Examiner.com

Examiner.com
Type	website
Shortcut	WP:EXAMINER.COM
Status	Generally unreliable
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2014
Domain examiner.com
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool

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This source in a nutshell: Examiner.com is considered

generally unreliable. See § Summary.

Examiner.com 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

Due to persistent abuse, Examiner.com is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. Examiner.com is considered a self-published source, as it has minimal editorial oversight. Most editors believe the site has a poor reputation for accuracy and fact-checking. Prior to 2004, the examiner.com domain was used by the San Francisco Examiner, which has moved to a different domain. Examiner.com was shut down in 2016; website content is no longer accessible unless archived.

Excerpt

Examiner.com was an American news website based in Denver, Colorado, that operated using a network of 'pro-am' contributors for content. It had various local editions with contributors posting city-based items tailored to 238 markets throughout the United States and parts of Canada in two putative national editions, one for each country.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 35#examiner.com_=_paid_blogging,_no_editorial_oversight

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 38#Request to reopen discussion on examiner.com

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 39#Examiner.com

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 47#Examiner.com

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 100#Examiner.com and essay contests as sources on subject for which ample scholarly literature exists

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 139#Examiner.com

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 164#Why is Examiner.com blacklisted?

Recency

2014

Rfcs

No Rfcs for this source.

Notes

References

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Examiner.com WP:EXAMINER.COMWP:EXAMINER.COM 📌		2009	2014	Due to persistent abuse, Examiner.com is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. Examiner.com is considered a self-published source, as it has minimal editorial oversight. Most editors believe the site has a poor reputation for accuracy and fact-checking. Prior to 2004, the examiner.com domain was used by the San Francisco Examiner, which has moved to a different domain. Examiner.com was shut down in 2016; website content is no longer accessible unless archived.	1