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| type = website
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| status = gu
| last = 2019
| domain1 = vgchartz.com
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 277#RfC: VGChartz|Rfc]]
| rfcdate = 2019
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== Summary ==
In the 2019 RfC, editors unanimously agreed that VGChartz is generally unreliable. The site consists mainly of news articles that qualify as [[WP:UGC|user-generated content]]. In addition, editors heavily criticize VGChartz for poor accuracy standards in its video game sales data, and its methodology page consists of wholly unverified claims.[{{cite web|last=Carless|first=Simon|date=June 23, 2008|df=mdy|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/analysis-what-vgchartz-does-and-doesn-t-do-for-the-game-biz|title=Analysis: What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Biz|work=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]]|accessdate=October 3, 2014}}] If sources that are more reliable publish video game sales data for certain regions (usually [[Circana]], [[GfK Chart-Track]], and/or [[Media Create]]), it is strongly advised that editors cite those sources instead.
== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
# 2019 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 277#RfC: VGChartz|Rfc]]
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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| In the 2019 RfC, editors unanimously agreed that VGChartz is generally unreliable. The site consists mainly of news articles that qualify as [[WP:UGC|user-generated content]]. In addition, editors heavily criticize VGChartz for poor accuracy standards in its video game sales data, and its methodology page consists of wholly unverified claims.[{{cite web|last=Carless|first=Simon|date=June 23, 2008|df=mdy|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/analysis-what-vgchartz-does-and-doesn-t-do-for-the-game-biz|title=Analysis: What VGChartz Does (And Doesn't) Do For The Game Biz|work=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]]|accessdate=October 3, 2014}}] If sources that are more reliable publish video game sales data for certain regions (usually [[Circana]], [[GfK Chart-Track]], and/or [[Media Create]]), it is strongly advised that editors cite those sources instead.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|vgchartz.com}}
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