-Ecosystem-Development|Funding ecosystem development (software developers)]] || 1 || Open || None announced: open until a provider is selected and mandated || US$ 1,000 in direct cash + 30,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), indicative, for about 100 hours
|}


==== Wave 1, specific marketplaces ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Tutorial-Small-Loans|Spectacular tutorial on small loans between family, friends and neighbours]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || 21 December 2026 (competitive: a single proposal is selected) || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|}

Small loans between close people have already been initiated on WikiDeal with a first contract model: see the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Contract-Base:Small Loans|small loans contract base]] (the amount loaned between the two parties and the repayment deadline), within the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Main|Small Loans portal]].


=== Wave 2: still under discussion ===

Wave 2 is '''still under discussion'''. These calls are drafts under construction (nice to have, not yet launched); they are intended to be launched at a later stage, and the list itself is still being discussed. Wave 2 is also organised in two parts: WikiDeal global and specific marketplaces. The results of the wave 2 calls are notably part of the expected [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|Prototype 1 deliverables]].

==== Wave 2, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Annual percentage increase on rewards]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Civic-Flex-Pricing|Civic flex pricing: the average discount for the civic incentive]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Progressive-Subscription-Increase|Progressive subscription amount increase]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Contract-Signature|Contract signature: tools, free software and signature levels]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Guarantees|Guarantees: payment, default and damage guarantees, and compensation]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Content Architecture|Content architecture and ergonomics]] || 2 || Earlier call (June 2026); it largely overlaps with the wave 1 call on URL naming and general structure, and a merge is under discussion || None for now || Modest mix of cash and Karma tokens (see the call page)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Deployment-Profiles|Deployment profiles: inviting the five profiles of the AI supported deployment methodology]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Cashout-Policy|Cashout policy: which formula for the percentage of each subscription attributed to Reward holders]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || None for now: to be determined once at least CHF 100,000 in donations have been obtained || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Trust-Preservation|Trust preservation: preserving the trust of first supporters in a second funding round]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming|Karma token naming: finding a durable name for the community token]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Compliance-With-Laws|Compliance with laws: global policies of responsibilities adapted from Wikimedia governance]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Legal-References|Legal references for contracts: collection, conservation, verification and availability]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched, considered important || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Endorsement-Institution|Endorsement Institution: structuring the institution that manages lawyer endorsements]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Rating-Balance-Processes|Rating Balance Processes: mechanisms for honest and diversified feedback]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}


==== Wave 2, specific marketplaces ====

The calls below concern a '''specific marketplace''', not the WikiDeal platform as a whole. These calls are still ideas under construction.

This part is intended to grow far beyond this first list. Over time, there could be hundreds, even thousands of marketplace calls, and the majority are intended to be organised directly by [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]] themselves. Calls launched by User Groups would only go through a light validation, whose sole purpose is to display them in this list of calls: User Groups keep their independence to launch their own calls whenever they look for ideas and need contributions.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Addiction-Transition-Bus|Transition bus: contractual solutions from polysubstance to single-substance dependence (use case)]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Reverse Abuse: legal financial-optimization ideas serving users and small producers]] || 2 || Preview (theoretical), not yet launched || None for now || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Programs|Programs: connecting production, transformation, transport and other contracts into programs]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Markets|Markets: assembling the contracts that let a whole market segment exist]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}

If you want to respond to a call, go to the discussion page of that call and post your proposal there.

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=== The spirit of these calls ===
These early bird calls are structured a bit like the open calls of European research and innovation programmes, but in a softer, lighter and less administrative way. There is no consortium to build and no heavy paperwork: they are micro calls for ideas, open to anyone who brings relevant and useful ideas to the cause.

The steering committee intends to meet periodically, review all the ideas posted, and attribute the rewards. For each call, the rewards are intended to be distributed across several people: contributors who bring complementary ideas, who comment on the proposals of others, and who help each other. The calls are not a cold competition where one person wins and the others lose. The goal is to have several winners, because they helped each other.


=== Open call rules and procedures in brief ===
This is a summary: the detailed rules and procedures are gathered in the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]].

* The Ynternet.org Foundation and the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|see credits]]) are committed to making the announced sums available '''only if the proposed added values are judged good'''. If no contribution is judged good enough, the money is never kept: it is intended to be reinvested in another open call.
* Attribution is intended to happen progressively, as good contributions arrive, with explanations for each attribution.
* When money is attributed and paid, it is the WikiDeal team that informs the contributors concerned.
* Part of the sum, up to half (for example CHF 500 out of CHF 1,000), can be withheld for up to one year, in order to verify that the ideas last: this is the '''maturity criterion'''. If the ideas have lasted, the second half is intended to be paid to the person who brought the main ideas, as an increase of the donation.
* What matters is to distinguish a solid base from a flash in the pan.
* Not every call is monetised. Some calls may start with no money distribution at all: only [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), or even no reward of any kind. Contributing without claiming any reward is always possible: the reward is one possible motivation among others, never an exclusive one. What matters is to make a project live together, to let a community emerge, and to answer societal challenges linked to the founding research question, [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question|"Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?"]].

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== Open Call at a Glance ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Evaluation
| Periodic (cycle dates not yet defined)
|-
| Rewards
| Direct cash and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| Karma token rewards
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], usable for services in the ecosystem
|-
| Proposal types
| Improvement · Substitution
|-
| Jury
| Public vote + expert panel
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}

The '''Open Call''' is WikiDeal's continuous invitation to the community, and to the world, to propose improvements to or alternatives to the current model. Ideas may be submitted at any time; they are evaluated periodically. The dates of the evaluation cycles are not yet defined: one of the options under consideration is a quarterly rhythm, possibly aligned with the seasons. No first evaluation date is announced for now.


== What Can Be Proposed ==
Open Call proposals fall into two categories. '''Improvement proposals''' take the current Prototype 1 model as a given and propose enhancements: a better formula for distributing [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), a new mechanism for onboarding [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]], an improved arbitration process. '''Substitution proposals''' challenge one or more elements of Prototype 1 and propose replacements: an alternative [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] formula, a different governance structure, a new approach to Commission calculation. Proposals that entirely abandon the WikiDeal model are out of scope; the Open Call is about improving and diversifying, not about starting over.

A valid proposal must specify: the exact change proposed; the costs of implementing it; the expected benefits and the evidence base for those expectations; compatibility with the membership-based entry system (memberships must remain in all proposals); the proposer's own capacity to contribute to implementation; and the full AI transparency disclosure if any AI tools were used. Proposals lacking these elements are returned for completion before formal evaluation.


== Evaluation and Rewards ==
Each periodic evaluation combines a public vote (accessible to all WikiDeal membership holders) with a structured expert panel review. The expert panel includes platform cooperative specialists, legal scholars, economists familiar with commons governance, and at least one representative from the Living Labs research community. The panel's role is not to override the public vote but to ensure that winning proposals are technically feasible and legally compliant.

Rewards can combine several complementary forms: direct cash payments, [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), which represent a conditional claim on future subscription revenue, and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], which can be exchanged for services within the WikiDeal ecosystem. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] for the full picture. Winning proposals in an evaluation cycle are intended to share a prize pool of '''CHF 10,000 in cash''' and '''1,000,000 WikiDeal memberships'''. There may be multiple winners in a cycle, a main prize and a complementary prize, to recognise proposals that work well together. The Open Call is designed to remain genuinely community-driven, with evaluation guided by public vote and independent expert review.


== Message from the Founder ==
''"WikiDeal Prototype 1 represents a first hypothesis, built on decades of experience in digital commons, platform cooperativism, and internet governance. It is not a finished product, but a solid starting point, deliberately open to collective improvement. The model is grounded in what we know works: free licensing, community governance, at-cost Commissions, and transparent algorithms. I look forward to seeing the community improve on every aspect of it, and I welcome proposals that challenge any element of the current design."''


== Maturity Score & Open Call Allocation ==
Open Call resources are not distributed equally across all use cases. Each WikiDeal marketplace portal carries a '''Maturity Score''' (1 to 5 stars) based on 7 indicators: number of active users, dissatisfaction rate, improvement proposals received, urgency of open bugs, deployment breadth, interconnection with other tools, and usage trajectory.

The higher a portal's Maturity Score, the fewer Open Call resources it receives, because mature portals are largely self-sustaining. Conversely, early-stage portals receive maximum Open Call attention and rewards. This mechanism prevents resources from concentrating in already-successful use cases.

Maturity scores are reviewed quarterly by the Living Lab team and displayed in each use case's infobox. Community members may challenge scores through documented counter-evidence submitted via Open Call.

📊 '''Full methodology:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|User Group Maturity Assessment]]: the 7 indicators, composite scoring, and allocation table. See also [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Maturity Score|Maturity Score (innovation page)]].

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|User Group Maturity Assessment]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|Governance]]

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Market:Answer to Open Call/Funding-Ecosystem-Development

2026-07-25T14:40:11Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Answer page for the new funding ecosystem open call (Theo 2026-07-25)

== Answer to Open Call: Funding Ecosystem Development ==
This page gathers the questions and offers of software developers responding to the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Funding-Ecosystem-Development|Open Call: Funding Ecosystem Development]], and will publish its results.

Interested developers can post here:
* their '''questions''' on how the [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/funding/ funding mockup] works, the database, the SSO, the Stripe/PayPal integration, etc.;
* their '''offer''': links to previous results, estimated time, sums requested in cash and in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*).


== Discussion ==
''Post your questions and offers below.''

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Funding-Ecosystem-Development

2026-07-25T14:40:10Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: New wave 1 open call: funding ecosystem development (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal needs a computer program so that people can give money to the project and see their account on a dashboard. This call looks for software developers who can build it from the model already drawn (the mockup), get a small payment now, and a much bigger one later if the project works.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This early bird open call (wave 1) invites offers from independent software developers to build and maintain the WikiDeal funding ecosystem: a dashboard and management tools with SSO connected to the wikideal.net MediaWiki, outside the MediaWiki instance, with Stripe and PayPal for payments, on the basis of the published mockup. The process differs from the other calls: developers first post their questions on the mockup and their offer (references, sums requested in cash and in Rewards); the steering committee then contacts and mandates a provider to develop, submit to test, adapt, then maintain the service for 12 months after delivery, each improvement being paid by the hour. Indicative target: US$ 1,000 in cash plus 30,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*) for about 100 hours. A provider who delivers to satisfaction gets priority on new mandates.}}

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= Open call: funding ecosystem development =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Status
| Open · early bird (for pioneers)
|-
| Wave
| 1, WikiDeal global
|-
| Deadline
| None announced: the call remains open until a provider is selected and mandated
|-
| Indicative budget
| US$ 1,000 in direct cash + 30,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), for about 100 hours of work
|-
| How to respond
| Post on [[Market:Answer to Open Call/Funding-Ecosystem-Development#Discussion|the answer page of this call]]
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}


== What this call is about ==
This is what we need to develop: the '''WikiDeal funding ecosystem''', shown in this mockup:

'''https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/funding/'''

using '''Stripe''' and '''PayPal''' for payment.

We have a dedicated dev server running www.wikideal.net on MediaWiki. But for funding, we need a '''dashboard and other management tools with SSO''' (connected to our MediaWiki from wikideal.net) '''outside the MediaWiki instance'''.


== How this call works ==
This call works differently from the other open calls:

# '''Developers post their questions and their offer.''' On [[Market:Answer to Open Call/Funding-Ecosystem-Development|the answer page of this call]], developers ask their questions on the mockup (how it works, the database, the SSO...) and propose their service, with links to their previous results and the sums requested in cash and in Rewards.
# '''The steering committee contacts and mandates.''' The committee contacts candidates and mandates a provider to develop on the basis of the mockup, submit to test, adapt, then '''maintain the service without improvement during 1 year''' after delivery. Each improvement is paid by the hour.
# '''Priority on new mandates.''' If the person has delivered the service to satisfaction, they get priority on new mandates.


== What your offer must contain ==
We wish to get offers from software developers, with:

# '''What needs to be clarified''' before starting to develop this "funding" ecosystem, and how you would see such a development (questions and answers, such as: which database, which SSO...). After we have provided answers that are accepted by potential software development service providers, we wish to receive answers to the following questions:
# '''How much time''', estimated, to develop and maintain this "WikiDeal funding" service during 12 months after delivering?
# '''How much money would you accept to get in Rewards''' (not guaranteed, but ×10 compared to normal payment: for instance, instead of US$ 25/hour, it would be US$ 250/hour)?
# '''How much money do you request in cash''' (amount paid 20% before starting, 50% at delivery, 30% later)?


== The deal we hope for ==
Ideally, for us, we would hope to have a deal such as:
* '''US$ 10/hour in cash''', and
* '''US$ 300/hour in Rewards'''.

Total for 100 hours of work: '''US$ 1,000 paid cash in 3 parts + 30,000 Rewards''' if the project works.

For an explanation about Rewards, see [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] and the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]].


== Good to know ==
* We give preference to persons '''expert in MediaWiki''', since the /funding mockup is one of the rare developments needed outside MediaWiki.
* The payer is the '''Ynternet.org Foundation''', the Swiss non-profit foundation carrying the WikiDeal project at this stage (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]]).
* We give preference to persons able to charge '''at least 50% of their usual hourly rate in Rewards'''.
* We only give a mandate to an '''independent worker with an invoice''', not to employees.
* We can provide all necessary '''guarantees of payment''' for the cash-paid part.
* See also our [[Policies/en/Universal-Code-of-Conduct|Universal Code of Conduct]], adapted from Wikimedia.

Every offer must include a full '''AI transparency disclosure''': state which AI tools, if any, were used to prepare the offer, and how. The general rules of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] apply, in particular the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]].

Kindly,

'''[https://wikideal.net/wiki/User:Creativesoul4ever Théo Bondolfi]''' 
Founder of wikideal.net 
Chairman of [https://www.ynternet.org Ynternet.org] Foundation 
theo.bondolfi@zen3.org


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call: main page]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|Open call: URL naming and general structure]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Open call: graphic charter]]

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Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary

2026-07-25T14:31:46Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Add ExpertIntro (20-sec scientific summary), synthesis of existing content (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|this is a dictionary of all the special words WikiDeal uses, explained simply so newcomers can understand everything.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This glossary sets the definitive, official terminology of the WikiDeal model, to be used exclusively in all documents, contracts and communications; superseded terms are listed and marked as deprecated. It covers the funding vocabulary (Support, Gift, Reward, Karma tokens, WIL, cash-out, bonding curve, Need-Driven Funding, Priority 1/Priority 2), governance and community concepts (Open Call, User Group, Ring of Trust, Living Lab, Subscription, Maturity Score), and WikiDeal's structural philosophy (deprivatisation, Exit to Community, co-opetition, immutable philosophies, Wikimedia-adapted portals and categories).}}

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== Glossary ==

This glossary defines the official terminology of the WikiDeal model. Where previous terms have been superseded, the old terms are noted and marked as deprecated. '''These are the definitive terms''': all documents, contracts, and communications should use these terms exclusively.

; Support
: The act of contributing financially to WikiDeal Prototype 1. Replaces deprecated terms "contribution," "Contribution," " Ciblée," and " Libre." A funder makes a Donation to Ynternet.org Foundation and receives memberships on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]].
; Gift
: Priority 1 allocation. The portion of a funder's membership redistribution that is directed to community-benefit purposes: subsidised memberships for beneficiaries, [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]] development funds, or the WikiDeal common pool. Previously called "" or "Community Project Reward", those terms are deprecated.
; Reward
: Priority 2 allocation. The portion of a funder's membership redistribution that flows back to the funder personally. Distributed 50% in solidarity (pro-rata to all Reward holders on each membership sold) and 50% in FIFO order. Previously called "×2 ," "Personal Project Reward," or "", all deprecated.
; [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*) 💰
: The convertible form of WikiDeal Rewards. Rewards may be converted to CHF when platform revenue allows, '''without guarantee'''. A possible annual percentage increase is under study (draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]], not decided). Held in personal account (Priority 2). Tax applies at cash-out. Previously called "Cash Rewards" or "Cash Reward", those terms are deprecated. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]]
; [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] 🔗
: By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food. A barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). "Karma token" is a working name and may change; previously called "WIL token". Exchangeable for services and goods within [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]] (agreements between ≥2 User Groups). Not convertible to CHF directly. Value determined by the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market]] algorithm, supply and demand for real services. Usage coefficients range from 1 (restricted) to 10 (widely accepted). Previously called "Miles Credits" and "WikiDeal Miles", deprecated terms. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]]
; Gift (voluntary Donation)
: A ''voluntary'' Donation from a funder or participant to the WikiDeal community pool. NOT a type of Credit in the main user flow. The amount of Gifts depends on the pressure degree: less pressure = more Gifts by default. Gift Credits is dedicated to subsidized subscriptions, User Group grants, and the common pool. Previously called "Gift Credits", deprecated in main UI. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]] and FAQ for full explanation.
; Ring / Ring of Trust
: An agreement between at least 2 User Groups that enables Karma token interoperability. Each Ring defines usage coefficients for complementary currency exchange. A User Group may participate in multiple Rings simultaneously.
; Programme
: A combination of ''multiple marketplaces'' enabling a global experience: e.g., housing + activities + training. Programmes are the operational backbone of WikiDeal. Each programme has defined steps, validation criteria, and Credit rewards. WikiDeal has '''12 programmes'''. A single marketplace (babysitting, pet-sitting) is NOT a programme, it is a service used within one or more programmes. See [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|All 12 Programmes →]]
; Karma Token Market
: Programme #12. The algorithmic mechanism for valuing Karma tokens based on supply and demand within the WikiDeal ecosystem. Uses a double indicator: value of service × availability/frequency. Non-speculative, all data is public and community-auditable. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market →]]
; Need-Driven Funding
: The automatic algorithm that adjusts the maximum permitted Reward percentage based on the platform's financial health. When funds are insufficient to cover incompressible costs, the ceiling rises (up to 100% Personal). When funds are sufficient, the ceiling falls, directing more to Gift. '''Current official term.''' Previously known as "Boost", that terminology is deprecated. Invented by the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|credits]]).
; Subscription
: The foundational unit of WikiDeal participation. CHF 10 face value. Grants one vote in governance. Can be purchased directly, accumulated through platform activity, or received as a Donation. Required for Transactions and governance participation.
; Bonding Curve
: The fixed mathematical formula governing membership acquisition prices for Prototype 1 funders. Starts at ×100 discount (CHF 0.10 per membership), ends at ×30 (CHF 0.33 per membership) when CHF 1M is raised. The multiplier applied at the moment of a contribution is final for that contribution; for future contributions, parameters can evolve prospectively through Open Calls.
; Priority 1
: The designation for Gift allocation. Funds distributed at Priority 1 are processed before Reward funds. Funders who allocate entirely to Priority 1 effectively make a Donation to the community with no personal financial return.
; Priority 2
: The designation for Reward allocation. Funds distributed at Priority 2 flow back to the individual funder. The distribution follows the 50/50 solidarity/FIFO formula.
; Membership income
: Revenue generated when users purchase Credits. Replaces deprecated term "memberships active." The asterisk notation (*partly or fully sold memberships) acknowledges that some memberships are sold in fractions accumulated over time, others in single Transactions.
; [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]]
: WikiDeal's continuous invitation for community proposals to improve or partially substitute elements of the current model. Evaluated seasonally. Previously called "Concours de projets" (deprecated). Proposals fall into two types: Improvement (enhance Prototype 1) or Substitution (replace elements). "Divergence/fork" proposals are out of scope.
; Living Lab
: A research environment combining observation, synthesis, and pilot experimentation. Replaces "Open Observatory." The anchor Living Lab is Ecopol, member of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). Living Labs produce reports, blog content, and pilot proposals for the Open Call.
; User Group
: A community of WikiDeal members organised around a specific service category or geographic region. User Groups operate with local autonomy within WikiDeal's core principles. They set Commission rates, manage arbitration, and can launch their own bonding curve funding rounds.
; social entrepreneurship
: WikiDeal's economic philosophy: thousands of micro-s transacting on Infrastructure they collectively own, with Commissions at cost, surplus returned to community, and governance based on one-user-one-vote. Contrasted with macrocapitalism (value extraction by distant shareholders).
; Deprivatisation
: The process of progressively transferring platform ownership, value, and control from private hands to the user community. Distinct from nationalisation and traditional mutualism. WikiDeal's long-term goal is 100% community ownership with zero private shareholders.
; Exit to Community (E2C)
: A transition model for organisations moving from founder/contributor control to community ownership. WikiDeal is designed as an E2C programme from inception, with progressive governance transfer built into its founding architecture.
; Early Funders
: Contributors who backed WikiDeal before Prototype 1 launched, including founding team members and historical ambassadors. They receive 50 million memberships (separate from the bonding curve) and participate in 10% of each user membership purchase. Individual identities are kept confidential; aggregate figures are public.
; Immutable Philosophies
: Core values of WikiDeal that do not change regardless of Open Call outcomes: the membership system, community governance, transparency, and at-cost Commissions. NOTE: The term "Immutable Rules" is deprecated and must not be used, rules can change. Only philosophies are described as immutable.
; WIL (WikiDeal License)
: WikiDeal License ("license to use"): the fundamental unit of WikiDeal participation, the unit of the monthly and annual subscriptions. Users buy user licenses. '''1 WIL = 1 month of platform usage = CHF 1 nominal value.''' Rewards (no guarantee*) 💰 can be cashed out and are funded by the WIL user licenses paid by the users; in parallel, '''[[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]]''' 🔗 create a citizen participation with an exchange network. A possible annual percentage increase is under study (draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]], not decided). It is not a financial security. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]]
; Rewards (cash-out)
: The convertible WikiDeal Credit. Rewards can be redeemed for CHF when users pay their WikiDeal Membership subscription: they are funded by the WIL user licenses paid by the users. Tax applies at the point of cash-out. Rewards is Priority 2 allocation. Previously called "Cash Reward" or "Personal Reward", those terms are deprecated.
; Cash-out
: When platform conditions allow (sufficient subscription revenue), you can request conversion to CHF. Cash-out occurs in tranches of CHF 100, at the pace of user subscriptions.
; Gift Credits
: The Donation form of WikiDeal Credits. Gift Credits cannot be cashed out. It is allocated to community-benefit purposes: subsidized subscriptions for low-income users, User Group development grants, and the WikiDeal common pool. Gift Credits is Priority 1 allocation.
; Karma tokens (previously WIL tokens, WikiDeal Miles)
: The complementary barter-style unit of the WikiDeal ecosystem. Usable within Rings of Trust (agreements between ≥2 User Groups). Exchange coefficients range from 1 (restricted) to 10 (widely accepted). Karma tokens enable time banking, resource sharing (housing, transport, food), and inter-community exchange without conversion to CHF.
; Annual Value Increase
: A possible annual percentage increase on rewards, under study through a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]] (not yet launched). No percentage is decided.
; Funder
: To "back" WikiDeal is to contribute financially to Prototype 1 via the bonding curve, receiving WikiDeal Rewards in return. A "funder" (soutien) is a person who has done so. Funding is distinct from "supporting" (general goodwill) and from "investing" (seeking a financial return, which WikiDeal does not offer). A funder simultaneously makes a contribution, receives conditional Rewards, and joins the governance community.
; Ring of Trust
: A formal agreement between at least 2 WikiDeal User Groups enabling Karma tokens interoperability. Each Ring defines the usage coefficients for complementary currency exchange within its member groups. Rings are the foundation of the Karma token ecosystem. A User Group may participate in multiple Rings simultaneously.
; Maturity Score
: A composite indicator (1–5 stars) measuring the health and readiness of each WikiDeal marketplace portal. Based on 7 indicators: number of users, dissatisfaction rate, improvement proposals appreciated, urgency (bugs), deployment degree, tool interconnection, and usage decline prevention. Higher maturity = fewer Open Call resources needed. Reviewed quarterly by the Living Lab.
; Open Call
: WikiDeal's seasonal invitation for community proposals to improve or partially substitute elements of the current model. Evaluated on March 21, June 21, September 21, and December 21 each year. Prize pool: CHF 10,000 cash + 1,000,000 WikiDeal Rewards. Open Call allocation is adjusted based on each use case's Maturity Score. See also: Open Calls & Maturity.
; Boost
: '''Deprecated term.''' Former name for the '''Need-Driven Funding''' mechanism. Do not use in current documents, the official term is "Need-Driven Funding". See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Need-Driven-Funding|Need-Driven Funding →]]
; Deprivatization
: The process of markets being reclaimed by users as commons: analogous to what Wikipedia did for encyclopedic knowledge. WikiDeal's mission is to deprivatize extractive digital markets (babysitting, transport, housing, fundraising) by replacing platform capitalism with community governance and at-cost Commissions. Inspired by Wikimedia Foundation's approach to knowledge.
; Co-opetition
: The WikiDeal model where User Groups simultaneously compete (for users, quality, Commission rates) and cooperate (sharing protocols, Infrastructure, Rings of Trust). Transparent co-opetition stimulates improvement without destructive rivalry. Inspired by Wikimedia's chapter model and cooperative movement principles.
; Portal (Wikimedia-adapted)
: A WikiDeal marketplace dedicated to a specific service category (babysitting, taxi cooperative, microcredit, etc.). Analogous to a Wikimedia portal (a curated entry point to a topic area). Each portal has its own User Group, governance rules, Commission structure, and Maturity Score.
; Category (Wikimedia-adapted)
: A classification system for WikiDeal pages and portals, inspired by Wikipedia's category system. Categories group related pages: e.g., Category:Marketplace portals, Category:Contracts, Category:Governance. Categories enable navigation and discovery across the WikiDeal knowledge base.

'''See also:''' 25 Innovations Open Calls & Maturity
[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Need-Driven-Funding

2026-07-25T14:31:45Z

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{{KidsIntro|The Need-Driven Funding is a fair rule that decides how the monthly money is split. It makes sure the platform always keeps enough to run, then shares the rest between rewards and the community.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Need-Driven Funding (formerly "Boost", "Balanced Boost" or "Funding Stabilizer", deprecated names) is WikiDeal's core financial formula: it divides monthly subscription revenue between Rewards for early supporters and Karma tokens for the ecosystem, according to the platform's financial health. A minimum operational budget of CHF 25,000 per month is always covered first; below that threshold, all available funds go to operations and core rewards, while above it the ecosystem share grows with revenue. The mechanism protects early supporters, the ecosystem and operations at the same time, and removes any benefit from stagnation.}}

''Formerly known as Boost, Balanced Boost or Funding Stabilizer: those names are deprecated.''

= Need-Driven Funding: The Subscription Distribution Formula =

The '''Need-Driven Funding''' mechanism is WikiDeal's core financial formula. It determines how subscription revenue is divided between '''Rewards''' (paid to early supporters) and '''Karma tokens''' (contributed to the ecosystem) based on WikiDeal's financial health at any moment.

== The Core Principle ==

WikiDeal must maintain a minimum operational budget of CHF 25,000 per month to cover:

* Project management and coordination
* Governance and voting infrastructure
* Annual community events and sessions
* Administrative overhead

The Need-Driven Funding formula automatically adjusts the '''cash-to-Karma-token ratio''' to ensure this minimum is always met, while maximizing the flow of value back to the community.

