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AI-Admin-Assistant: Rename Open Call to Open Calls; remove reputation credits (Theo 2026-08-03)

2026-08-03T19:49:07Z

Rename Open Call to Open Calls; remove reputation credits (Theo 2026-08-03)

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	{{KidsIntro\|Co-opetition means working together AND competing at the same time. People compete to do their best work, but they share tools and rules that help everyone. Like a sports team where players push each other to improve but win together.}}		{{KidsIntro\|Co-opetition means working together AND competing at the same time. People compete to do their best work, but they share tools and rules that help everyone. Like a sports team where players push each other to improve but win together.}}
	{{ExpertIntro\|Co-opetition, the combination of cooperation and competition, is presented here as the social and economic philosophy WikiDeal intends to follow, inspired by wiki culture: providers would compete on quality, specialisation and approach while cooperating on shared infrastructure, legal frameworks and dispute resolution. The page argues that well-structured competition can reinforce cooperation, with the Open ~~Call~~ process as its main institutional expression.}}		{{ExpertIntro\|Co-opetition, the combination of cooperation and competition, is presented here as the social and economic philosophy WikiDeal intends to follow, inspired by wiki culture: providers would compete on quality, specialisation and approach while cooperating on shared infrastructure, legal frameworks and dispute resolution. The page argues that well-structured competition can reinforce cooperation, with the Open Calls process as its main institutional expression.}}
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	This dynamic is structurally similar to how GNU/Linux kernel developers, while sometimes competing intensely for technical influence and organizational position, cooperate on the shared codebase because the codebase is more valuable to everyone when it is better. The competition happens at the level of ideas and contributions; the cooperation happens at the level of shared Infrastructure.		This dynamic is structurally similar to how GNU/Linux kernel developers, while sometimes competing intensely for technical influence and organizational position, cooperate on the shared codebase because the codebase is more valuable to everyone when it is better. The competition happens at the level of ideas and contributions; the cooperation happens at the level of shared Infrastructure.

	=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-~~Call~~:Main\|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===		=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Calls:Main\|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===

	The Open ~~Call~~ process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what the WikiDeal founder calls "productive criticism", critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).		The Open Calls process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what the WikiDeal founder calls "productive criticism", critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Add Category:Innovation

2026-07-22T15:58:50Z

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Attribution convention 2026-07-02: name moved to Credits page; attribution now 'WikiDeal concept'/'WikiDeal founder' with credits link; em-dash cleanup

2026-07-03T00:11:32Z

Attribution convention 2026-07-02: name moved to Credits page; attribution now 'WikiDeal concept'/'WikiDeal founder' with credits link; em-dash cleanup

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	=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===		=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===

	The Open Call process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what ~~Théo Bondolfi~~ calls "productive criticism", critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).		The Open Call process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what the WikiDeal founder calls "productive criticism", critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Add ExpertIntro (synthesis) + TOC, remove em-dashes (migration June 2026)

2026-07-01T19:34:12Z

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	{{KidsIntro\|Co-opetition means working together AND competing at the same time. People compete to do their best work, but they share tools and rules that help everyone. Like a sports team where players push each other to improve but win together.}}		{{KidsIntro\|Co-opetition means working together AND competing at the same time. People compete to do their best work, but they share tools and rules that help everyone. Like a sports team where players push each other to improve but win together.}}
			{{ExpertIntro\|Co-opetition, the combination of cooperation and competition, is presented here as the social and economic philosophy WikiDeal intends to follow, inspired by wiki culture: providers would compete on quality, specialisation and approach while cooperating on shared infrastructure, legal frameworks and dispute resolution. The page argues that well-structured competition can reinforce cooperation, with the Open Call process as its main institutional expression.}}
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	== Co-opetitive Culture ==		== Co-opetitive Culture ==

	'''Co-opetition''' — a portmanteau of cooperation and competition — describes WikiDeal's social and economic philosophy. The platform is not a commune where competition is suppressed, nor a traditional marketplace where competition is the only principle. It is a structure where competition between individual providers produces quality and innovation, while cooperation between those same providers produces shared Infrastructure, legal protection, and collective advocacy.		'''Co-opetition''', a portmanteau of cooperation and competition, describes WikiDeal's social and economic philosophy. The platform is not a commune where competition is suppressed, nor a traditional marketplace where competition is the only principle. It is a structure where competition between individual providers produces quality and innovation, while cooperation between those same providers produces shared Infrastructure, legal protection, and collective advocacy.

