These custom Google Search engines search mostly generally reliable () perennial sources. It does not include sources rated as no consensus on reliability (or as unreliable) and filters out op-eds from some sites. See Appendix for more details.
- 'Less Unreliable' Source Engine (hopefully coming soon)
These would search the full internet except sites on WP:CiteWatch (this the source?) (see request for help)
See also
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Sources used
editFull list available in different formats on Github
Sources excluded
editFull list of Opinion/op-eds, blogs, commentary, editorials and forums excluded available in different formats on Github
I omitted some sources with because:
edit- Can't filter to a specific time period when content was most reliable using Google (Bing Custom Search API might be able to though...)
- CNET (before October 2020)
- ZDNET (before October 2020)
- Newsweek (before 2013)
- The Independent - concern by editors starting in March 2016, though very close to including anyway
- The Weekly Standard – US opinion magazine (1995–2018), the domain is inactive and redirects to an unreliable source, so the main issues is finding a domain to search (https://web.archive.org/web/20181231145630/https://www.weeklystandard.com/ did not work)
- Confusing to differentiate between opinion (or low-quality information) and news, at least for beginners (looking for AI-assisted search tool that could enable the inclusion of the reliable content from these sources)
- Forbes (articles written by 'contributors' are unreliable)
- Jacobin - difficult to tell blog from article
- IGN - too many caveats to memorize
- Space.com (recommended to check qualifications of each author)
- Yahoo! News (aggregates news from a number of sources, including very unreliable ones)
- Not reliable for all political topics
- ADL.org - not reliable for Israel/Palestine
- Business Insider - just reliable for culture
- HuffPost – American online news aggregator and blog
- The Jewish Chronicle - removed due to pre-2010 caveat and politics flags
- Kommersant – Russian daily newspaper
- Rolling Stone (magazine) – American monthly magazine
- South China Morning Post – Hong Kong newspaper
- Sixth Tone – State-owned English-language online magazine in China
- TheWrap – American entertainment and media news website - not evaluated for reliability on politics (and includes significant politics coverage)
- To avoid explicit content ('safe search' is also turned on for this search engine)
- AVN (magazine) – American magazine covering adult entertainment
- Playboy – American lifestyle and entertainment magazine
- Video Game-specific sites
- People Make Games - removed and suggested for inclusion on the custom Video game search engine (though YouTube might not be indexable like other sites)
- Unclear whether it would be helpful:
- Aon (company) – British multinational corporation - can't find weather-specific page
- Geographic Names Information System – Geographical database - useful in this kind of search engine?
Other sources added and considered
edit(beyond the perennials sources with a )
Obviously reliable sources not listed as 'Perennial'
edit- Nature (added)
- Science (added)
- The Lancet (added)
Outlets that focus on politics
edit- Foreign Policy (added)
- Foreign Affairs (added)
- Ballotpedia
Outlets that focus on the media (given the importance of media criticism for building Wikipedia)
edit- Poynter (added)
- Columbia Journalism Review (added)
- Nieman Lab (added)
- Editor & Publisher (added)
- Current (added)
- Tow Center for Digital Journalism (added)
- American Press Institute (added)
- Knight Foundation (added)
- Media and Journalism Research Center (added)
Non-profit outlets with some accountability as members in:
edit- Institute for Nonprofit News (see Talk:Using INN membership for reliability discussions?)
- KQED (added)
- WNYC (added)
- WFAE (added)
- WABE (added)
- WHYY (added)
- CalMatters (added)
- Texas Tribune (added)
- Chronicle of Philanthropy (added)
- Pulitzer Center (added)
- OpenSecrets (added)
- Nevada Public Radio (added)
- Global Investigative Journalism Network (see Talk:Should GIJN membership indicate general reliability?)
- https://gijn.org/stories/ (added)
- INN (added)
Regional Newspapers of Record
edit- Chicago Tribune (added)
- SF Chronicle (added)
- Seattle Times (added)
Public broadcasters
edit- List of public broadcasters by country (that are listed as having editorial independence from the government by State Media Monitor and have a Wikipedia article)
- English-language outlets (or sections) - included
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation (added)
- CBC (added)
- Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (added)
- PBS (added)
- Channel Four Television Corporation (added)
- Special Broadcasting Service (added)
- Radio New Zealand (added)
- Television New Zealand (added)
- Pacific Media Network (added)
- Swissinfo by Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (added)
- Radio Slovenia International - by RTVSLO (added)
- https://www.kbs-america.com/ by Korean Broadcasting System (added)
- Yleisradio (added)
- EFE (added)
- Radio France (added)
- France 24 (added) parent: France Médias Monde
- Not included (but would if there were an English section)
- ORF (broadcaster)
- S4C
- Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
- Belgischer Rundfunk
- RTBF
- Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie
- Česká televize
- Czech Radio
- DR (broadcaster)
- https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_2_Danmark
- Eesti Rahvusringhääling
- France Télévisions
- Arte
- ARD (broadcaster)
- ZDF
- Latvian Television
- Lithuanian National Radio and Television
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtensteinischer_Rundfunk
- Teleradio-Moldova
- Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization)
- RTCG
- NRK
- Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
- EITB
- Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals
- Valencian Media Corporation
- Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias
- Sveriges Radio
- Sveriges Television
- Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company
- English-language outlets (or sections) - included
Required by bodies that enforce journalistic standards
editIPSO - early discussion indicates not enough for general reliability given inconsistent enforcement and many publications under this jurisdiction not deemed generally reliable by editors
Next steps
edit- Update Templates (see above prototype of 'Search for expanded')
- Change WRS description from: 'a Google search that only searches sites vetted by Wikipedians.' to 'a Google search limited to hundreds of higher-quality sources' for:
- Helping to update WP:WRS
Removing perennial sources rated as less reliable and updating a few domains- Submit xml files with sources to add and exclude
- Suggest update to UI on the search engine to link back to documentation page?