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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 March 2025. For satirical news, see List of satirical news websites. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely ...
According to Alexa Internet, rankings of low-traffic websites are less reliable than rankings of high-traffic websites, and rankings of 100,000 and above are unreliable. A March 2022 RfC found no consensus on whether citations of Alexa Internet should be removed now that the service is defunct.
However, be aware of WP:Citing sources#Say where you read it - unless the complete source is available, excerpts may be taken out of context, or changed to fit the site's POV, and are therefore unreliable. Transcripts of content are generally not reliable unless produced by a reliable source.
Fake news website that has published claims about the pilot of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 reappearing, a billionaire wanting to recruit 1,000 women to bear his children, and an Adam Sandler death hoax. [173] [174] [175] LiveMonitor livemonitor.co.za Fake news website in South Africa, per Africa Check, an IFCN signatory. [133] lockerdome.com
A source can be reliable or unreliable for the material it is meant to support. Some sources, such as unpublished texts and an editor's own personal experience, are prohibited. When editors talk about sources that are being cited on Wikipedia, they might be referring to any one of these three concepts:
Patheos is a website that hosts a collection of blogs. These blogs receive little editorial oversight and should be treated as self-published sources. 1 La Patilla 2023. 1. 2023 La Patilla is considered marginally reliable as a news source covering Venezuela, with several additional considerations. Aggregated content should not be used at all.
An American websites with focus on "political bias" and "factual reporting". [221] [222] Metabunk: A discussion forum setup by Mick West that covers such topics as pseudoscience, UFOs and the paranormal. The website also includes a forum, "Skydentify", where West invites people to send photos and videos of UFOs and supposed ghosts. NPR Fact Check.
TV Guide is considered generally reliable for television-related topics. Some editors consider TV Guide a primary source for air dates. 1 2 TV Tropes 📌: 1 2 3. A. 2023 TV Tropes is considered generally unreliable because it is an open wiki, which is a type of self-published source. 1 Twitter (X) 📌 📌: 50 [i] 2025