== The Formula ==

'''Need-Driven Funding Distribution:'''

IF Monthly Subscription Revenue ≥ CHF 25,000:
 • Rewards: Variable (remaining after minimum)
 • Karma tokens: Balance (prioritized)

IF Monthly Subscription Revenue < CHF 25,000:
 • Rewards: Priority (to meet minimum)
 • Karma tokens: Remainder only

== How It Works: Two Scenarios ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Scenario
! Monthly Subscription Revenue
! Cash to Early Supporters
! Karma tokens to Ecosystem
! Decision
|-
| '''Growing (Healthy)'''
| CHF 100,000+
| ~25% (CHF 25,000)
| ~75% (CHF 75,000+)
| Generous reward ratio; ecosystem gets most
|-
| '''Bootstrapping (Lean)'''
| CHF 25,000–50,000
| ~50% (CHF 12,500–25,000)
| ~50% (CHF 12,500–25,000)
| Balanced; operational needs met
|-
| '''Critical (Survival)'''
| <CHF 25,000
| ~100% (all available)
| 0% (deferred)
| All funds to minimum operational budget
|}

== Why "Balanced"? ==

The formula is called "Balanced" because it:

* '''Protects early supporters:''' They receive a minimum redistribution if subscription revenue meets targets
* '''Protects the ecosystem:''' As revenue grows, Karma tokens flow increases exponentially, not linearly
* '''Protects operations:''' The CHF 25,000/month minimum ensures governance and events never suffer
* '''Creates incentives:''' Growing user adoption benefits everyone—no one benefits from stagnation

== Examples ==

==== Example 1: Early Growth (10K Users) ====

'''Monthly subscription revenue:''' CHF 100,000 (10,000 users × CHF 10/year ÷ 12)

'''Distribution:'''

* Operational minimum: CHF 25,000
* Rewards (25%): CHF 25,000
* Karma tokens (remaining): CHF 50,000

''Early supporters receive their share; ecosystem gets most.''

==== Example 2: Bootstrapping (2K Users) ====

'''Monthly subscription revenue:''' CHF 16,667 (2,000 users × CHF 10/year ÷ 12)

'''Distribution:'''

* Operational minimum: CHF 16,667 (all available)
* Rewards: CHF 8,334 (50% of total)
* Karma tokens: CHF 8,334 (50% of total, still contributes)

''No surplus; everything goes to operations and core rewards.''

==== Example 3: Momentum (50K Users) ====

'''Monthly subscription revenue:''' CHF 416,667 (50,000 users × CHF 10/year ÷ 12)

'''Distribution:'''

* Operational minimum: CHF 25,000
* Rewards (25%): CHF 104,167
* Karma tokens (remaining): CHF 287,500

''Explosive ecosystem growth; early supporters well-rewarded; operations fully funded.''

== The CHF 25,000/Month Minimum ==

This budget covers:

Project Coordination (50%)

CHF 12,500/month

Leadership, planning, stakeholder engagement

Governance & Events (30%)

CHF 7,500/month

Voting infrastructure, annual conference, monthly sessions

Administration & Operations (20%)

CHF 5,000/month

Legal, accounting, facilities, misc.

'''This is not fixed forever.''' As WikiDeal scales, operational costs may increase (more events, larger team, etc.). The formula will adjust accordingly, but the principle remains: operational health comes first, ecosystem growth second.

== Karma tokens vs. Cash: The Trade-Off ==

In early, bootstrapping phases, there's an important trade-off:

'''⚠️ When revenue is tight:''' More cash goes to operations, fewer Karma tokens flow to the community. This is intentional. It's better to have a stable, well-run ecosystem with slower Karma tokens growth than an underfunded one that collapses.

However, as WikiDeal grows, '''Karma tokens accelerate exponentially''' because the operational minimum becomes a tiny fraction of total revenue.

== Transparency & Auditing ==

WikiDeal commits to monthly public reporting of:

* Total subscription revenue
* Cash and Karma token distributions (absolute and percentage)
* Operational spending against the CHF 25,000 budget
* Cumulative totals toward the CHF 500M break-even target

Early adopters will have real-time visibility into how their subscription money flows through the system.

== The Long-Term Vision ==

Need-Driven Funding is designed to be '''self-liquidating.''' As subscription revenue grows and early supporters' initial contribution is repaid (via the 25% allocation in the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscriptions|four-lot model]]), their need for rewards diminishes. Eventually, nearly 100% of subscription revenue can flow to ecosystem Karma tokens and community projects.

This creates a natural evolution:

* '''Years 1–3:''' Balanced (cash ↔ Karma tokens)
* '''Years 3–5:''' Karma-token-heavy (70–80% Karma tokens)
* '''Years 5+:''' Ecosystem-first (90%+ Karma tokens)

WikiDeal transforms from a startup (needing to repay founders) to a commons (where value flows to participants).
[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market

2026-07-25T14:31:45Z

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{{KidsIntro|This page is about a place to trade the Karma tokens you earn.}}
{{ExpertIntro|The Karma Token Market is WikiDeal's programme (#12) for the algorithmic, non-speculative valuation of Karma tokens. Value follows a double indicator, the value of the service and its availability/frequency, and moves linearly with real supply and demand within the ecosystem: many providers and few users lower the value, scarcity raises it. The algorithm is public, community-auditable, logged in the public ledger, and cannot be manipulated by any single provider or User Group. It creates natural incentives for quality and volunteering, and is connected to the Need-Driven Funding mechanism through the Karma token pressure accumulated in User Group pools.}}

= Karma Token Market — Algorithmic Valuation of Karma tokens =
{| class="wikitable infobox"
|-
| class="infobox-title" colspan="2"| Karma Token Market
|-
| Programme
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Programmes|#12 — Market]]
|-
| Currency
| Karma tokens 🔗
|-
| Maturity
| ⭐☆☆☆☆ (concept)
|-
| Valuation
| Algorithmic, supply/demand
|-
| Speculation?
| ❌ Non-speculative
|-
| Transparency
| ✅ Full, public
|-
| See also
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]]
|-
| See also
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Shared-Resources|Shared Resources]]
|}

The '''Karma Token Market''' is WikiDeal's programme for the algorithmic valuation of '''Karma tokens 🔗'''. Unlike speculative markets, the Karma Token Market is based entirely on real supply and demand within the WikiDeal ecosystem — transparent, at-cost, and stimulating without being speculative.

== What is a Karma token Worth? ==
A Karma token has no fixed exchange rate. Its value is determined by a '''double indicator''':

# '''Value of the service or good''' — what the service is actually worth in the real economy
# '''Availability and frequency''' — how often the service is available on the platform

Karma token Value = f(Service Quality × Availability)

Low availability × Low frequency → Lower Karma token value
High demand × Scarce supply → Higher Karma token value
Many providers × Few users → Karma token value drops linearly

=== The Double Indicator in Practice ===
==== Example 1 — Low availability apartment 🏠 ====
An apartment is available only Tuesday–Thursday, 2× per month. Very low availability → low Karma token value. The provider gets few users, and the Karma tokens they earn have less market weight. They should consider extending availability to increase Karma token value.

==== Example 2 — Many massage therapists 💆 ====
If 50 massage therapists are listed and only 10 users request massages per month, the Karma token market is flooded. Karma token value for massage drops linearly. Providers are incentivized to volunteer more (increasing their profile) or specialize to differentiate.

==== Example 3 — Few apartments, many seekers 🏘️ ====
If housing is scarce but demand is high, apartment providers earn more Karma tokens per Transaction. The algorithm rewards scarcity of supply appropriately — but always within transparent, community-auditable rules.

== The Market Algorithm ==
The Karma Token Market runs on supply and demand — but unlike a financial market, all data is transparent and auditable by the community:

* '''Too many providers + few users''' → Karma token value drops linearly (linear depreciation, not cliff-crash)
* '''Few providers + many users''' → Karma token value rises proportionally
* '''Equilibrium''' → Stable Karma token value at 1:1 with the reference service basket

The algorithm is public, community-validated, and cannot be manipulated by any single provider or [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]]. All valuations are logged in the WikiDeal public ledger.

== The Contract Principle ==
"The more clients I have, the more I can charge in Karma tokens.
The fewer clients I have, the more I volunteer — and build my reputation."

This principle means that the Karma Token Market creates natural incentives for both quality and community participation:

* Providers with high demand earn more Karma tokens and can charge more per Transaction
* Providers with low demand are incentivized to volunteer (earn reputation + Karma tokens) rather than sit idle
* Users benefit from competitive pricing when supply is high
* The community benefits from increased volunteering when supply exceeds demand

== Connection to the Need-Driven Funding mechanism ==
The Karma Token Market is directly connected to the '''[[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding mechanism]]'''. When Karma tokens accumulate in User Group pools:

* First: Karma token pressure increases → more volunteering incentivized → service quality up
* Then: [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*) 💰 increases → as services multiply, revenue grows → Cash becomes available
* The Karma Token Market thus acts as a '''natural regulator''' between community activity and financial redistribution

''→ See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] for the Need-Driven Funding mechanism and [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] details.''

== Connection to Shared Resources ==
The [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Shared-Resources|Shared Resources programme]] is the primary consumer of Karma tokens. When housing, transport, food, and tools are shared within a [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Rings-of-Trust|Ring of Trust]], the Karma Token Market determines fair exchange rates for these assets. A shared apartment earns more Karma tokens than a shared bicycle — because its value and scarcity justify it.

== Why Not Speculative? ==
The Karma Token Market differs from crypto or financial markets because:

* All data is public — every Transaction, every valuation, every provider's availability
* No hoarding incentive — Karma tokens are designed to be ''used'', not held
* Community governance — User Groups vote on market rules, not algorithms controlled by a private company
* At-cost principle — WikiDeal takes no Commission on Karma token exchanges beyond the standard platform fee
* Real services — every Karma token represents an actual service offered by a real person

''"Stimulating but not speculative at all — because everything is transparent."''

* Rewards are subject to platform revenue availability. No financial return is guaranteed. See Terms & Conditions.

''→ See also: [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] | [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Programmes|All 12 Programmes]] | [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Shared-Resources|Shared Resources]] | Innovations''

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens

2026-07-25T14:31:44Z

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{{KidsIntro|Karma tokens are like points you collect on the platform. You earn them by taking part, and you can use them later for rewards or services, a bit like airline miles.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Karma tokens are the non-convertible type of WikiDeal Credit: a barter-style unit exchangeable for services and goods (housing, transport, food, tutoring) within Rings of Trust, earned through funding contributions, volunteering or programme participation. Their value is set algorithmically by the Karma Token Market based on real supply and demand, with usage coefficients from 1 to 10 per Ring; they cannot be self-generated, except a small welcome amount for new members. "Karma token" is a working name (previously "WIL token", and before that "Miles Credits"), subject to a naming open call; they are not a currency in the legal sense and are not convertible to CHF.}}

Wiki Core · Concept

== Karma Tokens ==

By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food. Karma tokens are a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). "Karma token" is a working name and may change; the token was previously called "WIL token" and, before that, "Miles Credits". Finding a durable name is the subject of a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming|open call]].

Karma Tokens at a Glance

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Symbol
| 🔗
|-
| Convertible to CHF
| No
|-
| Usable for
| Services in ecosystem
|-
| Earned via
| Funding, contribution
|-
| Value driver
| Supply & demand
|-
| Usage scope
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]]
|-
| Coefficient
| 1–10
|-
| See also
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market]]
|-
| See also
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]]
|}

Karma tokens are a type of WikiDeal Credit exchangeable for services and goods within the WikiDeal ecosystem — specifically within [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]]. Unlike [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]], Karma tokens are not convertible to CHF. Instead, they enable a functional complementary economy where housing, transport, food, tutoring, and many other services can be accessed directly.

Karma tokens are the currency of the WikiDeal community economy — not speculative, not financial, but immediately useful.

=== What Are Karma tokens? ===

Karma tokens represent access to services. When you earn Karma tokens — through funding WikiDeal, contributing to a programme, or participating in community activities — you can spend them on services offered by other WikiDeal members within Rings of Trust.

=== How Karma tokens Work ===

# '''Earning''' — Karma tokens are earned through funding contributions (as P1 reward), volunteering, programme participation, or as a small welcome amount.
# '''Spending''' — Karma tokens can be exchanged for services offered within Rings of Trust (agreements between ≥2 [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]]).
# '''Value determination''' — The [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market]] algorithm sets Karma token value based on supply and demand within each Ring. More service providers → lower Karma token value per service. Fewer providers → higher value.
# '''Usage coefficients''' — Each Ring applies a usage coefficient from 1 (restricted access) to 10 (widely accepted across many Rings). Higher coefficient = more versatile Karma tokens.

=== The Double Indicator ===

Karma tokens carry a double indicator that reflects two dimensions of value:

* '''Value of service''' — What the Karma tokens can be exchanged for (what service, what quality)
* '''Availability / frequency''' — How often that service is available and how many providers offer it

A Karma token for rare services in a small Ring is worth more per unit than Karma tokens in a saturated Ring with many providers offering the same service.

=== Supply and Demand Dynamics ===

Karma tokens follow community supply and demand:

* More service providers → more Karma tokens in circulation → lower Karma token value per service
* Fewer providers → Karma tokens become more valuable per unit
* High-demand services → Karma token value rises for those services

This is not speculation — it is a transparent reflection of real economic activity within the community.

=== No Self-Generation ===

Karma tokens cannot be self-generated by a User Group or individual. The only exception is a small welcome amount granted to new members to facilitate their first interactions in the ecosystem. This prevents inflation and ensures Karma tokens remain tied to real contribution or funding.

=== Needs Addressed ===

Karma tokens address the need for a functional internal economy within WikiDeal — one that does not depend on CHF, does not create financial risk, and enables community members to exchange value directly. This is the "complementary currency" dimension of WikiDeal: not a substitute for money, but a supplement that enables cooperation.

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards Explained]] [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market]] [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]] [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|12 Programmes]] [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding]]

💡 '''Improve this concept''' — submit a proposal via [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]]
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Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity

2026-07-25T14:31:43Z

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{{KidsIntro|This page shows how ready and healthy each User Group and its marketplaces are.}}
{{ExpertIntro|The Maturity Score is a composite indicator (1–5 stars) measuring the health and readiness of each User Group and its marketplaces (a User Group has at least one marketplace, possibly several). It averages 7 sub-scores: active users, dissatisfaction reports, appreciated improvement proposals, critical bugs, degree of deployment, interconnection with other tools, and usage trajectory. Scores are reviewed quarterly by the Living Lab, displayed publicly in each marketplace portal infobox, and guide resource allocation: low-maturity User Groups receive maximum support, mature ones become self-sustaining. In Open Calls, the score can also inform the release of a second tranche of a reward, for example by checking real deployment one year later.}}

== User Group Maturity Assessment ==
Maturity Score at a Glance

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Applies to
| User Groups and their marketplaces
|-
| Indicators
| 7 dimensions
|-
| Scale
| 1–5 stars (⭐ to ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
|-
| Review cycle
| Quarterly (seasonal)
|-
| Effect
| Guides resource allocation
|-
| Display
| Infobox of each marketplace portal
|-
| Governance
| Living Lab + Community
|}

The '''Maturity Score''' is a composite indicator measuring the health and readiness of each WikiDeal '''[[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]]''' and its marketplaces. A User Group has at least one marketplace, and may have several. The score determines how many resources — development attention, community contribution, support — should be directed toward a given User Group. A high-maturity User Group needs less external support; a low-maturity one needs more.

=== What is the Maturity Score? ===
Each WikiDeal User Group and its marketplaces (babysitting, taxi cooperative, microcredit, etc.) evolve through phases of development. In early stages, the model needs refinement, users need onboarding, bugs need fixing, and governance rules need testing. In mature stages, the community largely self-governs, complaints are low, and the User Group has proven its viability.

The Maturity Score provides a standardized, publicly visible measure of where each User Group sits on this spectrum. It is not a ranking of which User Groups are "better" — it is a resource allocation tool.

=== The 7 Indicators ===
Each indicator generates a sub-score from 1 to 5. The composite maturity note is the weighted average of all seven.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Indicator
! Description
! Low Score (1)
! High Score (5)
|-
| '''M1'''
| Number of Active Users
| Monthly active users in the past 90 days
| <10 users
| >500 users
|-
| '''M2'''
| Dissatisfaction Reports
| Rate of negative feedback, unresolved complaints, arbitration requests
| >15% dissatisfied
| <2% dissatisfied
|-
| '''M3'''
| Improvement Proposals Appreciated
| Number of community proposals received and positively evaluated by users
| 0–1 proposals/quarter
| 5+ well-rated proposals
|-
| '''M4'''
| Degree of Urgency (Bugs)
| Outstanding critical bugs or blocking issues in the current deployment
| >5 critical bugs
| 0 critical bugs
|-
| '''M5'''
| Degree of Deployment
| How widely deployed: single city vs. multiple regions vs. cross-border
| Concept only
| Multi-country deployment
|-
| '''M6'''
| Interconnection with Other Tools
| Integration with [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Rings-of-Trust|Rings of Trust]], Wikidata, shared contracts, other portals
| Isolated silo
| Full Ring participation
|-
| '''M7'''
| Usage Decline Prevention
| Trajectory: growing, stable, or declining user base and Transaction volume
| Declining (>20%/quarter)
| Growing (>10%/quarter)
|}

=== Composite Score Calculation ===
The composite maturity note is calculated as the simple average of the 7 indicator sub-scores, rounded to the nearest half-star:

Maturity = (M1 + M2 + M3 + M4 + M5 + M6 + M7) / 7

Result displayed as ⭐ (1.0–1.9) to ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5–5.0)

The Living Lab team reviews scores quarterly. Community members can challenge scores by submitting documented counter-evidence through the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] process. Final scores are published in each marketplace portal's infobox and in the quarterly Participatory Observatory report.

=== Resource Allocation Based on Maturity ===
The maturity score directly influences how community resources and support are allocated each quarter:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Maturity Level
! Stars
! Support Priority
! Support Level
! Rationale
|- style="background:#fff0f0"
| '''Early Stage'''
| ⭐☆☆☆☆
| Very High
| Maximum support
| The User Group needs maximum community contribution to survive and grow
|- style="background:#fff8f0"
| '''Developing'''
| ⭐⭐☆☆☆
| High
| High support
| Key improvements needed; active contributor incentivization required
|- style="background:#f8fff0"
| '''Consolidating'''
| ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
| Medium
| Standard support
| Stable but still benefits from focused improvement proposals
|- style="background:#f0fff4"
| '''Mature'''
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
| Low
| Reduced support
| Self-sustaining; community handles most improvements organically
|- style="background:#e8ffe8"
| '''Exemplary'''
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
| Very Low
| Maintenance only
| Model case — resources redirected to newer, lower-maturity User Groups
|}

This mechanism prevents the "winner's curse" where already-successful User Groups absorb disproportionate community contribution. Resources flow toward what needs them most.

=== Use in Open Calls: Second-Tranche Distribution ===
The Maturity Score can also be used as a criterion in [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]], for one specific purpose: the distribution of a '''second tranche''' of a reward. When part of the money of an attributed reward is retained, the maturity of the concerned User Group — for example, whether real deployment has taken place one year later — can serve as an indicator to decide the release of that second tranche. See the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]] for details.

=== Display in Marketplace Portal Infoboxes ===
Every marketplace portal infobox displays the current maturity score as a star rating, alongside the review date and a link to the full scoring breakdown. Example:

'''Maturity:''' ⭐⭐☆☆☆ | ''Developing'' | Reviewed: Apr 2026 | [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|Methodology]]

Stars are purely illustrative in the current mockup phase. Real scores will be calculated by the Living Lab based on actual deployment data.

=== Evolution Over Time ===
As WikiDeal matures, the scoring system itself will evolve. The 7 indicators were defined in Prototype 1; they may be revised through Open Calls. A User Group may also "regress" in maturity if a major disruption occurs (new competitor, legal change, community conflict) — the score reflects current reality, not historical achievement.

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]] [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs|Living Labs]]

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ

2026-07-25T13:59:20Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Maturity criterion answer: point to User Group Maturity page as second-tranche indicator (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|Before joining a game, you want to know the rules: who can play, who decides who wins, and how prizes are given. This page collects all those questions about WikiDeal open calls. Proposed answers are now published for each question; they are waiting for review and comments before becoming official.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This FAQ gathers the detailed rules and procedures of the WikiDeal open calls, as a complement to the summary published on the Open Call page. It follows the Open Call Model 1, intended for Prototype 1. The questions cover participation, submission, evaluation, decisions, payments, rights and licensing, and governance. Each question now has a proposed answer, written in careful language; the answers are pending review and comments and are not yet official.}}

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= Open Call FAQ: how are open calls managed =

''Status: '''proposed answers, pending review, not yet official.''' Every answer below is a proposal, written in careful language, and awaits validation by the project team. Nothing on this page creates any right, promise or guarantee.''

These questions and answers aim at being '''generic''': they would apply to open calls on any topic (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|list of open calls]]). They complement the summary published on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call page]] and follow the Open Call Model 1, intended for Prototype 1.


== Participating ==

'''Do I need an account to participate? If yes, which one, and how do I create it?'''

Proposed answer: yes, a standard account on wikideal.net would be the entry point. No email exchange is needed: you would log in and post your ideas and links in the Discussion tab of the call page. Creating the account is free and takes a minute. If account creation fails for any reason, the contact address info@wikideal.net can be used to ask for help.

'''Who can participate? Is it reserved for Wiki experts (experienced users of Wikipedia and other key wikis, for example WikiHow and Uncyclopedia), or open to anyone, anywhere in the world? Does it cost anything?'''

Proposed answer: no, open calls are intended to be open to anyone, anywhere in the world, with no participation fee. The first wave of calls (the early bird calls) is especially publicised among Wiki experts because the programme is informally launched during Wikimania 2026, celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia, but it is not reserved for them. Established funding programmes such as the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund Wikimedia Community Fund] follow a similar spirit of broad, low barrier participation, and WikiDeal draws inspiration from that practice without copying its rules.

'''Can I participate as a team or only as an individual?'''

Proposed answer: both. A single person or a constituted group could submit. A group would name one contact person for communication and, if money is attributed, for the payment; how the group shares an attributed sum internally would be the group's own responsibility. This mirrors the individual versus consortium distinction found in European programmes, in a much lighter form: no consortium agreement or heavy paperwork is intended for these micro calls.

'''Is there an age requirement? Can minors participate?'''

Proposed answer, under discussion: ideas would be welcome from anyone, including young people. However, paying money to a minor raises legal questions that differ by country, so any payment to a minor would require the consent of a legal guardian and would be examined case by case. Options without cash, such as Karma tokens only or participation without remuneration, could make participation simpler for minors. This point is not yet decided.

'''Can I participate anonymously or under a pseudonym?'''

Proposed answer: contributing ideas under a wiki pseudonym would be possible, as on most wikis. Receiving a cash payment, however, would require a verified identity and a bank account (IBAN), for legal and accounting reasons. A pseudonymous contributor could therefore choose Karma tokens only, or participate without remuneration, and keep the pseudonym. Details are under discussion.

'''Can I participate without receiving any money?'''

Proposed answer: yes. Three options are proposed: full participation with cash and Rewards (no guarantee), participation with Karma tokens only and no cash, and participation without any remuneration at all. Contributors would state their preference; many people contribute to free knowledge projects without payment, and that choice would be fully respected here.

'''Can I both submit my own ideas and give my opinion on the contributions of others?'''

Proposed answer: yes, and it is encouraged. The construction is intended to be participatory and open: everyone sees the ideas of everyone else, and commenting on, improving or supporting the proposals of others is itself considered a valuable contribution that the committee could take into account when attributing rewards.

'''Can the same person hold several roles, for example contributor and evaluator?'''

Proposed answer: the system is intentionally porous and organic. On one side there would be a steering committee whose membership evolves over time; on the other side, contributors who can play several roles. The proposed limit is simple: not several roles for the same person within the same call. Someone evaluating a given call would not compete in it. But no exclusion would be definitive: a contributor could later join the committee, and committee members could contribute to other calls. Situations would be examined case by case.

'''Do I have to write in English, or can I submit in another language?'''

Proposed answer: English is the working language of the wiki, so proposals in English are easiest to evaluate. Submissions in other languages could be accepted, ideally with a short English summary; automatic translation tools make this workable. The exact practice is under discussion and would be clarified call by call.


== Submitting a proposal ==

'''How exactly do I submit a proposal? Where do I post it, and in what format?'''

Proposed answer: you would go to the Discussion tab of the call page and post your proposal there, as text with any useful links. You can then raise a Request for Feedback (RFF) to draw attention to your proposal and gather community reactions. No file upload, form or email is required for the first wave.

'''Is there a template or a required structure for proposals?'''

Proposed answer: no heavy template for the first wave. A good proposal would state, in free form: what is proposed, why it is useful, where the idea comes from (see the question on references below), and the mandatory AI transparency disclosure if AI tools were used. An incomplete proposal would not be thrown away: the committee could ask for completion, or consider the part that is usable. As the programme advances, calls are intended to become more detailed, precise and documented, and lightweight templates could appear.

'''Do I have to say where my idea comes from? Are references mandatory?'''

Proposed answer: yes, this is one of the most important rules. Every contributor is asked to state whether an idea is their own or comes from elsewhere, and to document their sources: links, authors, prior projects, publications. Honest referencing protects everyone, allows fair attribution, and is part of the culture of free knowledge. Undocumented borrowing presented as original work could lead to the loss of any reward.

'''Can I submit several proposals, to the same call or to several calls at once?'''

Proposed answer: yes. Several proposals to the same call, and participation in several calls in parallel, would both be allowed. Quality matters more than quantity: a flood of thin proposals would not help, and the evaluation would look at usefulness, not volume.

'''Can I edit my proposal after posting it? Can I build on someone else's proposal, and how would the reward be shared?'''

Proposed answer: yes to both. Proposals live on a wiki, so they can be improved until the evaluation of the relevant cycle; the page history keeps track of who added what and when. Building on the proposals of others is explicitly welcome, since the construction is open by design. When several people shape one result, the committee would weigh each direct input. The first contributor of a key idea could sometimes receive more, in recognition of the direct initial input, while those who refined, tested or completed it would share the rest. There is no fixed formula: attribution would be explained case by case.

'''Do I have to disclose the use of AI tools?'''

Proposed answer: yes, AI transparency disclosure is mandatory. A proposal would state which AI tools were used and for what (drafting, translation, images, code and so on). Using AI is not penalised in itself; hiding its use is the problem. The disclosure would be a short note attached to the proposal.


== Evaluation and decisions ==

'''Who decides which proposals are selected?'''

Proposed answer: a steering committee, informed by public discussion and, where relevant, a public vote. The committee's membership is intended to evolve over time rather than being fixed. During the first period the sums involved are small, so the stakes are deliberately low; decision procedures would become more formal progressively, as amounts and participation grow.

'''When are decisions made? Is there a fixed calendar for each call?'''

Proposed answer: it depends on the call. Some calls have a fixed deadline and a competitive selection; others stay open until a first simple version of the expected result has been adopted. In all cases, attribution is intended to happen progressively, as good contributions arrive, rather than in one single verdict, and each attribution would come with an explanation. Evaluation cycles would be periodic; their exact rhythm is not yet defined.

'''What are the evaluation criteria?'''

Proposed answer: the criteria aim at staying close to what established research and innovation programmes use, in a lighter form. Three generic families are proposed:

1. '''Relevance and quality of the idea''': does it answer the question of the call, is it sound, is it well referenced? (Comparable to the "excellence" criterion of [https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en Horizon Europe] and the "relevance" criterion of Erasmus+ [https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-2/cooperation-partnerships Cooperation Partnerships], the actions formerly known as Strategic Partnerships.)

2. '''Expected impact and usefulness''': what would the idea change for WikiDeal and its future users, and does it stimulate other contributions? (Comparable to the "impact" criterion used by both programmes.)

3. '''Feasibility and maturity''': can it realistically be implemented, and does it last over time? (Comparable to "quality and efficiency of the implementation" in Horizon Europe, detailed in the [https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2023-2024/wp-13-general-annexes_horizon-2023-2024_en.pdf Horizon Europe general annexes].)

WikiDeal draws inspiration from these frameworks without copying their rules: no consortium, no formal scoring grid for the micro calls of the first wave, but the same underlying logic of relevance, impact and feasibility, applied with common sense by the committee and the community.

'''Is there always a single winner? Can several people be rewarded, or nobody at all?'''

