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{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| shortcut = WP:RSPFACEBOOK
| status = gu
| last = 2026
| domain1 = facebook.com
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 299#RfC: Facebook|Rfc]]
| rfcdate = 2020
}}
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== Summary ==
Facebook is considered generally unreliable because it is a [[WP:self-published source|self-published source]] with no editorial oversight. In the 2020 RfC, there was consensus to add an [[WP:EF|edit filter]] to warn users who attempt to cite Facebook as a source, and no consensus on whether Facebook citations should be automatically reverted with {{u|XLinkBot}}.
== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[Facebook]]:}}
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
# 2020 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 299#RfC: Facebook|Rfc]]
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gu" id="Facebook"
| [[Facebook]] (Meta) {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:RSPFB}} {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:RSPFACEBOOK}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu}}
| {{rsnl|299|RfC: Facebook|2020|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2026}}
| Facebook is considered generally unreliable because it is a [[WP:self-published source|self-published source]] with no editorial oversight. In the 2020 RfC, there was consensus to add an [[WP:EF|edit filter]] to warn users who attempt to cite Facebook as a source, and no consensus on whether Facebook citations should be automatically reverted with {{u|XLinkBot}}.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|facebook.com}}
|}