NewsFront (website)

NewsFront
Type	website
Shortcut	WP:NEWSFRONT
Status	d
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2019
Domain news-front.su
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool
RfC
Link	Rfc
Date	2019

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This source in a nutshell: NewsFront is considered

deprecated. See § Summary.

NewsFront 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

Due to persistent abuse, NewsFront is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. NewsFront was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed unanimous consensus that the site publishes fake news and Russian propaganda. The use of NewsFront as a reference should be generally prohibited, especially when other sources exist that are more reliable. NewsFront should not be used for determining notability, or used as a secondary source in articles.

Excerpt

NewsFront (sometimes written News Front) is a website based in Russian occupied Crimea, described by the United States Department of the Treasury as "a Crimea-based disinformation and propaganda outlet...particularly focused on supporting Russia-backed forces in Ukraine." According to owner Konstantin Knyrik, however, NewsFront is fighting an "information war" against unfair attacks on Russia. NewsFront describes itself as "a news agency that runs news in ten languages including Russian, German, English, Bulgarian, Georgian, French, and Spanish."

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 281#news-front.info

Recency

2019

Rfcs

2019 Rfc

Notes

References

Original table row for comparison

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Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
NewsFront WP:NEWSFRONTWP:NEWSFRONT 📌		2019	2019	Due to persistent abuse, NewsFront is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. NewsFront was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed unanimous consensus that the site publishes fake news and Russian propaganda. The use of NewsFront as a reference should be generally prohibited, especially when other sources exist that are more reliable. NewsFront should not be used for determining notability, or used as a secondary source in articles.	1 2