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{{Infobox source reliability
| type = website
| shortcut =
| status = gu
| last = 2021
| domain1 = geonames.nga.mil
| rfc = [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 362#GEOnet Names Server (GNS)|Rfc]]
| rfcdate = 2021
}}
{{WP:RSPIntro|GEOnet Names Server}}
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== Summary ==
The GEOnet Names Server is a United States-based geographical database that covers non-U.S. countries. 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 ==
{{hatnote|Excerpt from the lead of [[GEOnet Names Server]]:}}
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== Discussions ==
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=== Links ===
=== Recency ===
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=== Rfcs ===
# 2021 [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 362#GEOnet Names Server (GNS)|Rfc]]
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-gu" id="gns-class"
| [[GEOnet Names Server]] (GNS) (feature classes)
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu}}
| {{rsnl|362|GEOnet Names Server (GNS)|2021|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2021}}
| The GEOnet Names Server is a United States-based geographical database that covers non-U.S. countries. 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.nga.mil}}
|}