Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records
Typewebsite
ShortcutWP:GWR
StatusNo consensus No consensus
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2025
Domain guinnessworldrecords.com
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There is consensus that world records verified by Guinness World Records should not be used to establish notability. Editors have expressed concern that post-2008 records include paid coverage.

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Guinness World Records (/ˈɡɪnɪs/), known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept in order to settle arguments debated in pubs, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in late August 1955.

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    Guinness World Records (The Guinness Book of Records, The Guinness Book of World Records)
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