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💡 In simple words: This page shows how WikiDeal is run: who makes the rules, how money is used, and how everyone can help decide.

🎯 In 20 seconds (scientific summary): We are heading towards a cooperative platform where power belongs to the users themselves. This hypothesis proposes a complete governance framework — institutions, economy, justice, transparency and more — gathered in one portal, published openly so that every rule can be read, questioned and improved by the community.

⚠️ Working hypothesis: everything described in this Governance space is a starting working hypothesis, meant to evolve based on users' proposals. Nothing here is final: it is a foundation offered to the community for discussion and improvement.

🛡️ Who can edit this space? All content in the Governance space is editable only by administrators (pages are semi-protected and validated to guarantee stability and reliability). But governance is open by design: anyone can request administrator rights and contribute. If you get involved, administrator access is within your reach — transparency and participation are the rule, not the exception.

Welcome to the Governance portal

This page is the entry point (hub) of the entire "Gov" space of WikiDeal. It describes and links together the way the platform is governed:

its rules — how decisions are made and by whom;
its institutions — the committees and roles that keep WikiDeal running;
its economy — how money moves, with commissions at real cost;
its justice — how disputes are resolved fairly;
its transparency — how everything is reported openly.

All of this is built in a cooperative spirit where power belongs to the users. WikiDeal is not governed above its community — it is governed by its community.

The governance portals

Institutions — the bodies and roles that run WikiDeal (steering committee, governance committee, etc.).
Economy — how money moves: commissions at real cost, subscriptions, funding.
Justice — dispute resolution, simplified arbitration, fairness.
Legal — legal framework, statutes and compliance.
Terms — terms, contracts and definitions.
Transparency — openness, reporting and legal/fiscal studies.
Trust & Safety — trust-building and safety mechanisms.
Community — user groups, participation and community life.
Vision — the founding question, mission and long-term direction.
R&D — applied research, innovations and open calls.
Data — data governance and privacy.
Ecosystem — partners and the wider cooperative ecosystem.
Onboarding — getting started and participating.
Meta — the founding question and meta-level documentation.

Key pages

Open Calls — current open calls for contributions and research.
Steering Committee — the main steering body of WikiDeal.
Arbitration — the simplified arbitration mechanism for disputes.

A living framework

Remember: this entire governance framework is a working hypothesis — a starting point meant to evolve based on users' proposals. Read it, challenge it, improve it. The best governance is the one you help build.