Proposed answer: most calls are not a cold competition where one person wins and the others lose. The goal is to have several rewarded contributors, because they helped each other: authors of complementary ideas, careful commenters, people who improved the proposals of others. Some calls can be competitive by design, with a single selected proposal, and this is stated on the call page. A call can also end with no attribution: in that case the money is never kept, it is intended to be reinvested in another open call.

'''Can a very small idea be rewarded? What are a "coup de coeur" and a "micro boost"?'''

Proposed answer: yes. Two light mechanisms are proposed alongside the regular evaluation. A '''coup de coeur''' (a heartfelt favourite) would let the committee reward a contribution that touched or convinced it, even outside the strict frame of the call. A '''micro boost''' would reward a small idea that stimulated a lot: a remark of two lines that unlocks a debate or reorients a design can be worth more than pages of text. Both would involve modest amounts and a short public explanation.

'''How will I know if I am selected? Can I get feedback, or contest a decision?'''

Proposed answer: when money is attributed and paid, the WikiDeal team informs the contributors concerned directly. Each attribution is intended to come with a public explanation, so non selected contributors can understand the reasoning. Questions can be asked on the discussion page of the call. A formal appeal procedure does not exist yet for these micro calls; whether one is needed is under discussion, and would be examined as the amounts grow.


== Rewards and payments ==

'''How and when do I receive my money? What about fees and taxes?'''

Proposed answer: payments would be made by bank transfer to the IBAN you provide, after the attribution decision and the verification of the licensing conditions (see the licensing question below). Part of the sum can be withheld for up to one year under the maturity criterion, explained below. Taxes and social charges on amounts received remain the responsibility of each recipient, under the law of their own country; WikiDeal cannot give tax advice.

'''Who pays? Which organisation is legally behind the open calls?'''

Proposed answer: in a first period, the payments would be made by the Ynternet.org Foundation, a Swiss non profit foundation, which carries the WikiDeal project at this stage. As the governance of WikiDeal develops, this could evolve; any change would be announced on the wiki.

'''Where does the money come from?'''

Proposed answer: the announced sums come from an initial fund provided by the founder of the project (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|credits page]]). This initial fund is intended to be progressively reimbursed by the first subscriptions, through the Rewards mechanism, and by donations made against Rewards (no guarantee). In other words: the founder advances the money so that the open calls can start before the platform has revenue, and the community model would gradually take over. None of this constitutes a financial promise.

'''What is the difference between direct cash and Rewards (no guarantee)?'''

Proposed answer: direct cash is money actually paid to your bank account once attributed. Rewards (no guarantee) are a conditional mechanism linked to future subscription revenue of the platform: they may translate into value later if the project develops, and they may not. The two are always kept distinct in the call tables, and no promise is attached to Rewards. Karma tokens are a third form, usable for services within the ecosystem.

'''Why can part of the sum be withheld for up to one year? What is the maturity criterion?'''

Proposed answer: the committee wants to distinguish a solid base from a flash in the pan. A contribution can deserve money directly, or partly: in that case a part is paid at attribution and the rest is kept by the committee and attributed according to how long the idea stays in use and remains useful over time. For example, half of a sum could be paid immediately and the other half one year later, if the idea has lasted, as an increase of the donation. The exact split would be stated at attribution. To assess whether the idea has lasted, the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|Maturity Score of the concerned User Group]] can be used as an indicator: for example, whether real deployment has taken place one year later. The Maturity Score measures the health of User Groups and their marketplaces (not of the open calls themselves); its use here is limited to informing the release of a second tranche.

'''Do I need a bank account (IBAN)? What if I do not have one?'''

Proposed answer: yes, an IBAN is the proposed default for cash payments. If you do not have one, or do not wish to share one, the proposed alternatives are Karma tokens only, or participation without remuneration. Other payment channels are not planned for the first period, mainly to keep accounting simple and verifiable; this could be revisited later.

'''What are Karma tokens and how can I use them?'''

Proposed answer: Karma tokens are the internal credits of the WikiDeal ecosystem, usable for services within it. A contributor can choose to receive part or all of a reward in Karma tokens instead of cash. They are not money, they are not convertible on demand, and their scope of use would grow with the ecosystem itself.


== Rights, licensing and rules ==

'''Who owns my proposal once submitted? Under which licence is it published?'''

Proposed answer: contributions are published on the wiki under its free licence (CC BY-SA 4.0), following the Free Licensing principle of the project. By submitting, you confirm that your contribution is either your original work, or based on third party material that is itself under a free licence, in the public domain, or covered by usage rights you are authorised to grant. A contribution that does not meet these conditions implies the waiver of any reward. You remain the author and are credited as such; the licence lets the community reuse and improve the work.

'''Can WikiDeal use my proposal even if I do not win?'''

Proposed answer: yes, and this is by design. All proposals are visible to everyone and published under a free licence, so any of them can inspire or be integrated into the project, with attribution preserved through the wiki history. This openness is precisely what makes mutual improvement possible. The coup de coeur and micro boost mechanisms exist partly so that useful non winning contributions can still be recognised.

'''What if two people submit the same idea?'''

Proposed answer: the wiki history shows who posted what and when, and the mandatory referencing shows where each idea comes from. The first contributor of an idea could receive more, in recognition of the direct input, while later contributors who genuinely enriched it would also be considered. Identical ideas arising independently are common and would be handled case by case, with an explanation. Claiming someone else's idea as one's own, on the other hand, would lead to the loss of any reward.

'''Which behaviour rules apply during an open call? Whom can I contact?'''

Proposed answer: the general conduct rules of the wiki apply, in particular the [[Policies/en/Universal-Code-of-Conduct|Universal Code of Conduct]] (proposal, to be adopted): respectful behaviour, no harassment, no manipulation of discussions or votes. For any question not answered here, use the discussion page of the call, or write to info@wikideal.net.


== Governance and evolution ==

'''How are the open calls governed? Will there be votes?'''

Proposed answer: the governance aims at being participatory and progressive. In the first period, the sums are small and the stakes deliberately low, so decisions rest with a steering committee whose membership evolves, informed by open discussion. As the programme grows, more formal collective decision methods would be introduced. For fundamental decisions, such as master plans, the Condorcet voting method is envisaged and even encouraged, because it handles multiple options well; it is not planned for the first period.

'''Will the open calls change over time?'''

Proposed answer: yes. The more the programme advances, the more the calls are intended to become detailed, precise and documented: clearer criteria, better templates, richer examples. A further possibility under discussion is the organisation of call workshops, synchronous online sessions or even in person meetings, for example alongside events such as WikiGLAM gatherings or hackathons, where contributors could work on a call together. These are intentions and ideas only; nothing is guaranteed or scheduled.

'''Which existing programmes inspire the open calls?'''

Proposed answer: the open calls borrow their spirit, not their bureaucracy, from several established frameworks:

* '''Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships''' (EACEA / European Commission), the actions formerly known as Strategic Partnerships, for the generic award logic of relevance, quality of design and implementation, quality of cooperation, and impact. [https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-2/cooperation-partnerships erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu (Cooperation Partnerships)]
* '''Horizon Europe''' (successor of Horizon 2020), for the three classic evaluation criteria: excellence, impact, quality and efficiency of the implementation. [https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu (Horizon Europe)] · [https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2023-2024/wp-13-general-annexes_horizon-2023-2024_en.pdf general annexes (PDF)]
* '''Wikimedia Foundation grants''', notably the Wikimedia Community Fund, for community driven, low barrier funding of volunteer initiatives. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund meta.wikimedia.org (Wikimedia Community Fund)]
* '''InnoCentive, now Wazoku Crowd''', as a long running example of open innovation challenges where a defined problem is opened to a worldwide crowd of solvers. [https://www.wazokucrowd.com/ wazokucrowd.com]

WikiDeal is affiliated with none of these organisations; they are cited as sources of inspiration for generic, well tested procedures.

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call page]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|User Group Maturity Assessment]]

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Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ

2026-07-25T13:58:55Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links: Open-Calls-Maturity renamed to User-Group-Maturity (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|Before joining a game, you want to know the rules: who can play, who decides who wins, and how prizes are given. This page collects all those questions about WikiDeal open calls. Proposed answers are now published for each question; they are waiting for review and comments before becoming official.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This FAQ gathers the detailed rules and procedures of the WikiDeal open calls, as a complement to the summary published on the Open Call page. It follows the Open Call Model 1, intended for Prototype 1. The questions cover participation, submission, evaluation, decisions, payments, rights and licensing, and governance. Each question now has a proposed answer, written in careful language; the answers are pending review and comments and are not yet official.}}

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= Open Call FAQ: how are open calls managed =

''Status: '''proposed answers, pending review, not yet official.''' Every answer below is a proposal, written in careful language, and awaits validation by the project team. Nothing on this page creates any right, promise or guarantee.''

These questions and answers aim at being '''generic''': they would apply to open calls on any topic (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|list of open calls]]). They complement the summary published on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call page]] and follow the Open Call Model 1, intended for Prototype 1.


== Participating ==

'''Do I need an account to participate? If yes, which one, and how do I create it?'''

Proposed answer: yes, a standard account on wikideal.net would be the entry point. No email exchange is needed: you would log in and post your ideas and links in the Discussion tab of the call page. Creating the account is free and takes a minute. If account creation fails for any reason, the contact address info@wikideal.net can be used to ask for help.

'''Who can participate? Is it reserved for Wiki experts (experienced users of Wikipedia and other key wikis, for example WikiHow and Uncyclopedia), or open to anyone, anywhere in the world? Does it cost anything?'''

Proposed answer: no, open calls are intended to be open to anyone, anywhere in the world, with no participation fee. The first wave of calls (the early bird calls) is especially publicised among Wiki experts because the programme is informally launched during Wikimania 2026, celebrating 25 years of Wikipedia, but it is not reserved for them. Established funding programmes such as the [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund Wikimedia Community Fund] follow a similar spirit of broad, low barrier participation, and WikiDeal draws inspiration from that practice without copying its rules.

'''Can I participate as a team or only as an individual?'''

Proposed answer: both. A single person or a constituted group could submit. A group would name one contact person for communication and, if money is attributed, for the payment; how the group shares an attributed sum internally would be the group's own responsibility. This mirrors the individual versus consortium distinction found in European programmes, in a much lighter form: no consortium agreement or heavy paperwork is intended for these micro calls.

'''Is there an age requirement? Can minors participate?'''

Proposed answer, under discussion: ideas would be welcome from anyone, including young people. However, paying money to a minor raises legal questions that differ by country, so any payment to a minor would require the consent of a legal guardian and would be examined case by case. Options without cash, such as Karma tokens only or participation without remuneration, could make participation simpler for minors. This point is not yet decided.

'''Can I participate anonymously or under a pseudonym?'''

Proposed answer: contributing ideas under a wiki pseudonym would be possible, as on most wikis. Receiving a cash payment, however, would require a verified identity and a bank account (IBAN), for legal and accounting reasons. A pseudonymous contributor could therefore choose Karma tokens only, or participate without remuneration, and keep the pseudonym. Details are under discussion.

'''Can I participate without receiving any money?'''

Proposed answer: yes. Three options are proposed: full participation with cash and Rewards (no guarantee), participation with Karma tokens only and no cash, and participation without any remuneration at all. Contributors would state their preference; many people contribute to free knowledge projects without payment, and that choice would be fully respected here.

'''Can I both submit my own ideas and give my opinion on the contributions of others?'''

Proposed answer: yes, and it is encouraged. The construction is intended to be participatory and open: everyone sees the ideas of everyone else, and commenting on, improving or supporting the proposals of others is itself considered a valuable contribution that the committee could take into account when attributing rewards.

'''Can the same person hold several roles, for example contributor and evaluator?'''

Proposed answer: the system is intentionally porous and organic. On one side there would be a steering committee whose membership evolves over time; on the other side, contributors who can play several roles. The proposed limit is simple: not several roles for the same person within the same call. Someone evaluating a given call would not compete in it. But no exclusion would be definitive: a contributor could later join the committee, and committee members could contribute to other calls. Situations would be examined case by case.

'''Do I have to write in English, or can I submit in another language?'''

Proposed answer: English is the working language of the wiki, so proposals in English are easiest to evaluate. Submissions in other languages could be accepted, ideally with a short English summary; automatic translation tools make this workable. The exact practice is under discussion and would be clarified call by call.


== Submitting a proposal ==

'''How exactly do I submit a proposal? Where do I post it, and in what format?'''

Proposed answer: you would go to the Discussion tab of the call page and post your proposal there, as text with any useful links. You can then raise a Request for Feedback (RFF) to draw attention to your proposal and gather community reactions. No file upload, form or email is required for the first wave.

'''Is there a template or a required structure for proposals?'''

Proposed answer: no heavy template for the first wave. A good proposal would state, in free form: what is proposed, why it is useful, where the idea comes from (see the question on references below), and the mandatory AI transparency disclosure if AI tools were used. An incomplete proposal would not be thrown away: the committee could ask for completion, or consider the part that is usable. As the programme advances, calls are intended to become more detailed, precise and documented, and lightweight templates could appear.

'''Do I have to say where my idea comes from? Are references mandatory?'''

Proposed answer: yes, this is one of the most important rules. Every contributor is asked to state whether an idea is their own or comes from elsewhere, and to document their sources: links, authors, prior projects, publications. Honest referencing protects everyone, allows fair attribution, and is part of the culture of free knowledge. Undocumented borrowing presented as original work could lead to the loss of any reward.

'''Can I submit several proposals, to the same call or to several calls at once?'''

Proposed answer: yes. Several proposals to the same call, and participation in several calls in parallel, would both be allowed. Quality matters more than quantity: a flood of thin proposals would not help, and the evaluation would look at usefulness, not volume.

'''Can I edit my proposal after posting it? Can I build on someone else's proposal, and how would the reward be shared?'''

Proposed answer: yes to both. Proposals live on a wiki, so they can be improved until the evaluation of the relevant cycle; the page history keeps track of who added what and when. Building on the proposals of others is explicitly welcome, since the construction is open by design. When several people shape one result, the committee would weigh each direct input. The first contributor of a key idea could sometimes receive more, in recognition of the direct initial input, while those who refined, tested or completed it would share the rest. There is no fixed formula: attribution would be explained case by case.

'''Do I have to disclose the use of AI tools?'''

Proposed answer: yes, AI transparency disclosure is mandatory. A proposal would state which AI tools were used and for what (drafting, translation, images, code and so on). Using AI is not penalised in itself; hiding its use is the problem. The disclosure would be a short note attached to the proposal.


== Evaluation and decisions ==

'''Who decides which proposals are selected?'''

Proposed answer: a steering committee, informed by public discussion and, where relevant, a public vote. The committee's membership is intended to evolve over time rather than being fixed. During the first period the sums involved are small, so the stakes are deliberately low; decision procedures would become more formal progressively, as amounts and participation grow.

'''When are decisions made? Is there a fixed calendar for each call?'''

Proposed answer: it depends on the call. Some calls have a fixed deadline and a competitive selection; others stay open until a first simple version of the expected result has been adopted. In all cases, attribution is intended to happen progressively, as good contributions arrive, rather than in one single verdict, and each attribution would come with an explanation. Evaluation cycles would be periodic; their exact rhythm is not yet defined.

'''What are the evaluation criteria?'''

Proposed answer: the criteria aim at staying close to what established research and innovation programmes use, in a lighter form. Three generic families are proposed:

1. '''Relevance and quality of the idea''': does it answer the question of the call, is it sound, is it well referenced? (Comparable to the "excellence" criterion of [https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en Horizon Europe] and the "relevance" criterion of Erasmus+ [https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-2/cooperation-partnerships Cooperation Partnerships], the actions formerly known as Strategic Partnerships.)

2. '''Expected impact and usefulness''': what would the idea change for WikiDeal and its future users, and does it stimulate other contributions? (Comparable to the "impact" criterion used by both programmes.)

3. '''Feasibility and maturity''': can it realistically be implemented, and does it last over time? (Comparable to "quality and efficiency of the implementation" in Horizon Europe, detailed in the [https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2023-2024/wp-13-general-annexes_horizon-2023-2024_en.pdf Horizon Europe general annexes].)

WikiDeal draws inspiration from these frameworks without copying their rules: no consortium, no formal scoring grid for the micro calls of the first wave, but the same underlying logic of relevance, impact and feasibility, applied with common sense by the committee and the community.

'''Is there always a single winner? Can several people be rewarded, or nobody at all?'''

Proposed answer: most calls are not a cold competition where one person wins and the others lose. The goal is to have several rewarded contributors, because they helped each other: authors of complementary ideas, careful commenters, people who improved the proposals of others. Some calls can be competitive by design, with a single selected proposal, and this is stated on the call page. A call can also end with no attribution: in that case the money is never kept, it is intended to be reinvested in another open call.

'''Can a very small idea be rewarded? What are a "coup de coeur" and a "micro boost"?'''

Proposed answer: yes. Two light mechanisms are proposed alongside the regular evaluation. A '''coup de coeur''' (a heartfelt favourite) would let the committee reward a contribution that touched or convinced it, even outside the strict frame of the call. A '''micro boost''' would reward a small idea that stimulated a lot: a remark of two lines that unlocks a debate or reorients a design can be worth more than pages of text. Both would involve modest amounts and a short public explanation.

'''How will I know if I am selected? Can I get feedback, or contest a decision?'''

Proposed answer: when money is attributed and paid, the WikiDeal team informs the contributors concerned directly. Each attribution is intended to come with a public explanation, so non selected contributors can understand the reasoning. Questions can be asked on the discussion page of the call. A formal appeal procedure does not exist yet for these micro calls; whether one is needed is under discussion, and would be examined as the amounts grow.


== Rewards and payments ==

'''How and when do I receive my money? What about fees and taxes?'''

Proposed answer: payments would be made by bank transfer to the IBAN you provide, after the attribution decision and the verification of the licensing conditions (see the licensing question below). Part of the sum can be withheld for up to one year under the maturity criterion, explained below. Taxes and social charges on amounts received remain the responsibility of each recipient, under the law of their own country; WikiDeal cannot give tax advice.

'''Who pays? Which organisation is legally behind the open calls?'''

Proposed answer: in a first period, the payments would be made by the Ynternet.org Foundation, a Swiss non profit foundation, which carries the WikiDeal project at this stage. As the governance of WikiDeal develops, this could evolve; any change would be announced on the wiki.

'''Where does the money come from?'''

Proposed answer: the announced sums come from an initial fund provided by the founder of the project (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|credits page]]). This initial fund is intended to be progressively reimbursed by the first subscriptions, through the Rewards mechanism, and by donations made against Rewards (no guarantee). In other words: the founder advances the money so that the open calls can start before the platform has revenue, and the community model would gradually take over. None of this constitutes a financial promise.

'''What is the difference between direct cash and Rewards (no guarantee)?'''

Proposed answer: direct cash is money actually paid to your bank account once attributed. Rewards (no guarantee) are a conditional mechanism linked to future subscription revenue of the platform: they may translate into value later if the project develops, and they may not. The two are always kept distinct in the call tables, and no promise is attached to Rewards. Karma tokens are a third form, usable for services within the ecosystem.

'''Why can part of the sum be withheld for up to one year? What is the maturity criterion?'''

Proposed answer: the committee wants to distinguish a solid base from a flash in the pan. A contribution can deserve money directly, or partly: in that case a part is paid at attribution and the rest is kept by the committee and attributed according to how long the idea stays in use and remains useful over time. For example, half of a sum could be paid immediately and the other half one year later, if the idea has lasted, as an increase of the donation. The exact split would be stated at attribution.

'''Do I need a bank account (IBAN)? What if I do not have one?'''

Proposed answer: yes, an IBAN is the proposed default for cash payments. If you do not have one, or do not wish to share one, the proposed alternatives are Karma tokens only, or participation without remuneration. Other payment channels are not planned for the first period, mainly to keep accounting simple and verifiable; this could be revisited later.

'''What are Karma tokens and how can I use them?'''

Proposed answer: Karma tokens are the internal credits of the WikiDeal ecosystem, usable for services within it. A contributor can choose to receive part or all of a reward in Karma tokens instead of cash. They are not money, they are not convertible on demand, and their scope of use would grow with the ecosystem itself.


== Rights, licensing and rules ==

'''Who owns my proposal once submitted? Under which licence is it published?'''

Proposed answer: contributions are published on the wiki under its free licence (CC BY-SA 4.0), following the Free Licensing principle of the project. By submitting, you confirm that your contribution is either your original work, or based on third party material that is itself under a free licence, in the public domain, or covered by usage rights you are authorised to grant. A contribution that does not meet these conditions implies the waiver of any reward. You remain the author and are credited as such; the licence lets the community reuse and improve the work.

'''Can WikiDeal use my proposal even if I do not win?'''

Proposed answer: yes, and this is by design. All proposals are visible to everyone and published under a free licence, so any of them can inspire or be integrated into the project, with attribution preserved through the wiki history. This openness is precisely what makes mutual improvement possible. The coup de coeur and micro boost mechanisms exist partly so that useful non winning contributions can still be recognised.

'''What if two people submit the same idea?'''

Proposed answer: the wiki history shows who posted what and when, and the mandatory referencing shows where each idea comes from. The first contributor of an idea could receive more, in recognition of the direct input, while later contributors who genuinely enriched it would also be considered. Identical ideas arising independently are common and would be handled case by case, with an explanation. Claiming someone else's idea as one's own, on the other hand, would lead to the loss of any reward.

'''Which behaviour rules apply during an open call? Whom can I contact?'''

Proposed answer: the general conduct rules of the wiki apply, in particular the [[Policies/en/Universal-Code-of-Conduct|Universal Code of Conduct]] (proposal, to be adopted): respectful behaviour, no harassment, no manipulation of discussions or votes. For any question not answered here, use the discussion page of the call, or write to info@wikideal.net.


== Governance and evolution ==

'''How are the open calls governed? Will there be votes?'''

Proposed answer: the governance aims at being participatory and progressive. In the first period, the sums are small and the stakes deliberately low, so decisions rest with a steering committee whose membership evolves, informed by open discussion. As the programme grows, more formal collective decision methods would be introduced. For fundamental decisions, such as master plans, the Condorcet voting method is envisaged and even encouraged, because it handles multiple options well; it is not planned for the first period.

'''Will the open calls change over time?'''

Proposed answer: yes. The more the programme advances, the more the calls are intended to become detailed, precise and documented: clearer criteria, better templates, richer examples. A further possibility under discussion is the organisation of call workshops, synchronous online sessions or even in person meetings, for example alongside events such as WikiGLAM gatherings or hackathons, where contributors could work on a call together. These are intentions and ideas only; nothing is guaranteed or scheduled.

'''Which existing programmes inspire the open calls?'''

Proposed answer: the open calls borrow their spirit, not their bureaucracy, from several established frameworks:

* '''Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships''' (EACEA / European Commission), the actions formerly known as Strategic Partnerships, for the generic award logic of relevance, quality of design and implementation, quality of cooperation, and impact. [https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-2/cooperation-partnerships erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu (Cooperation Partnerships)]
* '''Horizon Europe''' (successor of Horizon 2020), for the three classic evaluation criteria: excellence, impact, quality and efficiency of the implementation. [https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu (Horizon Europe)] · [https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2023-2024/wp-13-general-annexes_horizon-2023-2024_en.pdf general annexes (PDF)]
* '''Wikimedia Foundation grants''', notably the Wikimedia Community Fund, for community driven, low barrier funding of volunteer initiatives. [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund meta.wikimedia.org (Wikimedia Community Fund)]
* '''InnoCentive, now Wazoku Crowd''', as a long running example of open innovation challenges where a defined problem is opened to a worldwide crowd of solvers. [https://www.wazokucrowd.com/ wazokucrowd.com]

WikiDeal is affiliated with none of these organisations; they are cited as sources of inspiration for generic, well tested procedures.

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call page]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|User Group Maturity Assessment]]

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:Meta/All-Pages

2026-07-25T13:58:54Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links: Open-Calls-Maturity renamed to User-Group-Maturity (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|This page is a checklist of every Gov page on the wiki, showing which ones already have the standard intro boxes (the simple summary and the expert summary) and which ones still need them. It helps everyone see, at a glance, what has been tidied up and what still needs work.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Migration dashboard for the Gov namespace. Each page is marked migrated when it carries both {{tlx|KidsIntro}} and {{tlx|ExpertIntro}}, partial when only KidsIntro is present, and to do when neither is present. Use it to track the rollout of the standard article structure across all Gov portals.}}

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== All Gov pages, migration status ==

'''Total: 164 pages''' , ✅ migrated (KidsIntro + ExpertIntro): '''22''' , 🟡 partial (KidsIntro only): '''105''' , ❌ to do (neither): '''37'''.

Legend: ✅ = migrated (both intro boxes) · 🟡 = partial (KidsIntro only, ExpertIntro missing) · ❌ = to do (no intro box yet).

=== Community ===
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=== Data ===
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=== Economy ===
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=== Ecosystem ===
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=== Institutions ===
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=== Justice ===
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=== Legal ===
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=== Meta ===
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=== Onboarding ===
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=== R&D ===
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| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding]] || 🟡 partial
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| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating Balancing Policy]] || 🟡 partial
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| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Libre Licensing]] || 🟡 partial
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| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Pilot-Real-Estate-Restoration]] || 🟡 partial
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''Auto-generated inventory, updated as pages are migrated. Reference language: English.''

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main

2026-07-25T13:58:53Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links: Open-Calls-Maturity renamed to User-Group-Maturity (Theo 2026-07-25)

{{KidsIntro|An open call is an invitation that says 'come help us!' to anyone with good ideas. This page explains how people can join in and build WikiDeal together.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Open calls are organised in waves, and each wave has two parts: the calls that concern WikiDeal as a global platform, and the calls that concern specific marketplaces. Wave 1 gathers three early bird calls, announced and to be launched on 21 July 2026, each offering CHF 1,000 in direct cash and CHF 10,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*): two global calls (URL naming and general structure; graphic charter) and one marketplace call (spectacular tutorial on small loans, competitive, 21 December 2026 deadline; the two global calls stay open until a first simple version has been adopted). Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion, again in two parts; most future marketplace calls are intended to be organised directly by User Groups. Evaluation combines a public vote with an expert panel; AI transparency disclosure is mandatory. The rules and procedures in brief are on this page; the detailed FAQ is on a dedicated page.}}

{{RFF|where=the Discussion tab of each individual call (open the call page in the tables below, then use its Discussion tab), not the Discussion tab of this general page}}

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= Open Call =


== Open call waves ==
Open calls are organised in '''waves''', and each wave has '''two parts''': the calls that concern '''WikiDeal as a global platform''' (structure, identity, management), and the calls that concern '''specific marketplaces'''. Wave 1 gathers the three '''early bird''' calls, the pilot experience calls, also called open calls '''for pioneers''': they are launched before the steering committee is formed, and they are especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). Their informal launch is planned for '''21 July 2026''', the opening day of [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Wikimania 2026] in Paris, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia. Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion: they are listed below, and the list itself is intended to evolve.


=== Wave 1: the pilot experience calls (early bird) ===

==== Wave 1, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|URL naming and general structure]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Graphic charter]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|}


==== Wave 1, specific marketplaces ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Tutorial-Small-Loans|Spectacular tutorial on small loans between family, friends and neighbours]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || 21 December 2026 (competitive: a single proposal is selected) || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|}

Small loans between close people have already been initiated on WikiDeal with a first contract model: see the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Contract-Base:Small Loans|small loans contract base]] (the amount loaned between the two parties and the repayment deadline), within the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Main|Small Loans portal]].


=== Wave 2: still under discussion ===

Wave 2 is '''still under discussion'''. These calls are drafts under construction (nice to have, not yet launched); they are intended to be launched at a later stage, and the list itself is still being discussed. Wave 2 is also organised in two parts: WikiDeal global and specific marketplaces. The results of the wave 2 calls are notably part of the expected [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|Prototype 1 deliverables]].

