Find a Grave

Find a Grave
Type	website
Shortcut	WP:RSPFINDAGRAVE
Status	Generally unreliable
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2021
Domain findagrave.com
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool

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This source in a nutshell: Find a Grave is considered

generally unreliable. See § Summary.

Find a Grave 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

The content on Find a Grave is user-generated,^[1] and is therefore considered generally unreliable. Links to Find a Grave may sometimes be included in the external links section of articles, when the site offers valuable additional content, such as images not permitted for use on Wikipedia. Take care that the Find a Grave page does not itself contain prohibited content, such as copyright violations.

Excerpt

Find a Grave is a collaborative online database of human and pet cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com. Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience." Users can create memorials, upload photos of grave markers or deceased persons, transcribe photos of headstones, and more. As of 2024^[update], the site claimed more than 250 million memorials.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 93#Find a Grave as a reliable source or reference

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 117#B./d. dates refrncd to prim. source of grave stone pic hosted @ FindAGrave.com

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 149#findagrave.com redux

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 214#Findagrave redux

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 314#Find a Grave as a reliable source

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 326#Find A Grave

Recency

2021

Rfcs

No Rfcs for this source.

Notes

References

↑ "Contribute – Find A Grave". www.findagrave.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Find a Grave WP:RSPFINDAGRAVEWP:RSPFINDAGRAVE 📌		1 2 3 4 5 6	2021	The content on Find a Grave is user-generated,^[1] and is therefore considered generally unreliable. Links to Find a Grave may sometimes be included in the external links section of articles, when the site offers valuable additional content, such as images not permitted for use on Wikipedia. Take care that the Find a Grave page does not itself contain prohibited content, such as copyright violations.	1

↑ "Contribute – Find A Grave". www.findagrave.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

[1] "Contribute – Find A Grave". www.findagrave.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

[2] "Contribute – Find A Grave". www.findagrave.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

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