<templatestyles src="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/styles.css" />
{{WP:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/Header}}
{{WP:RSPNutshell|d|shortcut=}}
{{Infobox source reliability
 | type			= website
 | shortcut		= WP:THESUN
 | status		= d
 | last			= 2025
 | domain1		= thesun.co.uk

 | rfc			= [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 254#RfC: The Sun|Rfc]]
 | rfcdate		= 2019

}}

{{WP:RSPIntro|The Sun (United Kingdom)}}
__TOC__

== Summary ==
This deprecation does not apply to the broadsheet publication of the same name, that existed from 1964–1969.

== Excerpt ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[The Sun (United Kingdom)]]:}}
<div class="source-excerpt">
{{excerpt|The Sun (United Kingdom)|paragraphs=1|only=paragraphs|hat=no|references=no|inline=yes}}
</div>

== Discussions ==
{{WP:RSPLinks}}

=== Links ===


=== Recency ===
<span class="source-talk-last">{{WP:RSPLAST/sandbox|2025|table=no}}</span>

=== Rfcs ===
<div class="source-rfc-list">

# 2019 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 254#RfC: The Sun|Rfc]]

# 2024 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 446#RFC: The Sun, a broadsheet newspaper published from 1964 to 1969|Rfc]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
<references />

== Original table row for comparison ==
''(remove this when this source page is ready to go live)''
{{Wikipedia:RSPTableHeader}}
|- class="s-d" id="The Sun"
| data-sort-value="Sun" | [[The Sun (United Kingdom)|''The Sun'' (UK)]] <small>(''The Sun on Sunday'', ''The Irish Sun'', ''The Scottish Sun'', ''The U.S. Sun'')</small> {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:THESUN}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|d}}
| {{rsnl|254|RfC: The Sun|2019|rfc=y}} {{rsnl|446|RFC: The Sun, a broadsheet newspaper published from 1964 to 1969|2024|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2025}}
| ''The Sun'' was deprecated in the 2019 RfC. There is consensus that ''The Sun'' is generally unreliable. [[WP:CITE|References]] from ''The Sun'' are actively discouraged from being used in any article and they should not be used for determining the [[WP:N|notability]] of any subject. The RfC does not override [[WP:ABOUTSELF]], which allows the use of ''The Sun'' for uncontroversial self-descriptions. Some editors consider ''The Sun'' usable for uncontroversial sports reporting, although more reliable sources are recommended.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|thesun.co.uk|thesun.ie|thescottishsun.co.uk|the-sun.com|thesun.mobi|sunnation.co.uk|dreamteamfc.com|page3.com}}
|}