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{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| shortcut = WP:MEDIUM
| status = gu
| last = 2022
| domain1 = medium.com
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 381#RfC: Cuepoint Medium publication reliability|Rfc]]
| rfcdate = 2022
}}
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== Summary ==
Medium is a [[WP:BLOGS|blog]] hosting service. As a [[WP:SPS|self-published source]], it is considered generally unreliable and should be avoided unless the author is a [[WP:EXPERTSOURCE|subject-matter expert]] or the blog is used for [[WP:ABOUTSELF|uncontroversial self-descriptions]]. Medium should never be used for [[WP:THIRDPARTY|third-party claims]] about [[WP:BLPSPS|living persons]]. A 2022 RfC also found that ''[[Cuepoint]]'', Medium's music publication, is marginally reliable, with editors stating that its reliability depends on the qualification of the author.
== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== RSN ====
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 192#Article by established journalist in Medium publication with editorial staff]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 232#Medium as a reference]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 260#Bob Pitt at Medium sourced for Jeremy Corbyn]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 336#Pauline Montagna]]
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
# 2022 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 381#RfC: Cuepoint Medium publication reliability|Rfc]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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|- class="s-gu" id="Medium"
| [[Medium (website)|Medium]] {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:MEDIUM}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu}}
| {{rsnl|381|RfC: Cuepoint Medium publication reliability|2022|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2022}}
| Medium is a [[WP:BLOGS|blog]] hosting service. As a [[WP:SPS|self-published source]], it is considered generally unreliable and should be avoided unless the author is a [[WP:EXPERTSOURCE|subject-matter expert]] or the blog is used for [[WP:ABOUTSELF|uncontroversial self-descriptions]]. Medium should never be used for [[WP:THIRDPARTY|third-party claims]] about [[WP:BLPSPS|living persons]]. A 2022 RfC also found that ''[[Cuepoint]]'', Medium's music publication, is marginally reliable, with editors stating that its reliability depends on the qualification of the author.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|medium.com}}
|}