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== Summary ==
Most content by Kirkus Reviews is considered to be generally reliable. Kirkus Indie is a pay-for-review program for independent authors: its content is considered to be questionable and to not count towards notability, in part because the author can choose whether or not the review is published. Whether or not a review is a "Kirkus Indie" can be determined by the presence of a "Review Program: KIRKUS INDIE" tag at the end of the article.
== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== RSN ====
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 180#Kirkus Reviews]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 190#Kirkus Reviews]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 330#Kirkus Indie]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 356#Kirkus Reviews, again]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 402#Kirkus reviews]]
* [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 425#Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly]]
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
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==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gr" id="Kirkus Reviews"
| [[Kirkus Reviews]] {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:KIRKUS}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gr}}
| [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 180#Kirkus Reviews|1]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 190#Kirkus Reviews|2]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 330#Kirkus Indie|3]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 356#Kirkus Reviews, again|4]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 402#Kirkus reviews|5]] [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 425#Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly|6]]
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2025}}
| Most content by Kirkus Reviews is considered to be generally reliable. Kirkus Indie is a pay-for-review program for independent authors: its content is considered to be questionable and to not count towards notability, in part because the author can choose whether or not the review is published. Whether or not a review is a "Kirkus Indie" can be determined by the presence of a "Review Program: KIRKUS INDIE" tag at the end of the article.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|kirkusreviews.com}}
|}