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{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| shortcut = WP:LULU
| status = gu
| last = 2019
| domain1 = lulu.com
}}
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== Summary ==
Due to persistent abuse, Lulu.com is on the [[WP:SPB|Wikipedia spam blacklist]], and links must be [[WT:WHITELIST|whitelisted]] before they can be used. Lulu.com is a [[print-on-demand]] publisher, which is a type of [[WP:SPS|self-published source]]. Books published through Lulu.com can be used if they are written by a [[WP:EXPERTSOURCE|subject-matter expert]]. Occasionally, a reputable publisher uses Lulu.com as a [[Printer (publishing)|printer]]; in this case, cite the original publisher instead of Lulu.com.
== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[Lulu.com]]:}}
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== RSN ====
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 24#Lulu.com published books]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 51#Book published by Lulu.com]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 80#Lulu.com and Academic Associations]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 117#LuLu journals]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 138#Lulu-published sources]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 152#Books published through Lulu not being used as "sources" per se...]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 214#Blanket ban on all lulu.com sources?]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 250#Subgenres of the Beast]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 270#P. D. Stemp]]
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
''No Rfcs for this source.''
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-b" id="Lulu.com"
| [[Lulu.com]] (Lulu Press) {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:LULU}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu|b=y}}
| [[File:X-circle.svg|20px|alt=Spam blacklist request|link=WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive133#Getting paid to spam - other sites]] [[WP:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive133#Getting paid to spam - other sites|2008]]
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2019|stale=n}}
| Due to persistent abuse, Lulu.com is on the [[WP:SPB|Wikipedia spam blacklist]], and links must be [[WT:WHITELIST|whitelisted]] before they can be used. Lulu.com is a [[print-on-demand]] publisher, which is a type of [[WP:SPS|self-published source]]. Books published through Lulu.com can be used if they are written by a [[WP:EXPERTSOURCE|subject-matter expert]]. Occasionally, a reputable publisher uses Lulu.com as a [[Printer (publishing)|printer]]; in this case, cite the original publisher instead of Lulu.com.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|lulu.com}}
|}