User:Sir Sputnik/Sandbox

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Transfermarkt is a German-based website that has footballing information, such as scores, results, transfer news, and fixtures. Despite its extensive database, the website should not be used as a source in articles, because it does not meet Wikipedia's standards of reliability. This is because much of the website's content is user-generated. To quote the site's login page: Whether player, manager, club, or match report – as a Transfermarkt user you can edit and complete almost all data yourself. Simply click the gear, fill in the form, and click submit., which means that the website qualifies as a self-published source.

Discussion history

Below is a list of discussions across various Wikipedia forums, in which the reliability of Transfermarkt is discussed.

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 40#transfermarkt.de – 27–28 January 2010 – Discussion on concerns about excessive use of Transfermarkt by a particular user
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 68#Transfermarkt.co.uk – 30 June 2010 – Brief discussion of the acceptability of Transfermarkt as an external link
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 57#transfermarkt.co.uk – 9–10 July 2011 – Discussion concerning the acceptability of transfermarkt as a soruce
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 61#Transfermarkt – 21 November 2011 – Discussion concerning user-privileges on Transfermarkt
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 121#Transfermarkt – 3–5 May 2012 – RSN discussion concerning the acceptability of Transfermarkt as a source
Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 150#Transfermarkt player profiles – 5–15 June 2013 – RSN discussion concerning the acceptability of Transfermarkt as a source
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 June 29#Template:Transfermarkt – 20 June–10 July 2013 – Proposed deletion of Template:Transfermarkt on reliability grounds
Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Transfermarkt – 10 July 2013 – ELN thread on the acceptability of transfermarkt as an external link, which failed to generate any responses
Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 December 10#Template:Transfermarkt – 10–18 December 2013 – Proposed deletion of Template:Transfermarkt on reliability grounds
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive829#Mass removing of links to transfermarkt – 15 February 2014 – ANI thread concerning the removal of Transfermarkt references from articles on reliability grounds
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 87#Transfermarkt as a source – 13 July 2014 – Discussion concerning the acceptability of transfermarkt as a soruce