==== Wave 2, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Annual percentage increase on rewards]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Civic-Flex-Pricing|Civic flex pricing: the average discount for the civic incentive]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Progressive-Subscription-Increase|Progressive subscription amount increase]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Contract-Signature|Contract signature: tools, free software and signature levels]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Guarantees|Guarantees: payment, default and damage guarantees, and compensation]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Content Architecture|Content architecture and ergonomics]] || 2 || Earlier call (June 2026); it largely overlaps with the wave 1 call on URL naming and general structure, and a merge is under discussion || None for now || Modest mix of cash and Karma tokens (see the call page)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Deployment-Profiles|Deployment profiles: inviting the five profiles of the AI supported deployment methodology]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Cashout-Policy|Cashout policy: which formula for the percentage of each subscription attributed to Reward holders]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || None for now: to be determined once at least CHF 100,000 in donations have been obtained || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Trust-Preservation|Trust preservation: preserving the trust of first supporters in a second funding round]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming|Karma token naming: finding a durable name for the community token]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Compliance-With-Laws|Compliance with laws: global policies of responsibilities adapted from Wikimedia governance]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Legal-References|Legal references for contracts: collection, conservation, verification and availability]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched, considered important || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Endorsement-Institution|Endorsement Institution: structuring the institution that manages lawyer endorsements]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Rating-Balance-Processes|Rating Balance Processes: mechanisms for honest and diversified feedback]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}


==== Wave 2, specific marketplaces ====

The calls below concern a '''specific marketplace''', not the WikiDeal platform as a whole. These calls are still ideas under construction.

This part is intended to grow far beyond this first list. Over time, there could be hundreds, even thousands of marketplace calls, and the majority are intended to be organised directly by [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]] themselves. Calls launched by User Groups would only go through a light validation, whose sole purpose is to display them in this list of calls: User Groups keep their independence to launch their own calls whenever they look for ideas and need contributions.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Addiction-Transition-Bus|Transition bus: contractual solutions from polysubstance to single-substance dependence (use case)]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Reverse Abuse: legal financial-optimization ideas serving users and small producers]] || 2 || Preview (theoretical), not yet launched || None for now || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Programs|Programs: connecting production, transformation, transport and other contracts into programs]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Markets|Markets: assembling the contracts that let a whole market segment exist]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}

If you want to respond to a call, go to the discussion page of that call and post your proposal there.

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=== The spirit of these calls ===
These early bird calls are structured a bit like the open calls of European research and innovation programmes, but in a softer, lighter and less administrative way. There is no consortium to build and no heavy paperwork: they are micro calls for ideas, open to anyone who brings relevant and useful ideas to the cause.

The steering committee intends to meet periodically, review all the ideas posted, and attribute the rewards. For each call, the rewards are intended to be distributed across several people: contributors who bring complementary ideas, who comment on the proposals of others, and who help each other. The calls are not a cold competition where one person wins and the others lose. The goal is to have several winners, because they helped each other.


=== Open call rules and procedures in brief ===
This is a summary: the detailed rules and procedures are gathered in the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]].

* The Ynternet.org Foundation and the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|see credits]]) are committed to making the announced sums available '''only if the proposed added values are judged good'''. If no contribution is judged good enough, the money is never kept: it is intended to be reinvested in another open call.
* Attribution is intended to happen progressively, as good contributions arrive, with explanations for each attribution.
* When money is attributed and paid, it is the WikiDeal team that informs the contributors concerned.
* Part of the sum, up to half (for example CHF 500 out of CHF 1,000), can be withheld for up to one year, in order to verify that the ideas last: this is the '''maturity criterion'''. If the ideas have lasted, the second half is intended to be paid to the person who brought the main ideas, as an increase of the donation.
* What matters is to distinguish a solid base from a flash in the pan.
* Not every call is monetised. Some calls may start with no money distribution at all: only [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), or even no reward of any kind. Contributing without claiming any reward is always possible: the reward is one possible motivation among others, never an exclusive one. What matters is to make a project live together, to let a community emerge, and to answer societal challenges linked to the founding research question, [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question|"Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?"]].

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== Open Call at a Glance ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Evaluation
| Periodic (cycle dates not yet defined)
|-
| Rewards
| Direct cash and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| Karma token rewards
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], usable for services in the ecosystem
|-
| Proposal types
| Improvement · Substitution
|-
| Jury
| Public vote + expert panel
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}

The '''Open Call''' is WikiDeal's continuous invitation to the community, and to the world, to propose improvements to or alternatives to the current model. Ideas may be submitted at any time; they are evaluated periodically. The dates of the evaluation cycles are not yet defined: one of the options under consideration is a quarterly rhythm, possibly aligned with the seasons. No first evaluation date is announced for now.


== What Can Be Proposed ==
Open Call proposals fall into two categories. '''Improvement proposals''' take the current Prototype 1 model as a given and propose enhancements: a better formula for distributing [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), a new mechanism for onboarding [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]], an improved arbitration process. '''Substitution proposals''' challenge one or more elements of Prototype 1 and propose replacements: an alternative [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] formula, a different governance structure, a new approach to Commission calculation. Proposals that entirely abandon the WikiDeal model are out of scope; the Open Call is about improving and diversifying, not about starting over.

A valid proposal must specify: the exact change proposed; the costs of implementing it; the expected benefits and the evidence base for those expectations; compatibility with the membership-based entry system (memberships must remain in all proposals); the proposer's own capacity to contribute to implementation; and the full AI transparency disclosure if any AI tools were used. Proposals lacking these elements are returned for completion before formal evaluation.


== Evaluation and Rewards ==
Each periodic evaluation combines a public vote (accessible to all WikiDeal membership holders) with a structured expert panel review. The expert panel includes platform cooperative specialists, legal scholars, economists familiar with commons governance, and at least one representative from the Living Labs research community. The panel's role is not to override the public vote but to ensure that winning proposals are technically feasible and legally compliant.

Rewards can combine several complementary forms: direct cash payments, [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), which represent a conditional claim on future subscription revenue, and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], which can be exchanged for services within the WikiDeal ecosystem. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] for the full picture. Winning proposals in an evaluation cycle are intended to share a prize pool of '''CHF 10,000 in cash''' and '''1,000,000 WikiDeal memberships'''. There may be multiple winners in a cycle, a main prize and a complementary prize, to recognise proposals that work well together. The Open Call is designed to remain genuinely community-driven, with evaluation guided by public vote and independent expert review.


== Message from the Founder ==
''"WikiDeal Prototype 1 represents a first hypothesis, built on decades of experience in digital commons, platform cooperativism, and internet governance. It is not a finished product, but a solid starting point, deliberately open to collective improvement. The model is grounded in what we know works: free licensing, community governance, at-cost Commissions, and transparent algorithms. I look forward to seeing the community improve on every aspect of it, and I welcome proposals that challenge any element of the current design."''


== Maturity Score & Open Call Allocation ==
Open Call resources are not distributed equally across all use cases. Each WikiDeal marketplace portal carries a '''Maturity Score''' (1 to 5 stars) based on 7 indicators: number of active users, dissatisfaction rate, improvement proposals received, urgency of open bugs, deployment breadth, interconnection with other tools, and usage trajectory.

The higher a portal's Maturity Score, the fewer Open Call resources it receives, because mature portals are largely self-sustaining. Conversely, early-stage portals receive maximum Open Call attention and rewards. This mechanism prevents resources from concentrating in already-successful use cases.

Maturity scores are reviewed quarterly by the Living Lab team and displayed in each use case's infobox. Community members may challenge scores through documented counter-evidence submitted via Open Call.

📊 '''Full methodology:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|User Group Maturity Assessment]]: the 7 indicators, composite scoring, and allocation table. See also [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Maturity Score|Maturity Score (innovation page)]].

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|User Group Maturity Assessment]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|Governance]]

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{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal is a big experiment. This portal is the laboratory: it holds the big question the project tries to answer, the new ideas being tested, the observatories that watch how things evolve, and the open calls where anyone can bring ideas.}}

{{ExpertIntro|The R&D portal gathers WikiDeal's research and development activity, organised around the founding question: can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace? It hosts the described innovations, the participatory observatories, the open calls and their maturity scoring, the research questions and the living labs. The experimentation is framed by Prototype 1 and inscribed in the innovation management experience of the Ynternet.org Foundation, whose supporting bodies (curatoriums, scientific councils, steering committees) are under construction: work in progress, backed by expertise and vision.}}

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= R&D Portal =


== The founding question ==

All the research and development of WikiDeal works toward one [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question|founding question]]:

<blockquote>'''"Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?"'''</blockquote>

In other words: can an e-commerce platform be simultaneously ethical, participative, low-cost and economically self-sustaining, without relying on advertising, speculation or shareholder profit? The working hypothesis of WikiDeal is: yes, but only if the governance model is radically different. This would require combining the principles of digital commons (like Wikipedia), a cooperative commission model, and community-driven value distribution.

This question is the base of the whole project. The page [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Research:Why-And-How-It-Can-Work|Why and How WikiDeal Can Work]] presents the current state of the answer, and the [[#research-questions|research questions below]] detail the main sub-questions.


== Sections ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|Innovations]]: open, unlimited list of socio-economic innovations, with comparison
* [[Market:Observatory|Observatories]]: participatory citizen observatories, hosted in the Market space (concept and open list)
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]]: the open calls, organised in waves
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|User Group Maturity]]: maturity scoring of User Groups and their marketplaces
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Pilot-Use-Cases|Pilot use cases]]: real-world pilot experiments in selected markets (Babysitting as the model pilot)
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs|Living Labs]]: real-world research environments (Ecopol, ENoLL)


== Prototype 1: the experimentation framework ==

The research is not abstract: it is carried out through [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1|Prototype 1]], the first test version of WikiDeal, funded by a first CHF 1,000,000 round with defined [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|deliverables]], notably including the results of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#wave-2|wave 2 open calls]] and pilot use cases in selected markets.


== An experience of innovation management ==

This R&D programme is inscribed in the innovation project management [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/About-History|history of the Ynternet.org Foundation]], active since 1998 in ethical and inclusive digital transition. The supporting bodies of the programme (curatoriums, scientific councils, [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|steering committees]]) are being elaborated: this is work in progress, backed by an existing expertise and a long-term vision.


== Research questions and answers ==

''This section documents the core research questions and the mechanisms developed to answer them (merged from the former Research portal page).''

=== How do you attract early funders? ===
How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?

Three mechanisms work together: (1) the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential: early funders receive a higher reward multiplier. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies the redistribution during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]] let contributors bring not just money but also ideas, labor and expertise, and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.

=== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ===
How does WikiDeal stay viable long-term, beyond the launch phase?

Through layered mechanisms: (1) low [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main|commissions]] reduce friction and build user trust. (2) Hybrid [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] support early-stage providers and volunteers, reducing cash outflows. (3) The [[Market:Programs|Programs]] framework gradually incubates new marketplaces using existing communities, avoiding the need for expensive cold-start campaigns.

=== How do you solve the cold-start problem? ===
How do you bootstrap a marketplace when both buyers and sellers are not yet present?

WikiDeal's primary cold-start strategy is [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Community-Migrations|Community Migrations]]: onboarding existing communities (cooperatives, associations, User Groups) that already have internal transaction flows. These communities "migrate" their existing practices onto WikiDeal's framework, bringing both supply and demand simultaneously. This is reinforced by an internal competition model: User Groups are incentivized to grow their marketplace rather than compete with other platforms, creating an inward gravitational pull rather than an external conquest logic.

=== How is co-opetition different from normal competition? ===
Does WikiDeal compete with existing e-commerce platforms?

The rules of WikiDeal make internal expansion more attractive than external conquest. Because User Groups earn more by improving their own marketplace quality than by fighting over external users, the competition is [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Coopetition|co-opetitive]]: participants compete to be the most useful, transparent and well-governed, not the most extractive. This represents a fundamentally different economic deployment paradigm.


== Other aspects of the research ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/Fiscal-Study|Fiscal study]]: the legal and fiscal analysis of the funding model
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Anonymous-Editing|Anonymous editing analysis]]: applied research on trust and identity on the platform

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''See also: [[Gov|Governance structure]] · [[Market:Programs|Programs (in the Markets space)]]''

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{{KidsIntro|This page shows how ready and healthy each User Group and its marketplaces are.}}

== User Group Maturity Assessment ==
Maturity Score at a Glance

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Applies to
| User Groups and their marketplaces
|-
| Indicators
| 7 dimensions
|-
| Scale
| 1–5 stars (⭐ to ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
|-
| Review cycle
| Quarterly (seasonal)
|-
| Effect
| Guides resource allocation
|-
| Display
| Infobox of each marketplace portal
|-
| Governance
| Living Lab + Community
|}

The '''Maturity Score''' is a composite indicator measuring the health and readiness of each WikiDeal '''[[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]]''' and its marketplaces. A User Group has at least one marketplace, and may have several. The score determines how many resources — development attention, community contribution, support — should be directed toward a given User Group. A high-maturity User Group needs less external support; a low-maturity one needs more.

=== What is the Maturity Score? ===
Each WikiDeal User Group and its marketplaces (babysitting, taxi cooperative, microcredit, etc.) evolve through phases of development. In early stages, the model needs refinement, users need onboarding, bugs need fixing, and governance rules need testing. In mature stages, the community largely self-governs, complaints are low, and the User Group has proven its viability.

The Maturity Score provides a standardized, publicly visible measure of where each User Group sits on this spectrum. It is not a ranking of which User Groups are "better" — it is a resource allocation tool.

=== The 7 Indicators ===
Each indicator generates a sub-score from 1 to 5. The composite maturity note is the weighted average of all seven.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Indicator
! Description
! Low Score (1)
! High Score (5)
|-
| '''M1'''
| Number of Active Users
| Monthly active users in the past 90 days
| <10 users
| >500 users
|-
| '''M2'''
| Dissatisfaction Reports
| Rate of negative feedback, unresolved complaints, arbitration requests
| >15% dissatisfied
| <2% dissatisfied
|-
| '''M3'''
| Improvement Proposals Appreciated
| Number of community proposals received and positively evaluated by users
| 0–1 proposals/quarter
| 5+ well-rated proposals
|-
| '''M4'''
| Degree of Urgency (Bugs)
| Outstanding critical bugs or blocking issues in the current deployment
| >5 critical bugs
| 0 critical bugs
|-
| '''M5'''
| Degree of Deployment
| How widely deployed: single city vs. multiple regions vs. cross-border
| Concept only
| Multi-country deployment
|-
| '''M6'''
| Interconnection with Other Tools
| Integration with [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Rings-of-Trust|Rings of Trust]], Wikidata, shared contracts, other portals
| Isolated silo
| Full Ring participation
|-
| '''M7'''
| Usage Decline Prevention
| Trajectory: growing, stable, or declining user base and Transaction volume
| Declining (>20%/quarter)
| Growing (>10%/quarter)
|}

=== Composite Score Calculation ===
The composite maturity note is calculated as the simple average of the 7 indicator sub-scores, rounded to the nearest half-star:

Maturity = (M1 + M2 + M3 + M4 + M5 + M6 + M7) / 7

Result displayed as ⭐ (1.0–1.9) to ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5–5.0)

The Living Lab team reviews scores quarterly. Community members can challenge scores by submitting documented counter-evidence through the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] process. Final scores are published in each marketplace portal's infobox and in the quarterly Participatory Observatory report.

=== Resource Allocation Based on Maturity ===
The maturity score directly influences how community resources and support are allocated each quarter:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Maturity Level
! Stars
! Support Priority
! Support Level
! Rationale
|- style="background:#fff0f0"
| '''Early Stage'''
| ⭐☆☆☆☆
| Very High
| Maximum support
| The User Group needs maximum community contribution to survive and grow
|- style="background:#fff8f0"
| '''Developing'''
| ⭐⭐☆☆☆
| High
| High support
| Key improvements needed; active contributor incentivization required
|- style="background:#f8fff0"
| '''Consolidating'''
| ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
| Medium
| Standard support
| Stable but still benefits from focused improvement proposals
|- style="background:#f0fff4"
| '''Mature'''
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
| Low
| Reduced support
| Self-sustaining; community handles most improvements organically
|- style="background:#e8ffe8"
| '''Exemplary'''
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
| Very Low
| Maintenance only
| Model case — resources redirected to newer, lower-maturity User Groups
|}

This mechanism prevents the "winner's curse" where already-successful User Groups absorb disproportionate community contribution. Resources flow toward what needs them most.

=== Use in Open Calls: Second-Tranche Distribution ===
The Maturity Score can also be used as a criterion in [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]], for one specific purpose: the distribution of a '''second tranche''' of a reward. When part of the money of an attributed reward is retained, the maturity of the concerned User Group — for example, whether real deployment has taken place one year later — can serve as an indicator to decide the release of that second tranche. See the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]] for details.

=== Display in Marketplace Portal Infoboxes ===
Every marketplace portal infobox displays the current maturity score as a star rating, alongside the review date and a link to the full scoring breakdown. Example:

'''Maturity:''' ⭐⭐☆☆☆ | ''Developing'' | Reviewed: Apr 2026 | [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/User-Group-Maturity|Methodology]]

Stars are purely illustrative in the current mockup phase. Real scores will be calculated by the Living Lab based on actual deployment data.

=== Evolution Over Time ===
As WikiDeal matures, the scoring system itself will evolve. The 7 indicators were defined in Prototype 1; they may be revised through Open Calls. A User Group may also "regress" in maturity if a major disruption occurs (new competitor, legal change, community conflict) — the score reflects current reality, not historical achievement.

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]] [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs|Living Labs]]

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== Open Calls & Maturity Score System ==
Maturity Score at a Glance

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Indicators
| 7 dimensions
|-
| Scale
| 1–5 stars (⭐ to ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
|-
| Review cycle
| Quarterly (seasonal)
|-
| Effect
| Adjusts Open Call rewards
|-
| Display
| Infobox of each use case
|-
| Governance
| Living Lab + Community
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The '''Use Case Maturity Score''' is a composite indicator measuring the health and readiness of each WikiDeal marketplace portal. It determines how many resources — Open Call prizes, development attention, community contribution — should be directed toward a given use case. A high-maturity use case needs less external support; a low-maturity one needs more.

=== What is the Maturity Score? ===
Each WikiDeal marketplace (babysitting, taxi cooperative, microcredit, etc.) evolves through phases of development. In early stages, the model needs refinement, users need onboarding, bugs need fixing, and governance rules need testing. In mature stages, the community largely self-governs, complaints are low, and the use case has proven its viability.

The Maturity Score provides a standardized, publicly visible measure of where each use case sits on this spectrum. It is not a ranking of which use cases are "better" — it is a resource allocation tool.

=== The 7 Indicators ===
Each indicator generates a sub-score from 1 to 5. The composite maturity note is the weighted average of all seven.

{| class="wikitable wikitable"
|-
! #
! Indicator
! Description
! Low Score (1)
! High Score (5)
|-
| '''M1'''
| Number of Active Users
| Monthly active users in the past 90 days
| <10 users
| >500 users
|-
| '''M2'''
| Dissatisfaction Reports
| Rate of negative feedback, unresolved complaints, arbitration requests
| >15% dissatisfied
| <2% dissatisfied
|-
| '''M3'''
| Improvement Proposals Appreciated
| Number of community proposals received and positively evaluated by users
| 0–1 proposals/quarter
| 5+ well-rated proposals
|-
| '''M4'''
| Degree of Urgency (Bugs)
| Outstanding critical bugs or blocking issues in the current deployment
| >5 critical bugs
| 0 critical bugs
|-
| '''M5'''
| Degree of Deployment
| How widely deployed: single city vs. multiple regions vs. cross-border
| Concept only
| Multi-country deployment
|-
| '''M6'''
| Interconnection with Other Tools
| Integration with [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Rings-of-Trust|Rings of Trust]], Wikidata, shared contracts, other portals
| Isolated silo
| Full Ring participation
|-
| '''M7'''
| Usage Decline Prevention
| Trajectory: growing, stable, or declining user base and Transaction volume
| Declining (>20%/quarter)
| Growing (>10%/quarter)
|}

=== Composite Score Calculation ===
The composite maturity note is calculated as the simple average of the 7 indicator sub-scores, rounded to the nearest half-star:

Maturity = (M1 + M2 + M3 + M4 + M5 + M6 + M7) / 7

Result displayed as ⭐ (1.0–1.9) to ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5–5.0)

The Living Lab team reviews scores quarterly. Community members can challenge scores by submitting documented counter-evidence through the Open Call process. Final scores are published in each use case's infobox and in the quarterly Participatory Observatory report.

=== Open Call Funding Allocation Based on Maturity ===
The maturity score directly influences how Open Call resources are allocated each quarter:

{| class="wikitable wikitable"
|-
! Maturity Level
! Stars
! Open Call Priority
! Reward Level
! Rationale
|- style="background:#fff0f0"
| '''Early Stage'''
| ⭐☆☆☆☆
| Very High
| Maximum rewards
| Use case needs maximum community contribution to survive and grow
|- style="background:#fff8f0"
| '''Developing'''
| ⭐⭐☆☆☆
| High
| High rewards
| Key improvements needed; active contributor incentivization required
|- style="background:#f8fff0"
| '''Consolidating'''
| ⭐⭐⭐☆☆
| Medium
| Standard rewards
| Stable but still benefits from focused improvement proposals
|- style="background:#f0fff4"
| '''Mature'''
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
| Low
| Reduced rewards
| Self-sustaining; community handles most improvements organically
|- style="background:#e8ffe8"
| '''Exemplary'''
| ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
| Very Low
| Maintenance only
| Model case — resources redirected to newer, lower-maturity portals
|}

This mechanism prevents the "winner's curse" where already-successful use cases absorb disproportionate community contribution. Resources flow toward what needs them most.

=== Display in Use Case Infoboxes ===
Every marketplace portal infobox displays the current maturity score as a star rating, alongside the review date and a link to the full scoring breakdown. Example:

'''Maturity:''' ⭐⭐☆☆☆ | ''Developing'' | Reviewed: Apr 2026 | [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls-Maturity|Methodology]]

Stars are purely illustrative in the current mockup phase. Real scores will be calculated by the Living Lab based on actual deployment data.

=== Evolution Over Time ===
As WikiDeal matures, the scoring system itself will evolve. The 7 indicators were defined in Prototype 1; they may be revised through Open Calls. A use case may also "regress" in maturity if a major disruption occurs (new competitor, legal change, community conflict) — the score reflects current reality, not historical achievement.

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] 25 Innovations [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs|Living Labs]] All Marketplace Portals

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary

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{{KidsIntro|this is a dictionary of all the special words WikiDeal uses, explained simply so newcomers can understand everything.}}

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== Glossary ==

This glossary defines the official terminology of the WikiDeal model. Where previous terms have been superseded, the old terms are noted and marked as deprecated. '''These are the definitive terms''': all documents, contracts, and communications should use these terms exclusively.

