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| + | |URL=http://www.Powerbase.info | ||
| + | |Started= | ||
| + | |Summary=A wiki-based free encyclopaedia into PR, corporate and political spin. | ||
| + | |Owner=Public Interest Investigations | ||
| + | |Founder=David Miller | ||
| + | |Founder2=William Dinan | ||
| + | |Founder3=Eveline Lubbers | ||
| + | |Founder4=Andy Rowell | ||
| + | |Image=Powerbase.png | ||
| + | |OwnWords=Powerbase is a free encyclopedia of people, issues, and groups shaping the public agenda that is being written collaboratively on this website. 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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==Closure== | ==Closure== | ||
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. The content was moved to [[Powerbase]], which has a URL registered through a different webhost. | 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. The content was moved to [[Powerbase]], which has a URL registered through a different webhost. | ||
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==WikiSpooks Acknowledgement== | ==WikiSpooks Acknowledgement== | ||
| − | SpinProfiles | + | SpinProfiles, now Powerbase was a major source of content and inspiration when setting up the WikiSpooks site. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 10:05, 23 December 2013
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. The content was moved to Powerbase, which has a URL registered through a different webhost.
WikiSpooks Acknowledgement
SpinProfiles, now Powerbase was a major source of content and inspiration when setting up the WikiSpooks site.
