Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources/all/Bellingcat

Bellingcat
type	website
shortcut	WP:BELLINGCAT
status	generally reliable
deprecated	no
blacklisted	no
recency	2021
Domain bellingcat.com
	in source code; external links in articles; spamcheck tool
RFC
link	Rfc
date	2019

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This source in a nutshell: Bellingcat is considered

generally reliable. See § Summary.

Bellingcat is a source that has been repeatedly discussed at the Reliable sources noticeboard. This page collects and links information about previous discussions and current consensus, and summarizes it here for convenience.

Summary

There is consensus that Bellingcat is generally reliable for news and should preferably be used with attribution. Some editors consider Bellingcat a biased source.

Excerpt

Bellingcat is a Netherlands-based investigative journalism group that specialises in fact-checking and open-source intelligence (OSINT). It was founded by British citizen journalist and former blogger Eliot Higgins in July 2014. Bellingcat publishes the findings of both professional and citizen journalist investigations into war zones, human rights abuses, and the criminal underworld. The site's contributors also publish guides to their techniques, as well as case studies. In 2025, Bellingcat expanded operations to the United States.

Discussions

Links

Recency

2021

Rfcs

2019 Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 274#RfC: Bellingcat (August 2019)

Original table row for comparison

Perennial sources
Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
Source	Status (legend)	List	Last	Summary	Use
Bellingcat WP:BELLINGCATWP:BELLINGCAT 📌		2019 1 2 3 4 5 6	2021	There is consensus that Bellingcat is generally reliable for news and should preferably be used with attribution. Some editors consider Bellingcat a biased source.	1