Goodreads

Goodreads
Type	website
Shortcut	WP:GOODREADS
Status	Generally unreliable
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2018
Domain goodreads.com
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool

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This source in a nutshell: Goodreads is considered

generally unreliable. See § Summary.

Goodreads 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

Goodreads is a social cataloging site comprising user-generated content. As a self-published source, Goodreads is considered generally unreliable.

Excerpt

Goodreads is an American social cataloging website operated by Goodreads, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. Users can search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews and expand the database by registering books to generate library catalogs and reading lists. They can also create their own groups of book suggestions, surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions. The website's offices are located in San Francisco.

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 204#Goodreads

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 249#goodreads.com

Recency

2018

Rfcs

No Rfcs for this source.

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Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Goodreads WP:GOODREADSWP:GOODREADS 📌		1 2	2018	Goodreads is a social cataloging site comprising user-generated content. As a self-published source, Goodreads is considered generally unreliable.	1