Wiredtape.com - A Guide to Bureaucracy

Wiredtape ("Why-red-tape?" or "Wired-tape"), is a free, community-based project to provide the world with a guide to bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is a part of life - almost every day people go through some form of bureaucratic process: they might be getting a drivers license; opening a business; renewing a passport; or book-keeping for end of year taxes. Most of these processes take many hours to complete and may require photos, fees and even taking classes. The problem is that information relevant to completing these processes isn’t available easily. There is no one-stop shop for all your bureaucratic needs. This information should have been readily available on relevant government web sites; however, most of the information is buried in between documents, links and other “interferences” – this is the case if the information even exists online. In essence, the problem is that information regarding bureaucratic processes is not easy to find, easy to understand and may require a meeting with a professional in the field in order to complete. Wiredtape is a solution prepared exactly for solving this problem; It is built as a Wiki and aims to be the complete guide to bureaucracy; your one-stop shop. Any person with an internet connection can go on Wiredtape and search for the information he is interested in, and they will find a simplified, detailed guide on that subject. Using the Wiki model, Wiredtape allows anyone to contribute from their experience and expertise, helping others to understand the step-by-step procedures taken to complete an application or form. You can also raise specific legal situations and see if anyone has encountered this situation in the past.

“The benefits of using Wiredtape are: saving time, money and unnecessary stress for people.”

Wiredtape solves a real problem. It saves people time and money. It can help people know about their rights and obligations, and it has no real competition. Several other websites provide some information on similar topics, however, because content was entered solely by paid professionals, the information is non-informative to say the least. These websites do not provide the forms, phone numbers, addresses, in-depth information or simplicity that these procedures require. Using the Wiki model, a community could really provide the information people need.

How good is the quality of the services? Is all the information posted by users really accurate?