; Support
: The act of contributing financially to WikiDeal Prototype 1. Replaces deprecated terms "contribution," "Contribution," " Ciblée," and " Libre." A funder makes a Donation to Ynternet.org Foundation and receives memberships on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]].
; Gift
: Priority 1 allocation. The portion of a funder's membership redistribution that is directed to community-benefit purposes: subsidised memberships for beneficiaries, [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]] development funds, or the WikiDeal common pool. Previously called "" or "Community Project Reward", those terms are deprecated.
; Reward
: Priority 2 allocation. The portion of a funder's membership redistribution that flows back to the funder personally. Distributed 50% in solidarity (pro-rata to all Reward holders on each membership sold) and 50% in FIFO order. Previously called "×2 ," "Personal Project Reward," or "", all deprecated.
; [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*) 💰
: The convertible form of WikiDeal Rewards. Rewards may be converted to CHF when platform revenue allows, '''without guarantee'''. A possible annual percentage increase is under study (draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]], not decided). Held in personal account (Priority 2). Tax applies at cash-out. Previously called "Cash Rewards" or "Cash Reward", those terms are deprecated. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]]
; [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] 🔗
: By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food. A barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). "Karma token" is a working name and may change; previously called "WIL token". Exchangeable for services and goods within [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]] (agreements between ≥2 User Groups). Not convertible to CHF directly. Value determined by the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market]] algorithm, supply and demand for real services. Usage coefficients range from 1 (restricted) to 10 (widely accepted). Previously called "Miles Credits" and "WikiDeal Miles", deprecated terms. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]]
; Gift (voluntary Donation)
: A ''voluntary'' Donation from a funder or participant to the WikiDeal community pool. NOT a type of Credit in the main user flow. The amount of Gifts depends on the pressure degree: less pressure = more Gifts by default. Gift Credits is dedicated to subsidized subscriptions, User Group grants, and the common pool. Previously called "Gift Credits", deprecated in main UI. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]] and FAQ for full explanation.
; Ring / Ring of Trust
: An agreement between at least 2 User Groups that enables Karma token interoperability. Each Ring defines usage coefficients for complementary currency exchange. A User Group may participate in multiple Rings simultaneously.
; Programme
: A combination of ''multiple marketplaces'' enabling a global experience: e.g., housing + activities + training. Programmes are the operational backbone of WikiDeal. Each programme has defined steps, validation criteria, and Credit rewards. WikiDeal has '''12 programmes'''. A single marketplace (babysitting, pet-sitting) is NOT a programme, it is a service used within one or more programmes. See [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|All 12 Programmes →]]
; Karma Token Market
: Programme #12. The algorithmic mechanism for valuing Karma tokens based on supply and demand within the WikiDeal ecosystem. Uses a double indicator: value of service × availability/frequency. Non-speculative, all data is public and community-auditable. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market →]]
; Need-Driven Funding
: The automatic algorithm that adjusts the maximum permitted Reward percentage based on the platform's financial health. When funds are insufficient to cover incompressible costs, the ceiling rises (up to 100% Personal). When funds are sufficient, the ceiling falls, directing more to Gift. '''Current official term.''' Previously known as "Boost", that terminology is deprecated. Invented by the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|credits]]).
; Subscription
: The foundational unit of WikiDeal participation. CHF 10 face value. Grants one vote in governance. Can be purchased directly, accumulated through platform activity, or received as a Donation. Required for Transactions and governance participation.
; Bonding Curve
: The fixed mathematical formula governing membership acquisition prices for Prototype 1 funders. Starts at ×100 discount (CHF 0.10 per membership), ends at ×30 (CHF 0.33 per membership) when CHF 1M is raised. The multiplier applied at the moment of a contribution is final for that contribution; for future contributions, parameters can evolve prospectively through Open Calls.
; Priority 1
: The designation for Gift allocation. Funds distributed at Priority 1 are processed before Reward funds. Funders who allocate entirely to Priority 1 effectively make a Donation to the community with no personal financial return.
; Priority 2
: The designation for Reward allocation. Funds distributed at Priority 2 flow back to the individual funder. The distribution follows the 50/50 solidarity/FIFO formula.
; Membership income
: Revenue generated when users purchase Credits. Replaces deprecated term "memberships active." The asterisk notation (*partly or fully sold memberships) acknowledges that some memberships are sold in fractions accumulated over time, others in single Transactions.
; [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]]
: WikiDeal's continuous invitation for community proposals to improve or partially substitute elements of the current model. Evaluated seasonally. Previously called "Concours de projets" (deprecated). Proposals fall into two types: Improvement (enhance Prototype 1) or Substitution (replace elements). "Divergence/fork" proposals are out of scope.
; Living Lab
: A research environment combining observation, synthesis, and pilot experimentation. Replaces "Open Observatory." The anchor Living Lab is Ecopol, member of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). Living Labs produce reports, blog content, and pilot proposals for the Open Call.
; User Group
: A community of WikiDeal members organised around a specific service category or geographic region. User Groups operate with local autonomy within WikiDeal's core principles. They set Commission rates, manage arbitration, and can launch their own bonding curve funding rounds.
; social entrepreneurship
: WikiDeal's economic philosophy: thousands of micro-s transacting on Infrastructure they collectively own, with Commissions at cost, surplus returned to community, and governance based on one-user-one-vote. Contrasted with macrocapitalism (value extraction by distant shareholders).
; Deprivatisation
: The process of progressively transferring platform ownership, value, and control from private hands to the user community. Distinct from nationalisation and traditional mutualism. WikiDeal's long-term goal is 100% community ownership with zero private shareholders.
; Exit to Community (E2C)
: A transition model for organisations moving from founder/contributor control to community ownership. WikiDeal is designed as an E2C programme from inception, with progressive governance transfer built into its founding architecture.
; Early Funders
: Contributors who backed WikiDeal before Prototype 1 launched, including founding team members and historical ambassadors. They receive 50 million memberships (separate from the bonding curve) and participate in 10% of each user membership purchase. Individual identities are kept confidential; aggregate figures are public.
; Immutable Philosophies
: Core values of WikiDeal that do not change regardless of Open Call outcomes: the membership system, community governance, transparency, and at-cost Commissions. NOTE: The term "Immutable Rules" is deprecated and must not be used, rules can change. Only philosophies are described as immutable.
; WIL (WikiDeal License)
: WikiDeal License ("license to use"): the fundamental unit of WikiDeal participation, the unit of the monthly and annual subscriptions. Users buy user licenses. '''1 WIL = 1 month of platform usage = CHF 1 nominal value.''' Rewards (no guarantee*) 💰 can be cashed out and are funded by the WIL user licenses paid by the users; in parallel, '''[[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]]''' 🔗 create a citizen participation with an exchange network. A possible annual percentage increase is under study (draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]], not decided). It is not a financial security. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards →]]
; Rewards (cash-out)
: The convertible WikiDeal Credit. Rewards can be redeemed for CHF when users pay their WikiDeal Membership subscription: they are funded by the WIL user licenses paid by the users. Tax applies at the point of cash-out. Rewards is Priority 2 allocation. Previously called "Cash Reward" or "Personal Reward", those terms are deprecated.
; Cash-out
: When platform conditions allow (sufficient subscription revenue), you can request conversion to CHF. Cash-out occurs in tranches of CHF 100, at the pace of user subscriptions.
; Gift Credits
: The Donation form of WikiDeal Credits. Gift Credits cannot be cashed out. It is allocated to community-benefit purposes: subsidized subscriptions for low-income users, User Group development grants, and the WikiDeal common pool. Gift Credits is Priority 1 allocation.
; Karma tokens (previously WIL tokens, WikiDeal Miles)
: The complementary barter-style unit of the WikiDeal ecosystem. Usable within Rings of Trust (agreements between ≥2 User Groups). Exchange coefficients range from 1 (restricted) to 10 (widely accepted). Karma tokens enable time banking, resource sharing (housing, transport, food), and inter-community exchange without conversion to CHF.
; Annual Value Increase
: A possible annual percentage increase on rewards, under study through a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]] (not yet launched). No percentage is decided.
; Funder
: To "back" WikiDeal is to contribute financially to Prototype 1 via the bonding curve, receiving WikiDeal Rewards in return. A "funder" (soutien) is a person who has done so. Funding is distinct from "supporting" (general goodwill) and from "investing" (seeking a financial return, which WikiDeal does not offer). A funder simultaneously makes a contribution, receives conditional Rewards, and joins the governance community.
; Ring of Trust
: A formal agreement between at least 2 WikiDeal User Groups enabling Karma tokens interoperability. Each Ring defines the usage coefficients for complementary currency exchange within its member groups. Rings are the foundation of the Karma token ecosystem. A User Group may participate in multiple Rings simultaneously.
; Maturity Score
: A composite indicator (1–5 stars) measuring the health and readiness of each WikiDeal marketplace portal. Based on 7 indicators: number of users, dissatisfaction rate, improvement proposals appreciated, urgency (bugs), deployment degree, tool interconnection, and usage decline prevention. Higher maturity = fewer Open Call resources needed. Reviewed quarterly by the Living Lab.
; Open Call
: WikiDeal's seasonal invitation for community proposals to improve or partially substitute elements of the current model. Evaluated on March 21, June 21, September 21, and December 21 each year. Prize pool: CHF 10,000 cash + 1,000,000 WikiDeal Rewards. Open Call allocation is adjusted based on each use case's Maturity Score. See also: Open Calls & Maturity.
; Boost
: '''Deprecated term.''' Former name for the '''Need-Driven Funding''' mechanism. Do not use in current documents, the official term is "Need-Driven Funding". See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Need-Driven-Funding|Need-Driven Funding →]]
; Deprivatization
: The process of markets being reclaimed by users as commons: analogous to what Wikipedia did for encyclopedic knowledge. WikiDeal's mission is to deprivatize extractive digital markets (babysitting, transport, housing, fundraising) by replacing platform capitalism with community governance and at-cost Commissions. Inspired by Wikimedia Foundation's approach to knowledge.
; Co-opetition
: The WikiDeal model where User Groups simultaneously compete (for users, quality, Commission rates) and cooperate (sharing protocols, Infrastructure, Rings of Trust). Transparent co-opetition stimulates improvement without destructive rivalry. Inspired by Wikimedia's chapter model and cooperative movement principles.
; Portal (Wikimedia-adapted)
: A WikiDeal marketplace dedicated to a specific service category (babysitting, taxi cooperative, microcredit, etc.). Analogous to a Wikimedia portal (a curated entry point to a topic area). Each portal has its own User Group, governance rules, Commission structure, and Maturity Score.
; Category (Wikimedia-adapted)
: A classification system for WikiDeal pages and portals, inspired by Wikipedia's category system. Categories group related pages: e.g., Category:Marketplace portals, Category:Contracts, Category:Governance. Categories enable navigation and discovery across the WikiDeal knowledge base.

'''See also:''' 25 Innovations Open Calls & Maturity
[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/Fiscal-Study

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{{AI Disclaimer}}
'''Fiscal Study for incubation: Executive Summary''' (study v3.6.8, 2026-07-19) · Full study PDF (English, 39 p.): [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf]

''For reference: [https://wikideal.net/wiki/Gov/fr/Portal:Transparence/%C3%89tude_Fiscale French version (Étude Fiscale)] (translation as of 2026-07-19; English version prevails).'''

💡 '''In Simple Words:'''
WikiDeal wants to build a fair online marketplace, and kind people give money as a gift to help build it. This page is a big homework check: it looks at the rules of Switzerland about money and taxes, to make sure the plan follows them. It explains why the money given is a gift (not a loan that must be paid back), and what happens if a helper later receives a thank-you reward. Real lawyers still need to read and confirm this study before anything is certain.

🎯 '''In 20 Seconds (Scientific Summary):'''
Preliminary internal study (version 3.6.8, July 2026) of the Swiss fiscal and regulatory framework for the WikiDeal financial management system, operated under Ynternet.org Foundation (Geneva, tax-exempt). Contributions are qualified as donations to an applied R&D program of public interest (Civil Code Art. 239), with alternative qualifications (loan, security, collective investment, deposit-taking) argued to be excluded. Round 1 (CHF 1,000,000) is positioned within the FINMA Sandbox (Banking Act Art. 6(2)) and FinSA Art. 36 prospectus exemptions. Retained Rewards are treated as taxable income of the contributor (DBG Art. 23), while the donation portion follows gift-tax rules. VAT positioning relies on the non-profit turnover threshold and a brokerage commission model. The study concludes the first CHF 200,000 tranche (Stage 1A) carries risk close to zero and recommends formal legal opinions (avis de droit) in parallel.

== Table of Contents (Manual) ==
# [[#Recommendation|1. Recommendation]]
# [[#Deprivatization|2. Platform Deprivatization Mechanism]]
# [[#Purpose_and_Scope|3. Purpose and Scope]]
# [[#Organizational_Structure|4. Organizational Structure]]
# [[#Donation_Model|5. The Donation Model: Why Not a Loan?]]
# [[#Tax_Treatment|6. Swiss Tax Treatment of Contributor Rewards]]
# [[#VAT_Positioning|7. VAT Positioning]]
# [[#Regulatory_Positioning|8. Regulatory Positioning by Institution]]
# [[#Annual_Report_Indicators|9. Annual Report Indicators]]
# [[#Combined_Scenario|10. Combined Scenario: Contribution + Gain + Re-Donation]]
# [[#Recommendations|11. Recommendations]]
# [[#Related_Pages|12. Related Pages]]


== 1. Recommendation ==
; Intention
: Confirm that WikiDeal can legally start fundraising by qualifying contributions as donations-with-reward (Civil Code Art. 239) and submitting the study to licensed attorneys for formal legal opinions (avis de droit).

; Result
: Fundraising can start immediately. The first CHF 200,000 tranche (Stage 1A) carries risk close to zero under the FINMA Sandbox (Banking Act Art. 6(2)) and FinSA Art. 36 prospectus exemptions. Legal opinions are recommended to refine democratic transition, support percentages, gain taxation, and utility tokens before Round 2.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=2 See pages 2-3 in the full study]'''


== 2. Platform Deprivatization Mechanism ==
; Intention
: Describe a generic mechanism for platform deprivatization and user reappropriation, structured as an applied R&D program divided into two phases: incubation (Ynternet.org Foundation) and operations (WikiDeal Association).

; Result
: The mechanism is replicable for any marketplace (transportation, housing, volunteering, local planning). Both entities operate at cost, with full financial transparency, ensuring no contamination between research and operational activities. The model follows precedents like W3C, Wikimedia Foundation, and IETF, all operating at cost without speculation.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=5 See pages 5-7 in the full study]'''


== 3. Purpose and Scope ==
; Intention
: Define the Swiss fiscal and regulatory framework for the WikiDeal financial management system, operated under Ynternet.org Foundation (Geneva, tax-exempt).

; Result
: The study covers donations, rewards, VAT, and regulatory positioning for Round 1 (CHF 1,000,000). It addresses legal qualification of contributions, tax treatment of rewards, regulatory compliance (FINMA, ESA/ASF), and VAT optimization. The scope is limited to Swiss law and does not constitute tax or legal advice.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=4 See page 4 in the full study]'''


== 4. Organizational Structure ==
; Intention
: Clarify roles: Ynternet.org Foundation (tax-exempt, supervised by ESA/ASF Bern) mandates WikiDeal Association (operations) for the marketplace.

; Result
: The Foundation’s tax-exempt status is maintained by mandating operations at cost to a separate association. The association evolves into a decentralized network of providers (hosting, maintenance, security) selected via tenders, with initial remunerations in Rewards and Karma Tokens. This separation ensures no contamination between research and operational activities.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=8 See pages 8-12 in the full study]'''


== 5. The Donation Model: Why Not a Loan? ==
; Intention
: Establish the legal nature of contributions as donations (Civil Code Art. 239), with no repayment obligation and no guaranteed reward.

; Result
: Loan, security, deposit, and investment qualifications are excluded. Rewards are discretionary tokens of gratitude funded by subscription revenue (global cap CHF 50M). The donation model is structured to avoid requalification as a collective investment scheme (CISA Art. 7) or deposit-taking (Banking Act).

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=7 See pages 7-9 in the full study]'''


== 6. Swiss Tax Treatment of Contributor Rewards ==
; Intention
: Determine the tax classification of WikiDeal Rewards under Swiss federal and cantonal law (DBG Art. 23).

; Result
: Retained Rewards are taxable as "other income" (DBG Art. 23) but not subject to withholding tax (VStG Art. 4). The donation portion follows cantonal gift-tax rules. Contributors are informed that rewards may be taxable once realized through user subscriptions. VAT does not apply to the donation portion.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=14 See pages 14-15 in the full study]'''


== 7. VAT Positioning ==
; Intention
: Determine VAT obligations for WikiDeal Association, leveraging the non-profit turnover threshold and a brokerage-commission model.

; Result
: VAT applies only to commissions (MWSTG Art. 24), with the non-profit threshold of CHF 150,000/year (MWSTG Art. 10(2)) minimizing exposure. The brokerage model ensures WikiDeal never possesses transaction funds, reducing AMLA obligations.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=16 See pages 16-17 in the full study]'''


== 8. Regulatory Positioning by Institution ==
; Intention
: Map compliance with FINMA, ESA/ASF, and cantonal tax authorities for Round 1 (CHF 1,000,000).

; Result
: No banking license, no prospectus, and no pre-approval are required for Round 1. The FINMA Sandbox (Banking Act Art. 6(2)) permits accepting public deposits up to CHF 1M without authorization. FinSA exemptions (Art. 36(1)(b) and (e)) apply (<500 investors, <CHF 8M/12 months).

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=18 See pages 18-22 in the full study]'''


== 9. Annual Report Indicators ==
; Intention
: Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for annual reporting to supervisory authorities (ESA/ASF, FINMA) and contributors.

; Result
: Auditable indicators track the sandbox ceiling (CHF 1M), contributor count (<500), reward cap (CHF 50M), and donation flows. Transparency metrics include donation volume, reward distribution, operational costs, and compliance status. These indicators demonstrate ongoing compliance with regulatory thresholds.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=22 See page 22 in the full study]'''


== 10. Combined Scenario: Contribution + Gain + Re-Donation ==
; Intention
: Test the model end-to-end by walking one contributor through donating, receiving a reward, and re-donating it.

; Result
: Each step retains its legal qualification. The donation is qualified under Civil Code Art. 239, the reward is taxable income (DBG Art. 23), and the re-donation is a new donation. No requalification arises from combining these steps. The scenario confirms the model’s robustness for Round 1.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=23 See page 23 in the full study]'''


== 11. Recommendations ==
; Intention
: Define next steps: submit a series of questions based on this study to attorneys (avis de droit) covering tax, financial-market, and foundation law.

; Result
: Proceed with Stage 1A (CHF 200,000) immediately, as it carries minimal risk under the FINMA Sandbox and FinSA exemptions. Legal opinions are recommended to refine democratic transition, support percentages, gain taxation, and utility tokens before Round 2. The legal review can be conducted in parallel as due diligence.

'''[https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf#page=24 See page 24 in the full study]'''


== 12. Related Pages ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards Explained (FAQ)]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Cashout-Mechanism|Cashout Mechanism]]
* [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/funding-donation-agreement.html Donor contract (draft mockup)]
* Full PDF: [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/wiki/Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf Fiscal-Study_v3.6.8_EN_2026-07-19.pdf] (English, 39 p.)

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''Summary generated 2026-07-20 from study v3.6.8 (full text available in the monolingual English PDF, 39 p.). Not tax or legal advice.''

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming

2026-07-25T13:18:37Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal has special points that people can use to share services with each other, like a ride, a meal, or a spare room. Right now these points are called "Karma tokens", but that name is temporary. This page is a future call for ideas to find a lasting name. It is not open yet, and nothing is decided.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Draft open call, under construction, wave 2, not yet launched. The community token currently uses the working name "Karma token" (previous working names: "WIL token", "Miles Credits"): a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network, not a currency in the legal sense (initial hypothesis). "WIL" itself is no longer part of this call: it designates the WikiDeal License, the unit of the monthly and annual subscriptions, and is not to be renamed. This call is intended to invite proposals for a durable token name: expressing the sharing of vital dynamics inside the community, understandable internationally, without financial or investment connotation, and clearly distinct from Rewards. Scope, awards and deadline are to be defined at launch.}}

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= Open call: Karma token naming (draft, under construction) =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Status
| Draft, under construction, not yet launched
|-
| Wave
| 2
|-
| Deadline
| To be defined at launch
|-
| Awards
| To be defined
|-
| How to propose
| Not open yet
|}


== What this call is intended to be about ==
WikiDeal's community token currently uses the working name '''Karma token''' (previous working names: "WIL token" and, before that, "Miles Credits"). By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food: a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). The working name may still evolve. This draft open call is intended to invite proposals for the right durable name of this community token.

Note that "WIL" is not part of this call any more: it now designates the '''WikiDeal License''', the license to use the platform and the unit of the monthly and annual subscriptions, and is not to be renamed.

The token itself is described on the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] page of the Economy portal and, from the resource-sharing angle, on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Time Resource Bank|Time and Resource Bank]] page.


== Open questions for this call ==
* Which name best expresses the sharing of vital dynamics inside the community?
* Which name is understandable internationally, across languages and cultures?
* Which name carries no financial or investment connotation, in line with the WikiDeal narrative of 100% redistribution?
* Which name stays clearly distinct from [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]], the other type of WikiDeal Credit?


== Status ==
This is a '''wave 2 draft''': it is announced as an upcoming open call and is not yet launched. Scope, awards and deadline are intended to be defined at launch. The general rules of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] would apply, in particular the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]].


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call: main page]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Time Resource Bank|Time and Resource Bank]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary|Glossary]]

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]
[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter

2026-07-25T13:18:37Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal is looking for ideas about its look: logo, colours, fonts and slogans. If you can imagine a nice visual style for WikiDeal, you can send your idea in, and the best proposal can win a reward.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This early bird open call invites proposals for the WikiDeal graphic charter (visual identity): logo, slogans and site ergonomics. Its informal launch is planned for 21 July 2026, the opening day of [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Wikimania 2026] in Paris, and it is especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). There is no deadline: the call closes once a first simple version of the graphic charter is adopted by the delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation. Rewards: CHF 1,000 in cash plus CHF 10,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*). Proposals go to info@wikideal.net with a mandatory AI transparency disclosure.}}

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= Open call: graphic charter =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Status
| Open · early bird (for pioneers)
|-
| Informal launch
| 21 July 2026, opening day of Wikimania 2026 in Paris
|-
| Deadline
| None: closes once a first simple version is adopted
|-
| Rewards
| CHF 1,000 in cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| How to propose
| Post on [[Market:Answer_to_Open_Call/Graphic-Charter#Discussion|the discussion page of this call]]
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}


== What this call is about ==
This open call invites proposals for the '''graphic charter''' of WikiDeal, that is, its visual identity: logo, colours, typography, page layout and general visual style.

Ideally, a single logo would be created, together with several slogans. Two slogans already exist: '''"a Wikipedia of e-commerce"''' and '''"Fair deals with nice people"'''. Proposals for new slogans are also part of this call. Logo and slogans together would form a global communication concept, aligned with the values, principles and vision of WikiDeal.

The call also covers the '''ergonomics''' of the WikiDeal site. Proposals in this area would distinguish three design zones:
* the wiki part;
* the funding part;
* the design of the marketplaces, in particular everything related to smartphone applications.

Visual Identity Guidelines for WikiDeal are under construction. This call aims at gathering proposals that could feed into a first simple version of the graphic charter. A good proposal shows concrete visual material (even simple sketches), explains the intent behind it, and remains usable across the wiki, the funding dashboard and printed material.


== Status and timeline ==
This is an '''early bird''' open call, also called an open call '''for pioneers''': it is launched before the steering committee is formed, and it is especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). Its informal launch is planned for '''21 July 2026''', the opening day of Wikimania 2026 in Paris, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia.

There is '''no deadline''': the call remains open until a first simple version of the graphic charter has been adopted.


== Rewards ==
This call offers:
* '''CHF 1,000 in cash''', paid directly;
* '''CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]]''' (no guarantee*): a conditional claim on future subscription revenue, convertible to CHF only when the platform generates sufficient revenue.

See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] for how WikiDeal rewards are intended to work.


== How to propose ==
If you want to respond to this call, go to [[Market:Answer_to_Open_Call/Graphic-Charter#Discussion|the discussion page of this call]] and post your proposal there, including external links to documents hosted elsewhere if needed. You can also notify your participation by email to info@wikideal.net. Proposals are public: everyone can see what others have proposed. Rewards can be distributed across several contributors, based on an estimation of the impact and importance of each contribution. These calls are light and non administrative, in the spirit of micro calls for ideas: the rewards are intended to be distributed across several contributors who bring complementary ideas, comment on the proposals of others and help each other. The goal is several winners, not a cold competition with one winner and many losers.

Every proposal must include a full '''AI transparency disclosure''': state which AI tools, if any, were used to prepare the proposal, and how. The general rules of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] apply, in particular the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]], which apply to all three current open calls.


== Closing condition ==
The call closes when a first simple version of the graphic charter is adopted by the delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation. For the moment, the steering committee is composed of the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|see credits]]) and other committee members. It has not met yet; it intends to meet once the first donations have been received.


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call: main page]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|Open call: URL naming and general structure]]

[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure

2026-07-25T13:18:36Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal is looking for smart ideas about how to name its web addresses and how to organize its pages: one big wiki or several, addresses for each language, and what happens when a group joins WikiDeal with its own website name. If you have a good idea, you can send it in, and the best proposals can win a reward.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This early bird open call invites proposals on URL naming and the general structure of wikideal.net: one or several domain names, root URLs per language and per sister project, the structure of URLs inside the marketplaces, and the rights and obligations of User Groups in terms of domain names. The expected outcome is a clear proposal, a clear plan. Its informal launch is planned for 21 July 2026, the opening day of [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Wikimania 2026] in Paris, and it is especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). There is no deadline: the call closes once a first simple version of the structure is adopted by the delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation. Rewards: CHF 1,000 in cash plus CHF 10,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*). Proposals go to info@wikideal.net with a mandatory AI transparency disclosure.}}

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= Open call: URL naming and general structure =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Status
| Open · early bird (for pioneers)
|-
| Informal launch
| 21 July 2026, opening day of Wikimania 2026 in Paris
|-
| Deadline
| None: closes once a first simple version is adopted
|-
| Rewards
| CHF 1,000 in cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| How to propose
| Post on [[Market:Answer_to_Open_Call/URL-Structure#Discussion|the discussion page of this call]]
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}


== Context ==
Everything in this section is an '''initial hypothesis, open to question''': proposals that challenge these starting points are welcome.

The initial hypothesis is that '''one single MediaWiki''' would host the governance of the platform, because the various languages are expected to have exactly the same policies on almost everything. The same reasoning applies to the policies, the governance and the funding: same texts, same rules of the game, same agreements. These shared texts would form one of the general agreements for using the platform as a whole.

Conversely, '''sister projects''' could each have their own URL, or even their own domain name. Examples of possible sister projects: the arbitration chamber, the incubator, the observatories, blogs. Several URL options remain open, for example a root subdomain such as <code>observatory.wikideal.net</code>, or a separate domain such as <code>wikidealobservatory.net</code>. A comparison point is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_project sister projects of the Wikimedia ecosystem] (Wikiquote, Wikispecies and others): wikis that are important in their own right, living next to the main encyclopedia with their own names.

Another idea being explored is a split between <code>wikideal.wiki</code> for the wiki side and <code>wikideal.net</code> for the marketplace and funding side. This is an option under consideration, not a decision.


== The needs ==
This open call invites proposals on two closely related questions:
* the '''naming of URLs''' on wikideal.net: how page addresses are written, which prefixes and separators are used, and how languages appear in page titles;
* the '''general structure''' of the site: how spaces, portals and pages are organized.

More precisely, two families of questions would need to be settled.

'''Question 1: one or several domain names.''' Which root URLs per language, and which root URLs per sister project?

'''Question 2: the structure of URLs inside the marketplaces.''' How would the different marketplaces be distinguished from each other? Some current URLs are long, and some are very long. A real example is the address of an amendment page of the babysitting use case: [[Markets/en/Portal:Babysitting/Contract-Base-Amendment:Babysitting|<code>Markets/en/Portal:Babysitting/Contract-Base-Amendment:Babysitting</code>]]. Is that normal? Is the notion of portal and category well designed?

These questions aim at leading to '''a clear proposal, a clear plan'''. The person or team who takes this on would need to spend real time on it: propose a justified architecture, explain the reasons for being of each choice, and anticipate needs, realities and flows.

The current working structure is documented on the [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Site-Structure|Site structure]] page. That structure is a temporary decision: anyone can propose to do it differently through this call. A good proposal describes a simple and coherent naming and structure scheme, explains its benefits and its migration cost, and remains compatible with a multilingual wiki.


== A concrete use case ==
This call would advance through iterative action research: concrete cases feed the questions. Here is one such case.

An existing team says: "We have users for a service XYZ. We propose to migrate these users to WikiDeal, to associate our contract models, amendments and alerts, which are already deployed, to put them on the WikiDeal wiki, to adapt our smartphone application, and to constitute ourselves as a [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/User-Groups|User Group]]." Then comes the question: "We would like our own URL for the MediaWiki. Is that acceptable?"

The probable answer is no. But a clear policy would need to formalize the rules of the game: as a User Group, here are your rights and obligations. Reformulated from the point of view of that team:

<blockquote>As a delegate of an existing user group that wants to migrate, what are my rights and obligations in terms of domain names? Can I keep my own domain name for the marketplace app? Also for the MediaWiki? Can I create my own MediaWiki? Can I simply be affiliated? Could it be white label?</blockquote>

All of this remains, notably but not exclusively, a matter of URL architecture. The white label case is a deliberately extreme example, included to test the limits of the policy.


== Specific questions ==
The following questions may need to be treated, or may be eliminated during the call:
* white label;
* URLs and domain names;
* languages written in non-Latin scripts;
* HTTP and HTTPS.

These questions are probably resolved, in good part, within the Wikimedia ecosystem, but not only there, and they would need to be adapted to the WikiDeal reality. One starting hypothesis about that reality: many more User Groups on WikiDeal than on Wikimedia.

Two questions already documented on this page also belong here.

An example of a naming question to be settled by this call is the URL nomenclature of '''programs'''. Programs could live under the Market space, and the proposed pattern would be <code>Programs/Name-of-the-program</code>: each program would have its own coordinated subpage, for example <code>.../Programs/Tourist-Experience</code>. The current single page [[Market:Programs]] does not yet follow this target nomenclature; it is documented here as a case for proposals to address. No pages are renamed or moved for now.

Another question to be settled by this call is the creation of the '''categories used to classify contract models by portal'''. Users who copy a neutral contract model and adapt it would also need to determine in which portal their contract belongs (transportation, housing, personal services, and so on); the categories for this classification remain to be created. This is not only technical architecture but '''conceptual architecture''': how to structure the marketplaces, at a time when current markets are extremely siloed, while WikiDeal aims at moving out of silos (see the [[Market:Operational-Philosophy|operational philosophy]] page).


== Status and timeline ==
This is an '''early bird''' open call, also called an open call '''for pioneers''': it is launched before the steering committee is formed, and it is especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). Its informal launch is planned for '''21 July 2026''', the opening day of Wikimania 2026 in Paris, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia.

There is '''no deadline''': the call remains open until a first simple version of the structure has been adopted.


== Rewards ==
This call offers:
* '''CHF 1,000 in cash''', paid directly;
* '''CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]]''' (no guarantee*): a conditional claim on future subscription revenue, convertible to CHF only when the platform generates sufficient revenue.

See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] for how WikiDeal rewards are intended to work.


== How to participate ==
If you want to respond to this call, go to [[Market:Answer_to_Open_Call/URL-Structure#Discussion|the discussion page of this call]] and post your proposal there, including external links to documents hosted elsewhere if needed. You can also notify your participation by email to info@wikideal.net. Proposals are public: everyone can see what others have proposed. Rewards can be distributed across several contributors, based on an estimation of the impact and importance of each contribution. These calls are light and non administrative, in the spirit of micro calls for ideas: the rewards are intended to be distributed across several contributors who bring complementary ideas, comment on the proposals of others and help each other. The goal is several winners, not a cold competition with one winner and many losers.

Every proposal must include a full '''AI transparency disclosure''': state which AI tools, if any, were used to prepare the proposal, and how. The general rules of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] apply, in particular the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]], which apply to all current open calls. Frequent questions are answered on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]].


== Closing condition ==
The call closes when a first simple version of the structure is adopted by the delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation. For the moment, the steering committee is composed of the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|see credits]]) and other committee members. It has not met yet; it intends to meet once the first donations have been received.


