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What is this page?
editPerennial sources are sources that appear frequently on Wikipedia and are often the subject of debate. This page, the vaccine safety perennial sources list, works to assess sources specifically in the context of their reliability for information about vaccines.
This table helps the bot-updated usage report by providing a classification of sources (and their domain names) by reliability.
How do I add to it?
editDiscuss sources on the project talk page. In particular, see the list of Unrated Sources and see which ones can be triaged into this list.
Table
editContent Type: one or more of
- advocacy, blog, book, community, editable, government, journal, news, opinion, press, research, social, tabloid, tv/radio
Source: organization or source
Status: one or more of
- 🔹 VSN+ (member of VSN), ✅ Reliable, ⚠️ Mixed, 🚫 Unreliable, 🛑 Conspiracy, ✖️ Blocked, ⏳️ Stale/In Progress
- Member: part of this work, a group defining assessments
- Blocked: external links to the site are blocked, due to abuse
Discussions:
- Forums: which forums assessed the source
- Last: date (year) of last assessment
- Comment: reason for assessment, other comments
URL: root web domains
Uses: search for references to these sites in articles
| Type | Source name | URL | Uses | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News | ABC (US) | abc.com | ✅ Reliable[1] | ||
| News | ABC (Australia) | abc.net.au | ✅ Reliable[1] | ||
| Journal | Annals of Internal Medicine | acpjournals.org | 1  
|
✅ Reliable | |
| News | BBC | bbc.co.uk | 1, 2 | ✅ Reliable[2] | |
| Journal | BMJ | bmj.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | Boston Globe Media | bostonglobe.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| Journal | Canadian Medical Assoc. Journal | cmaj.ca | 1
|
✅ Reliable | |
| News | Canberra Times | canberratimes.com.au | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | CBC | cbc.ca | ✅ Reliable[1] | ||
| Journal | Cell | cell.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[1] | |
| Research | Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota | cidrap.umn.edu | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | Chicago Tribune | chicagotribune.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| Research | Clinical Trials (US National Library of Medicine) | clinicaltrials.gov | |||
| News | CNN | cnn.com | ✅ Reliable[1] | ||
| News | Columbus Dispatch | dispatch.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | Dallas Morning News | dallasnews.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| Journal | JAMA | jamanetwork.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[1] | |
| News | Miami Herald | miamiherald.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | National Post (Canada) | nationalpost.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| Journal | Nature | nature.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[1] | |
| News | NBC | nbc.com | ✅ Reliable[1] | ||
| Journal | NEJM | nejm.org | 1
|
✅ Reliable[1] | |
| Research | NIH | nih.gov | ✅ Reliable[1] | ||
| News | Reuters | reuters.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| Journal | Science | science.org | 1
|
✅ Reliable[1] | |
| News | The Atlantic | theatlantic.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The Globe and Mail (Canada) | theglobeandmail.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The Guardian | theguardian.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The Independent | independent.co.uk | ✅ Reliable[1] | ||
| Journal | The Lancet | thelancet.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[1] | |
| News | The New Yorker | newyorker.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The New York Times | nytimes.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The Philadelphia Inquirer | inquirer.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The Seattle Times | seattletimes.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The Toronto Star | thestar.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | The Washington Post | washingtonpost.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | Vox | vox.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | Wired | wired.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| News | Winnipeg Free Press | winipegfreepress.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable[3] | |
| Conservative Woman UK | conservativewoman.co.uk | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable[4] | Fringe, conspiracy theories. | |
| CounterPunch | counterpunch.org | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable | ||
| Tabloid | Daily Mail | dailymail.co.uk | 1
|
🛑 Conspiracy[1] | |
| News | Daily Wire | dailywire.com | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable[1] | |
| Tabloid | Epoch Times | theepochtimes.com | 1
|
🛑 Conspiracy | |
| Gov | FDA | fda.gov | |||
| The Federalist | thefederalist.com | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable[1] | ||
| Opinion | Hindu Post | hindupost.in | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable[5] | Generally unreliable, no review. |
| Community | HuffPost | huffingtonpost.com, huffpost.com | 1 2
|
✅ Reliable[6] | Reliable (excluding politics),[7] since 2018. |
| Opinion | Independent Science News | independentsciencenews.org | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable[8] | Unreliable,[9] fringe.[10] |
| Opinion | LewRockwell.com | lewrockwell.com | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable[11] | Fringe views on vaccines and HIV.[12] |
| News | NaturalNews | ✖️ | 1
|
✖️ Blocked | Anti-vax and fake news site. |
| Tabloid | NewsBlaze | newsblaze.com | 1
|
🛑 Conspiracy | |
| News | NewsMax | newsmax.com | 1
|
🛑 Conspiracy[1] | |
| News | NSNBC International | nsnbc.me, facebook.com/NSNBC | 1 2
|
🚫 Unreliable[13] | Conspiracy theories. |
| Tabloid | OffGuardian | off-guardian.org | 1
|
🛑 Conspiracy[14] | |
| Tabloid | OpIndia | ✖️ | 1
|
✖️ Blocked | Tabloid stories. |
| News | PanAm Post | panampost.com | 1
|
