User:Audiodude/RSPTest/format1/Wikipedia

Wikipedia
type	website
shortcut	WP:RSPWP
status	generally unreliable
deprecated	no
blacklisted	no
recency	2024
Domain wikipedia.org
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool

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This source in a nutshell: Wikipedia is considered

generally unreliable. See § Summary.

Wikipedia is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source because open wikis are self-published sources. This includes articles, non-article pages, The Signpost, non-English Wikipedias, Wikipedia Books, and Wikipedia mirrors; see WP:CIRCULAR for guidance.^[1] Occasionally, inexperienced editors may unintentionally cite the Wikipedia article about a publication instead of the publication itself; in these cases, fix the citation instead of removing it. Although citing Wikipedia as a source is against policy, content can be copied between articles with proper attribution; see WP:COPYWITHIN for instructions.

Excerpt

Wikipedia^[a] is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, Wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers. Wikipedia is the largest and most read reference work in history.

Discussions

Links

Recency

2024

Rfcs

No Rfcs for this source.

Notes

↑ Pronounced /ˌwɪkəˈpiːdiə/ WIK-ə-PEE-dee-ə or /ˌwɪki-/ WIK-ee-PEE-dee-ə in English

References

↑ "Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong". The Independent. February 19, 2018. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Wikipedia (including The Signpost) WP:RSPWPWP:RSPWP 📌		See these discussions of WP:	2024	Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source because open wikis are self-published sources. This includes articles, non-article pages, The Signpost, non-English Wikipedias, Wikipedia Books, and Wikipedia mirrors; see WP:CIRCULAR for guidance.^[1] Occasionally, inexperienced editors may unintentionally cite the Wikipedia article about a publication instead of the publication itself; in these cases, fix the citation instead of removing it. Although citing Wikipedia as a source is against policy, content can be copied between articles with proper attribution; see WP:COPYWITHIN for instructions.	1

↑ "Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong". The Independent. February 19, 2018. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

[2] Pronounced /ˌwɪkəˈpiːdiə/ ^ⓘ WIK-ə-PEE-dee-ə or /ˌwɪki-/ ^ⓘ WIK-ee-PEE-dee-ə in English

[1] "Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong". The Independent. February 19, 2018. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

[3] "Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong". The Independent. February 19, 2018. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

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