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| shortcut = WP:POLYGON
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| last = 2025
| domain1 = polygon.com
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== Summary ==
In May 2025, Vox Media sold ''Polygon'' to Valnet and promptly laid off most ''Polygon'' staff; as of May 2025, this event's long-term impact on reliability is unknown. Editors have expressed concern over the site's ownership by Valnet, which runs several content farms. Articles should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis until the status of editorial deterioration is confirmed. ''See also: [[WP:VALNET]]''
== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[Polygon (website)]]:}}
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== Other ====
* [[WT:WikiProject Video games/Sources#Polygon sold to Valnet, hit with major layoffs]]
* [[WT:WikiProject Video games#Polygon sold to Valnet, most staff laid off.]]
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
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|- class="s-m" id="Polygon"
| ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' (May 2025{{snd}}present) {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:POLYGON}}
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| [[WT:WikiProject Video games/Sources#Polygon sold to Valnet, hit with major layoffs|A]] [[WT:WikiProject Video games#Polygon sold to Valnet, most staff laid off.|B]]
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2025}}
| In May 2025, Vox Media sold ''Polygon'' to Valnet and promptly laid off most ''Polygon'' staff; as of May 2025, this event's long-term impact on reliability is unknown. Editors have expressed concern over the site's ownership by Valnet, which runs several content farms. Articles should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis until the status of editorial deterioration is confirmed. ''See also: [[WP:VALNET]]''
| {{WP:RSPUSES|polygon.com}}
|}