"The FOI gives you the right to ask any public body for all the information they have on any subject you choose. Also, unless there’s a good reason, the organisation must provide the information within a month."

This experimental website has been started to assist in the coordination of Freedom of Information requests by the community and local media organisations in Stoke-on-Trent and its surrounding areas. It will track questions and answers, avoiding the replication of questions and putting information received into the public domain.

As a wiki, the site is editable by anybody. All users are asked to stick to the purpose of the site - the wiki itself it is not a discussion board and its objective is to share information in a format that is simple and accessible. Registration is not required and questions can be submitted anonymously, while all information posted should be state the source or it may be removed.

Questions or comments that are statements rather than attempts to get information should be confined to the discussion section. In order to maintain a peaceful community, the moderator reserves the right to remove any posts that go beyond the realms of fair comment without giving any reason and asks all users to treat each other with respect at all times.

Anybody is welcome to get involved in the site, including holders of information and journalists from different media organisations making or researching requests. Hopefully the collaborative sharing of information will result in a forum that is useful for everybody in the area.