== References ==
The following documents are working hypotheses, made to be questioned: everything in them is open to challenge through this call.
* [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/architecture-one-wiki-many-apps.html One Wiki, Many Apps] (June 2026): an architecture hypothesis with one wiki and many applications around it.
* [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/url-structure-proposal-2_en.html URL structure proposal, version 2] (July 2026): a working proposal on URL naming.
* [https://aidev.wikideal.net/mockups/latest/market-portal-structure.html Markets portal content structure]: a working view of the content structure of a market portal.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_project Wikimedia projects] (Wikipedia): the sister projects of the Wikimedia ecosystem, used here as a comparison point.
* [[Markets/en/Portal:All Portals/Portal-Structure-Model|Portal Structure Model]]: the copiable structure model of a market portal.


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call: main page]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Site-Structure|Site structure]] (the current working structure)
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Open call: graphic charter]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/User-Groups|User Groups]]

[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:Meta/All-Pages

2026-07-25T13:18:35Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|This page is a checklist of every Gov page on the wiki, showing which ones already have the standard intro boxes (the simple summary and the expert summary) and which ones still need them. It helps everyone see, at a glance, what has been tidied up and what still needs work.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Migration dashboard for the Gov namespace. Each page is marked migrated when it carries both {{tlx|KidsIntro}} and {{tlx|ExpertIntro}}, partial when only KidsIntro is present, and to do when neither is present. Use it to track the rollout of the standard article structure across all Gov portals.}}

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== All Gov pages, migration status ==

'''Total: 164 pages''' , ✅ migrated (KidsIntro + ExpertIntro): '''22''' , 🟡 partial (KidsIntro only): '''105''' , ❌ to do (neither): '''37'''.

Legend: ✅ = migrated (both intro boxes) · 🟡 = partial (KidsIntro only, ExpertIntro missing) · ❌ = to do (no intro box yet).

=== Community ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Community-of-Practice]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Shared-Resources]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/User-Groups]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/User-Groups-Toolbox]] || 🟡 partial
|}

=== Data ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Blockchains]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Decentralized-Data]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Structured-Data]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Wikidata-Analysis]] || 🟡 partial
|}

=== Economy ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Bonding-Curve]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Flex-Pricing]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Incentive]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Pricing]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Commissions]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Financing-Development]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Funder-Stories]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Need-Driven-Funding]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Initial-Funding]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Para-public-Funding]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Payment-Methods]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Public-Funding]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Revenue-Structure]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscription-Distribution]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscriptions]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Targeted-Donations]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/What-You-Get]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Why-Fund-WikiDeal]] || 🟡 partial
|}

=== Ecosystem ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Community-Migrations]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Coopetition]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Planned-Obsolescence]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Wikimedia-References]] || 🟡 partial
|}

=== Institutions ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Is-WikiDeal-a-DAO?|Is WikiDeal a DAO?]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Steering-Committee]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Validation-Endorsement]] || ❌ to do
|}

=== Justice ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Justice/Arbitration]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Justice/Court-of-Auditors]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Justice/Guarantors]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Justice/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Justice/Whistleblower]] || ❌ to do
|}

=== Legal ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Free-Licensing]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Legal-Accessibility]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Legal-Studies]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Legal-Texts-Public-Domain]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Legal-Watch-Guide]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|}

=== Meta ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/AI-Deviation-Risks]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Content-Versioning]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing-and-Credits]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Internal-AI]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Main]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Portals]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Technical-Specs]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Wiki-Core-Index]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Wiki-Deals-Index]] || 🟡 partial
|}

=== Onboarding ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Page !! Status
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/About]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/About-History]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Contribute-Developer]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Contribute-Lawyer]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Contribute-Marketer]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Contribute-Policy-Maker]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Contribute-Researcher]] || ✅ migrated
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Create-User-Group]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/FAQ]] || ❌ to do
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary]] || 🟡 partial
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:A]] || ❌ to do
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Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market

2026-07-25T13:18:34Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|This page is about a place to trade the Karma tokens you earn.}}

= Karma Token Market — Algorithmic Valuation of Karma tokens =
{| class="wikitable infobox"
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| class="infobox-title" colspan="2"| Karma Token Market
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| Programme
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Programmes|#12 — Market]]
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| Currency
| Karma tokens 🔗
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| Maturity
| ⭐☆☆☆☆ (concept)
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| Valuation
| Algorithmic, supply/demand
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| Speculation?
| ❌ Non-speculative
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| Transparency
| ✅ Full, public
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| See also
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]]
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| See also
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Shared-Resources|Shared Resources]]
|}

The '''Karma Token Market''' is WikiDeal's programme for the algorithmic valuation of '''Karma tokens 🔗'''. Unlike speculative markets, the Karma Token Market is based entirely on real supply and demand within the WikiDeal ecosystem — transparent, at-cost, and stimulating without being speculative.

== What is a Karma token Worth? ==
A Karma token has no fixed exchange rate. Its value is determined by a '''double indicator''':

# '''Value of the service or good''' — what the service is actually worth in the real economy
# '''Availability and frequency''' — how often the service is available on the platform

Karma token Value = f(Service Quality × Availability)

Low availability × Low frequency → Lower Karma token value
High demand × Scarce supply → Higher Karma token value
Many providers × Few users → Karma token value drops linearly

=== The Double Indicator in Practice ===
==== Example 1 — Low availability apartment 🏠 ====
An apartment is available only Tuesday–Thursday, 2× per month. Very low availability → low Karma token value. The provider gets few users, and the Karma tokens they earn have less market weight. They should consider extending availability to increase Karma token value.

==== Example 2 — Many massage therapists 💆 ====
If 50 massage therapists are listed and only 10 users request massages per month, the Karma token market is flooded. Karma token value for massage drops linearly. Providers are incentivized to volunteer more (increasing their profile) or specialize to differentiate.

==== Example 3 — Few apartments, many seekers 🏘️ ====
If housing is scarce but demand is high, apartment providers earn more Karma tokens per Transaction. The algorithm rewards scarcity of supply appropriately — but always within transparent, community-auditable rules.

== The Market Algorithm ==
The Karma Token Market runs on supply and demand — but unlike a financial market, all data is transparent and auditable by the community:

* '''Too many providers + few users''' → Karma token value drops linearly (linear depreciation, not cliff-crash)
* '''Few providers + many users''' → Karma token value rises proportionally
* '''Equilibrium''' → Stable Karma token value at 1:1 with the reference service basket

The algorithm is public, community-validated, and cannot be manipulated by any single provider or [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]]. All valuations are logged in the WikiDeal public ledger.

== The Contract Principle ==
"The more clients I have, the more I can charge in Karma tokens.
The fewer clients I have, the more I volunteer — and build my reputation."

This principle means that the Karma Token Market creates natural incentives for both quality and community participation:

* Providers with high demand earn more Karma tokens and can charge more per Transaction
* Providers with low demand are incentivized to volunteer (earn reputation + Karma tokens) rather than sit idle
* Users benefit from competitive pricing when supply is high
* The community benefits from increased volunteering when supply exceeds demand

== Connection to the Need-Driven Funding mechanism ==
The Karma Token Market is directly connected to the '''[[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding mechanism]]'''. When Karma tokens accumulate in User Group pools:

* First: Karma token pressure increases → more volunteering incentivized → service quality up
* Then: [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*) 💰 increases → as services multiply, revenue grows → Cash becomes available
* The Karma Token Market thus acts as a '''natural regulator''' between community activity and financial redistribution

''→ See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] for the Need-Driven Funding mechanism and [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] details.''

== Connection to Shared Resources ==
The [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Shared-Resources|Shared Resources programme]] is the primary consumer of Karma tokens. When housing, transport, food, and tools are shared within a [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Rings-of-Trust|Ring of Trust]], the Karma Token Market determines fair exchange rates for these assets. A shared apartment earns more Karma tokens than a shared bicycle — because its value and scarcity justify it.

== Why Not Speculative? ==
The Karma Token Market differs from crypto or financial markets because:

* All data is public — every Transaction, every valuation, every provider's availability
* No hoarding incentive — Karma tokens are designed to be ''used'', not held
* Community governance — User Groups vote on market rules, not algorithms controlled by a private company
* At-cost principle — WikiDeal takes no Commission on Karma token exchanges beyond the standard platform fee
* Real services — every Karma token represents an actual service offered by a real person

''"Stimulating but not speculative at all — because everything is transparent."''

* Rewards are subject to platform revenue availability. No financial return is guaranteed. See Terms & Conditions.

''→ See also: [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] | [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Programmes|All 12 Programmes]] | [[Gov/en/Portal:Community/Shared-Resources|Shared Resources]] | Innovations''

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Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main

2026-07-25T13:18:33Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|The economy is how money moves on the platform. Small commissions on deals help pay for the tools and services everyone shares, keeping the whole community running fairly.}}
{{ExpertIntro|WikiDeal's economy aims at financial autonomy, without depending on governmental or parapublic aid, while encouraging partnerships and support (donations, specific projects) as long as the project remains user-owned. Funding rests on two main sources: user subscriptions (the general subscription, starting at CHF 1 per month, giving access to the platform and its models of contract, not to the transactions) and commissions on each transaction, at real cost, by nature generally lower than those of today's dominant platforms, with full public transparency and surplus returned to the community.}}
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= Economy Portal =


== The fundamentals in five points ==

# '''Financial autonomy as a goal.''' The economy of WikiDeal aims at being financially autonomous and at not depending on governmental or parapublic aid. WikiDeal encourages partnerships and support, and seeks support especially at the beginning, in the form of Donations or specific projects, as long as it remains a project owned by its users: a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_science citizen-based] research and development programme.
# '''Two main funding sources.''' The financing of the platform is covered by [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions|user subscriptions]] (the general subscription) and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Commissions|commissions on each transaction]].
# '''The fundamental rule: at real cost.''' Commissions must be at real cost. Real costs include a share of volunteering and semi-volunteering (volunteering rewarded with [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], that is, exchange rights), notably for assistance. By nature, this makes commissions generally lower than the commissions observed on the leading platforms currently dominating their domains.
# '''The bet.''' Lower commissions, more flexibility, more participativity: that is the bet WikiDeal takes.
# '''Radical transparency.''' Everyone should know where the money goes: accounts are public, every commission is broken down publicly, and any surplus is returned to the community (see [[#surplus-return|Surplus Return]]).

The sections below detail each point.


== Subscription ==

The subscription starts at '''1 Swiss franc per month''', approximately 1 euro or 1 US dollar, and the intention is to keep this cost low. This general user subscription gives access to the use of the platform and to its models of contract (the contract templates users need to make deals), but not to the transactions themselves. For details, see [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions|Monthly Subscriptions]].


== Commissions ==

Like on today's large platforms, transactions carry commissions. On each transaction, one part of the commission goes to the functioning of WikiDeal, one part goes to the functioning of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]] operating the service, and everything else goes to the provider of the service or product. The goal is for these commissions to be extremely low.

WikiDeal's Commission structure is built on one principle: '''at real cost'''. The platform charges only what it needs to cover the real, auditable costs of processing Transactions, maintaining Infrastructure, and providing legal frameworks. There are no contributor returns embedded in the Commission rate, no growth skimming, and no algorithmic nudges designed to increase take rate over time.


=== Double Commission Structure ===

Every WikiDeal transaction carries a '''double commission''': one part goes to the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]] operating the service, and one part goes to the WikiDeal platform itself. These two layers are distinct and transparent.

The total combined commission (User Group + WikiDeal platform) must be '''between 5% and 15%''' of the transaction value. Justified exceptions are possible in both directions: a lower rate may apply for civic or non-profit contexts, a higher rate may apply for complex or high-risk services, but any exception must be documented and approved through the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] process.

'''Example breakdown (10% total commission):'''
* User Group operating the service: ~7-8% (covers service coordination, dispute resolution, community management)
* WikiDeal platform: ~2-3% (covers infrastructure, legal frameworks, open-source maintenance)

''These figures are initial working hypotheses. What is certain is the fundamental principle: at real cost, with real costs based on a mix that includes volunteering and semi-volunteering rewarded with Karma tokens, notably for assistance.''

The subscription fee is billed ''on top of'' the commission, not deducted from it.


=== Commission Trends ===

For an order of magnitude in transport today: commissions commonly range from 5 to 10% at a minimum, and can reach 40 to 50% in some configurations for groups such as Uber (see the [[#references|references]] below). Independent analyses report average take rates close to 30% for ride-hailing, with documented cases above 50% of the consumer fare.

WikiDeal's applied research hypothesis is that, depending on configurations, commissions can be significantly reduced, by 10% to 90% compared to current market rates. WikiDeal's model could bring transport commissions down to between 1% and 15-20%, depending on community maturity, citizen participation levels, market complexity, service complexity, and available tools.

What counts is simple: commissions should be lower, attractive, and above all transparent. Users should know where the money goes, and everything should be public.

The exact commission is determined by the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]] operating each service vertical. For instance, a babysitting User Group in Geneva may set commissions at 8%, while a tutoring group in Nairobi may set them at 6% based on local infrastructure costs. The floor is set by actual transaction processing costs (payment processing, dispute resolution, platform maintenance), and the ceiling is bounded by the WikiDeal community standard, which can be reviewed through the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] process. These are '''trends, not guarantees''': the exact reduction depends on each vertical and its specific conditions.

Transparency is non-negotiable. Every Commission charged is broken down publicly: what portion goes to payment processing, what to server costs, what to legal compliance, what to the Open Call process, and what (if any) remains as buffer. If the buffer exceeds a defined threshold, the excess is automatically distributed back to the community through the standard Reward mechanism. There is no profit centre within WikiDeal's Commission structure.


=== Surplus Return ===

When Commission income exceeds verified operating costs, the surplus is returned to the community. This is not a discretionary policy decision: it is a structural rule embedded in the WikiDeal model. The surplus return mechanism operates quarterly: the foundation publishes audited cost accounts, the difference between income and costs is calculated, and the surplus is distributed through the community pool (Karma tokens and subsidized access).

This logic already exists elsewhere: [https://www.mobiliere.ch/ La Mobilière] (mobi.ch), a Swiss insurance group anchored in a cooperative, has been returning part of its surplus to its clients for years, in many domains, and does it very well.

This mechanism creates a powerful alignment: as the platform scales and per-Transaction costs fall (servers become cheaper per Transaction as volume grows), users benefit directly from economies of scale rather than watching them flow to shareholders. The more WikiDeal grows, the less each Transaction costs, and the more of the Transaction value stays with the parties to the Transaction.


== Notes and references ==

* UC Berkeley Labor Center, Jacobs, Reich et al., ''Gig Passenger and Delivery Driver Pay in Five Metro Areas'' (2024): [https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/gig-passenger-and-delivery-driver-pay-in-five-metro-areas/ laborcenter.berkeley.edu]
* FourWeekMBA, ''Uber Take Rate'' (2024): Uber Mobility recorded a 28.8% take rate in 2023 (27% in 2022, 19% in 2021): [https://fourweekmba.com/uber-take-rate/ fourweekmba.com]
* National Employment Law Project, ''Unpacking Uber & Lyft's Take Rates'' (May 2025), documenting cases where the platform share exceeds 50% of the consumer fare: [https://s27147.pcdn.co/app/uploads/2025/05/Unpacking-Uber-and-Lyfts-Predatory-Take-Rates-May-2025.pdf PDF]


== Pages in this portal ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Why-Fund-WikiDeal|Why Fund WikiDeal]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Financing-Development|Financing Development]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Targeted-Donations|Targeted Donations]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Initial-Funding|Initial Funding]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Funder-Stories|Funder Stories]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Monthly-Subscriptions|Monthly Subscriptions]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Commissions|Commissions]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Incentive|Civic Incentive]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/What-You-Get|What You Get]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Revenue-Structure|Revenue Structure]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscription-Distribution|Subscription Distribution]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Flex-Pricing|Civic Flex Pricing]]

''See also: [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Research:Why-And-How-It-Can-Work|Why and How WikiDeal Can Work]]''

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Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main

2026-07-25T13:18:32Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|An open call is an invitation that says 'come help us!' to anyone with good ideas. This page explains how people can join in and build WikiDeal together.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Open calls are organised in waves, and each wave has two parts: the calls that concern WikiDeal as a global platform, and the calls that concern specific marketplaces. Wave 1 gathers three early bird calls, announced and to be launched on 21 July 2026, each offering CHF 1,000 in direct cash and CHF 10,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*): two global calls (URL naming and general structure; graphic charter) and one marketplace call (spectacular tutorial on small loans, competitive, 21 December 2026 deadline; the two global calls stay open until a first simple version has been adopted). Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion, again in two parts; most future marketplace calls are intended to be organised directly by User Groups. Evaluation combines a public vote with an expert panel; AI transparency disclosure is mandatory. The rules and procedures in brief are on this page; the detailed FAQ is on a dedicated page.}}

{{RFF|where=the Discussion tab of each individual call (open the call page in the tables below, then use its Discussion tab), not the Discussion tab of this general page}}

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= Open Call =


== Open call waves ==
Open calls are organised in '''waves''', and each wave has '''two parts''': the calls that concern '''WikiDeal as a global platform''' (structure, identity, management), and the calls that concern '''specific marketplaces'''. Wave 1 gathers the three '''early bird''' calls, the pilot experience calls, also called open calls '''for pioneers''': they are launched before the steering committee is formed, and they are especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). Their informal launch is planned for '''21 July 2026''', the opening day of [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Wikimania 2026] in Paris, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia. Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion: they are listed below, and the list itself is intended to evolve.


=== Wave 1: the pilot experience calls (early bird) ===

==== Wave 1, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
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! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
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| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|URL naming and general structure]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Graphic charter]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|}


==== Wave 1, specific marketplaces ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
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| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Tutorial-Small-Loans|Spectacular tutorial on small loans between family, friends and neighbours]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || 21 December 2026 (competitive: a single proposal is selected) || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|}

Small loans between close people have already been initiated on WikiDeal with a first contract model: see the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Contract-Base:Small Loans|small loans contract base]] (the amount loaned between the two parties and the repayment deadline), within the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Main|Small Loans portal]].


=== Wave 2: still under discussion ===

Wave 2 is '''still under discussion'''. These calls are drafts under construction (nice to have, not yet launched); they are intended to be launched at a later stage, and the list itself is still being discussed. Wave 2 is also organised in two parts: WikiDeal global and specific marketplaces. The results of the wave 2 calls are notably part of the expected [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|Prototype 1 deliverables]].

==== Wave 2, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Annual percentage increase on rewards]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Civic-Flex-Pricing|Civic flex pricing: the average discount for the civic incentive]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Progressive-Subscription-Increase|Progressive subscription amount increase]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Contract-Signature|Contract signature: tools, free software and signature levels]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Guarantees|Guarantees: payment, default and damage guarantees, and compensation]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Content Architecture|Content architecture and ergonomics]] || 2 || Earlier call (June 2026); it largely overlaps with the wave 1 call on URL naming and general structure, and a merge is under discussion || None for now || Modest mix of cash and Karma tokens (see the call page)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Deployment-Profiles|Deployment profiles: inviting the five profiles of the AI supported deployment methodology]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Cashout-Policy|Cashout policy: which formula for the percentage of each subscription attributed to Reward holders]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || None for now: to be determined once at least CHF 100,000 in donations have been obtained || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Trust-Preservation|Trust preservation: preserving the trust of first supporters in a second funding round]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming|Karma token naming: finding a durable name for the community token]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Compliance-With-Laws|Compliance with laws: global policies of responsibilities adapted from Wikimedia governance]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Legal-References|Legal references for contracts: collection, conservation, verification and availability]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched, considered important || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Endorsement-Institution|Endorsement Institution: structuring the institution that manages lawyer endorsements]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Rating-Balance-Processes|Rating Balance Processes: mechanisms for honest and diversified feedback]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}


==== Wave 2, specific marketplaces ====

The calls below concern a '''specific marketplace''', not the WikiDeal platform as a whole. These calls are still ideas under construction.

This part is intended to grow far beyond this first list. Over time, there could be hundreds, even thousands of marketplace calls, and the majority are intended to be organised directly by [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]] themselves. Calls launched by User Groups would only go through a light validation, whose sole purpose is to display them in this list of calls: User Groups keep their independence to launch their own calls whenever they look for ideas and need contributions.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Addiction-Transition-Bus|Transition bus: contractual solutions from polysubstance to single-substance dependence (use case)]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Reverse Abuse: legal financial-optimization ideas serving users and small producers]] || 2 || Preview (theoretical), not yet launched || None for now || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Programs|Programs: connecting production, transformation, transport and other contracts into programs]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Markets|Markets: assembling the contracts that let a whole market segment exist]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}

If you want to respond to a call, go to the discussion page of that call and post your proposal there.

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=== The spirit of these calls ===
These early bird calls are structured a bit like the open calls of European research and innovation programmes, but in a softer, lighter and less administrative way. There is no consortium to build and no heavy paperwork: they are micro calls for ideas, open to anyone who brings relevant and useful ideas to the cause.

The steering committee intends to meet periodically, review all the ideas posted, and attribute the rewards. For each call, the rewards are intended to be distributed across several people: contributors who bring complementary ideas, who comment on the proposals of others, and who help each other. The calls are not a cold competition where one person wins and the others lose. The goal is to have several winners, because they helped each other.


=== Open call rules and procedures in brief ===
This is a summary: the detailed rules and procedures are gathered in the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]].

* The Ynternet.org Foundation and the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|see credits]]) are committed to making the announced sums available '''only if the proposed added values are judged good'''. If no contribution is judged good enough, the money is never kept: it is intended to be reinvested in another open call.
* Attribution is intended to happen progressively, as good contributions arrive, with explanations for each attribution.
* When money is attributed and paid, it is the WikiDeal team that informs the contributors concerned.
* Part of the sum, up to half (for example CHF 500 out of CHF 1,000), can be withheld for up to one year, in order to verify that the ideas last: this is the '''maturity criterion'''. If the ideas have lasted, the second half is intended to be paid to the person who brought the main ideas, as an increase of the donation.
* What matters is to distinguish a solid base from a flash in the pan.
* Not every call is monetised. Some calls may start with no money distribution at all: only [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), or even no reward of any kind. Contributing without claiming any reward is always possible: the reward is one possible motivation among others, never an exclusive one. What matters is to make a project live together, to let a community emerge, and to answer societal challenges linked to the founding research question, [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question|"Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?"]].

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== Open Call at a Glance ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Evaluation
| Periodic (cycle dates not yet defined)
|-
| Rewards
| Direct cash and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| Karma token rewards
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], usable for services in the ecosystem
|-
| Proposal types
| Improvement · Substitution
|-
| Jury
| Public vote + expert panel
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}

The '''Open Call''' is WikiDeal's continuous invitation to the community, and to the world, to propose improvements to or alternatives to the current model. Ideas may be submitted at any time; they are evaluated periodically. The dates of the evaluation cycles are not yet defined: one of the options under consideration is a quarterly rhythm, possibly aligned with the seasons. No first evaluation date is announced for now.


== What Can Be Proposed ==
Open Call proposals fall into two categories. '''Improvement proposals''' take the current Prototype 1 model as a given and propose enhancements: a better formula for distributing [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), a new mechanism for onboarding [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]], an improved arbitration process. '''Substitution proposals''' challenge one or more elements of Prototype 1 and propose replacements: an alternative [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] formula, a different governance structure, a new approach to Commission calculation. Proposals that entirely abandon the WikiDeal model are out of scope; the Open Call is about improving and diversifying, not about starting over.

A valid proposal must specify: the exact change proposed; the costs of implementing it; the expected benefits and the evidence base for those expectations; compatibility with the membership-based entry system (memberships must remain in all proposals); the proposer's own capacity to contribute to implementation; and the full AI transparency disclosure if any AI tools were used. Proposals lacking these elements are returned for completion before formal evaluation.


== Evaluation and Rewards ==
Each periodic evaluation combines a public vote (accessible to all WikiDeal membership holders) with a structured expert panel review. The expert panel includes platform cooperative specialists, legal scholars, economists familiar with commons governance, and at least one representative from the Living Labs research community. The panel's role is not to override the public vote but to ensure that winning proposals are technically feasible and legally compliant.

Rewards can combine several complementary forms: direct cash payments, [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), which represent a conditional claim on future subscription revenue, and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], which can be exchanged for services within the WikiDeal ecosystem. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] for the full picture. Winning proposals in an evaluation cycle are intended to share a prize pool of '''CHF 10,000 in cash''' and '''1,000,000 WikiDeal memberships'''. There may be multiple winners in a cycle, a main prize and a complementary prize, to recognise proposals that work well together. The Open Call is designed to remain genuinely community-driven, with evaluation guided by public vote and independent expert review.


== Message from the Founder ==
''"WikiDeal Prototype 1 represents a first hypothesis, built on decades of experience in digital commons, platform cooperativism, and internet governance. It is not a finished product, but a solid starting point, deliberately open to collective improvement. The model is grounded in what we know works: free licensing, community governance, at-cost Commissions, and transparent algorithms. I look forward to seeing the community improve on every aspect of it, and I welcome proposals that challenge any element of the current design."''


== Maturity Score & Open Call Allocation ==
Open Call resources are not distributed equally across all use cases. Each WikiDeal marketplace portal carries a '''Maturity Score''' (1 to 5 stars) based on 7 indicators: number of active users, dissatisfaction rate, improvement proposals received, urgency of open bugs, deployment breadth, interconnection with other tools, and usage trajectory.

The higher a portal's Maturity Score, the fewer Open Call resources it receives, because mature portals are largely self-sustaining. Conversely, early-stage portals receive maximum Open Call attention and rewards. This mechanism prevents resources from concentrating in already-successful use cases.

Maturity scores are reviewed quarterly by the Living Lab team and displayed in each use case's infobox. Community members may challenge scores through documented counter-evidence submitted via Open Call.

📊 '''Full methodology:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls-Maturity|Open Calls & Maturity Score System]]: the 7 indicators, composite scoring, and allocation table. See also [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Maturity Score|Maturity Score (innovation page)]].

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls-Maturity|Open Calls & Maturity Score System]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|Governance]]

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[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Time Resource Bank

2026-07-25T13:18:32Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|Neighbours can swap help, rides, food, or a spare room using Karma tokens: a friendly way to share instead of always paying cash. It is not money, more like a thank-you discount people give each other.}}
{{ExpertIntro|The Time and Resource Bank and the Karma tokens are the same thing: "Karma token" is a temporary working name, expected to change. Karma tokens are not a currency: they are facilities, comparable to discounts, targeting unexploited resources (housing, transport, food, services). WikiDeal intends to bring the documentation that makes such exchanges safe and simple: compensatory measures, tutorials, alerts, advice, documented limits against abuse, and legal studies so that rings of trust work without disguised-salary risks.}}
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= Time and Resource Bank (Karma tokens) =
''Innovation, WikiDeal R&D''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Origin || 🟣 Cooperative Movement / SEL
|-
| Status || Under study (July 2026, proposal)
|}


== One concept, one working name ==

'''The Time and Resource Bank and the Karma tokens are the same thing.''' "Karma token" is a temporary working name, previously "WIL token" and, before that, "Miles Credits". By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food: a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, creating a citizen participation with an exchange network (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). The name is a working name and may change. Finding a durable name is the subject of a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming|open call]]. The concept is also described, from the Credits angle, on the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] page of the Economy portal.


== Not a currency ==

Karma tokens are '''not a currency''': they are facilities, comparable to '''discounts'''. The working hypothesis, under legal study, is that like discounts they would not be taxed. They target '''unexploited resources''': unoccupied housing, food still perfectly edible but no longer sellable, under-used vehicles, and similar.

Examples:

* a late check-in at 4 pm instead of noon;
* transport at fuel cost on a trip already planned;
* the loan of a holiday house in low season against a paint job.

The approach draws on the tradition of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_currency time banks] (SEL, LETS) and cooperative resource-sharing movements.


== What WikiDeal intends to bring ==

People are generally open to this kind of exchange, but the risk today is that it is complicated, insufficiently documented and insufficiently regulated. WikiDeal intends to bring everything needed, in a very simple form: '''compensatory measures, tutorials, alerts, advice'''.

When someone accepts an advantage, its '''limits are well documented''', which prevents abuse and creates more motivation to give and accept such advantages.


