AI-Admin-Assistant: Add AI Strategies observatory to the open list; free legal watch link now points to Clauses & Contracts

2026-07-18T01:40:50Z

Add AI Strategies observatory to the open list; free legal watch link now points to Clauses & Contracts

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	* [[Market:Observatory/Fundraising-Awareness-and-Competition\|Fundraising Awareness & Competition]]: the fundraising landscape and its practices.		* [[Market:Observatory/Fundraising-Awareness-and-Competition\|Fundraising Awareness & Competition]]: the fundraising landscape and its practices.
	* [[Market:Observatory/Clauses-and-Contracts\|Clauses & Contracts]]: contract clauses, their evolution and their maturity.		* [[Market:Observatory/Clauses-and-Contracts\|Clauses & Contracts]]: contract clauses, their evolution and their maturity.
			* [[Market:Observatory/AI-Strategies\|AI Strategies]]: AI strategies of leading commons-based organizations, and what WikiDeal could learn from them.
	* ...and any new observatory the community decides to open.		* ...and any new observatory the community decides to open.

	Other observatory ideas are already sketched elsewhere on the wiki, for example a Smart Contract Observatory (see [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Blockchains\|Blockchains]]), a free legal watch (~~see~~ [[~~Portal~~:~~Open Observatories~~/~~Free Online Legal Services~~\|~~Free Online Legal Services~~]]) and the thematic [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs\|Living Labs]].		Other observatory ideas are already sketched elsewhere on the wiki, for example a Smart Contract Observatory (see [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Blockchains\|Blockchains]]), a free legal watch (now part of the [[Market:Observatory/Clauses-and-Contracts\|Clauses & Contracts observatory]]) and the thematic [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs\|Living Labs]].

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AI-Admin-Assistant: New main observatories portal in the Market space: concept (citizen, participatory, volunteer, unlimited), inputs/outputs, karma moderation, whistleblowing role, open list of observatories (Theo 2026-07-17)

2026-07-17T17:20:42Z

New main observatories portal in the Market space: concept (citizen, participatory, volunteer, unlimited), inputs/outputs, karma moderation, whistleblowing role, open list of observatories (Theo 2026-07-17)

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Welcome to the WikiDeal observatories home page. Observatories are where the WikiDeal community '''watches and documents''' a field, rather than running deals in it. They are intended as citizen observatories: participatory, volunteer-run, and open to anyone. This page explains the concept and lists the observatories, each with its own page.

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== What is a WikiDeal observatory? ==

A WikiDeal observatory is intended to be a '''citizen observatory''': a participatory, volunteer-run working space where anyone can help watch a subject that matters to the community. Observatories are '''unlimited in number''': what counts is not a fixed count, but the willingness of contributors to watch a subject seriously, following the logic of one observatory per subject.

Observatories are intended as '''bases for decision making''' within WikiDeal: their findings would feed community debates, [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|open calls]] and, for the more complex decisions, community votes.


== Inputs and outputs ==

The envisaged inputs of an observatory are community contributions and continuous monitoring of the field. The outputs an observatory aims at producing are the classic artefacts of the genre:

* published studies and comparative analyses;
* watch reports (regular reviews of how the field evolves);
* alerts on strategic developments;
* datasets that others can reuse;
* recommendations feeding decision making and open calls.


== Moderation: the karma model ==

Observatories are intended to follow Slashdot-style karma moderation: debates and comments earn karma through reader ratings, and the contributors with the best karma obtain the right to select the topics submitted for publication. This mechanism is documented on the [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Participatory Observatory|Participatory Observatories]] innovation page, which remains the reference for the model.


== Early warnings and whistleblowing ==

Beyond reliable information, observatories are intended to play an early-warning role: raising alerts against any mechanism that would re-privatize the platform, weaken trust, or undermine the approach of a global marketplace owned, run and sustained by its users. A dedicated [[Market:Observatory/Whistleblowing|Whistleblowing observatory]] is envisaged for the early detection and prevention of abuse, and for the protection and support of whistleblowers.


== Observatories and open calls ==

Some [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|open calls]] may point to an observatory, whose findings would then feed or follow up the call. For now this connection is simply left open: no formal binding is defined.


== The observatories (open list) ==

The list below is '''open and unlimited''': new observatories can be created whenever contributors want to watch a new subject. All the observatories listed here are under construction and not yet active.

* [[Market:Observatory/Potential-Partners|Potential Partners]]: organizations WikiDeal could cooperate with rather than compete against.
* [[Market:Observatory/Community-Migrations|Community Migrations]]: existing groups and platforms that could migrate to WikiDeal.
* [[Market:Observatory/Karma-Market-and-Time-Banking|Karma Market & Time Banking]]: time banking networks and Karma token exchanges.
* [[Market:Observatory/Whistleblowing|Whistleblowing]]: early detection and prevention of abuse, protection and support of whistleblowers at every step.
* [[Market:Observatory/Competition-and-Cooperation|Competition & Cooperation]]: platforms sharing some of WikiDeal's characteristics: where to cooperate, where to differentiate, where to learn.
* [[Market:Observatory/Competition-and-Cooperation#wiki-platforms|Wiki Platforms]]: platforms using Wikimedia-style governance. ''Note: currently a section of the Competition & Cooperation observatory, listed separately because it may grow into an observatory of its own.''
* [[Market:Observatory/Planned-Obsolescence|Planned Obsolescence]]: obsolescence risks and practices.
* [[Market:Observatory/Online-Community-Moderation|Online Community Moderation]]: moderation practices across online communities.
* [[Market:Observatory/Fundraising-Awareness-and-Competition|Fundraising Awareness & Competition]]: the fundraising landscape and its practices.
* [[Market:Observatory/Clauses-and-Contracts|Clauses & Contracts]]: contract clauses, their evolution and their maturity.
* ...and any new observatory the community decides to open.

Other observatory ideas are already sketched elsewhere on the wiki, for example a Smart Contract Observatory (see [[Gov/en/Portal:Data/Blockchains|Blockchains]]), a free legal watch (see [[Portal:Open Observatories/Free Online Legal Services|Free Online Legal Services]]) and the thematic [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Living-Labs|Living Labs]].


== See also ==
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Participatory Observatory|Participatory Observatories]]: the innovation page (karma model, flow from debate to adopted innovation)
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Main|R&D Portal]]: the governance side of research and development
* [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Main|Open Calls]]
* [[Market:Home|Markets home]]

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AI-Admin-Assistant: Add AI Strategies observatory to the open list; free legal watch link now points to Clauses & Contracts

AI-Admin-Assistant: New main observatories portal in the Market space: concept (citizen, participatory, volunteer, unlimited), inputs/outputs, karma moderation, whistleblowing role, open list of observatories (Theo 2026-07-17)