Wikispooks:About

WikiSpooks is an open licensed, open source encyclopedia of deep politics. We currently have 31,340 user-generated pages (13,694 people, 4,967 groups, 1,394 events... ) supplemented by a further 2,322 third party documents.

WikiSpooks was established in 2010 as a collaborative space for the joint re-examination of recent history, focusing particularly on the last 60 years or so.^[1] We research people, events, groups and concepts not subject to sufficient scrutiny by corporate media and as such, poorly treated by Wikipedia. WikiSpooks is particularly focused on those official narratives which do not seem to fit the facts.

Editorial Policy

Full article: WikiSpooks:Editorial Policy

WikiSpooks assumes that authority opposes anything which it perceives as a threat, and historically, could bring greater resources to bear than individuals or small groups. This power imbalance has left a legacy of misinformation (propaganda), especially acute where matters of deep politics are involved.^[2] Wikispooks therefore does not aim for Wikipedia's (status-quo friendly) "Neutral Point of View".^[3] Since newspapers and broadcasters (like governments) can and do lie with impunity, it does not assume the commercially-controlled media's publication of information to be a reliable indication of their veracity.

What Is Wrong With Wikipedia?

Full article: Wikipedia/Problems

Wikipedia's editorial policies guarantee a blind spot around matters of deep politics, so information on such topics is superficial and fragmented at best and increasingly no more than a smokescreen. Its adherence to the official narrative as promulgated by establishment-friendly 'reliable sources' effectively means that, to use the astrolonomical analogy from Gallileo's time, "the heavens must always be represented as revolving around the earth".^[4]

Where To Start?

Full articles: WikiSpooks:FAQ, WikiSpooks:Glossary

To see what we have on a specific topic, try the box in the top right corner of this page. For casual browsing, try this list of top-rated pages. For common queries, we have an FAQ. If you feel lucky, try a Random article. If the language here is new to you, the glossary might help - and should give you an idea of the sort of material here. To ask about a specific page, use the "Discussion" tab to edit its talk page (requires a login). If you have further specific questions, you could contact a site administrator.

Acknowledgements

Full article: WikiSpooks:Acknowledgments

Wikispooks is inspired and informed by several other open source collaborative projects, including Cryptome, Wikileaks, The Deep Politics Forum, SpinProfiles, SourceWatch and last but not least, that keeper of the official narrative on the internet, Wikipedia, with which it shares a common software platform, MediaWiki.^[5]