anchor

anchor
Type	website
Status	d
Deprecated	no
Blacklisted	no
Recency	2022
Domain royalcentral.co.uk
	In source code; External links in articles; Spamcheck tool
RfC
Link	Rfc
Date	2022

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This source in a nutshell: anchor is considered

deprecated. See § Summary.

anchor 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

The 2022 RfC found a consensus to deprecate Royal Central on the grounds that it lacked serious editorial standards and hosted plagiarized content.

Excerpt

An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to secure a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα (ankȳra).

Discussions

Links

RSN

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 379#Royal Central, deprecate?

WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 380#Royal Central (cont.)

Recency

2022

Rfcs

2022 Rfc

Notes

References

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Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Royal Central		2022	2022	The 2022 RfC found a consensus to deprecate Royal Central on the grounds that it lacked serious editorial standards and hosted plagiarized content.	1