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'''SpinProfiles''' is a free ''encyclopedia of people, issues, and groups shaping the public agenda''. Similar in format to WikiSpooks, it is a collaborative wiki-based 'work-in-progress'. 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.
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'''SpinProfiles''' was a free ''encyclopedia of people, issues, and groups shaping the public agenda'', similar in format to WikiSpooks. It catalogued descriptions and details of PR firms, activist groups, government agencies and individuals as well as the criticisms that are made of these groups from different perspectives.  
  
* [http://www.spinprofiles.org SpinProfiles Web Site]
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==Closure==
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Spinprofiles was shut down on 21 June, 2010 by Webhosting firm 1&1, <ref>http://www.mail-archive.com/pepis@googlegroups.com/msg00094.html</ref> because of a profile on think-tank researcher [[Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens]], son of journalist [[Christopher Hitchens]]. Further details were requested but not supplied.
  
==SpinProfiles in its own words==
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==Current Status==
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As of 2013, the old domain name, http://SpinProfiles.org currently resolves to http://Powerbase.info, another domain registered by [[David Miller]], home of the [[Powerbase]] project.
|Spinprofiles is a venture initiated by SpinWatch <ref>[http://www.spinwatch.org Spinwatch] </ref> in collaboration with LobbyWatch <ref>[http://www.lobbywatch.org  Lobbywatch] </ref>, GMWatch <ref>[http://www.gmwatch.org GMWatch] </ref>  Red Star Research <ref>[http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/ Red Star Research]</ref> and Corporate Watch <ref>[http://www.corporatewatch.org Corporate Watch] </ref>, but put into effect by a wide variety of volunteers and independent researchers.
 
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==WikiSpooks Acknowledgement==
 
==WikiSpooks Acknowledgement==
SpinProfiles is included on the [[WikiSpooks:Acknowledgments|WikiSpooks Acknowledgements]] page as a major source of content and inspiration when setting up the WikiSpooks site. It remains a 'Must Check' site when researching anything concerning WikiSpooks articles.
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SpinProfiles is included on the [[WikiSpooks:Acknowledgments|WikiSpooks Acknowledgements]] page as a major source of content and inspiration when setting up the WikiSpooks site.
  
 
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Revision as of 11:53, 6 November 2013

SpinProfiles was a free encyclopedia of people, issues, and groups shaping the public agenda, similar in format to WikiSpooks. It catalogued descriptions and details of PR firms, activist groups, government agencies and individuals as well as the criticisms that are made of these groups from different perspectives.

Closure

Spinprofiles was shut down on 21 June, 2010 by Webhosting firm 1&1, [1] because of a profile on think-tank researcher Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, son of journalist Christopher Hitchens. Further details were requested but not supplied.

Current Status

As of 2013, the old domain name, http://SpinProfiles.org currently resolves to http://Powerbase.info, another domain registered by David Miller, home of the Powerbase project.

WikiSpooks Acknowledgement

SpinProfiles is included on the WikiSpooks Acknowledgements page as a major source of content and inspiration when setting up the WikiSpooks site.

References