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Wikispooks is an online wiki dedicated to documenting what it refers to as "deep politics", or in other words, conspiracy theories.^[1] The amount of misinformation spread by this particular wiki is far-ranging, however, the most common feature among their "deep politics" is simply the aspect that it contradicts that common understanding, and nothing more.

Site outage

In November of 2021, there was a 5 day outage from the 12th to the 17th.^[2] Given the nature of the project, speculation abounded about possible censorship from the UK government, where the site is registered.^[3]^[4]^[5] ProleWiki has independently confirmed that Wikispooks experienced an "advanced DDoS attack". They are continuing to investigate the specific origins of the attack.

Similar attacks had occurred earlier on the 26th of June, but these attacks only lasted for 8 hours. This 5 day outage marks an apparent intensification of attacks by unknown actors.

References

↑ “Wikispooks - an encyclopaedia of deep politics”

Wikispooks. Retrieved 2022-7-4.
↑ "Is wikispooks down?" on r/Conspiracy on Reddit
↑ WHOIS records for Wikispooks
↑ UK Press Release: Government cracks down on spread of false coronavirus information online
↑ Archive: Wikispooks Site Backup

[1] “Wikispooks - an encyclopaedia of deep politics”

Wikispooks. Retrieved 2022-7-4.

[2] "Is wikispooks down?" on r/Conspiracy on Reddit

[3] WHOIS records for Wikispooks

[4] UK Press Release: Government cracks down on spread of false coronavirus information online

[5] Archive: Wikispooks Site Backup

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-'''Wikispooks''' is an online [[:Category:Wikis|wiki]] dedicated to collecting information about deep politics. In [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] terms, deep politics are the "private" affairs of the [[bourgeoisie]], which are in contrast to the "public" affairs of the so-called "democratic" state.
+'''Wikispooks''' is an online [[:Category:Wikis|wiki]] dedicated to documenting what it refers to as ''"deep politics"'', or in other words, [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Wikispooks|url=https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page|retrieved=2022-7-4|quote=Wikispooks - an encyclopaedia of deep politics}}</ref> The amount of misinformation spread by this particular wiki is far-ranging, however, the most common feature among their "deep politics" is simply the aspect that it contradicts that common understanding, and nothing more.
-The content on Wikispooks is not always of a high enough quality for use by ProleWiki, but it does provide a counter-hegemonic perspective to contrast the mainstream narratives promoted on [[Wikipedia]] and in the [[Corporate media|corporate-controlled media]]. While some perspectives promoted on Wikispooks can be considered right-wing, there as also some very good left-wing ([[Historical materialism|materialist]]) analyses of [[imperialism]] and the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] ruling class.
 == Site outage ==