📋 WikiDeal Mockups — Terminology Audit Report

Comprehensive incoherence analysis across all English mockup files

Generated: 2026-05-24 · Scope: /var/www/html/mockups/latest/ (131 HTML files, ~68,600 lines) · Excludes: WIL Credit/WDC, Cash Reward→Reward, R&D→Applied R&D, French remnants, and gift minimization fixes (handled by parallel agent)
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Distinct Issues Found
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Files Scanned
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Individual Occurrences

Table of Contents

  1. Grammar & Phrasing Errors (2 issues)
  2. Person/Role Terminology Inconsistencies (3 issues)
  3. Subscription & Pricing Confusion (2 issues)
  4. Programme / Program Spelling Inconsistency (1 issue)
  5. Navigation & Structural Inconsistencies (3 issues)
  6. Conceptual & Messaging Conflicts (4 issues)

1. Grammar & Phrasing Errors

F-01 "an libre licensed" — incorrect article

The phrase "an libre licensed" appears across 9+ pages. English grammar requires "a" before consonant sounds. Additionally, "libre licensed" should be hyphenated as a compound adjective: "libre-licensed."

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CurrentWikiDeal is an libre licensed R&D project
ProposedWikiDeal is a libre-licensed Applied R&D project
Reason"An" is used before vowel sounds; "libre" starts with /l/ (consonant). Hyphenate the compound adjective.
Also appears in: support/buy-memberships.html (×3), support/buy-tickets.html (×3), support/terms.html (×1), support/faq.html (×2), index.html (×2)

F-02 "Free Licence · libre licensed" — redundant and inconsistent phrasing

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CurrentFree Licence · libre licensed
ProposedLibre-Licensed · AGPL v3
Reason"Free Licence" and "libre licensed" say the same thing in different words. The standard WikiDeal terminology uses "libre-licensed" consistently. "Free" is ambiguous in English (gratis vs. libre). Pairing with "AGPL v3" is more informative.

2. Person/Role Terminology Inconsistencies

F-03 "funder" vs "supporter" vs "donor" vs "backer" — no consistent term for financial contributors

Across all mockup files, financial contributors to WikiDeal are referred to by 4 different terms: funder (37 occurrences), supporter (15), donor (15), and backer (2). The glossary defines "Support / Soutien" as the act of contributing and "funder" as the person, yet other pages use "donor," "supporter," and "backer" interchangeably.

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CurrentEarly supporter reward
ProposedEarly Funder reward
ReasonThe glossary defines the canonical term as "funder" (Soutien). All references to the person who financially contributes should use "funder" consistently. "Supporter" is vague (could mean moral support), "donor" implies pure charity (conflicts with reward mechanics), "backer" is startup/crowdfunding jargon.
Key inconsistencies:
• wiki/credits-explained.html: "Early supporter credits" and "Early backer: donates 1 CHF"
• wiki/success-criteria.html: "Donors fund the Infrastructure"
• wiki/targeted-donations.html: "Donor Foundations" (acceptable — these are actual donors)
• support/dashboard.html: "Early supporter reward"
• support/register.html: "A financial funder"
• support/support-contract.html: "Funder" (correct, 7× consistent)
• marketplace/pet-sitting.html: "Community funder" (correct)

F-04 "early supporter" vs "early funder" vs "early backer" — inconsistent across pages

The group of initial WikiDeal contributors is called three different things across the site. The glossary has an anchor #g-early-supporter but the prototype-1.html page consistently uses "early funders" (9 times). This creates confusion about whether these are distinct groups.

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CurrentEarly supporter credits / Early backer: donates 1 CHF
ProposedEarly Funder credits / Early Funder: donates 1 CHF
ReasonAlign with wiki/prototype-1.html which uses "Early Funders" as the canonical section heading. The glossary anchor should also be updated from #g-early-supporter to #g-early-funder.
Files needing update: wiki/credits-explained.html (×3: "Early supporter credits", "Early supporters who received", "early supporters"), wiki/glossary.html (anchor and index entries), support/dashboard.html ("Early supporter reward")

F-05 "investor-funders" and "investors" — contradicts "not an investment" messaging

The FAQ and Terms use "investor-funders" and "investors" to describe funder categories, directly contradicting the legal disclaimers on the same pages that state "This is NOT an investment."