== Legal studies and rings of trust ==

Legal studies aim at creating [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|rings of trust]] without disguised-salary problems or other legal risks, so that people dare to be generous, humanist and solidary again, without fear of being punished for it.


== How it works on WikiDeal ==

Members offer and request resources and settle them in Karma tokens, which circulate within [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]]. This intends to build local resilience and mutual support around non-monetary value. The matching and exchange mechanics are documented progressively as the platform evolves.

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens (Economy)]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards explained]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Dual Credits|Dual Rewards]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|R&D Portal]]

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]
[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Dual Credits

2026-07-25T13:18:31Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Update links to merged Rewards page

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal has two kinds of thank-you Credits. One can become Swiss francs, and the other is for trading help and services inside trusted groups.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Dual Rewards refers to two distinct Credit types: Rewards (convertible to CHF, without guarantee) and Karma tokens (functional credits for unexploited resources, usable within Rings of Trust). They come progressively: as the model works, financial rewards would become less important and credits more important. These are rewards if the project works, not investments; the system rests on the organic deployment of a community and forms one whole with Deprivatization and Exit to Community.}}
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= Dual Rewards (Rewards / Karma tokens) =
''Innovation, WikiDeal R&D''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Origin || 🟢 WikiDeal concept
|-
| Status || Under study (July 2026, proposal)
|}


== What is it? ==

Dual Rewards refers to two distinct Credit types. '''Rewards''' (without guarantee) can be converted to CHF, while '''Karma tokens''' are functional complementary credits usable within [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]], targeting unexploited resources such as housing, food and vehicles (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Time Resource Bank|Time and Resource Bank]]). There is also an indirect Gift allocation, the difference between the bonding-curve total and the Cash + Karma token amounts. Each Credit type carries a different tax treatment and serves a different social function.


== Rewards come progressively, and only if the project works ==

Dual rewards come '''progressively''': as the model works, financial rewards would become less important and credits more important. Fundamentally, these are '''rewards if the project works''': they are '''not investments''' with guarantees, shares or share resale. It is another system, based on the '''organic deployment of a community'''. Dual Rewards form one whole with [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Deprivatization|Deprivatization]] and [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Exit To Community|Exit to Community]].


== How it works on WikiDeal ==

Rewards behave as a CHF-convertible reward without guarantee, while Karma tokens circulate as functional credits inside trust rings. The split lets WikiDeal separate monetary value from mutual-aid value. Detailed conversion rules and tax handling are documented progressively as the platform evolves.

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards explained]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Time Resource Bank|Time and Resource Bank (Karma tokens)]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Exit To Community|Exit to Community]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Deprivatization|Deprivatization]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|R&D Portal]]

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Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards/Draft

2026-07-25T13:18:21Z

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Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards-Explained

2026-07-25T13:18:20Z

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Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards

2026-07-25T13:18:20Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Merged Rewards and Rewards-Explained; unified terminology (Rewards/Karma tokens); added CHF 100 tranche detail per Theo

{{KidsIntro|Rewards are real money you can earn on the platform for helping out or doing good work. When you contribute something useful, you can get paid back in cash.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Rewards are conditional claims that are converted into Swiss francs at the pace of the subscriptions taken by users (a subscription, CHF 10 per year, is required to transact on any marketplace). Subscription revenue is redistributed proportionally to Reward holders. Rewards can be obtained in two ways: through a donation (the amount is set by the combination of the bonding curve and the need-driven stabilizer) or through an attribution by the Ynternet.org Foundation (open calls, mandates, founder attributions). Cash-out occurs in tranches of CHF 100, and cash-out speed depends on the number of subscribed users. There is no guarantee that there will be many users.}}
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== Rewards at a Glance ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Symbol
| 💰
|-
| Currency
| CHF (conditional)
|-
| Cash-out
| By tranches of CHF 100, at the pace of user subscriptions (no guarantee)
|-
| Recipients
| Donors, early supporters, pioneers
|-
| Basis
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|Bonding Curve]] (real expenses)
|-
| Tax event
| At cash-out only
|-
| Priority
| P2 (personal)
|-
| See also
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] (the exchange currency for services)
|}

WikiDeal generates two clearly separate concepts of Credits: '''Rewards''' (which can be cashed out) and '''[[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]]''' (the exchange currency for services). This page covers Rewards only.

== What Rewards Are (no guarantee*) ==
Rewards are converted into Swiss francs at the pace of the subscriptions taken by users. They represent a conditional claim on future subscription revenue, not a debt or financial instrument: there is no guarantee on timing or completion, and their availability depends entirely on the number of subscribed users.

* Convertible to CHF by tranches of CHF 100 when funds allow.
* A possible annual percentage increase is under study (draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Open Call]], not decided).
* Held in your personal account (Priority 2).
* Tax applies at cash-out.
* No financial return is guaranteed. See Terms & Conditions and FINMA sandbox rules.

=== Who Receives Rewards ===
Rewards are intended for three categories of contributors:
# '''Donors''': people who support WikiDeal through Donations.
# '''Early supporters''': people who contributed to the project in the years preceding the launch of WikiDeal.
# '''Pioneers''': people who bring added value to the project and receive Rewards either through the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] process, or as experts invited by the initial [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Steering-Committee|Steering Committee]].

=== Where the money comes from: subscription revenue ===
As a reminder, a [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Subscriptions|subscription]] is required for anyone who wishes to make a transaction using any of the marketplaces, at the very low price of CHF 10 per year. The money that people pay for their subscriptions is intended to cover the Rewards: it is redistributed to Reward holders proportionally.

Concretely: when a person buys a CHF 10 yearly subscription to use WikiDeal, this person obtains the right to vote, and the CHF 10 feed the redistribution to Reward holders. The cash-out is funded by subscriptions, and subscriptions are not invasive: the platform can be used without paying, a subscription is only required to sign a contract in a marketplace.

One point remains open and still has to be defined: whether 100% of each subscription is redistributed to Reward holders, or only a part of it. What is already set: for the '''first tranche of CHF 200,000''' donated for Prototype 1, subscription revenue is '''entirely (100%) attributed to Rewards'''. If this allocation is modified later, at least 50% of subscription revenue on average would remain attributed to Reward holders (contractual commitment). This is explored in the open call: [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Subscription-Redistribution|subscription redistribution to Rewards]].

=== Cash-out mechanism (tranches of CHF 100) ===
Cash-out occurs in '''tranches of CHF 100'''. As subscription revenue accumulates in the redistribution pool, it is allocated to Reward holders based on the proportion of Rewards they hold. When a holder's allocated share reaches CHF 100, that tranche becomes available for cash-out.

The system is sized so that Rewards are fully honoured once the platform has reached CHF 100 million in cumulative collections. With roughly 1 million active users, reaching this could take on the order of 10 years.

=== How long to cash out? (estimated, no guarantee) ===
The time needed to cash out Rewards depends entirely on how much the platform is used. To be deliberately cautious, the cash-out horizon is described as ranging '''between 1 and 10 years''', with an '''estimated average of 3 to 4 years'''.

'''⚠️ This figure is purely theoretical. There is no guarantee whatsoever.''' It is an estimated projection. A faster uptake shortens the horizon; slow adoption lengthens it.

== How Rewards Work: The Mechanisms ==

=== Two ways to obtain Rewards, three reward funds ===
# '''Through a donation''': the amount is defined by the combination of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] and the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|need-driven stabilizer]].
# '''Through an attribution''': by the Ynternet.org Foundation (open calls, mandates).

Three reward funds correspond to these:
* Rewards obtained through donations
* Rewards attributed by the steering committee (open calls/mandates)
* Rewards attributed by the founder

=== Two blocks of Rewards (Prototype 1) ===
Within the Prototype 1 framework, Rewards are split into '''two distinct blocks''':
* '''Early supporters:''' 50 million Rewards
* '''Funders / donors:''' 50 million Rewards
That is '''100 million Rewards in total''', drawn down from subscription revenue as it accrues.

=== The Mathematical Relationship: Bonding Curve ===
When you fund WikiDeal, your contribution passes through the '''Bonding Curve''', a mathematical formula that determines how many Credits you receive per CHF contributed:

Available Credits = Bonding Curve - Gifts

* '''Bonding Curve''' = f(CHF contributed, position in curve)
* '''Gifts''' = f(Karma token pressure + Karma tokens in common pot not consumed)
* Early funders get more Credits per CHF (bonding curve rewards early commitment).
* Everything moves based on '''real expenses''': no speculation, no invented values.

=== The Need-Driven Funding Mechanism ===
The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding mechanism]] regulates when Rewards become available:
# '''Phase 1, services first:''' when the platform is growing, the community service economy (based on [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]]) develops first.
# '''Phase 2, cash follows:''' as the service economy grows, subscription revenue grows, and Rewards (no guarantee*) become available so that funders can convert to CHF.

Need-Driven Funding ratio = f(Active funders / Platform funding needs)
* Early stage: 70% Rewards / 30% Gift
* Growth stage: 40% Rewards / 60% Gift (more community benefit)

== Gift: a Separate, Voluntary Concept ==
A '''Gift''' is a voluntary Donation from a funder or participant to the WikiDeal community pool. It is NOT a type of Credit. The amount of Gifts available depends on the '''pressure degree''':
* Less pressure from funders = more Gifts by default.
* More pressure for personal Rewards = fewer Gifts (deducted from the bonding curve).
Gift funds are dedicated to community-benefit purposes (subsidized memberships, grants). It is an optional, voluntary layer.

== Transparency and Replicability ==
* '''Replicable Model''': Every User Group can launch its own funding campaign using the exact same methodology (bonding curve, Rewards, Gift mechanism) as WikiDeal Core. The Babysitting User Group or Street Fundraising User Group can attract funders specifically for their infrastructure.
* '''Tax Implications''': Rewards are not taxable when earned. Tax implications arise only at the moment of cash-out.
* '''Honest Accounting''': All Commissions are charged at cost. Credits are only distributed when real revenue exists. WikiDeal operates under Swiss FINMA sandbox rules.

''→ See also: [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] | [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Token-Market|Karma Token Market]] | [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Programmes|12 Programmes]] | Terms & Conditions | FAQ | [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary|Glossary]]''

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Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards/Draft

2026-07-25T12:54:02Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Create merged Rewards draft as requested by Theo (no WIL, clear tranches)

Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1

2026-07-22T22:24:17Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Add links to R&D programme, Deliverables, Rewards, and Karma Tokens per audio request

{{KidsIntro|This page describes the very first test version of WikiDeal.}}

== Prototype 1 ==
Prototype 1 Parameters

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Funding target
| CHF 1,000,000
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|Bonding curve]]
| ×100 → ×30
|-
| Early funders
| 50M memberships (separate)
|-
| Phase 1
| CHF 0–200,000
|-
| Phase 2
| CHF 200,000–1,000,000
|-
| Legal framework
| FINMA sandbox
|-
| Contract type
| Applied Research Funding Contract
|-
| First use case
| Babysitting app
|}

'''Prototype 1''' is the name for the entire current WikiDeal model, the complete set of financial, governance, and legal structures being implemented in the first funding round. The word "prototype" is chosen deliberately: it signals that this is a rigorous first attempt, not a final answer. Prototype 1 exists to prove feasibility, generate data, attract community critique, and fund the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] process that will produce Prototypes 2A, 2B, and beyond.

It operates within the broader context of our [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|Research & Development programme]], seeking to answer the fundamental question of whether a global marketplace can be sustainably owned and operated by its users. To track the concrete outcomes and transparency of this experimental phase, we maintain a clear, publicly auditable list of [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|Prototype 1 Deliverables]]. Furthermore, the success of this prototype relies on an ecosystem of interrelated economic and civic tools—such as [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]], [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], and community Memberships—designed to align the incentives of early contributors, funders, and regular users.

=== The CHF 1 Million Target ===
The Prototype 1 funding round targets '''CHF 1,000,000''': a figure chosen to fit within the FINMA sandbox framework for financial innovation, which exempts small-scale experimental projects from full banking regulation. This allows WikiDeal to test its financial mechanisms in a real-money environment without the regulatory overhead that would make a small community experiment impossible. The FINMA sandbox is time-limited; WikiDeal expects to operate under it for Prototype 1, then transition to full regulatory compliance for subsequent prototypes.

The bonding curve for this CHF 1M starts at ×100 (CHF 0.10 per membership vs CHF 10 face value) and rises to ×30 (CHF 0.33 per membership) when the target is reached. The average across the full curve is approximately ×60, implying approximately 6 million memberships issued to funders. These memberships give rise to redistributions as users purchase Credits at face value (CHF 10), with 90% of each face-value purchase distributed to Prototype 1 funders and 10% to early funders.

=== Two Phases ===
'''Phase 1 (CHF 0–200,000):''' The first tranche funds the development of a functional, graphical, secure, and tested prototype Infrastructure. During this stage, funders receive a promise and a account, but the full automated bonding curve machinery is not yet operational. This stage covers: CHF 100,000 to recover preparatory contributions made by the WikiDeal founder and the foundation (software development, research, coordination over the past year); CHF 10,000 for the Open Call prize pool; CHF 30,000 for operational coordination (Thanasis Priftis, operational director); and CHF 30,000 for offices, travel, and equipment.

'''Phase 2 (CHF 200,000–1,000,000):''' Once the Phase 1 Infrastructure is operational, the bonding curve activates automatically. Funders in Phase 2 receive a real-time dashboard, interactive and private, showing their exact position on the curve, their Community/Personal allocation, and the current Need-Driven Funding status. The remaining CHF 800,000 can in principle be raised entirely through the automated curve, without active fundraising campaigns, though community outreach and ambassador programmes accelerate the process.

=== Early Funders ===
Separate from the main bonding curve, 50 million memberships are allocated to '''early funders''': a group including the WikiDeal founder himself (who receives memberships in exchange for surrendering all intellectual property rights to the foundation), founding team members, historical ambassadors who have supported Ynternet.org for years, and significant contributors to the project's preparatory work. These 50 million memberships operate under the same Community/[[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*) mechanism as standard funder memberships. Their existence is publicly disclosed in aggregate; individual allocations are not disclosed without consent.

Early funders participate in the same 50/50 Rewards (no guarantee*) distribution (solidarity + FIFO) as all other Rewards (no guarantee*) holders. The 10% early funder share from each user membership sale is what funds this cohort's redistribution. On this basis, the full early funder cohort reaches its full nominal redistribution when approximately 50 million users have purchased memberships, a scale that represents significant but not implausible long-term growth for a global platform.

=== The Babysitting Pilot ===
WikiDeal's first commercial application is a '''babysitting app''': a domain chosen for its accessibility, its positive social image, and its global deployability. Babysitting requires no complex logistics, no physical Infrastructure, and no specialised professional credentials in most jurisdictions. It involves high-trust personal relationships between families and caregivers, exactly the domain where WikiDeal's contract templates, dispute resolution, and reputation systems add the most value over informal arrangements.

The babysitting pilot will be published directly on the WikiDeal MediaWiki as the first [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]] project, providing a fully documented, free-licensed record of how a WikiDeal User Group is launched, operated, and governed. Every decision, every challenge, every iteration will be documented, consistent with WikiDeal's commitment to radical transparency and its role as an Applied Research programme rather than a commercial rollout.

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|Prototype 1 Deliverables]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|R&D Programme]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma Tokens]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]]

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Subscription-With-Rewards

2026-07-22T20:42:13Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Create Wave 2 Open Call for paying subscriptions with rewards

{{KidsIntro|Can we pay our subscription using the Rewards we earned? Yes, for now! We are asking everyone to help us figure out if we can keep doing this forever without breaking the system.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This Wave 2 Open Call seeks proposals on whether and how WikiDeal can sustain allowing users to pay their monthly or annual subscriptions using their activated Rewards. This mechanism is accepted initially to bootstrap the ecosystem, but its long-term financial viability regarding Foundation cashflow and tax implications must be evaluated.}}

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= Open Call: Subscription Payments with Rewards =


== Context ==
In the initial rollout of WikiDeal, users are permitted to pay their platform subscriptions (e.g., CHF 10/year or CHF 1/month) using their activated [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] rather than fiat currency. This creates a closed-loop economy that highly incentivizes early participation.

However, subscriptions are a primary source of fiat revenue for the Foundation's maintenance and for generating the cash pool that backs the Rewards themselves. If too many users pay with Rewards, the fiat cashflow might dry up.


== What we are looking for ==
We are seeking economic models, simulations, and policy proposals answering the following:
* '''Sustainability:''' Can we continue to accept Reward-based subscription payments indefinitely? If yes, under what mathematical limits or caps?
* '''Tax Implications:''' How does the tax structure handle a subscription paid in internal network tokens (Rewards)?
* '''Transition Plans:''' If this feature must be phased out or limited (e.g., "only 50% of a subscription can be paid in Rewards"), how should this transition be structured to preserve community trust?


== How to contribute ==
If you have economic models or policy ideas to share, please post your proposal on the '''Discussion''' tab of this page.

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Subscription|Subscription]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Main Open Call Page]]

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]
[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main

2026-07-22T16:04:16Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Unify Rating Balance and Incentivized Feedback links

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal has lots of clever, fair ideas built into it, about money, trust, sharing, and solving arguments. This page is the big list where you can find every one of them and read what each does.}}
{{ExpertIntro|The innovations listed here are tested and refined step by step, and they interact with one another: what matters is the whole, not any single part. The intent is not to reinvent the wheel, but to assemble existing ideas into a globally functional ensemble. This page is an index: each innovation is one table row with a very short description; the full explanation lives on its dedicated page.}}
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= WikiDeal socio-economic innovations =
''Innovations index, WikiDeal R&D. Each innovation is one table row; the full explanation lives on its dedicated page.''


== Principles ==

None of the ideas gathered here is a total innovation, and none is zero innovation. Each one is inspired by others: this work belongs to the mix culture, and what becomes interesting is the assembly of the whole. Sometimes an idea is simply better calibrated, better highlighted or better deployed here, or the context is favourable to test it.

The process is an '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterative_design iterative process]''': each innovation moves forward in short cycles (design, test, collect feedback through qualitative and quantitative analyses, adjust, test again), so that every cycle produces a version slightly better than the previous one. This is the logic of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_research action research] and of successive refinement, and it is at the heart of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki wiki culture] that produced Wikipedia: publish early, improve continuously, keep every version, learn while doing, keeping a balance between overall coherence and going to the essentials. Some innovations are planned for testing and not yet deployed.

The innovations form '''two parts''', both listed on this page to give a global vision: the '''core''', meaning the innovations that concern the WikiDeal ecosystem at large, and the innovations '''specific to the marketplaces'''. The majority of the innovations are expected to appear progressively in the different marketplaces.

The list is '''open and unlimited''': the count does not matter, only the innovations do. These are intended as '''citizen-initiated innovations''': ideas stemming from citizen initiative, proposed and refined in the open. The methodology envisaged to move them from idea to prototype and deployment (five work profiles combined with open calls) is described on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:AI Supported Deployment|AI Supported Deployment]] page.

Two foundational principles carry all the others:

* '''Innovation number one: a double platform.''' Contract models '''endorsed by lawyers''' on one side, smartphone applications built on those models on the other; the contracts are intended to be '''fair, balanced and consumer approved''', serving the interests of users and providers, not the interests of third-party structures.
* '''Innovation number two: the same governance as Wikipedia''', applied to deals and marketplaces instead of encyclopedic knowledge.

Both appear as rows in the Foundations table below, with their dedicated pages.


== Innovation criteria ==

What qualifies an idea as an innovation worth listing here? The criteria below guide the selection. The first five reflect the current working basis; the last three are additional proposals, offered as a basis for discussion. These criteria are intended to be revisited in connection with the [[Gov/en/Portal:Vision/Main|Vision portal]].

# '''It answers a real need.''' An innovation is retained because it addresses a concrete problem, not for the pleasure of studying it.
# '''The devil is in the details.''' Sometimes a single detail, better calibrated, makes a large difference in practice.
# '''A new field of application.''' Applying an existing mechanism to a field where it is not common counts as innovation: for example, applying the free licences of the software and knowledge world, such as CC BY-SA, to contracts is not common practice.
# '''Anonymous, privacy-respecting data collection.''' The innovation allows qualitative and quantitative analyses without exposing personal data.
# '''Societal good.''' In synthesis: fairness and preservation. The innovation contributes to societal fairness (equity of chances) and to the preservation of common non-renewable resources, material as well as immaterial, reducing the weakening of life on Earth, in a context where the United Nations and scientific bodies document the beginning of a mass extinction: see the [https://www.ipbes.net/global-assessment IPBES 2019 Global Assessment], the [https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/ IPCC Sixth Assessment Report] and the [https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/biodiversity United Nations overview on biodiversity and climate].
# '''Reversibility (proposed, basis for discussion).''' An innovation should be testable and measurable, and it should be possible to roll it back without harming the people who tried it.
# '''Transferability (proposed, basis for discussion).''' An innovation should work across countries and legal systems, or at least clearly document the adaptations it needs.
# '''Simplicity of access (proposed, basis for discussion).''' An innovation should be understandable and usable without expert knowledge, so that it does not create a new elite of specialists.


== How to read this page ==

Every innovation appears as one table row, with a link to its dedicated page and a very short description. The origin of each innovation is documented on its own page and in the [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Licensing-and-Credits|credits]].

Each table also proposes a '''deployment status''' at a given date (here: July 2026), on the following scale: '''under study''' · '''starting''' · '''being deployed''' · '''deployed''' · '''widely deployed'''. The status values are an initial proposal, under review.


== Foundations ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Innovation !! Deployment status (July 2026, proposal) !! Summary
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Double Platform|Double Platform]] || Starting || Contract models endorsed by lawyers, plus smartphone applications built on them: fair, balanced, consumer approved.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Wikipedia Governance|Wikipedia Governance]] || Starting || The same governance as Wikipedia, applied to deals and marketplaces instead of encyclopedic knowledge.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Collaborative Contract Editing|Collaborative Contract Editing]] || Starting || Contracts drafted participatively on a wiki, organized around common contract bases, then endorsed by lawyers.
|}


== WikiDeal ecosystem at large ==

The first block, the core, gathers the innovations that concern the whole WikiDeal ecosystem.


=== Governance ===

Marketplace quality is intended to rest on governance mechanisms rather than on a central authority.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Innovation !! Deployment status (July 2026, proposal) !! Summary
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Coopetition|Co-opetition]] || Under study || User groups compete and cooperate at once: quality without destructive rivalry.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Peer Endorsement|Peer Endorsement]] || Under study || Lawyers endorse contracts: a named accountable responsibility, with additional paid services in case of adaptation or dispute.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating Balance|Rating Balancing Policy]] || Under study || Proactive balancing of marketplace ratings, keeping feedback honest, calibrated and diversified.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|Bonding Curve]] || Under study || Transparent algorithm converting funding contributions into Credits; early funders get more per CHF.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding]] || Under study || Reward ratio regulation: a second algorithm adjusting rewards to the real needs of the platform.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Annual Value Increase (draft Open Call)]] || Under study || Possible annual increase on rewards, under study through a draft Open Call; the multiplier is considered more relevant than an added percentage.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Double Commission|Double Commission]] || Under study || Two small, transparent fees per transaction: a platform fee and a User Group fee.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Deprivatization|Deprivatization]] || Under study || Reclaiming extractive markets as user-governed commons; forms one whole with Exit to Community and Dual Rewards.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Exit To Community|Exit to Community]] || Deployed (written into the contracts) || Progressive transfer of governance, ownership and value to the user community; donation-based, legally non-speculative.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Dual Credits|Dual Rewards]] || Under study || Two Credit types: Rewards (CHF-convertible, no guarantee) and Karma tokens (functional, targeting unexploited resources).
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Time Resource Bank|Time and Resource Bank (Karma tokens)]] || Under study || Exchange of unexploited resources via Karma tokens: not a currency, facilities comparable to discounts. By sharing unused resources and/or contributing as a volunteer, you can earn Karma tokens, usable within your Rings of Trust to get access to services and goods such as housing, transportation or food (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). "Karma token" is a working name and may change.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Subscription|CHF 1/Month Subscription]] || Under study || Solidarity-priced membership; one month of usage = CHF 1 nominal.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Subscription-or-Membership|Subscription or Membership]] || Under study || Naming reflection: subscribers would also be members with voting rights; "subscription" chosen as the more inclusive term.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Incentive|Civic Incentive (Civic Flex Pricing)]] || Under study || Better prices and other advantages rewarding civic participation (voting, volunteering, workshops), applied through flexible pricing; the average discount is the subject of a draft [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Civic-Flex-Pricing|Open Call]].
|}


=== Trust and security ===

Trust and security combine dispute resolution, reconciliation processes and interoperability agreements between user groups.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Innovation !! Deployment status (July 2026, proposal) !! Summary
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Arbitration Chambers|Arbitration Chambers]] || Under study || Three-level dispute resolution with Condorcet voting, inspired by Wikimedia's ArbCom.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Truth Reconciliation|Commercial Truth & Reconciliation]] || Under study || Formal process to repair distrust and prevent forks caused by personal conflict.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rings Of Trust|Rings of Trust]] || Under study || Inter-User-Group agreements enabling Karma token interoperability.
|}


=== Direct democracy and free licensing global governance ===

This family combines the Swiss political model ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative_in_Switzerland popular initiatives], referendums, collegial decisions at every level) with the culture of free licences: the citizen as legislator, rather than the elected representative. Decision methods are diversified according to what is at stake; for the more complex decisions, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method Condorcet voting] can be used.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Innovation !! Deployment status (July 2026, proposal) !! Summary
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]] || Being deployed || Open invitations for community proposals; they make the governance porous and flexible. Waves, awards and status: see the Open Call portal.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Participatory Observatory|Participatory Observatories]] || Under study || Unlimited citizen-run observatories, created by theme by user groups, with Slashdot-style karma moderation.
|}


=== Technology ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Innovation !! Deployment status (July 2026, proposal) !! Summary
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Libre Licensing|Systematic Libre Licensing]] || Deployed (100 percent since the beginning) || AGPL v3 for software, CC BY-SA 4.0 for content, everywhere, by default: exactly the Free Software Foundation licences, libre in the pure sense.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Structured Data|Structured Data (Linked Data)]] || Under study || RDF, JSON-LD, and Wikidata integration for semantic interoperability.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Wikimedia Marker|Wikimedia Marker (WM-XX)]] || Starting || Nomenclature marking elements inspired by Wikimedia Foundation practices, being reframed around contract variables.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:AI Disclaimer|AI Disclaimer]] || Starting || Mandatory transparency marker on every AI-assisted page, requiring disclosure and human validation.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:AI Supported Deployment|AI Supported Deployment]] || Starting || Five AI-era work profiles combined with Open Calls to move from idea to prototype to deployment.
|}


== Specific marketplaces ==

The second block gathers the innovations that concern specific marketplaces. It is expected to become very large over time, as many contributors bring many innovations; entries state, where relevant, which marketplace they concern.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Innovation !! Deployment status (July 2026, proposal) !! Summary
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]] || Starting || The coopetitive core of the Market: autonomous communities organizing freely, with their own governance and commissions. Concerns every marketplace.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Maturity Score|Use Case Maturity Score]] || Under study || Incubation and development indicator, showing how far a use case has developed. Concerns every marketplace portal.
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Revenue Spreading|Revenue Spreading]] || Under study || Payout choice for dialoguers, revenue better distributed, serving the interests of NGOs. Concerns the street fundraising marketplace (fundraising through dialogue).
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Reverse Abuse|Reverse Abuse]] || Under study || Reusing multinationals' legal financial structures to repatriate value to small producers and user-governed supply chains.
|}

''Reference language: English. Each innovation has its own page under [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|R&D]].''

