Edit: Is it obvious me and Pd have talked about this before?
The wiki and site in general.. in my mind would have these properties:
1. Wiki, Anyone can view and edit - not indexed by google/others but visible without logging in, and editable without logging in.
2. Does not store IP addresses, time/date of when things were posted/modified.
3. Automatically resize (make smaller) and edit/delete the exif data from uploaded images.
4. Provides monthly releases of the site => leading to multiple copies on multiple places...
5. Does not have files on server - but has a link to a link that has the files - I.E the-site.com links to the-pirate-bay.com which than links to the files.
6. It provides hash codes of the known and good torrents - that are of the files referenced, and new torrents are released monthly (or however often) having the new files referenced in the pages... + others.
7. Additionally/Also has files incorporated into freenet or Tor for fast and easy download/upload.
8. Entire site is HTTPS just for kicks
9.
Pros:
1. Does not host copyrighten content, but only acts like a linking web to connect all of it together, creates a protocol for members to follow to make files in torrents, on other networks, and so on - that are referenced and linked back.
2. Semi-decentralizes the information - since anyone and everyone can access/download/create files via freenet/torrents and also take the monthly created & scrubbed copies of the wiki.... It will be centralized in the sense that the "main/live" site is only 1 wiki, but this is needed to prevent multiple and differently updated copies of the wiki. If all files link to it, and than it makes copies of its content + links... Than all will be good.
3. No legal problems - it doesn't host the content NOR does it directly link to it so it is no worse than google... in a way.
Cons:
1. bit complicated but not that complicated, take only a few people to finish it up.
2. A bit expensive... hosting, and might be controversial so hosts might be hard to get - but I would figure out a way (maybe take you people up on donations if the need for it arose... since all ya'll keep wanting to donate (wtf?))
Example of how I see it:
Wiki Page 1:
Total Synthesis of Compound A
Lots of words, pictures, and references[1]
[1] Reference: A novel synthesis to Compound A
When clicking on the "Reference: A novel synthesis to Compound A "
it brings you to another page:
A novel synthesis to Compound A
Abstract:
Even more words, but no pictures.
Sources:
1. www.thepiratebay.com/something/Torrent-5-4-2011
2. www.files.onion
3. freenet-url
Than following those links... you get to a page that has the tracker/torrent info.. or however it works.
It will only focus on the topics like what The Vespiary, the Hive, rhodium, and so fourth have focused on. There will be no friendly chit-chat, private messaging, and so fourth - only members discussing what and why things should be added/edited - having write-up of experiments, things on security/safety, summaries of articles... and other stuff.
No need for "secrecy" - just do not want to get into copyright troubles... This avoids that problem and additionally creates a dynamic library of articles.
*Offshore hosting doesn't work super well, and if it does it is pretty expensive...
Personally, I think normal hosting is fine, and the best would be to host it at someones house to simply have total control over said server(s)...
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Hosting
WikiLeaks describes itself as "an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking".[62] The site is available on multiple servers and different domain names following a number of denial-of-service attacks and its severance from different Domain Name System (DNS) providers.[63][64]
Until August 2010, WikiLeaks was hosted by PRQ, a Sweden-based company providing "highly secure, no-questions-asked hosting services". PRQ is said to have "almost no information about its clientele and maintains few if any of its own logs".[65] Currently, WikiLeaks is mainly hosted by Bahnhof in a facility that used to be a nuclear bunker.[66][67] Other servers are spread around the world with the central server located in Sweden.[68] Julian Assange has said that the servers are located in Sweden (and the other countries) "specifically because those nations offer legal protection to the disclosures made on the site". He talks about the Swedish constitution, which gives the information providers total legal protection.[68] It is forbidden according to Swedish law for any administrative authority to make inquiries about the sources of any type of newspaper.[69] These laws, and the hosting by PRQ, make it difficult to take WikiLeaks offline; such laws place an onus of proof upon any complainant whose suit would circumscribe WikiLeaks’ liberty, e.g., its rights, of exercising free speech online. Furthermore, "WikiLeaks maintains its own servers at undisclosed locations, keeps no logs and uses military-grade encryption to protect sources and other confidential information." Such arrangements have been called "bulletproof hosting."[65][70]
On 17 August 2010, it was announced that the Swedish Pirate Party will be hosting and managing many of WikiLeaks' new servers. The party donates servers and bandwidth to WikiLeaks without charge. Technicians of the party will make sure that the servers are maintained and working.[71][72]
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WikiLeaks is based on several software packages, including MediaWiki, Freenet, Tor, and PGP.[78] WikiLeaks strongly encouraged postings via Tor because of the strong privacy needs of its users.[79]
On 4 November 2010, Julian Assange told Swiss public television TSR that he is seriously considering seeking political asylum in neutral Switzerland and setting up a WikiLeaks foundation in the country to move the operation there.[80][81] According to Assange, Switzerland and Iceland are the only countries where WikiLeaks would feel safe to operate.[82][83]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks#Site_management_issuesLet me emphasize this again: I support multiple people working on the same idea/concept but on different projects.
If you do not like how one person or another is doing the project, and think you have a better idea... than take action and make your idea happen...
Not everyone will ever come to an agreement, but there is likely one best method. Don't fall prey to scope creeps or people chasing castles in the sky (unrealistic dreams/goals that cannot be achieved)...
If a bunch of different people work on several different related projects - no doubt will they not only end up with more ways of solving the problem, with each having its own advantage and disadvantage, but it will also make it that much easier to find information, and that much harder to take it down.