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SourceWatch is a free encyclopedia of people, issues, and groups shaping the public agenda that is being written collaboratively on this web site. It catalogues descriptions and details of PR firms, activist groups and government agencies as well as the criticisms that are made of these groups from different perspectives. (More...)

You may not agree with all of the criticisms, and if you think something that appears here is unfair, you can fix it! The site is a Wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit any article right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears in every article in SourceWatch. As more and more people edit the articles, they improve in quality all the time. (More...)

All of our articles are covered by the GNU Free Documentation License, to ensure that they can remain freely available forever. (More...)

• Purpose
• SourceWatch: General disclaimer
• SourceWatch:Editorial Policy
• SourceWatch:What is a wiki and how does it work?
• Contributing
• Copyrights
• Frequently asked questions
• Flack Attack: the reason for and some samples from SourceWatch

Explore

• SourceWatch: A tour

Getting Started

• First you need to register.
• Then you need to know how to log in.
• To test out how wiki editing and formatting works have a play in the Sandbox.
• Make sure to read the policies for contributors.
• Help with searching

Contribute

• SourceWatch:Categories - If you are wondering where to make a start have a look through the articles indexed in the various categories;
• Welcome, newcomers (After registering, new contributors should have a look here!)
• Help page: how to edit articles and more
• Recent changes: see the articles that SourceWatch contributors are working on with the most recent changes listed first
• New articles

More Advanced Features

• SourceWatch:Uploading Images & PDFs
• Random article
• Request an article or information
• Fix a stub A stub is the small starting kernel for an article. So if you are looking for somewhere to start it is worth having a look here.

Errors And Complaints

• SourceWatch: How Fix An Error

History

• Today: SourceWatch has 68,584 articles.
• July 3, 2004: SourceWatch is the world's 14th biggest wiki website by mere article count.
• March 10, 2003: SourceWatch is publicly launched.
• January 15, 2003: SourceWatch is first created.
• December 18, 2002: PR Watch editor Sheldon Rampton attends a conference in Amsterdam hosted by World-Information.org and first learns about Wikipedia.