Nine ways to use Counterpedia
Start with something you're curious about. Find a subject, follow its connections, read the documents behind it, or pick up research you began earlier.
Choose where to start
These nine examples show different ways to explore Counterpedia. You can begin with any of them.
Across different tools
A subject might appear in a search result, an encyclopedia, a government report, a research notebook or a graph of related people and events. Moving between them is useful, but it's easy to lose track of which document you actually read, which version it was, or where a relationship came from.
Counterpedia brings those connections into view, so you can move between subjects, documents and research without losing the distinctions that matter.
Research dossiers and draft articles are reading material, not admitted evidence. Links to original publishers identify documents held by those publishers; they do not necessarily mean Counterpedia retains a copy. On 4 November 2026 all nine named walk-throughs were followed on the live site: four reached their finish, four ended with a stated limitation, and one was stopped by publisher access. Nine pages include a dated worked example showing what the run produced and what it did not establish.
Ask & Discover
Statue of Liberty
Start with the monument, not a search box.
Begin with the familiar name, then explore what you find. The useful discovery may be a place, a person, an object or a document. Knowing which kind of result you've found makes the next question easier to ask.
Explore on Counterpedia: Search Counterpedia for Statue of Liberty.
Original publisher material: National Park Service · Statue of Liberty, and National Park Service · Statue of Liberty FAQ (why the statue is green).
Feature status: Built today
Explore the Knowledge Universe
Boeing 737 MAX
Two crashes. A software system. A certification trail.
The Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines investigations examined different events. The FAA-chartered review and congressional inquiry considered other parts of the aircraft's development and oversight. Exploring these connections can reveal the people, organizations, decisions and documents involved, while keeping the different findings distinct.
Explore on Counterpedia: Boeing 737 MAX · research Entry, Boeing 737 MAX · research dossier, Boeing · linked research objects, Certification and FAA oversight · candidate article, and EAIB / NTSB / BEA disagreement · candidate article.
Original publisher material: KNKT · JT610 final accident investigation (2019), EAIB Ethiopia · ET302 final investigation (2022; BEA mirror), FAA-chartered JATR · 737 MAX flight-control and certification review (Oct 2019), and U.S. House Transportation majority staff · 737 MAX final investigation report (Sep 2020).
Feature status: Built today
Read & Investigate
Theranos
What did Theranos tell investors—and what did regulators allege?
Pay attention to which institution made each statement and what kind of proceeding it belongs to. An allegation, a settlement and a judicial finding are not interchangeable. Following the documents helps explain what was alleged, what was established in court and what was resolved through settlement.
Explore on Counterpedia: Theranos scandal · admitted record, Theranos investor representations · admitted record, Theranos · research dossier, Theranos · SEC complaint Source, and Theranos · Ninth Circuit Source.
Original publisher material: SEC · Theranos enforcement action (2018).
Feature status: Partly built
Follow Original Sources
Deepwater Horizon
An offshore explosion led to several different investigations.
The report has an issuer, a date and a particular scope. Those details let you identify which findings and institutional responsibilities it covers, cite the inquiry you actually examined, and distinguish it from other investigations into the same event.
Explore on Counterpedia: Deepwater Horizon · research Entry, and Deepwater Horizon · source inventory and research dossier.
Original publisher material: BOEMRE · Report on the causes of the Macondo well blowout (14 Sep 2011).
Feature status: Built today
Explore History & Change
Titan Submersible
A chronology is not yet a version history.
Putting these documents in order helps explain what could have been known at each stage. You finish with the accounts and documents in sequence, and a clearer sense of what each could establish at the time.
Comparing actual versions of the same Counterpedia record is a further step when a suitable edition pair is available. Publication dates of separate documents do not, by themselves, constitute a Counterpedia revision history.
Explore on Counterpedia: Titan · research Entry, and Titan · research dossier and document leads.
Original publisher material: U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board · Titan investigation, redacted report (4 Aug 2025).
Feature status: Planned
Check Information
Volkswagen Dieselgate
The EPA notice is a claim you can actually inspect.
A useful investigation begins with a precise claim, not a verdict. You can frame the question, identify the relevant publisher material and decide what an assessment would need to establish.
A completed Counterpedia Check is a separate operation: when authorized and available, it records what was examined and the outcome.
Explore on Counterpedia: Volkswagen Dieselgate · research Entry, and Volkswagen Dieselgate · research dossier.
Original publisher material: EPA · learn about Volkswagen violations, and EPA · Notice of Violation to Volkswagen (18 Sep 2015).
Feature status: Planned
Conduct Research
Cambridge Analytica
Follow the data from an app to a public investigation.
Compare the FTC's account with the roles of the platform, application developers and consulting firm, keeping track of which source describes each part.
Some questions can be answered directly from a document. Others require comparing accounts or following a lead to another source. A useful research trail preserves both the findings and the questions that remain open.
Explore on Counterpedia: Cambridge Analytica · research Entry, and Cambridge Analytica · research dossier.
Original publisher material: FTC · Press release on the Cambridge Analytica opinion and order (Dec 2019).
Feature status: Partly built
Save, Share & Continue
East Palestine
The first report is not the final word.
If you return to this research, you'll want to know exactly which document you used. The preliminary and corrected final reports require separate citations. Keeping those references precise makes the research easier to revisit or share without confusing two distinct documents.
Saving and exporting the work depend on the tools and permissions available.
Explore on Counterpedia: East Palestine · research Entry, and East Palestine · research dossier.
Original publisher material: NTSB · Preliminary Report RRD23MR005 (23 Feb 2023), and NTSB · Final Report RIR-24-05 (25 Jun 2024; corrected 23 Jul 2024).
Feature status: Partly built
Work With Agents
History of Science
Can an agent preserve a public record's identity?
Begin with a specific public record reference. A software client should preserve that identity rather than silently turning a new interpretation or summary into the original record.
A successful independent second-client read remains part of the fuller experience.
Explore on Counterpedia: History of Science · governed Entry, History of Science · Counterpedia search, History of Science · public Source, and Agent access and documented interfaces.
Original publisher material: Wikipedia · History of science.
Feature status: Planned
Orientation and help across every path
These chapters support all nine experiences without belonging to one journey.
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