SouthFront

SouthFront
Typewebsite
Statusd
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2020
Domain southfront.org
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RfC
LinkRfc
Date2019


Summary

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

Excerpt

SouthFront (sometimes written South Front) is a multilingual website registered in Russia and based in Crimea. It has been accused of being an outlet for disinformation and propaganda under the control of the Russian government. For this reason, it has been sanctioned by the US Treasury and banned by social media platforms.

Discussions

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Recency

Stale discussions 2020

Rfcs

  1. 2019 Rfc

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    SouthFront (South Front) Blacklisted Deprecated Request for comment 2019

    2020

    		 Due to persistent abuse, SouthFront is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links must be whitelisted before they can be used. SouthFront was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed unanimous consensus that the site publishes fake news and Russian propaganda. The use of SouthFront as a reference should be generally prohibited, especially when other sources exist that are more reliable. SouthFront should not be used for determining notability, or used as a secondary source in articles. 1 Links Spamcheck
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