Frequently Asked Questions
Short answers to what readers most often ask. For the full story behind each, follow the links.
What is the Campaigning Wiki?
It is a working field manual for organisers — a distilled, cross-referenced library of campaign strategy, organising, tactics, and digital craft, with worked case studies and a source behind every claim. See about for the full picture.
Who is it for?
Organisers, campaigners, union and NGO staff, and the volunteers around them. The material is usable by a single grassroots organiser and by a large international NGO; pages are sorted into curation tiers so the depth that suits you is one click away. Start with start-here.
Can I trust it? How do you avoid errors and AI hallucination?
Every factual claim on a published page traces back to a real, named source
via inline [source: …] markers, and the body text is anchored to the
fetched RAW/ text of that source. Pages go through a publish gate and a
status ladder (stub → emerging → established) that reflects how
well-grounded the claims are — an ungrounded page is held back, not shown.
The wiki also says so when something isn’t covered, instead of guessing. See
about and copyright for how this works in practice.
Why are some pages thin or marked “stub”?
That is an honest signal, not a bug. A stub page is one we want to cover but
where the cited source is thin, paywalled, or has not yet been fetched with
enough text to ground a fuller article. The wiki would rather leave a gap than
fake depth. Re-running the source-fetch job on a page lifts it to emerging
or established once the underlying text supports more.
Where do the case studies come from?
Mostly the Global Nonviolent Action Database (Swarthmore / Harvard peacebuilding databases of historical campaigns) plus a smaller set of named primary and secondary sources (Commons Library, Beautiful Trouble, WRI Handbook, manual sources per language region). Each case study links its real source on the page itself, and you can browse them by region, tactic, or outcome under case-studies.
Can I reuse or republish the content?
Yes, within the terms set on the copyright & licensing page. Short version: the wiki’s own distilled prose is published under CC BY-SA 4.0 — credit “Campaigning Wiki”, link back, and license your derivative the same way. Always respect the licence of any underlying source you republish from.
Is there an AI assistant?
Yes — Ask the Wiki. Each page has an Ask box that answers questions in plain language using only the wiki’s cited articles, with citations inline. If no cited source grounds an answer, it says so rather than guessing. Privacy: questions go through our server to produce an answer; we ask that you do not include personal details, and your questions are not stored or used to train models.
What languages is the wiki in?
English is canonical. German, French, Spanish, and Italian translations are tracked alongside the original English and surfaced through the language switcher on each page. See by-language.
I found an error or want to suggest content — how?
Use the feedback form — corrections, source suggestions, and general comments all go through the same channel and reach the editors. You can also email administrator@kampaspace.ch.
Is the legal information legal advice?
No. Pages on protest law, data protection, charity political-activity rules, and similar topics are general information, jurisdiction-tagged and dated. They are starting points for your own research, not a substitute for advice from a qualified lawyer in your jurisdiction. See copyright for the full disclaimer.
Who runs and funds it?
The wiki is run by kampaspace, the foundation behind it. It is a volunteer- and foundation-supported project. See about for the full background.