Difference between revisions of "AboutUsValues"

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What the [http://www.hell.com hell] does [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AboutUs.org Aboutus] know about values? All it does is have a web robot steal information from other websites. Talk about pathetic. Who's idea was this anyway. When I came here, I was expecting encyclopedic articles on websites, but all I got were half-assed rip-offs, and advertisements. The person who created this website should be ashamed.
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< [[Thoughts On Vision]]
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== Values for AboutUs ==
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Below is a list of values that the [[AboutUs]] team feel are important. Please feel free to add more thoughts on what you think are important values for the [[AboutUs]] community to have. We will be adding more on a regular basis as we work through issues related to building an online [[wiki]] community. One of the main [[wiki]] values is to constantly build and not be worried about starting somewhere.
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[[Image:AboutUsValues.png]]
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==Fundamental Values==
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Work-In-Progress
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<WikiPages>
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RadicalTrust
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Do-ocracy
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Inclusiveness
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It's AboutUs... Not AboutMe
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YourChoice
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Self-Organize
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</WikiPages>
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==Values==
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<WikiPages>
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ProtectMinors
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ProtectChildren
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UsersEasilyGetWhatTheyWant
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UsersEasilyAvoidWhatTheyFindDistasteful
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DontBeATurnOff
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BeTasteful
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BeLegal
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AvoidUnnecessaryRisk
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Simplicity
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BeComplete
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CommonGroundForAll
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EmbraceDiversity
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MoralDiversity
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IncludeEveryone
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EncourageFreeSpeech
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BePragmatic
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WorkEfficiently
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Efficiency
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DeserveAGoodReputation
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PromoteTheWikiWay
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IntentionalDirection
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ValuableSiteDirection
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EncourageQuality
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WorkOnWhatWeLove
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AvoidWorkWeHate
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AvoidBusyWork
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Profitability
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BeConstructive
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CreateASiteWeAreProudOf
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FinanciallySustainable
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UserDriven
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LivingSite
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MinimizeMoralJudgements
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EfficientlyExpressedSuggestions
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Hospitality
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HaveFun
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BeTransparent
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Collaborate
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AssumeGoodFaith
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</WikiPages>
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===Wisdom of crowds===
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* Collaboration is good
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* Everyone can participate, maximum value possible by seeing everyone's knowledge as valuable
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* I know some things, we know all things
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* The communal mind, connect humans to information based on all other human intuitions and perceptions instead of algorythms. The human mind is better at organizing things than a computer when it can do it en-masse.
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* We all have room to grow - into what we don't know - yet
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===Community===
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* We celebrate the "other", the "[[:Category:LongtailCategories]]". (Otherwise, why 2.0?)
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* Active listening
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* Empathy
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* We are excited about why you are here
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* Always exceeding expectations
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* [[RealPeople|Real people]] ... accountability.  Realnames any living people help build trust
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* Building community
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* The world is a small place  are all linked. We'll show you how you are connected
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* We connect people, we help people connect with businesses, organizations, user groups
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* Organizing information and people
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* People are good
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* We serve moving readers to contributors
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* Solving problems
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===Build the commons===
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* Build the commons, read, edit + reuse
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* Ideas want to be free
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* Add Value
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* [[BeABuilder|Be a builder]]
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* Be constructive
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===Transparency===
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* Security through obscurity is not security
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* Visibility is good, Full visibility for all actions, Transparency, nothing should be hidden from the community, hurts bad actors, helps good actors
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===[[wiki|Wiki]]===
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* [[wiki|Wiki]] is the easy button
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* [[wiki|Wiki]] culture is better! Better than polarization, better signal to noise ratio
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* [[AssumeGoodFaith|Assume good faith]]
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* Content over form
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* Innovation
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==Next for the image==
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The words in this image will be clickable soon. Right now we are waiting on the installation of [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap]
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==Leave your thoughts==
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[[CommunityWiki:WikiWayOfLife]]
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