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{{ExpertIntro|We are heading towards horizontal scaling of WikiDeal through User Groups, each governing a specific portal and authoring their own contracts. This emerging model suggests a hybrid governance combining wiki-style rule-making, cooperative financial stewardship, and Swiss collegial practices. The Foundation provides technical and legal resources when use cases demonstrate viability, implying a shift from traditional hierarchical platforms toward distributed, member-owned service ecosystems.}}

{{KidsIntro|A User Group is a team that runs one part of WikiDeal, like babysitting in a city. They say what they need, and the foundation helps build a smart app for them. This page shows how to start your own group.}}

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WikiDeal intends to scale horizontally through '''User Groups'''. A User Group runs a specific '''portal''' (for example, babysitting in Geneva, or web design globally) and writes the contracts governing its members. A service is something offered ''within'' a portal: the portal is the unit a User Group is built around, not an isolated service.

A User Group is also intended as the first governance level of WikiDeal, comparable to a commune in Switzerland. WikiDeal's governance is intended as a hybrid of three proven sources: the open, wiki-style rule-making of Wikipedia and the free software movement, the at-cost financial management and user ownership of cooperatives, and the Swiss practice of collegial executives at every level, elected by an assembly of delegates. The full model is described on the [[Gov/en/Portal:Institutions/Governance|Governance]] page.

== Purpose ==

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* [[Gov/en/Portal:Onboarding/Contribute-Lawyer|Contribute as a legal professional]]

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