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== Summary ==
In the 2017 RfC, the ''Daily Mail'' was the first source to be deprecated on Wikipedia, and the decision was challenged and reaffirmed in the 2019 RfC. There is consensus that the ''Daily Mail'' (including its online version, ''[[MailOnline]]'') is generally unreliable, and its use as a reference is generally prohibited, especially when other sources exist that are more reliable. As a result, the ''Daily Mail'' should not be used for determining notability, nor should it be used as a source in articles. The ''Daily Mail'' has a "reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication". The ''Daily Mail'' may be used in rare cases in an [[WP:ABOUTSELF|about-self fashion]]. Some editors regard the ''Daily Mail'' as reliable historically, so old articles may be used in a historical context. (Note that dailymail.co.uk is not trustworthy as a source of past content that was printed in the ''Daily Mail''.) The restriction is often incorrectly interpreted as a "ban" on the ''Daily Mail''. The deprecation includes other editions of the UK ''Daily Mail'', such as the Irish and Scottish editions. The UK ''Daily Mail'' is not to be confused with [[Daily Mail (disambiguation)|other publications named ''Daily Mail'']] that are unaffiliated with the UK paper. The dailymail.com domain was previously used by the unaffiliated ''[[Charleston Daily Mail]]'', and reference links to that publication are still present.
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
# 2017 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 220#Daily Mail RfC|Rfc]]
# 2019 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 255#2nd RfC: The Daily Mail|Rfc]]
# 2020 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 299#(Infomercial voice) But Wait! There's still more!! (News about The Daily Mail)|Rfc]]
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| {{WP:RSPLAST|2024}}
| In the 2017 RfC, the ''Daily Mail'' was the first source to be deprecated on Wikipedia, and the decision was challenged and reaffirmed in the 2019 RfC. There is consensus that the ''Daily Mail'' (including its online version, ''[[MailOnline]]'') is generally unreliable, and its use as a reference is generally prohibited, especially when other sources exist that are more reliable. As a result, the ''Daily Mail'' should not be used for determining notability, nor should it be used as a source in articles. The ''Daily Mail'' has a "reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication". The ''Daily Mail'' may be used in rare cases in an [[WP:ABOUTSELF|about-self fashion]]. Some editors regard the ''Daily Mail'' as reliable historically, so old articles may be used in a historical context. (Note that dailymail.co.uk is not trustworthy as a source of past content that was printed in the ''Daily Mail''.) The restriction is often incorrectly interpreted as a "ban" on the ''Daily Mail''. The deprecation includes other editions of the UK ''Daily Mail'', such as the Irish and Scottish editions. The UK ''Daily Mail'' is not to be confused with [[Daily Mail (disambiguation)|other publications named ''Daily Mail'']] that are unaffiliated with the UK paper. The dailymail.com domain was previously used by the unaffiliated ''[[Charleston Daily Mail]]'', and reference links to that publication are still present.
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