Flickr

Flickr
Type	website
Shortcut	WP:RSPFLICKR
Status	Generally unreliable
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2020
Domain flickr.com
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool

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This source in a nutshell: Flickr is considered

generally unreliable. See § Summary.

Flickr 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

Most photos on Flickr are anonymous, self-published, and unverifiable, and should not be used at all for verifying information in articles (although properly-licensed photos from Flickr can be used to illustrate articles). Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability. Note that one cannot make interpretations from Flickr photos, even from verified sources, because that is original research.

Excerpt

Flickr (/ˈflɪkər/ ^ⓘ FLIK-ər) is an image and video hosting service, as well as an online community, founded in Canada and headquartered in the United States. It was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and was for a time a common way for amateur and professional photographers to host high-resolution photos. Flickr was owned by Yahoo! from 2005 and has been owned by SmugMug since 2018.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 95#Is Flickr a reliable source as to photo contents

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 149#flickr and "travel-around-japan.com" as reliable sources

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 322#Flickr as a reliable source

Recency

2020

Rfcs

No Rfcs for this source.

Notes

References

Original table row for comparison

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Flickr WP:RSPFLICKRWP:RSPFLICKR 📌		1 2 3	2020	Most photos on Flickr are anonymous, self-published, and unverifiable, and should not be used at all for verifying information in articles (although properly-licensed photos from Flickr can be used to illustrate articles). Content uploaded from a verified official account, such as that of a news organization, may be treated as originating from the uploader and therefore inheriting their level of reliability. Note that one cannot make interpretations from Flickr photos, even from verified sources, because that is original research.	1