SouthFront

SouthFront

(not part of original row)
other names	South Front
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.

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.

Prior discussions

Please add links to other significant discussions. When in doubt, read and rely on the discussions themselves, rather than the simple summary.

• WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 283#southfront.org

• Simple summary of prior discussions: TBD

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Perennial sources

Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
		List	Last	Summary
SouthFront (South Front)		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   2