The Wikileaks Archive Challenge

• Search the Wikileaks archive at wikileaks.org
• Find an overlooked, underrated, underreported or obscure leak/ email/ cable/document/ court filing on a topic that interests you.
• Build a post around your findings
• Provide additional sources to make your case and strengthen your position
• Explain the significance of the leak and why it’s an important piece of news that should be communicated to the public.
  
  If you’re having trouble finding a focus, begin with a person, country or topic of interest such as; Clinton / Netanyahu / Gaddafi / Saudi Arabia / China / Chemical Weapons / Free Trade / Trafficking / etc.
  
  You never know what will turn up!
  
  

Rules

• Help spread the word, resteem this post
• Limited to 1 contest entry per account
• Submissions must be made in a separate post (not in the comments)
• Submissions must be posted before the deadline (UTC - Saturday, Nov 24th 2018, 12.00.00PM)
• This research challenge is open for two weeks
• Use the lead tag “deepdives”
• Your entry must include references to a document/documents found in the Wikileaks archive
• Provide a link to the specific document or page
• Make an attempt to keep your post concise and to the point
• You may leave a link to your entry in the comments below
  
• Please, do not plagiarize the work of others
  
  Note: Longer entries with multiple links and references does not equate to higher quality. Clear and concise work with a handful of supporting sources is preferable.
  
  

Winners

The Winning Post Should

• Meet the rules criteria
• Winners will be announced 48hrs after the submission deadline
• Well researched
• Fully sourced
• Clearly presented
• Original Content (not widely reported on in the media)
• Significance should be clearly articulated
• 3 Outstanding contributions will be acknowledged
  
  

Prizes

• Liquid SBD (or STEEM) earned by the original contest post will make up the total rewards
• Example: 100 STEEM – 1st place = 50% // 2nd = 30% // 3rd = 20%
• Bonus @v4vapid & @ausbitbank upvotes and resteems for exceptional and/or original contributions
• SP earned from challenge announcements and the winner’s announcements will go to the community account @deepdives
  
  

Contributions

Those that do not ‘win’ should not view their work and efforts as being wasted. All submissions are valuable and will be contributing to building a body of research on the blockchain. We hope that contributors support each other’s efforts wherever possible whether by sharing tips, links or through constructive feedback to their fellow researchers.

Good luck and happy digging!

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Deep Dives Community

Contributors

Be sure to check out some of the great work done by Deep Dives contributors over the last several months. Past winners and contributors include:

@palikari123, @krnel, @geke, @bifilarcoil, @thoughts-in-time, @an0nkn0wledge, @gregorypatrick, @deliberator, @angryman, @richq11, @tarazkp, @v4vapid.

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Deep Dives Aims

• Promote original content
• Promote investigative journalism
• Promote focused and quality research
• Encourage community engagement
• Encourage collaboration and teamwork
• Recognize and reward high quality original content
  
  

Over time, Deep Dives aims to build a repository of high quality research and original content preserved on the blockchain.

We hope you join us in building this unique resource.

It truly is a community effort and your exceptional contributions are what fuels this project.