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{{Infobox
| title = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]
| image = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg|100px|alt=logo]] ''(not part of original row)''
| label1 = other names
| data1 = Metal Archives, MA
| label2 = source type
| data2 = foobar ''(not part of original row)''
| label3 = publisher
| data3 = Fooland (state-funded media) ''(not part of original row)''
| label5 = website
| data5 =
| label6 = classification
| data6 = [[File:Stop hand.svg|20px|Deprecated|link=]] '''Deprecated''': There is community consensus to [[WP:DEPS|deprecate]] the source.
}}
''Encyclopaedia Metallum'' was deprecated by unanimous consensus in the 2025 RfC as a site rife with [[WP:UGC|user-generated content]] and thus no hope of reliability.
== Prior discussions ==
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''Please add links to other significant discussions. When in doubt, read and rely on the discussions themselves, rather than the simple summary.''
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 32#www.spirit-of-metal.com]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 207#www.metal-archives.com]]
* [[Talk:Encyclopaedia Metallum#Source]]
* Simple summary of prior discussions: '''TBD'''
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==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
''(remove this when this source page is ready to go live)''
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|- class="s-d" id="Encyclopaedia Metallum"
| ''[[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]'' (''Metal Archives'', ''MA'') {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:METALLUM}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|d}}
| {{rsnl|470|Deprecate Encyclopaedia Metallum|2025|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2025|stale=n}}
| ''Encyclopaedia Metallum'' was deprecated by unanimous consensus in the 2025 RfC as a site rife with [[WP:UGC|user-generated content]] and thus no hope of reliability.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|metal-archives.com}}
|}