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== Summary ==
There is consensus that sponsored content on The Points Guy, including content involving credit cards, should not be used as sources. The Points Guy has advertising relationships with credit card and travel companies, receiving compensation from readers signing up for credit cards via the website's links. ''See also: [[#The Points Guy|The Points Guy (news and reviews)]].''
Note: The Points Guy has been acquired by [[WP:REDVENTURES|Red Ventures]], a publisher of LLM-generated content which is itself rated generally unreliable.
== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
==== Other ====
* [[MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist/archives/May 2019#thepointsguy.com]]
* [[MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2019/03#"News" and "Reviews" sections of The Points Guy (thepointsguy.com/news, thepointsguy.com/reviews)]]
* [[MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist/Archives/2019/04#"News" and "Reviews" sections of The Points Guy (thepointsguy.com/news, thepointsguy.com/reviews)]]
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
# 2019 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 263#RfC: The Points Guy|Rfc]]
# 2026 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive #RfC: The Points Guy (TPG)|Rfc]]
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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| data-sort-value="Points Guy sponsored" | [[The Points Guy]] (sponsored content) (TPG)
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| {{sbll|December 2018|Sponsored consumer finance blogs|2018}} {{rsnl|263|RfC: The Points Guy|2019|rfc=y}} {{sbll||Request for removal of thepointsguy.com from blacklist|2026}} {{rsnl||RfC: The Points Guy (TPG)|2026|rfc=y|active=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2026|inprogress=y}}
| There is consensus that sponsored content on The Points Guy, including content involving credit cards, should not be used as sources. The Points Guy has advertising relationships with credit card and travel companies, receiving compensation from readers signing up for credit cards via the website's links. ''See also: [[#The Points Guy|The Points Guy (news and reviews)]].''
Note: The Points Guy has been acquired by [[WP:REDVENTURES|Red Ventures]], a publisher of LLM-generated content which is itself rated generally unreliable.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|thepointsguy.com}}
|}