Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Open-Call:Karma-Token-Naming
💡 In simple words: 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 "WIL tokens", but that name is temporary. This page is a future call for ideas to find a better name. It is not open yet, and nothing is decided.
🎯 In 20 seconds (scientific summary): Draft open call, under construction, wave 2, not yet launched. The community token currently uses the working name "WIL token" (WikiDeal Inner Life), reflecting the will to share vital community dynamics: a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy, not a currency in the legal sense (initial hypothesis). The term is considered provisional and is expected to change. This call is intended to invite proposals for a durable 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.
Open call: WIL naming (draft, under construction)
| 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, previously called "Miles Credits", currently uses the working name WIL token ("WikiDeal Inner Life"): a token reflecting the will to share vital community dynamics, a barter-style unit for otherwise unused resources in the functional economy (initial hypothesis; not a currency in the legal sense). The term is considered provisional and is expected to change. This draft open call is intended to invite proposals for the right durable name of this community token.
The token itself is described on the WIL tokens page of the Economy portal and, from the resource-sharing angle, on the 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 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 Open Call would apply, in particular the rules of the game.