ICE List Wiki:Volunteer

Volunteering with the ICE List Wiki

The ICE List Wiki is a public-interest documentation project cataloguing ICE agents, incidents, vehicles, facilities, and enforcement agreements across the United States. Volunteers help expand and maintain this archive so it remains accurate, verifiable, and continuously updated.

This page gives a brief overview of what volunteers do, how the workflow operates, and how to join.

What Volunteers Do

Volunteers help the project in several core areas:

1. Build Incident Pages

• Use available evidence (articles, videos, social posts, legal filings) to create clear, structured incident pages.
• Extract the identifiable agents, vehicles, facilities, and locations involved.
• Cross-link the incident using existing templates on the site.

2. Build Agent Profiles

• When incidents reveal identifiable agents, volunteers help complete or expand their profile pages.
• Unnamed agents receive temporary profile pages; these should be completed using screenshots, images, or stills from the incident where they appeared.
• Redlinks for agents should only be created when an agent is actually identifiable from evidence.

3. Document Vehicles

• Create and complete vehicle pages referenced in incidents.
• Add screenshots, state information, and—when possible—rename the page to the plate_number + state format.

4. Track News and Media Sources

• When a news article or report is relevant, volunteers create a page using the news template.
• If the article references an incident, create or update the corresponding incident page.
• If the article references an agent, vehicle, or facility, ensure the correct cross-links are added.

5. Improve Existing Pages

• Some pages need cleanup, expanded summaries, source additions, or completion of infoboxes.
• Use discretion: do not create redlinks for volunteers; only create missing pages tied to agents, incidents, vehicles, or facilities.

How Volunteers Work

• Volunteers operate with **initiative**, but always follow the site's structure and naming conventions.
• Edits go through an approval system—admins review all contributions before they go live.
• Accuracy is essential: every claim must be supported by a link, screenshot, or reference.
• Volunteers do **not** contact victims, families, witnesses, or officials. All work is evidence-based and publicly sourced.

If you’re unsure about the structure of a page, look at well-formatted entries and follow their layout.

Apply to Join

After applying:

1. You will receive a volunteer login.
2. Your edits will go into a review queue.
3. Once you’re comfortable with the workflow, you can take on larger tasks at your own pace.

We welcome volunteers of all backgrounds—whether you have five minutes a day or hours each week. Every contribution helps build a public resource that holds power to account.