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> Wikileaks, not really a wiki?
thekohser
post Tue 27th July 2010, 3:21pm
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I've finally taken some time to look into Wikileaks.org -- and boy, does it take some time to look into, thanks to page-loading speeds that would make a tortoise proud.

I don't see any mechanism for registering an account with the site, and therefore, I wonder whether there is any "community" editing going on. It appears that there is, but there's no "edit" function. So, are the various IPs that are editing Wikileaks all "insider" accounts that have been granted access to the edit button? I don't quite get it.
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post Tue 27th July 2010, 4:45pm
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A couple of interesting things from their Submissions page:
  • They accept, even encourage, TOR.
  • "All staff who deal with sources are accredited journalists."
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thekohser   Wikileaks   Tue 27th July 2010, 3:21pm
Eva Destruction   I've finally taken some time to look into Wik...   Tue 27th July 2010, 3:24pm
GlassBeadGame   [quote name='thekohser' post='245526' date='Tue 2...   Tue 27th July 2010, 4:05pm
thekohser   I wonder if each of 90,000 pages was really revie...   Tue 27th July 2010, 7:21pm
NuclearWarfare   http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:RecentChange...   Tue 27th July 2010, 3:26pm
thekohser   What IPs have you seen editing the site? I guess...   Tue 27th July 2010, 4:30pm
Moulton   What IPs have you seen editing the site?I guess I ...   Tue 27th July 2010, 5:28pm
NuclearWarfare   [quote name='thekohser' post='245536' date='Tue 2...   Tue 27th July 2010, 6:16pm
CharlotteWebb   The userpage includes an interesting note: ...   Tue 27th July 2010, 6:34pm
Moulton   [quote name='Moulton' post='245550' date='Tue 27th...   Tue 27th July 2010, 7:21pm
tarantino   OK. Network 1.0.0.0/8 evidently does belong to ...   Tue 27th July 2010, 9:27pm
CharlotteWebb   [url=http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Special:Recent...   Tue 27th July 2010, 6:20pm
thekohser   This "Writer's Kit" page seems inter...   Tue 27th July 2010, 3:27pm
GlassBeadGame   Mod Note: Why is this in MediaWiki Software? I ...   Tue 27th July 2010, 4:53pm
thekohser   Mod Note: Why is this in MediaWiki Software? I...   Tue 27th July 2010, 5:16pm
GlassBeadGame   Mod Note: Why is this in MediaWiki Software? ...   Tue 27th July 2010, 5:26pm
Theanima   It is definitely a wiki, just not one that we...   Tue 27th July 2010, 4:54pm
Zoloft   It's a wiki, because of the software, but conf...   Tue 27th July 2010, 5:32pm
cookiehead   This is going to make the Pentagon Papers seem lik...   Tue 27th July 2010, 5:33pm
Moulton   I don't know if you've been listening to N...   Tue 27th July 2010, 7:30pm
GlassBeadGame   Per NPR this morning: The Obama administration has...   Fri 30th July 2010, 3:18pm
GlassBeadGame   The Wikileaks war dump has now spurred discussion ...   Wed 4th August 2010, 2:36pm
GlassBeadGame   Per NPR this morning: The administration is askin...   Fri 6th August 2010, 1:41pm
NuclearWarfare   Per NPR this morning: The administration is aski...   Fri 6th August 2010, 2:43pm
GlassBeadGame   Per NPR this morning: The administration is ask...   Fri 6th August 2010, 4:11pm
NuclearWarfare   I might be giving WL too much credit but my take o...   Sat 7th August 2010, 3:36am
CharlotteWebb   What was this state document? Wikileaks does have...   Sat 7th August 2010, 5:17am
thekohser   What was this state document? Wikileaks does hav...   Sat 7th August 2010, 10:14pm
thekohser   A state document that was made available to me, wh...   Fri 6th August 2010, 3:08pm
Ottava   Out of all the hoopla and the rest, am I the only ...   Sat 7th August 2010, 4:22am
Somey   Just the image of him shuts off my brain's abi...   Sat 7th August 2010, 4:45am
Jon Awbrey   Just the image of him shuts off my brain's a...   Sat 7th August 2010, 4:58am

 

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