🚫 Unreliable | |
| News | Proto Thema (Greece) | en.protothema.gr | 1
|
⚠️ Mixed[15] | |
| News | Stat News | statnews.com | 1
|
✅ Reliable | 2021 Pulitzer Finalist on COVID-19 coverage.[16] |
| Very Well Health | ✖️ | 1
|
✖️ Blocked | Health disinfo. | |
| Research | American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - Immunization pages | aap.org | 🔹 VSN+[17] | ||
| Gov | AusVaxSafety (Australia) | ausvaxsafety.org.aui | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) | cdc.gov | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | CCIC: Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition (United States) | immunizecolorado.org | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | EMC (Europe) | commission.europa.eu | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control | ecdc.europa.eu | 🔹 VSN+[17] | ||
| Gov | GAVI Vaccine Alliance | gavi.org | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | Ghana Food and Drugs Authority | fdaghana.gov.gh | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) | who.int | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | HPV Prevention and Control Board | uantwerpen.be | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| I Boost Immunity | iboostimmunity.com | 🔹 VSN+ | |||
| Research | IAP Advisory Committee On Vaccines & Immunization Practices | acvip.org | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) (New Zealand) | immune.org.nz | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | Immunise Australia Program | health.gov.au | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) | immunize.org | 🔹 VSN+ | |||
| Gov | ImmunizeBC (Canada) | immunizebc.ca | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | vaccinesafety.edu | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Kids Boost Immunity | kidsboostimmunity.com | 🔹 VSN+ | |||
| Gov | Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (Australia) | mvec.mcri.edu.au | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Medecins Sans Frontieres | msf.org | 🔹 VSN+ | |||
| Gov | National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS) (Australia) | ncirs.org.au | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | Network for Education and Support in Immunisation (NESI) (Belgium) | nesi.be | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | NHS Inform - Immunisation (United Kingdom) | nhsinform.scot | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | National Academies (United States) | nap.nationalacademies.org | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (United States) | niaid.nih.gov | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | NICE (United Kingdom) | nice.org.uk | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Northern Rivers Vaccination Supporters (Australia) | nrvs.info | 🔹 VSN+ | |||
| Research | Our World In Data (OWID) | ourworldindata.org | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | PATH Vaccine Resource Library | path.org | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | UK Health Security Agency | ukhsa.blog.gov.uk | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (United States) | chop.edu | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | Vaccine Knowledge Project | vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Vaccines Today (Europe) | vaccinestoday.eu | 🔹 VSN+ | |||
| Research | Vaccines for Africa (VACFA) (South Africa) | vacfa.uct.ac.za | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Research | Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board | vhpb.org | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | WHO (images, lists of vaccines) | who.int | 🔹 VSN+ | ||
| Gov | Vaccines.gov | vaccines.gov | |||
| Gov | NHS | nhs.uk | |||
| Gov | Australian Department of Health | health.gov.au |
Tools and tags
editUser scripts
editSee Wikipedia:Vaccine safety/Tips#User scripts
Expanding the vocabulary of source assessments
editRelated vocabularies to include, merge with, or reference:
- Unreliable.js categories: preprint or general unreviewed repo, reliability varies w/ contributor + topic, borderline unreliable, generally unreliable, sponsored content, predatory, blacklisted, misleading journal metric
- CiteUnseen vocab influenced this, but can these be fully merged? Currently there is fuzziness around six CU terms: "reliability varies", "general unreviewed", "borderline/generally unreliable", "sponsored", "opinion", "tabloid"
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources", Wikipedia, 2023-04-30, retrieved 2023-05-05
- ^ RSP. Past discussions of BBC: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Wikipedia:WikiProject COVID-19/Sources", Wikipedia, 2023-02-15, retrieved 2023-02-15
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 348", Wikipedia, 2021-08-09, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 366", Wikipedia, 2022-02-16, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 339", Wikipedia, 2022-05-16, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources", Wikipedia, 2023-02-07, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 327", Wikipedia, 2021-02-26, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Talk:Mòjiāng virus", Wikipedia, 2020-11-04, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Talk:Séralini affair/Archive 3", Wikipedia, 2015-12-17, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard/Archive 69", Wikipedia, 2021-09-21, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Talk:LewRockwell.com/Archive 3", Wikipedia, 2015-02-19, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 160", Wikipedia, 2023-02-08, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 360", Wikipedia, 2021-12-16, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 360", Wikipedia, 2021-12-16, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ "The 2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Breaking News Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. 2021. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
- ^ a b See also: Wikipedia:Vaccine safety/Reference sources, 2020-10-30, retrieved 2022-06-14