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{{Infobox
| title            = [[Wikipedia]]
| image            = [[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg|100px|alt=logo]] ''(not part of original row)''
| label1           = other names
| data1            = including The Signpost
| 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:Argentina - NO symbol.svg|20px|Generally unreliable|link=]] Generally unreliable: Editors show consensus that the source is [[WP:QUESTIONABLE|questionable]] in most cases.
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[[WP:WINARS|Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source]] because [[WP:UGC|open wiki]]s are [[WP:SPS|self-published sources]]. This includes articles, non-article pages, ''[[The Signpost]]'', non-English Wikipedias, [[WP:Books|Wikipedia Books]], and [[WP:MIRROR|Wikipedia mirrors]]; see [[WP:CIRCULAR]] for guidance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|title=Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong|date=February 19, 2018|website=The Independent|accessdate=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211185638/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|archive-date=February 11, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Occasionally, inexperienced editors may unintentionally cite the Wikipedia article about a publication instead of the publication itself; in these cases, fix the citation instead of removing it. Although citing Wikipedia as a source is against policy, content can be copied between articles with proper attribution; see [[WP:COPYWITHIN]] for instructions.

== 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>


* 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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|- class="s-gu" id="Wikipedia"
| [[Wikipedia]] <small>(including ''[[The Signpost]]'')</small> {{WP:RSPSHORTCUT|WP:RSPWP}}
| {{WP:RSPSTATUS|gu}}
| 22{{efn|See these discussions of WP:
| {{WP:RSPLAST|2024}}
| [[WP:WINARS|Wikipedia itself is not a reliable source]] because [[WP:UGC|open wiki]]s are [[WP:SPS|self-published sources]]. This includes articles, non-article pages, ''[[The Signpost]]'', non-English Wikipedias, [[WP:Books|Wikipedia Books]], and [[WP:MIRROR|Wikipedia mirrors]]; see [[WP:CIRCULAR]] for guidance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|title=Can we trust Wikipedia? 1.4 billion people can't be wrong|date=February 19, 2018|website=The Independent|accessdate=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211185638/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/wikipedia-explained-what-is-it-trustworthy-how-work-wikimedia-2030-a8213446.html|archive-date=February 11, 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Occasionally, inexperienced editors may unintentionally cite the Wikipedia article about a publication instead of the publication itself; in these cases, fix the citation instead of removing it. Although citing Wikipedia as a source is against policy, content can be copied between articles with proper attribution; see [[WP:COPYWITHIN]] for instructions.
| {{WP:RSPUSES|wikipedia.org}}
|}