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== Summary ==
[[WP:WINARS|Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source]] because [[WP:UGC|open wiki]]s are [[WP:SPS|self-published sources]]. This includes articles, non-article pages, ''[[The Signpost]]'', non-English Wikipedias, [[WP:Books|Wikipedia Books]], and [[WP:MIRROR|Wikipedia mirrors]]; see [[WP:CIRCULAR]] for guidance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|title=Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong|date=February 19, 2018|website=The Independent|accessdate=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211185638/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|archive-date=February 11, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Occasionally, inexperienced editors may unintentionally cite the Wikipedia article about a publication instead of the publication itself; in these cases, fix the citation instead of removing it. Although citing Wikipedia as a source is against policy, content can be copied between articles with proper attribution; see [[WP:COPYWITHIN]] for instructions.

== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Recency ===
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==Notes==
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==References==
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| [[Wikipedia]] <small>(including ''[[The Signpost]]'')</small> {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:RSPWP}}
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| 22{{efn|See these discussions of WP:
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2024}}
| [[WP:WINARS|Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source]] because [[WP:UGC|open wiki]]s are [[WP:SPS|self-published sources]]. This includes articles, non-article pages, ''[[The Signpost]]'', non-English Wikipedias, [[WP:Books|Wikipedia Books]], and [[WP:MIRROR|Wikipedia mirrors]]; see [[WP:CIRCULAR]] for guidance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|title=Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong|date=February 19, 2018|website=The Independent|accessdate=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211185638/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|archive-date=February 11, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Occasionally, inexperienced editors may unintentionally cite the Wikipedia article about a publication instead of the publication itself; in these cases, fix the citation instead of removing it. Although citing Wikipedia as a source is against policy, content can be copied between articles with proper attribution; see [[WP:COPYWITHIN]] for instructions.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|wikipedia.org}}
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