Comments on: Almost all Japanese Wikipedia users trust it http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:14:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Mark http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-47055 Mark Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:09:57 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-47055 Just like with intelligence sources the following rule makes it easier to look at Wikipedia as a fairly good source: "Trust, but verify." Nevertheless, that seems to be what is going on anyway... Albeit with the concept of latent doubt driving the verification rather than planned methodology. Just like with intelligence sources the following rule makes it easier to look at Wikipedia as a fairly good source:

“Trust, but verify.”

Nevertheless, that seems to be what is going on anyway… Albeit with the concept of latent doubt driving the verification rather than planned methodology.

]]> By: Commercial blogs seen as most reliable in Japanese blogosphere » 世論 What Japan Thinks http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-21736 Commercial blogs seen as most reliable in Japanese blogosphere » 世論 What Japan Thinks Wed, 09 May 2007 14:21:21 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-21736 [...] Sadly, this time the presented results fail to directly mention anything about trust in Wikipedia. [...] […] Sadly, this time the presented results fail to directly mention anything about trust in Wikipedia. […]

]]> By: Get The Wikipedia rel=”nofollow” Widget at A Mash Of Blogs http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-9425 Get The Wikipedia rel=”nofollow” Widget at A Mash Of Blogs Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:04:20 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-9425 [...] Now, what does Wikipedia adding rel=”nofollow” tell me? First, it appears to me as if they are taking a point of view that their links are not trustworthy or cannot be guaranteed, but whilst Wikipedia does not offically claim to be trustworthy or definitive, the common perception is that it is. Thus, by adding this attribute, they are bascially saying that even if the article is as correct as it can be, the source material they referenced to produce the article (remember there is the “no original research” edict in Wikipedia) is not being fully credited! [...] […] Now, what does Wikipedia adding rel=”nofollow” tell me? First, it appears to me as if they are taking a point of view that their links are not trustworthy or cannot be guaranteed, but whilst Wikipedia does not offically claim to be trustworthy or definitive, the common perception is that it is. Thus, by adding this attribute, they are bascially saying that even if the article is as correct as it can be, the source material they referenced to produce the article (remember there is the “no original research” edict in Wikipedia) is not being fully credited! […]

]]> By: Wikipedia nofollow Plugin for WordPress » 世論 What Japan Thinks - Japanese Opinion Polls and Market Research Translated into English http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-9392 Wikipedia nofollow Plugin for WordPress » 世論 What Japan Thinks - Japanese Opinion Polls and Market Research Translated into English Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:26:58 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/12/22/almost-all-japanese-wikipedia-users-trust-it/#comment-9392 [...] Now, what does Wikipedia adding rel=”nofollow” tell me? First, it appears to me as if they are taking a point of view that their links are not trustworthy or cannot be guaranteed, but whilst Wikipedia does not offically claim to be trustworthy or definitive, the common perception is that it is. Thus, by adding this attribute, they are bascially saying that even if the article is as correct as it can be, the source material they referenced to produce the article (remember there is the “no original research” edict in Wikipedia) is not being fully credited! [...] […] Now, what does Wikipedia adding rel=”nofollow” tell me? First, it appears to me as if they are taking a point of view that their links are not trustworthy or cannot be guaranteed, but whilst Wikipedia does not offically claim to be trustworthy or definitive, the common perception is that it is. Thus, by adding this attribute, they are bascially saying that even if the article is as correct as it can be, the source material they referenced to produce the article (remember there is the “no original research” edict in Wikipedia) is not being fully credited! […]

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