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{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| shortcut = WP:ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM
| status = nc
| last = 2025
| domain1 = encyclopedia.com
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 490#RfC: encyclopedia.com|Rfc]]
| rfcdate = 2025
}}
{{WP:RSPIntro|Encyclopedia.com}}
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== Summary ==
Encyclopedia.com is a content aggregator. Editors are encouraged to look for the original source of the Encyclopedia.com article and use that as the reference with a via=encyclopedia.com parameter or "via encyclopedia.com" in the citation. The [[WP:RS|reliability]] of the original source can be scrutinized, as appropriate.
== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[Encyclopedia.com]]:}}
{{excerpt|Encyclopedia.com|paragraphs=1|only=paragraphs|hat=no|references=no|inline=yes}}
== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== RSN ====
* [[WP:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_22#Encyclopedia_content_hosted_on_Answers.com_and_Highbeam_(encyclopedia.com)]]
* [[WP:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_279#Encyclopedia.com]]
* [[WP:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_210#Encyclopedia.com,_reliable_or_not?]]
=== Recency ===
{{WP:RSPLAST/sandbox|2025|table=no}}
=== Rfcs ===
# 2025 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 490#RfC: encyclopedia.com|Rfc]]
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-nc" id="Encyclopedia.com"
| data-sort-value="Encyclopedia.com" | {{anchor|Encyclopedia.com}} ''[[Encyclopedia.com]]'' {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|nc}}
| {{rsnl|490|RfC: encyclopedia.com|2025|rfc=y}}
[[WP:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_22#Encyclopedia_content_hosted_on_Answers.com_and_Highbeam_(encyclopedia.com)|1]] [[WP:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_279#Encyclopedia.com|2]] [[WP:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_210#Encyclopedia.com,_reliable_or_not?|3]]
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2025|stale=n}}
| Encyclopedia.com is a content aggregator. Editors are encouraged to look for the original source of the Encyclopedia.com article and use that as the reference with a via=encyclopedia.com parameter or "via encyclopedia.com" in the citation. The [[WP:RS|reliability]] of the original source can be scrutinized, as appropriate.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|encyclopedia.com}}
|}