{{WP:RSPIntro|Sixth Tone}}
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== general topics ==
{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| title = [[Sixth Tone]] (general topics)
| shortcut =
| status = gr
| last = 2020
| domain1 = sixthtone.com
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 287#RfC: Sixth Tone|RfC]]
| rfcdate = 2020
}}
=== Summary ===
''Sixth Tone'' is usable for general non-political topics, such as Chinese society and culture.
=== Discussions ===
{{WP:RSPLinks}}
=== Recency ===
{{WP:RSPLAST/sandbox|2020|table=no}}
=== RfCs ===
# 2020 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 287#RfC: Sixth Tone|RfC]]
== politics ==
{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| title = [[Sixth Tone]] (politics)
| shortcut =
| status = gu
| last = 2020
| domain1 = sixthtone.com
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 287#RfC: Sixth Tone|RfC]]
| rfcdate = 2020
}}
=== Summary ===
''Sixth Tone'' is published by the [[Shanghai United Media Group]], which is government-controlled. Editors consider ''Sixth Tone'' generally unreliable for politics.
=== Discussions ===
{{WP:RSPLinks}}
=== Recency ===
{{WP:RSPLAST/sandbox|2020|table=no}}
=== RfCs ===
# 2020 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 287#RfC: Sixth Tone|RfC]]
== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[Sixth Tone]]:}}
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==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table rows for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gr" id="Sixth Tone"
| ''[[Sixth Tone]]'' (general topics)
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gr}}
| {{rsnl|287|RfC: Sixth Tone|2020|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2020}}
| ''Sixth Tone'' is usable for general non-political topics, such as Chinese society and culture.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|sixthtone.com}}
|- class="s-gu" id="Sixth Tone (politics)"
| ''[[Sixth Tone]]'' (politics)
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu}}
| {{rsnl|287|RfC: Sixth Tone|2020|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2020|stale=n}}
| ''Sixth Tone'' is published by the [[Shanghai United Media Group]], which is government-controlled. Editors consider ''Sixth Tone'' generally unreliable for politics.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|sixthtone.com}}
|}