The Sun (United Kingdom) (UK)

The Sun (United Kingdom)
Typewebsite
ShortcutWP:THESUN
Statusd
Deprecatedno
Blacklistedno
Recency2025
Domain thesun.co.uk
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RfC
LinkRfc
Date2019


Summary

This deprecation does not apply to the broadsheet publication of the same name, that existed from 1964–1969.

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The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch's News Corp. It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner. The Sun had the largest daily newspaper circulation in the United Kingdom, but was overtaken by freesheet rival Metro in March 2018.

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Recency

2025

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  1. 2019 Rfc
  1. 2024 Rfc

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    The Sun (UK) (The Sun on Sunday, The Irish Sun, The Scottish Sun, The U.S. Sun)
    WP:THESUNWP:THESUN 📌    		 Deprecated Request for comment 2019 Request for comment 2024

    2025

    		 The Sun was deprecated in the 2019 RfC. There is consensus that The Sun is generally unreliable. References from The Sun are actively discouraged from being used in any article and they should not be used for determining the notability of any subject. The RfC does not override WP:ABOUTSELF, which allows the use of The Sun for uncontroversial self-descriptions. Some editors consider The Sun usable for uncontroversial sports reporting, although more reliable sources are recommended.
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