	=== The Wiki Culture Foundation ===		=== The Wiki Culture Foundation ===

	WikiDeal takes its cultural inspiration from the wiki movement — specifically from the productive tension within Wikipedia between individual contributors who sometimes fiercely disagree about content and approach, and the shared commitment to an encyclopaedia that serves all of humanity. Wikipedia's quality is, paradoxically, partly a product of conflict: the vigorous debate between editors, governed by transparent rules and a shared mission, produces articles that are more accurate and nuanced than any single author could produce.		WikiDeal takes its cultural inspiration from the wiki movement, specifically from the productive tension within Wikipedia between individual contributors who sometimes fiercely disagree about content and approach, and the shared commitment to an encyclopaedia that serves all of humanity. Wikipedia's quality is, paradoxically, partly a product of conflict: the vigorous debate between editors, governed by transparent rules and a shared mission, produces articles that are more accurate and nuanced than any single author could produce.

	WikiDeal applies this insight to commerce. A babysitting platform where all babysitters earn the same and face no competitive pressure to improve might produce mediocre service. A platform where babysitters compete purely on price might drive them to unsustainable rates. WikiDeal's model allows babysitters to compete on quality, specialisation, availability, and approach — while cooperating on the platform Infrastructure, the legal frameworks that protect them, the dispute resolution systems that keep trust high, and the collective advocacy that ensures their working conditions are fair.		WikiDeal applies this insight to commerce. A babysitting platform where all babysitters earn the same and face no competitive pressure to improve might produce mediocre service. A platform where babysitters compete purely on price might drive them to unsustainable rates. WikiDeal's model allows babysitters to compete on quality, specialisation, availability, and approach, while cooperating on the platform Infrastructure, the legal frameworks that protect them, the dispute resolution systems that keep trust high, and the collective advocacy that ensures their working conditions are fair.

	=== Competition Fostering Cooperation ===		=== Competition Fostering Cooperation ===

	One of WikiDeal's more counterintuitive observations is that well-structured competition can ''increase'' the incentive to cooperate. When a babysitter in Geneva knows that a family who has a bad experience will simply choose a different babysitter (competition), she is more motivated to contribute to the platform features that raise overall quality — better contract templates, clearer dispute resolution, improved communication tools — because these improvements also benefit her relative to less cooperative competitors.		One of WikiDeal's more counterintuitive observations is that well-structured competition can ''increase'' the incentive to cooperate. When a babysitter in Geneva knows that a family who has a bad experience will simply choose a different babysitter (competition), she is more motivated to contribute to the platform features that raise overall quality, better contract templates, clearer dispute resolution, improved communication tools, because these improvements also benefit her relative to less cooperative competitors.

	This dynamic is structurally similar to how GNU/Linux kernel developers, while sometimes competing intensely for technical influence and organizational position, cooperate on the shared codebase because the codebase is more valuable to everyone when it is better. The competition happens at the level of ideas and contributions; the cooperation happens at the level of shared Infrastructure.		This dynamic is structurally similar to how GNU/Linux kernel developers, while sometimes competing intensely for technical influence and organizational position, cooperate on the shared codebase because the codebase is more valuable to everyone when it is better. The competition happens at the level of ideas and contributions; the cooperation happens at the level of shared Infrastructure.
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	=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===		=== The [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main\|Open Call]] as Cultural Expression ===

	The Open Call process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what Théo Bondolfi calls "productive criticism" — critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).		The Open Call process is WikiDeal's most explicit institutional expression of co-opetition. Proposers compete for recognition and funding; but in order to compete effectively, they must engage seriously with the existing model and with competing proposals. The process creates what Théo Bondolfi calls "productive criticism", critique that must be constructive to win, and cooperation that must be rigorous to be credible. The result is a community that is simultaneously competitive (producing better proposals) and cooperative (improving the shared platform).

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Protected "Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Coopetition": Bulk protection: Gov pages = administrators only (Theo 2026-06-20) ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

2026-06-20T13:26:10Z

Protected "Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Coopetition": Bulk protection: Gov pages = administrators only (Theo 2026-06-20) ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite))

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Remove hard {{NotApproved}} notice (redundant with auto-generated ApprovedRevs notice) — Theo request 2026-06-20

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Merge real Co-opetition content (no content loss; was a stub) (Theo 2026-06-13)

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Phase 3-4 migration: remaining Gov portals (starter, Theo 2026-06-13)

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Phase 3-4 migration: remaining Gov portals (starter, Theo 2026-06-13)

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'''Coopetition''' — WikiDeal governance.

''Here is a first content idea for this page.'' Coopetition with other actors.

''Reference language: English. Starter page — content to be expanded.''

See also: [[Gov/en/Portal:Ecosystem/Main|Ecosystem & Partnerships]]