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Line 1: {{about\|using offline sources\|using Wikipedia offline\|Wikipedia:Database download}} {{Essay\|WP:OFFLINE}} {{policy in a nutshell\|Offline sources are just as valid as online sources.}} ~~{{shortcut\|WP:OFFLINE}}~~ [[File:Gutenberg press.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Online or offline, it's still a [[WP:RS\|reliable source]].]] Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources\|reliable sources guideline]] states that articles should be sourced with reliable, third-party, published sources. '''Even though Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, there is no distinction between using online versus offline sources.''' In fact, many great sources are only available offline. Don't let that fact scare you away from using them as a [[Wikipedia:Verifiability\|source]] in Wikipedia.

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