{{Shortcut|WP:SPUTNIK}}
{{Infobox
| title = [[Sputnik (news agency)]]
| image = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg|100px|alt=logo]] ''(not part of original row)''
| 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.
}}
There is consensus that Sputnik is an unreliable source that publishes false or fabricated information, and should be [[WP:DEPS|deprecated]] as in the [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 220#Daily Mail RfC|2017 RfC]] of the ''[[Daily Mail]]''. Sputnik is considered a Russian propaganda outlet that engages in bias and disinformation,[{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html|title=A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories|last=MacFarquhar|first=Neil|date=August 28, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221063555/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html|archive-date=February 21, 2017|url-status=live|url-access=limited|df=mdy-all}}] a significant proportion of editors endorse that view, with some editors considering it less reliable than ''{{pslink|Breitbart News}}''. ''See also: {{pslink|RIA Novosti}}, whose international edition was replaced by Sputnik.''
== Prior discussions ==
{{WP:RSPLinks}}
''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 205#Sputnik News]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 212#Source being used in the S-400 article]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 246#Sputnik (news agency)]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 337#Sputnik-Abkhazia]]
* [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 367#Sputnik, kind of]]
* Simple summary of prior discussions: '''TBD'''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sputnik (news agency), Perennial sources}}
==Notes==
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==References==
== Original table row for comparison ==
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|- class="s-d" id="Sputnik"
| [[Sputnik (news agency)|Sputnik]] {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:SPUTNIK}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|d}}
| {{rsnl|296|RfC: Sputnik|2020|rfc=y}}
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2022}}
| There is consensus that Sputnik is an unreliable source that publishes false or fabricated information, and should be [[WP:DEPS|deprecated]] as in the [[WP:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 220#Daily Mail RfC|2017 RfC]] of the ''[[Daily Mail]]''. Sputnik is considered a Russian propaganda outlet that engages in bias and disinformation,[{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html|title=A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories|last=MacFarquhar|first=Neil|date=August 28, 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221063555/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/world/europe/russia-sweden-disinformation.html|archive-date=February 21, 2017|url-status=live|url-access=limited|df=mdy-all}}] a significant proportion of editors endorse that view, with some editors considering it less reliable than ''{{pslink|Breitbart News}}''. ''See also: {{pslink|RIA Novosti}}, whose international edition was replaced by Sputnik.''
| {{WP:RSPUSES|sputniknews.com|voiceofrussia.com|sputniknews.ru|sputnik.by|armeniasputnik.am|sputnik.kz|sputniknews.cn|sputnik.md|sputnik-georgia.com|sputnik-georgia.ru|sputnik-abkhazia.ru|sputnik-abkhazia.info|sputnik-ossetia.com|sputnik-ossetia.ru|sputniknewslv.com|sputniknews.lt|sputniknews.lat|latamnews.lat|sputniknews.gr|sputniknews-uz.com|sputniknews.uz|sputnik-tj.com|sputnik.az|sputnik.kg|sputnikglobe.com|radiosputnik.ria.ru|sputniknews.in|sputniknews.africa|sputnikportal.rs|sputnikmediabank.com|sarabic.ae}}
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