Lenta.ru (March 2014present)

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classificationDeprecated Deprecated: There is community consensus to deprecate the source.

Due to persistent abuse, Lenta.ru is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links to articles published on or after 12 March 2014 must be whitelisted before they can be used. Lenta.ru was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed consensus that the site frequently publishes conspiracy theories and Russian propaganda, owing to a mass dismissal of staff on 12 March 2014. The use of Lenta.ru articles published since 12 March 2014 as references should be generally prohibited, especially when other sources exist that are more reliable. Lenta.ru should not be used for determining notability, or used as a secondary source in articles. Lenta.ru's reliability pre-March 2014 was not discussed in the RfC.

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    Lenta.ru (March 2014 – present)
    WP:LENTA.RUWP:LENTA.RU 📌    		 Blacklisted Deprecated Request for comment 2019 Spam blacklist request 2020

    2020

    		 Due to persistent abuse, Lenta.ru is on the Wikipedia spam blacklist, and links to articles published on or after 12 March 2014 must be whitelisted before they can be used. Lenta.ru was deprecated in the 2019 RfC, which showed consensus that the site frequently publishes conspiracy theories and Russian propaganda, owing to a mass dismissal of staff on 12 March 2014. The use of Lenta.ru articles published since 12 March 2014 as references should be generally prohibited, especially when other sources exist that are more reliable. Lenta.ru should not be used for determining notability, or used as a secondary source in articles. Lenta.ru's reliability pre-March 2014 was not discussed in the RfC. 1 Links Spamcheck