💡 In simple words: Wikipedia is run by the people who write it, with open rules everyone can read and improve. WikiDeal wants to run its marketplaces the same way: by the people who use them.

🎯 In 20 seconds (expert summary): Initial hypothesis, foundational innovation number two: applying the same governance as Wikipedia to deals and marketplaces instead of encyclopedic knowledge. Open participation, transparent rules and community decision making are intended to replace ownership and control by third-party structures.

Wikipedia Governance

Foundational innovation, WikiDeal R&D. Status: initial hypothesis, page under construction, basis for discussion.

What is it?

Wikipedia Governance is the second foundational concept of WikiDeal, together with the Double Platform: the same governance as Wikipedia, applied to deals and marketplaces instead of encyclopedic knowledge. The starting hypothesis is that what worked for knowledge (open participation, transparent versioned content, community decision making, dispute resolution by the community itself) can be adapted to commerce.

The elements inspired by the Wikimedia Foundation practices are documented on the Wikimedia references page, and WikiDeal's own governance structures are described across the Gov portal.

Status

This page is under construction. The concept is an initial hypothesis of the WikiDeal R&D programme; its formulation and its name are open for discussion.

See also: All innovations · Wikimedia references · R&D Portal