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CurrentCHF 12/year (CHF 2 early funders + CHF 10 investors)
ProposedCHF 12/year (CHF 2 early funders + CHF 10 standard funders)
ReasonUsing "investors" undermines the legal position that WikiDeal contributions are "NOT an investment." The term "standard funders" or "regular funders" preserves the distinction without the legal risk.
Also in: support/terms.html ("CHF 10 investors"), wiki/bonding-curve.html ("early investors" ×3), wiki/revenue-structure.html ("early investors"), wiki/research-questions.html ("early investors and funders"), wiki/fair-criteria.html ("founders/investors")

3. Subscription & Pricing Confusion

F-06 Subscription price stated inconsistently: "≈1 EUR/month" vs "10 CHF/year" vs "12 CHF/year"

The subscription price is described in at least 4 different ways across the site, creating confusion about what users actually pay:

  • "WikiDeal Membership (≈1 EUR ≈1 USD)" — buy-memberships, buy-tickets, terms, FAQ, street-fundraising
  • "10 CHF/year" — subscription-model.html, dashboard.html, index.html
  • "CHF 12/year (CHF 2 early funders + CHF 10 investors)" — terms.html, FAQ
  • "1 CHF/month + 2 CHF management fee = 12 CHF/year" — subscription-model.html
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Current10 CHF/yr · Platform Subscription (or 12 CHF monthly)
Proposed10 CHF/yr · Platform Subscription (or 1 CHF/month)
Reason"or 12 CHF monthly" literally says the monthly price is CHF 12 — which is actually the annual total when paying monthly (1 CHF × 12 + management fee). This is factually misleading. The monthly price is 1 CHF. Additionally, the subscription-model page should be the canonical reference for pricing, and all other pages should link to it rather than restating prices differently.
Recommendation: Define one canonical pricing statement (e.g., "10 CHF/year or 1 CHF/month") and reference it consistently. The breakdown "CHF 2 early funders + CHF 10 investors" in the FAQ describes revenue distribution, not pricing — it should be moved to a separate explanation or clarified.

F-07 "Membership" used for two different concepts: subscription fee AND bonding-curve units

"Membership" is used to mean both the recurring subscription ("WikiDeal Membership ≈1 EUR/month") and the bonding-curve units issued to funders ("50 million memberships allocated to early funders"). This creates fundamental confusion about what a "membership" is in the WikiDeal system.

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Current50 million memberships are allocated to early funders
Proposed50 million Credits are allocated to Early Funders
ReasonThe glossary defines "Subscription" as "CHF 10 face value. Grants one vote in governance." The bonding-curve unit should be called "Credit" (or "WikiDeal Credit") consistently, not "membership." "Membership" should be reserved exclusively for the subscription relationship.
Also in: wiki/prototype-1.html ("memberships" ×8 as bonding-curve units), support/simulation.html ("memberships (early, ×100)"), wiki/glossary.html (subscription definition uses "CHF 10 face value" but bonding-curve pages use "membership")

4. Programme / Program Spelling Inconsistency

F-08 "Programme" (British) vs "Program" (American) — mixed usage

Most pages use British English "programme" (taxi-coop, street-fundraising, separation, coop-housing, glossary). However, marketplace/leisure.html uses American "Program" in section headers and body text.

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CurrentProgram Types / the program launches automatically
ProposedProgramme Types / the programme launches automatically
ReasonWikiDeal uses British English conventions throughout (licence, colour, programme). The leisure page should be consistent. The glossary formally defines "Programme" (British spelling).
Occurrences in leisure.html: "Program Types" (heading + TOC link), "the program launches automatically", "main program begins", "recurring program enrollment"

5. Navigation & Structural Inconsistencies

F-09 Three different navigation systems across the site

The mockup files use at least three distinct navigation layouts:

  • Type A (majority, ~130 files): Top bar with "My Panel | Fund | Governance ▼ | Markets ▼ | Legal ▼ | Tech ▼" and mega-dropdown menus
  • Type B (wiki/about.html + 2 others): Emoji sidebar "🏠 Home | 📊 Funding ▼ | 🛒 Marketplace ▼ | 📚 Wiki ▼ | 👥 Community ▼"
  • Type C (wiki/commissions.html, wiki/about.html): Top nav with "Support" label linking to dashboard instead of "Fund"
URL
Current📊 Funding ▼ (sidebar nav)
ProposedStandardise all pages to Type A navigation (majority pattern), or document the Type B sidebar as the new target and migrate all pages
ReasonUsers clicking between pages encounter completely different navigation structures. This breaks the sense of a unified site and makes it impossible to find the same feature from different pages.
Type B pages: wiki/about.html, wiki/commissions.html (partial). Type C pages: wiki/commissions.html, wiki/about.html (use "Support" instead of "Fund" in top nav)

F-10 "Fund" nav link goes to buy-memberships.html — but there's also buy-tickets.html with nearly identical content

The top navigation "Fund" button links to support/buy-memberships.html across all pages. However, support/buy-tickets.html exists as a near-duplicate with the same content but using "Credits (WDC)" in the title and "WIL" terminology. Both pages serve the same purpose.

