“WikiLeaks is a giant library of the world’s most persecuted documents. We give asylum to these documents, we analyze them, we promote them and we obtain more.”
-Julian Assange
- The Wikileaks archive contains well over 10 million documents
- Wikileaks Docs have been cited in over 28,000 academic papers and US court filings
The Wikileaks Index
Back in late 2016, Wikileaks revealed the existence of a little known index that combines onsite and offsite resources relating to Wikileaks material. This invaluable tool helps make the mammoth amount of documents available on the Wikileaks website more accessible and systematic.
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/
Always Exercise Caution
We recommend that you take the time to properly explore available privacy tools and VPNs.
The Wikileaks Archive Challenge
- Search the Wikileaks archive at wikileaks.org
- Find an overlooked, underrated, underreported or obscure leak/ email/ cable/document/ court filing on a topic that interests you.
- Build a post around your findings
- Provide additional sources to make your case and strengthen your position
- Explain the significance of the leak and why it’s an important piece of news that should be communicated to the public.
Rules
- Help spread the word, resteem this post
- Limited to 1 contest entry per account
- Submissions must be made in a separate post (not in the comments)
- Submissions must be posted before the deadline (UTC - 12pm Thursday July 5th, 2018)
- This research challenge is open for two weeks!
- Use the lead tag “deepdives”
- Your entry must include references to a document/documents found in the Wikileaks archive
- Provide a link to the specific document or page
- Make an attempt to keep your post concise and to the point
- You may leave a link to your entry in the comments below
- Please, do not plagiarize the work of others
Note: Longer entries with multiple links and references does not equate to higher quality. Clear and concise work with a handful of supporting sources is preferable.
Winners
The Winning Post Should
Meet the rules criteria
Winners will be announced 48hrs after the submission deadline
Well researched
Fully sourced
Clearly presented
Original Content (not widely reported on in the media)
Significance should be clearly articulated
3 Outstanding contributions will be acknowledged
Prizes
• Liquid SBD earned by the original contest post will make up the total rewards
o Example: 100 SBD – 1st place = 50% // 2nd = 30% // 3rd = 20%
• Bonus @v4vapid & @ausbitbank upvotes and resteems for exceptional and/or original contributions
• SP earned from challenge announcements and the winner’s announcements will go to the community account (Deep Dives)
Contributions
Good luck and happy digging!
Deep Dives Community
Deep Dives Aims
- Promote original content
- Promote investigative journalism
- Promote focused and quality research
- Encourage community engagement
- Encourage collaboration and teamwork
- Recognize and reward high quality original content
Future Challenges
Our hope is that eventually research projects will be community driven.
Have your say, and let us know what topics you feel would be worthwhile for future Deep Dives research!
Community Feedback
Deep Dives is a work in progress any suggestions, feedback and input from you is greatly appreciated.
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