Kickstarter

Kickstarter
Type	website
Shortcut	WP:KICKSTARTER
Status	Generally unreliable
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2020
Domain kickstarter.com
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool
RfC
Link	Rfc
Date	2020

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This source in a nutshell: Kickstarter is considered

generally unreliable. See § Summary.

Kickstarter 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

Kickstarter is a crowdfunding website specializing in funding for new works of fiction. As a primary source, it should usually be avoided for topics involving crowdfunding campaigns where better sources are available. The 2020 RfC gained a consensus for Kickstarter to be placed on the Wikipedia spam blacklist; links must be whitelisted before they can be used.

Excerpt

Kickstarter, PBC is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of April 2025, Kickstarter has received US$8.71 billion in pledges from 24.1 million backers to fund 277,302 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects.

Discussions

Links

Other

Talk:Kickstarter/Archive 1#Kickstarter as the primary source in this article

Recency

2020

Rfcs

2020 Rfc

Notes

References

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Kickstarter WP:KICKSTARTERWP:KICKSTARTER 📌		2020	2020	Kickstarter is a crowdfunding website specializing in funding for new works of fiction. As a primary source, it should usually be avoided for topics involving crowdfunding campaigns where better sources are available. The 2020 RfC gained a consensus for Kickstarter to be placed on the Wikipedia spam blacklist; links must be whitelisted before they can be used.	1