Baidu Baike

Baidu Baike

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other names	Baidu Wiki
source type	foobar (not part of original row)
publisher	Fooland (state-funded media) (not part of original row)
classification	Deprecated: There is community consensus to deprecate the source.

Baidu Baike was deprecated in the 2020 RfC as it is similar to an open wiki, which is a type of self-published source. Although edits are reviewed by Baidu administrators before they are published, most editors believe the editorial standards of Baidu Baike to be very low, and do not see any evidence of fact-checking. The Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures kuso originated from Baidu Baike. The Baidu Baike domain also includes a website archiving service (baike.baidu.com/reference), which unlike the encyclopedia articles (which are hosted under baike.baidu.com/item/), are acceptable to use as accessible links for reliable sources.

Prior discussions

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• WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 17#b.baidu.com
• WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 60#Baidu Baike
• WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 249#Baidu Baike – Used extensively as a reference here, it's a Chinese language anonymous wiki
• WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 251#Possible bot removal and blacklisting of Baidu
• Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Can_we_remove_baidu_baike_archive_URLs_from_the_edit_filter?

• Simple summary of prior discussions: TBD

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Perennial sources

Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
		List	Last	Summary
Baidu Baike (Baidu Wiki) WP:BAIDUBAIKEWP:BAIDUBAIKE 📌		2020	2020	Baidu Baike was deprecated in the 2020 RfC as it is similar to an open wiki, which is a type of self-published source. Although edits are reviewed by Baidu administrators before they are published, most editors believe the editorial standards of Baidu Baike to be very low, and do not see any evidence of fact-checking. The Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures kuso originated from Baidu Baike. The Baidu Baike domain also includes a website archiving service (baike.baidu.com/reference), which unlike the encyclopedia articles (which are hosted under baike.baidu.com/item/), are acceptable to use as accessible links for reliable sources.	1   2   3   4