User:Alternativity/Blacklist

This is where I keep a convenient link to community discussions in which various sites have been identified as unreliable sources.

The Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard is at WP:RSN

Outright policy violations

 * Geni.com - Is not considered a Reliable Source for Wikipedia articles because it uses User Generated Content. For the relevant policy please see: WP:USERGENERATED.

Consensus Established

 * watawat.net - A discussion on the reliability of watawat.net was already discussed and resolved in 2011.  The relevant discussion is at Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_97.


 * globalsources.org as a source for Philippine prehistory and protohistory - A discussion on the reliability of globalsources.org as a source for Philippine prehistory and protohistory took place in December 2016, and the consensus was that while globalsources.org is often a reliable source for contemporary military topics, it isn't generally reliable as a source for Philippine history. The specific page "History-Tondo" was noted unreliable given it didn't cite its sources and seemed to use dated language. The discussion can be found at Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_217.


 * "The Soils of the Philippines" By Carating,Rodelio B., Raymundo G. Galanta, and Clarita D. Bacatio. - This was brought up with the Philippine Wikimedia community in 2017, with the consensus that it should NOT be used as per WP:CIRCULAR. The discussion can be found at Wikipedia_talk:Tambayan_Philippines/Archive40

Discussion Ongoing

 * I am not currently watching any ongoing discussions

Established Hoax
Keeping a link to the WP:NOR discussion of the Luzon Empire Hoax here, for future use: No_original_research/Noticeboard/Archive_4