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|R&D Portal]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call portal]]

[[Category:Migration June 2026]]
[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main

2026-07-22T16:03:56Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Add Rating Balance Processes call to Wave 2 table

{{KidsIntro|An open call is an invitation that says 'come help us!' to anyone with good ideas. This page explains how people can join in and build WikiDeal together.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Open calls are organised in waves, and each wave has two parts: the calls that concern WikiDeal as a global platform, and the calls that concern specific marketplaces. Wave 1 gathers three early bird calls, announced and to be launched on 21 July 2026, each offering CHF 1,000 in direct cash and CHF 10,000 in Rewards (no guarantee*): two global calls (URL naming and general structure; graphic charter) and one marketplace call (spectacular tutorial on small loans, competitive, 21 December 2026 deadline; the two global calls stay open until a first simple version has been adopted). Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion, again in two parts; most future marketplace calls are intended to be organised directly by User Groups. Evaluation combines a public vote with an expert panel; AI transparency disclosure is mandatory. The rules and procedures in brief are on this page; the detailed FAQ is on a dedicated page.}}

{{RFF|where=the Discussion tab of each individual call (open the call page in the tables below, then use its Discussion tab), not the Discussion tab of this general page}}

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= Open Call =


== Open call waves ==
Open calls are organised in '''waves''', and each wave has '''two parts''': the calls that concern '''WikiDeal as a global platform''' (structure, identity, management), and the calls that concern '''specific marketplaces'''. Wave 1 gathers the three '''early bird''' calls, the pilot experience calls, also called open calls '''for pioneers''': they are launched before the steering committee is formed, and they are especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). Their informal launch is planned for '''21 July 2026''', the opening day of [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Wikimania 2026] in Paris, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia. Wave 2 gathers draft calls that are still under discussion: they are listed below, and the list itself is intended to evolve.


=== Wave 1: the pilot experience calls (early bird) ===

==== Wave 1, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|URL naming and general structure]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Graphic charter]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || No deadline: open until a first simple version has been adopted || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|}


==== Wave 1, specific marketplaces ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Tutorial-Small-Loans|Spectacular tutorial on small loans between family, friends and neighbours]] || 1 || Announced, to be launched on 21 July 2026 || 21 December 2026 (competitive: a single proposal is selected) || CHF 1,000 in direct cash + CHF 10,000 in [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|}

Small loans between close people have already been initiated on WikiDeal with a first contract model: see the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Contract-Base:Small Loans|small loans contract base]] (the amount loaned between the two parties and the repayment deadline), within the [[Markets/en/Portal:Small Loans/Main|Small Loans portal]].


=== Wave 2: still under discussion ===

Wave 2 is '''still under discussion'''. These calls are drafts under construction (nice to have, not yet launched); they are intended to be launched at a later stage, and the list itself is still being discussed. Wave 2 is also organised in two parts: WikiDeal global and specific marketplaces. The results of the wave 2 calls are notably part of the expected [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|Prototype 1 deliverables]].

==== Wave 2, WikiDeal global ====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Annual Value Increase|Annual percentage increase on rewards]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Civic-Flex-Pricing|Civic flex pricing: the average discount for the civic incentive]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Progressive-Subscription-Increase|Progressive subscription amount increase]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Contract-Signature|Contract signature: tools, free software and signature levels]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Guarantees|Guarantees: payment, default and damage guarantees, and compensation]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Content Architecture|Content architecture and ergonomics]] || 2 || Earlier call (June 2026); it largely overlaps with the wave 1 call on URL naming and general structure, and a merge is under discussion || None for now || Modest mix of cash and Karma tokens (see the call page)
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Deployment-Profiles|Deployment profiles: inviting the five profiles of the AI supported deployment methodology]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Cashout-Policy|Cashout policy: which formula for the percentage of each subscription attributed to Reward holders]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || None for now: to be determined once at least CHF 100,000 in donations have been obtained || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Trust-Preservation|Trust preservation: preserving the trust of first supporters in a second funding round]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming|Karma token naming: finding a durable name for the community token]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Compliance-With-Laws|Compliance with laws: global policies of responsibilities adapted from Wikimedia governance]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Legal-References|Legal references for contracts: collection, conservation, verification and availability]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched, considered important || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Endorsement-Institution|Endorsement Institution: structuring the institution that manages lawyer endorsements]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Rating-Balance-Processes|Rating Balance Processes: mechanisms for honest and diversified feedback]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}


==== Wave 2, specific marketplaces ====

The calls below concern a '''specific marketplace''', not the WikiDeal platform as a whole. These calls are still ideas under construction.

This part is intended to grow far beyond this first list. Over time, there could be hundreds, even thousands of marketplace calls, and the majority are intended to be organised directly by [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]] themselves. Calls launched by User Groups would only go through a light validation, whose sole purpose is to display them in this list of calls: User Groups keep their independence to launch their own calls whenever they look for ideas and need contributions.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Open call !! Wave !! Status !! Deadline !! Rewards
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Addiction-Transition-Bus|Transition bus: contractual solutions from polysubstance to single-substance dependence (use case)]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Reverse Abuse|Reverse Abuse: legal financial-optimization ideas serving users and small producers]] || 2 || Preview (theoretical), not yet launched || None for now || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Programs|Programs: connecting production, transformation, transport and other contracts into programs]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|-
| [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Markets|Markets: assembling the contracts that let a whole market segment exist]] || 2 || Draft, under construction, not yet launched || To be defined at launch || To be defined
|}

If you want to respond to a call, go to the discussion page of that call and post your proposal there.

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=== The spirit of these calls ===
These early bird calls are structured a bit like the open calls of European research and innovation programmes, but in a softer, lighter and less administrative way. There is no consortium to build and no heavy paperwork: they are micro calls for ideas, open to anyone who brings relevant and useful ideas to the cause.

The steering committee intends to meet periodically, review all the ideas posted, and attribute the rewards. For each call, the rewards are intended to be distributed across several people: contributors who bring complementary ideas, who comment on the proposals of others, and who help each other. The calls are not a cold competition where one person wins and the others lose. The goal is to have several winners, because they helped each other.


=== Open call rules and procedures in brief ===
This is a summary: the detailed rules and procedures are gathered in the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]].

* The Ynternet.org Foundation and the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|see credits]]) are committed to making the announced sums available '''only if the proposed added values are judged good'''. If no contribution is judged good enough, the money is never kept: it is intended to be reinvested in another open call.
* Attribution is intended to happen progressively, as good contributions arrive, with explanations for each attribution.
* When money is attributed and paid, it is the WikiDeal team that informs the contributors concerned.
* Part of the sum, up to half (for example CHF 500 out of CHF 1,000), can be withheld for up to one year, in order to verify that the ideas last: this is the '''maturity criterion'''. If the ideas have lasted, the second half is intended to be paid to the person who brought the main ideas, as an increase of the donation.
* What matters is to distinguish a solid base from a flash in the pan.
* Not every call is monetised. Some calls may start with no money distribution at all: only [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), or even no reward of any kind. Contributing without claiming any reward is always possible: the reward is one possible motivation among others, never an exclusive one. What matters is to make a project live together, to let a community emerge, and to answer societal challenges linked to the founding research question, [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question|"Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?"]].

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== Open Call at a Glance ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Evaluation
| Periodic (cycle dates not yet defined)
|-
| Rewards
| Direct cash and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*)
|-
| Karma token rewards
| [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], usable for services in the ecosystem
|-
| Proposal types
| Improvement · Substitution
|-
| Jury
| Public vote + expert panel
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}

The '''Open Call''' is WikiDeal's continuous invitation to the community, and to the world, to propose improvements to or alternatives to the current model. Ideas may be submitted at any time; they are evaluated periodically. The dates of the evaluation cycles are not yet defined: one of the options under consideration is a quarterly rhythm, possibly aligned with the seasons. No first evaluation date is announced for now.


== What Can Be Proposed ==
Open Call proposals fall into two categories. '''Improvement proposals''' take the current Prototype 1 model as a given and propose enhancements: a better formula for distributing [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), a new mechanism for onboarding [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Groups]], an improved arbitration process. '''Substitution proposals''' challenge one or more elements of Prototype 1 and propose replacements: an alternative [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|bonding curve]] formula, a different governance structure, a new approach to Commission calculation. Proposals that entirely abandon the WikiDeal model are out of scope; the Open Call is about improving and diversifying, not about starting over.

A valid proposal must specify: the exact change proposed; the costs of implementing it; the expected benefits and the evidence base for those expectations; compatibility with the membership-based entry system (memberships must remain in all proposals); the proposer's own capacity to contribute to implementation; and the full AI transparency disclosure if any AI tools were used. Proposals lacking these elements are returned for completion before formal evaluation.


== Evaluation and Rewards ==
Each periodic evaluation combines a public vote (accessible to all WikiDeal membership holders) with a structured expert panel review. The expert panel includes platform cooperative specialists, legal scholars, economists familiar with commons governance, and at least one representative from the Living Labs research community. The panel's role is not to override the public vote but to ensure that winning proposals are technically feasible and legally compliant.

Rewards can combine several complementary forms: direct cash payments, [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] (no guarantee*), which represent a conditional claim on future subscription revenue, and [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]], which can be exchanged for services within the WikiDeal ecosystem. See [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards-Explained|Rewards Explained]] for the full picture. Winning proposals in an evaluation cycle are intended to share a prize pool of '''CHF 10,000 in cash''' and '''1,000,000 WikiDeal memberships'''. There may be multiple winners in a cycle, a main prize and a complementary prize, to recognise proposals that work well together. The Open Call is designed to remain genuinely community-driven, with evaluation guided by public vote and independent expert review.


== Message from the Founder ==
''"WikiDeal Prototype 1 represents a first hypothesis, built on decades of experience in digital commons, platform cooperativism, and internet governance. It is not a finished product, but a solid starting point, deliberately open to collective improvement. The model is grounded in what we know works: free licensing, community governance, at-cost Commissions, and transparent algorithms. I look forward to seeing the community improve on every aspect of it, and I welcome proposals that challenge any element of the current design."''


== Maturity Score & Open Call Allocation ==
Open Call resources are not distributed equally across all use cases. Each WikiDeal marketplace portal carries a '''Maturity Score''' (1 to 5 stars) based on 7 indicators: number of active users, dissatisfaction rate, improvement proposals received, urgency of open bugs, deployment breadth, interconnection with other tools, and usage trajectory.

The higher a portal's Maturity Score, the fewer Open Call resources it receives, because mature portals are largely self-sustaining. Conversely, early-stage portals receive maximum Open Call attention and rewards. This mechanism prevents resources from concentrating in already-successful use cases.

Maturity scores are reviewed quarterly by the Living Lab team and displayed in each use case's infobox. Community members may challenge scores through documented counter-evidence submitted via Open Call.

📊 '''Full methodology:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls-Maturity|Open Calls & Maturity Score System]]: the 7 indicators, composite scoring, and allocation table. See also [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Maturity Score|Maturity Score (innovation page)]].

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:FAQ|Open Call FAQ]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls-Maturity|Open Calls & Maturity Score System]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|Governance]]

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Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Rating-Balance-Processes

2026-07-22T16:03:47Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Create Wave 2 Open Call for Rating Balance Processes

{{KidsIntro|We are looking for ideas on how to build the rules that keep ratings and feedback fair for everyone.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This Wave 2 Open Call seeks proposals for structuring the Rating Balance processes. We need concrete models, algorithms, and governance structures to implement incentivized feedback, early reviewer rewards, user education, and penalties for artificial positivity or systematic ignorance, ensuring that ratings remain honest, calibrated, and diversified.}}

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= Open Call: Rating Balance Processes =


== Context ==
The WikiDeal ecosystem relies on a unified [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating_Balance|Rating Balance]] policy to ensure that marketplace feedback is reliable and robust. Rather than just measuring user sentiment, the platform intends to actively stimulate balanced, useful feedback through civic incentives and structural penalties.

Because this system is highly complex, the specific rules, thresholds, and algorithms are ''not yet finalized''. This Open Call invites the community, economists, and UX designers to propose the operational mechanisms that will govern these processes.


== What we are looking for ==
Proposals should cover the implementation of the Rating Balance mechanisms:
* '''Algorithm Calibration:''' How should extreme patterns (systematic 1-star or 5-star scores) be weighted based on a rater's track record?
* '''Incentivizing Feedback:''' Models for offering non-monetary rewards (Karma tokens, extra nights, privileges) that genuinely stimulate detailed reviews without compromising honesty.
* '''User Education & Moderation:''' Tools and interface concepts to teach users how to leave constructive, precise comments without wasting time.
* '''Early Reviewer Strategies:''' How to identify, reward, and protect the "early adopters" who take the time to comment on brand new services or providers.
* '''The Feedback "Tax":''' Defining the penalty mechanisms for users who frequently ignore feedback requests or who exclusively leave un-nuanced positive comments.


== How to contribute ==
If you have ideas, mathematical models, or behavioral insights to share, please post your proposal on the '''Discussion''' tab of this page.

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating_Balance|Rating Balance]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Incentive|Civic incentive]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Main Open Call Page]]

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[[Category:Innovation]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Incentivized Feedback

2026-07-22T16:03:39Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Redirect to unified Rating Balance page

#REDIRECT [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating_Balance]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating Balancing Policy

2026-07-22T16:03:38Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Redirect to unified Rating Balance page

#REDIRECT [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating_Balance]]

Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Rating Balance

2026-07-22T16:03:37Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Create unified Rating Balance page merging Incentivized Feedback and Rating Balancing Policy

{{KidsIntro|On WikiDeal, we want feedback to be fair and honest. If you take the time to leave detailed, useful comments, you earn thank-you rewards (like Karma tokens or small surprises). But if someone always gives 5 stars or 1 star without thinking, or ignores feedback requests, the system balances it out so everyone gets a fair picture.}}
{{ExpertIntro|Rating Balance encompasses the proactive policies to stimulate honest, calibrated, and diversified marketplace ratings. This framework, still under construction via upcoming open calls, integrates "incentivized feedback" (rewarding detailed, constructive reviews with Karma or privileges rather than money) and mechanisms connecting to the Maturity Score and Civic Incentive (e.g., educating users, rewarding early reviews, and applying a "tax" on systematic ignorance or artificial positivity).}}

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= Rating Balance =
''Innovation, WikiDeal R&D. (Previously known under the concepts of "Judgment Balance Indicator", "Rating Balancing Policy", and "Incentivized Feedback", which are now unified here).''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Origin || 🟢 WikiDeal concept
|-
| Status || Under study (proposal), to be built via Open Calls
|}


== The Policy in Brief ==

The '''Rating Balance''' framework aims at keeping marketplace ratings '''honest, calibrated and diversified'''. It is not just an indicator: it is a policy that proactively stimulates balance rather than merely measuring it.

Because this system is highly complex, the specific algorithms and rules are ''not yet finalized''. They are intended to be built and refined through dedicated open calls (e.g., [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Rating-Balance-Processes|Open Call: Rating Balance Processes]]).

The envisioned policy rests on three pillars:
* '''Honest''': ratings should reflect real experiences.
* '''Calibrated''': extreme patterns (such as systematic 1-star or 5-star scores) are weighted relative to a rater's track record, minimizing distortion.
* '''Diversified''': feedback should come from a wide variety of users, supported by motivation and incentive tools close to the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Incentive|civic incentive]] approach.


== Incentivized Feedback ==

A core paragraph of the Rating Balance policy is '''Incentivized Feedback'''. Feedback on WikiDeal is meant to be detailed and useful, covering soft skills, communication, and problem-solving. To stimulate this, users receive advantages, '''never money''' (as paying for reviews compromises honesty).

These incentives include:
* '''Karma tokens''' (see the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Time Resource Bank|Time and Resource Bank]]).
* '''User and admin rights''', or the right to run for certain functions.
* '''Direct credits from providers''': e.g., an authorized late check-in, an extra night in a booking, or a local cultural experience.


== Mechanisms and Connections ==

The policy connects directly with the [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Incentive|Civic Incentive]] and the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Maturity Score|Maturity Score]] systems through three core mechanisms:

# '''User Education:''' Users are educated on how to leave constructive, precise comments without exaggerating or wasting time (moderation, precision, and contextual use cases).
# '''Early Reviewer Advantages:''' The very first users who comment on new services or persons receive proactive advantages (notably in Karma tokens, for example earning the right to an extra free night in a 7-night accommodation booking). This jumpstarts the reputation and maturity of the offering.
# '''Feedback "Tax" and Penalties:''' To prevent skewed distributions and artificial positivity, a "tax" or penalty is applied to users who too frequently ignore feedback requests or exclusively leave positive comments without nuance.

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'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Rating-Balance-Processes|Open Call: Rating Balance Processes]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Civic-Incentive|Civic incentive]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Maturity Score|Maturity Score]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|All innovations]]

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Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Legal-References

2026-07-22T15:59:21Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Add Category:Innovation

{{KidsIntro|Contracts follow laws. To make fair deals, people need to find the right legal texts easily, from the constitution of a country down to the specific rules of a city or a trade. This page is a future call for ideas on how WikiDeal would collect and show all these legal references. It is not open yet, and nothing is decided.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Draft open call, under construction, wave 2, not yet launched, considered important. Market portals are intended to include repertoires of the legal references relevant to each market, ordered from the most fundamental (constitutions) to the most specific. The initial hypothesis is to point to external official sources rather than copy them internally, with a bot maintaining the links and retrieving disappeared sources from the Internet Archive. This call is intended to invite jurists with a strong wiki culture to design the strategy for collecting, conserving, verifying and making available the legal documents that serve as references for contracts. Scope, awards and deadline are to be defined at launch.}}

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= Open call: legal references for contracts (draft, under construction) =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Status
| Draft, under construction, not yet launched
|-
| Wave
| 2
|-
| Deadline
| To be defined at launch
|-
| Awards
| To be defined
|-
| How to propose
| Not open yet
|}


== What this call is intended to be about ==
Contracts on WikiDeal would always rest on legal references. The Market portals are therefore intended to include '''repertoires of the laws''' relevant to each market, ordered from the most fundamental to the most specific: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution constitutions], then codes and statutes, down to the specific rules that apply to a given activity.

A first strategic question is '''pointing versus copying'''. The initial hypothesis, proposed as a working basis, is to '''point''' to the official external sources rather than to copy them internally, with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_bot bot] that maintains the links up to date and, when a source has disappeared, retrieves it from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive] ([https://web.archive.org archive.org]). Keeping full internal copies does not seem pertinent at this stage; this call is intended to examine that hypothesis.

This draft call, considered an important one, is intended to invite '''jurists with a strong wiki culture''' to design the strategy for the '''collection, conservation, verification and availability''' of all the legal documents that serve as references for contracts.


== Open questions for this call ==
* Should the legal references be hosted internally or pointed to externally?
* How would [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_law jurisprudence] and application modalities be treated?
* How deep into the details should the repertoires go?
* Who does this serve, and which uses come first?
* What are the right questions to ask, beyond this first list?


== Status ==
This is a '''wave 2 draft''': it is announced as an upcoming open call and is not yet launched. Scope, awards and deadline are intended to be defined at launch. The general rules of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] would apply, in particular the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]].


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call: main page]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Compliance-With-Laws|Compliance with laws (draft call)]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Legal-Accessibility|Legal accessibility]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Legal/Legal-Watch-Guide|Legal watch guide]]

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Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main

2026-07-22T15:59:20Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Add Category:Innovation

{{KidsIntro|WikiDeal is a big experiment. This portal is the laboratory: it holds the big question the project tries to answer, the new ideas being tested, the observatories that watch how things evolve, and the open calls where anyone can bring ideas.}}

{{ExpertIntro|The R&D portal gathers WikiDeal's research and development activity, organised around the founding question: can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace? It hosts the described innovations, the participatory observatories, the open calls and their maturity scoring, the research questions and the living labs. The experimentation is framed by Prototype 1 and inscribed in the innovation management experience of the Ynternet.org Foundation, whose supporting bodies (curatoriums, scientific councils, steering committees) are under construction: work in progress, backed by expertise and vision.}}

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= R&D Portal =


== The founding question ==

All the research and development of WikiDeal works toward one [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Glossary:Founding Question|founding question]]:

<blockquote>'''"Can users own, run and sustain a global marketplace?"'''</blockquote>

In other words: can an e-commerce platform be simultaneously ethical, participative, low-cost and economically self-sustaining, without relying on advertising, speculation or shareholder profit? The working hypothesis of WikiDeal is: yes, but only if the governance model is radically different. This would require combining the principles of digital commons (like Wikipedia), a cooperative commission model, and community-driven value distribution.

This question is the base of the whole project. The page [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Research:Why-And-How-It-Can-Work|Why and How WikiDeal Can Work]] presents the current state of the answer, and the [[#research-questions|research questions below]] detail the main sub-questions.


== Sections ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Main|Innovations]]: open, unlimited list of socio-economic innovations, with comparison
* [[Market:Observatory|Observatories]]: participatory citizen observatories, hosted in the Market space (concept and open list)
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]]: the open calls, organised in waves
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls-Maturity|Open Calls Maturity]]: maturity scoring of open calls
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Pilot-Use-Cases|Pilot use cases]]: real-world pilot experiments in selected markets (Babysitting as the model pilot)
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs|Living Labs]]: real-world research environments (Ecopol, ENoLL)


== Prototype 1: the experimentation framework ==

The research is not abstract: it is carried out through [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1|Prototype 1]], the first test version of WikiDeal, funded by a first CHF 1,000,000 round with defined [[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Prototype-1-Deliverables|deliverables]], notably including the results of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#wave-2|wave 2 open calls]] and pilot use cases in selected markets.


== An experience of innovation management ==

This R&D programme is inscribed in the innovation project management [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/About-History|history of the Ynternet.org Foundation]], active since 1998 in ethical and inclusive digital transition. The supporting bodies of the programme (curatoriums, scientific councils, [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|steering committees]]) are being elaborated: this is work in progress, backed by an existing expertise and a long-term vision.


== Research questions and answers ==

''This section documents the core research questions and the mechanisms developed to answer them (merged from the former Research portal page).''

=== How do you attract early funders? ===
How can a platform with no shareholders and no dividends attract funding at launch?

Three mechanisms work together: (1) the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Bonding Curve|Bonding Curve]] creates a transparent, algorithmically defined relationship between subscriptions and reward potential: early funders receive a higher reward multiplier. (2) The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding]] amplifies the redistribution during the critical early phase. (3) [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]] let contributors bring not just money but also ideas, labor and expertise, and receive deferred rewards based on adoption and longevity.

=== How do you ensure long-term sustainability? ===
How does WikiDeal stay viable long-term, beyond the launch phase?

Through layered mechanisms: (1) low [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main|commissions]] reduce friction and build user trust. (2) Hybrid [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Karma-Tokens|Karma tokens]] support early-stage providers and volunteers, reducing cash outflows. (3) The [[Market:Programs|Programs]] framework gradually incubates new marketplaces using existing communities, avoiding the need for expensive cold-start campaigns.

=== How do you solve the cold-start problem? ===
How do you bootstrap a marketplace when both buyers and sellers are not yet present?

WikiDeal's primary cold-start strategy is [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Community-Migrations|Community Migrations]]: onboarding existing communities (cooperatives, associations, User Groups) that already have internal transaction flows. These communities "migrate" their existing practices onto WikiDeal's framework, bringing both supply and demand simultaneously. This is reinforced by an internal competition model: User Groups are incentivized to grow their marketplace rather than compete with other platforms, creating an inward gravitational pull rather than an external conquest logic.

=== How is co-opetition different from normal competition? ===
Does WikiDeal compete with existing e-commerce platforms?

The rules of WikiDeal make internal expansion more attractive than external conquest. Because User Groups earn more by improving their own marketplace quality than by fighting over external users, the competition is [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Coopetition|co-opetitive]]: participants compete to be the most useful, transparent and well-governed, not the most extractive. This represents a fundamentally different economic deployment paradigm.


== Other aspects of the research ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Transparency/Fiscal-Study|Fiscal study]]: the legal and fiscal analysis of the funding model
* [[Gov/en/Portal:Trust-Safety/Anonymous-Editing|Anonymous editing analysis]]: applied research on trust and identity on the platform

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''See also: [[Gov|Governance structure]] · [[Market:Programs|Programs (in the Markets space)]]''

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Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Tutorial-Small-Loans

2026-07-22T15:59:18Z

AI-Admin-Assistant: Add Category:Innovation

{{KidsIntro|Sometimes, lending a little money to a friend or a cousin creates big fights. WikiDeal is looking for people who can make short, funny and spectacular videos that teach how to lend small amounts between family, friends and neighbours without losing trust. The best videos can win a reward.}}
{{ExpertIntro|This early bird open call invites spectacular tutorial videos, shorts of about 1 minute 30, on small loans between family, friends and neighbours. Its informal launch is planned for 21 July 2026, the opening day of [https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Wikimania 2026] in Paris, and it is especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). There is no deadline. Reward: CHF 1,000 in direct cash. Proposals are posted on the discussion page of this call, with a mandatory AI transparency disclosure.}}

{{RFF}}

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= Open call: spectacular tutorial on small loans =

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Status
| Open · early bird (for pioneers)
|-
| Informal launch
| 21 July 2026, opening day of Wikimania 2026 in Paris
|-
| Deadline
| None
|-
| Reward
| CHF 1,000 in direct cash
|-
| How to propose
| Post on [[Market:Answer_to_Open_Call/Tutorial-Small-Loans#Discussion|the discussion page of this call]]
|-
| Disclosure
| AI transparency mandatory
|}


== What this call is about ==
This open call invites the production of a '''spectacular tutorial''' on '''small loans between family, friends and neighbours''': how to lend and borrow small amounts of money between people who know each other, without damaging the relationship.

The expected format is a set of '''short videos (shorts) of about 1 minute 30'''. The qualities sought are:
* humour, charisma and storytelling;
* video quality and special effects;
* real-life scenarios and role plays;
* legal references, statistics and pedagogical references;
* pattern breaking: images and formats that surprise and stay in mind.

A good tutorial works on real angles, such as:
* the shame of saying no to a relative who asks for money;
* the small amounts that create conflicts within families and between siblings;
* how to build the trust needed to lend, and how to accept compensatory measures.

A dedicated WikiDeal market on small loans between family, friends and neighbours is under construction; this tutorial is intended to accompany it.


== Status and timeline ==
This is an '''early bird''' open call, also called an open call '''for pioneers''': it is launched before the steering committee is formed, and it is especially open to Wiki experts (experts in Wiki design and use). Its informal launch is planned for '''21 July 2026''', the opening day of Wikimania 2026 in Paris, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia.

There is '''no deadline''': the call remains open until a first tutorial has been adopted.


== Reward ==
This call offers '''CHF 1,000 in direct cash'''. Unlike the two other early bird calls, this call does not include Rewards.

The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]] of the open calls apply, including the maturity criterion: part of the sum can be withheld for up to one year, to verify that the contributions last.


== How to propose ==
If you want to respond to this call, go to [[Market:Answer_to_Open_Call/Tutorial-Small-Loans#Discussion|the discussion page of this call]] and post your proposal there, including external links to videos and documents hosted elsewhere if needed. You can also signal your participation by email to info@wikideal.net. Proposals are public: everyone can see what others have proposed. These calls are light and non administrative, in the spirit of micro calls for ideas: the rewards are intended to be distributed across several contributors who bring complementary ideas, comment on the proposals of others and help each other. The goal is several winners, not a cold competition with one winner and many losers.

Every proposal must include a full '''AI transparency disclosure''': state which AI tools, if any, were used to prepare the proposal, and how. The general rules of the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call]] apply, in particular the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main#rules-of-the-game|rules of the game]].


== Closing condition ==
The call closes when a first tutorial is adopted by the delegates of the Ynternet.org Foundation. For the moment, the steering committee is composed of the WikiDeal founder ([[Gov/en/Portal:Meta/Credits|see credits]]) and other committee members. It has not met yet; it intends to meet once the first donations have been received.


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Call: main page]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:URL-Structure|Open call: URL naming and general structure]]
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Graphic-Charter|Open call: graphic charter and trademark proposals]]

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