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Most content by Kirkus Reviews is considered to be generally reliable. Kirkus Indie is a pay-for-review program for independent authors: its content is considered to be questionable and to not count towards notability, in part because the author can choose whether or not the review is published. Whether or not a review is a "Kirkus Indie" can be determined by the presence of a "Review Program: KIRKUS INDIE" tag at the end of the article.

== Prior discussions ==
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<blockquote>''Please add links to other significant discussions.  When in doubt, read and rely on the discussions themselves, rather than the simple summary.''</blockquote>

* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 180#Kirkus Reviews]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 190#Kirkus Reviews]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 330#Kirkus Indie]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 356#Kirkus Reviews, again]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 402#Kirkus reviews]]
* [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 425#Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly]]

* Simple summary of prior discussions: '''TBD'''

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==Notes==
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==References==
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== Original table row for comparison ==
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| [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 180#Kirkus Reviews|1]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 190#Kirkus Reviews|2]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 330#Kirkus Indie|3]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 356#Kirkus Reviews, again|4]] [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 402#Kirkus reviews|5]] [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 425#Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly|6]]
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| Most content by Kirkus Reviews is considered to be generally reliable. Kirkus Indie is a pay-for-review program for independent authors: its content is considered to be questionable and to not count towards notability, in part because the author can choose whether or not the review is published. Whether or not a review is a "Kirkus Indie" can be determined by the presence of a "Review Program: KIRKUS INDIE" tag at the end of the article.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|kirkusreviews.com}}
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