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Melissa Jones at 01:56, 17 April 2013

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{{Powerbase:Help}}
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==Editorial structure of Powerbase==
Managing Editor = [[User:Melissa Jones|Melissa Jones]] with responsibility for day to day editorial overviews of the site and for gardening and maintaining the structure as well as complaints about inaccuracies. Email: melissa.jones AT Powerbase.info

Sysop = [[User:David|David Miller]] with ultimate editorial responsibility for content and for banning users and freezing pages. Email: sysop AT spinwatch.org

Webmaster = [[User:Bill Stevens|Bill Stevens]] with responsibility for technical issues

Portal/Category editors = responsible for upkeep of their main portal page and the categorisation and structure of the categories associated with the portal. Portal editors will also be the first port of call for queries about their portal and will deal with disputes, etc. as a first line of editorial control. If the problem is not resolved at this stage, then the managing editor and finally the sysop can be consulted.

* Alcohol = [[User:Claire Harkins|Claire Harkins]]
* Lobbying = [[User:Tamasin Cave|Tamasin Cave]]
* Propaganda = [[User:David|David Miller]]
* Terror Experts = [[User:Tom Mills|Tom Mills]]
* Spooks = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
* Northern Ireland = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
* Neocons = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
* Israel Lobby = [[User:Idrees|Idrees Ahmad]]
* Climate = [[User:Andy|Andy Rowell]]
* Nuclear = [[User:Andy|Andy Rowell]]
* Scotland = [[User:Will|Will Dinan]]
* GM = [[User:Claire Robinson|Claire Robinson]]
* MEPedia = [[User:Will|Will Dinan]] and [[User:Barcin_Uluisik|Barcin Uluisik]]
* Water = [[User:Tommy|Tommy Kane]] and [[User:Kyle R Mitchell|Kyle Mitchell]]

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 * Alcohol = [[User:Claire Harkins|Claire Harkins]]
 * Fracking = [[User:Melissa Jones|Melissa Jones]]
-* Schools = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
+* Schools = currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
-* Lobbying = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
+* Lobbying = currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
-* Undercover Research Group = -currently not being updated - new website under construction.
+* Undercover Research Group = currently not being updated - new website under construction.
 * Propaganda = [[User:David|David Miller]]
 * Terror Experts = [[User:Tom Mills|Tom Mills]]
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 * Northern Ireland = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
 * Neocons = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
-* Israel Lobby = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
+* Israel Lobby = currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
-* Climate = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
+* Climate = currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
 * Nuclear = [[User:Melissa Jones|Melissa Jones]] -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
 * Scotland = [[User:Will|Will Dinan]]-currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.

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 * Alcohol = [[User:Claire Harkins|Claire Harkins]]
 * Fracking = [[User:Melissa Jones|Melissa Jones]]
-* Schools = [[User:Tamasin Cave|Tamasin Cave]]
+* Schools = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
-* Lobbying = [[User:Tamasin Cave|Tamasin Cave]]
+* Lobbying = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
-* Undercover Research Group = [[User:Eveline Lubbers|Eveline Lubbers]]
+* Undercover Research Group = -currently not being updated - new website under construction.
 * Propaganda = [[User:David|David Miller]]
 * Terror Experts = [[User:Tom Mills|Tom Mills]]
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 * Northern Ireland = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
 * Neocons = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
-* Israel Lobby = [[User:Hilary Aked|Hilary Aked]]
+* Israel Lobby = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
-* Climate = [[User:Andy|Andy Rowell]] -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
+* Climate = -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
 * Nuclear = [[User:Melissa Jones|Melissa Jones]] -currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.
 * Scotland = [[User:Will|Will Dinan]]-currently not being updated - please get in touch if you are interested in contributing.

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 Powerbase is a venture initiated by [http://www.spinwatch.org Spinwatch] in collaboration with [http://www.lobbywatch.org  Lobbywatch], [http://www.gmwatch.org GMWatch] [http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/ Red Star Research] and [http://www.corporatewatch.org Corporate Watch], but put into effect by a wide variety of volunteers and independent researchers.
-All of our articles are covered by the [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License]], to ensure they remain freely available forever. ([[Powerbase:Copyrights|More...]])
+All of our articles are covered by the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License], to ensure they remain freely available forever. ([[Powerbase:Copyrights|More...]])
 * [[Powerbase:General disclaimer|General disclaimer]]

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 * Northern Ireland = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
 * Neocons = [[User:Tom Griffin|Tom Griffin]]
-* Israel Lobby = [[User:Hilary Aked|Hilary Aked]] [[User:Jamie Stern-Weiner|Jamie Stern-Weiner]]
+* Israel Lobby = [[User:Hilary Aked|Hilary Aked]] and [[User:Jamie Stern-Weiner|Jamie Stern-Weiner]]
 * Climate = [[User:Andy|Andy Rowell]]
 * Nuclear = [[User:Andy|Andy Rowell]]