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CurrentTwo nearly identical funding pages with slightly different terminology
ProposedConsolidate into a single page (buy-memberships.html). Redirect or remove buy-tickets.html.
ReasonHaving two funding pages with different vocabulary (one says "WIL," one says "Credits") undermines trust and confuses users. The buy-tickets.html name is also misleading — no "tickets" are being sold.

F-11 Stub menu items in French: "Comité de Pilotage 🚧"

The English navigation includes a stub link "Comité de Pilotage 🚧" — French text in an English-language site.

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CurrentComité de Pilotage 🚧
ProposedSteering Committee 🚧
ReasonThe English equivalent "Steering Committee" already exists as a wiki page (steering-committee.html). The French stub should be replaced with the English term.
Also in: wiki/menu-test.html

6. Conceptual & Messaging Conflicts

F-12 "WikiDeal Investment Licence" — "Investment" in the WIL acronym contradicts legal disclaimers

The page wiki/what-you-buy.html defines WIL as "WikiDeal Investment Licence." This directly contradicts the legal messaging on terms.html, FAQ, and buy-memberships.html which all state: "This is NOT an investment." Having the word "Investment" baked into the core credit name is a significant legal risk.

URL
CurrentWIL — WikiDeal Investment Licence
ProposedWIL — WikiDeal Involvement Licence (or similar non-financial term)
ReasonA Swiss regulator reviewing this page would find a product named "Investment Licence" that the same site claims is "NOT an investment." This is a contradiction that could trigger regulatory scrutiny. Alternatives: "Involvement Licence," "Interoperability Licence," or simply "WikiDeal Licence."

F-13 Commission rates vary by portal without clear explanation

Different contract pages show different commission rates with no cross-reference explaining why:

  • 1.2% — Tutoring (contracts/tutoring.html)
  • 1.5% — Babysitting, Graphic Design, Pet Sitting (3 contract pages + babysitting portal)
  • 1.8% — Musician (contracts/musician.html)
  • 1–2% — Taxi Cooperative (marketplace/taxi-coop.html)
URLs
CurrentDifferent percentages with no explanation of why they differ
ProposedAdd a footnote or link to wiki/commissions.html explaining that "Commission rates are set at-cost per portal and reflect actual payment processing and infrastructure costs for each service type. See Commission Structure for details."
ReasonA user comparing babysitting (1.5%) and tutoring (1.2%) will wonder why they differ. Without explanation, it looks arbitrary — undermining the "transparent, at-cost" messaging.

F-14 "Community Credits" — undefined term in street-fundraising

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Current"Community Credits: your User Group is 40 Credits from next milestone."
Proposed"Miles Credits: your User Group is 40 Credits from next milestone."
Reason"Community Credits" is not defined in the glossary or anywhere else. The glossary defines two credit types: Cash Credits and Miles Credits. The community-benefit allocation is called "Gift" (Priority 1). In context, this notification likely refers to Miles Credits earned through community activity.

F-15 Glossary bilingual headings in English-only pages

The glossary uses bilingual term headings ("Support / Soutien", "Gift / Rewards Communautaire", "Cash Reward / Rewards Personnel", "Priority 1 / Priorité 1") throughout. While informative for a bilingual audience, these create confusion in an English-language glossary — particularly the French-only words "Communautaire" and "Personnel."

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CurrentGift / Rewards Communautaire
ProposedGift (fr: Récompense Communautaire)
ReasonKeep the French as a parenthetical note rather than an equal heading. This preserves the bilingual reference while making it clear the English term is canonical. Apply the same pattern to all bilingual headings.
Affected glossary entries: "Support / Soutien", "Gift / Rewards Communautaire", "Cash Reward / Rewards Personnel", "Priority 1 / Priorité 1", "Priority 2 / Priorité 2", "Back / Funder (fr: Soutenir / Soutien)"