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{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| shortcut =
| status = gu
| last = 2021
| domain1 = geonames.usgs.gov
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 357#RfC: GNIS|Rfc]]
| rfcdate = 2021
}}
{{WP:RSPIntro|Geographic Names Information System}}
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== Summary ==
The Geographic Names Information System is a United States-based geographical database. It is generally unreliable for its feature classes and it should not be used to determine the [[WP:NGEO|notability of geographic features]] as it does not meet the [[WP:GEOLAND|legal recognition requirement]].
== Excerpt ==
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
# 2021 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 357#RfC: GNIS|Rfc]]
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gu" id="gnis-class"
| [[Geographic Names Information System]] (GNIS) (feature classes)
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu}}
| {{rsnl|357|RfC: GNIS|2021|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2021}}
| The Geographic Names Information System is a United States-based geographical database. It is generally unreliable for its feature classes and it should not be used to determine the [[WP:NGEO|notability of geographic features]] as it does not meet the [[WP:GEOLAND|legal recognition requirement]].
| {{WP:RSPUSES|geonames.usgs.gov}}
|}