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WinWinWiki is based on the ideas articulated by Robert Wright in his book, Nonzero. In short, Wright shows that humans have an inherent capacity to collaborate to provide mutual benefit, and that this collaboration has been growing in scale throughout history.

WinWinWiki seeks to engage the larger community to accelerate this trend. For more discussion, see About WinWinWiki.

WinWinWiki provides a central point for capturing a full list of. In addition, WinWinWiki will provide a forum for deconstructing each proposed outcome by breaking it into projects, and subsequently breaking each project into a sequence of actions. In addition to the task-by-task deconstruction, WinWinWiki can provide explanatory content and background to provide understanding. The intent is to enable willing lay people to have the information they need to act. Ultimately, all the necessary content will be made available either directly within WinWinWiki, or via link to web sites, organizations or (for copyrighted material) publications.

An example of a "desired outcome" and its hierarchy might be a series of articles with a structure like this:

Desired Outcome: World Peace

Analysis 1: UNESCO-based Culture of Peace

Recommended High Level Actions:

Understanding, tolerance and solidarity
Disarmament, universal & verifiable
Democratic governance
Free-flowing information
Dialogue, Negotiation and the Rule of Law
Equal Rights for Women
Education for Peace
Equitable and sustainable economies

Don't worry! You can propose an idea without breaking it down to this level. The community can work on it.

Note, though, that each of the listed recommended projects above can, over time, be further deconstructed, in some cases down to a level manageable by an individual volunteer. Indeed, "Understanding, tolerance and solidarity" seem better suited for the masses than for bureaucrats. Links to Peace Education organizations and resources would be added by community members, preferrably members of the organizations themselves.

In the example above, you'll notice "Analysis #1". It's quite likely that different schools will make different analyses leading to different project breakdowns. WinWinWiki can and should support multiple points of view. Similarly, groups within the community will promote the same actions for different reasons. Also, different factions may recommend different courses of action to achieve one agreed outcome. That's a good thing. Every member of the community can find the course of action that they support, or propose a new course.

Judicious policies and guidelines are required for WinWinWiki to develop into a tool that can identify and deliver win-win results. Assume that the proven P's and G's from Wikipedia will apply here unless otherwise noted. Here are some of the policies and guidelines that have been identified as worthy of explicit notice:

Include all significant points of view. This will mean that there will likely be some conflicting points of view.
It is better to leverage existing web content than to duplicate it. Where good content exists, provide a link. If additional information or perspective is appropriate for the WinWinWiki community, by all means provide that in addition to the link.
In the spirit of wikis, anyone can edit with or without logging in. However, there will likely be some benefits to both the wiki and individual users if users routinely log in. (Those benefits will need to be articulated.)

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From Scratchpad, a Wikia wiki.