User:JackSparrow Ninja/Source reliability
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This is my personal page of Source reliability, listing reliable and unreliable sources to use for Wikipedia, and the reason for it.
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This page is not intended to either praise sources or harm sources for who they are. This page is to reflect the nature of a source's reliability; a positive or negative comment is up to how they work.
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[edit] Reliable sources
[edit] Advance Media Network and N-Europe.com
Advanced Media Network, and it's European network site N-Europe, have often shown to be reliable sources. Though they sometimes cite other sources as well, their own news reports have proven to be of good quality and thrustworthy.
- N-Europe was the first to reveal the title of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
[edit] TSA
A long standing member of the Legend of Zelda community and an associate of Nintend of America, Inc, he has a college degree in Communications and current is a full-time employee of a major global video game production and distribution company. He works as both a community manager and marketing/press writer. In his spare time, he runs the gaming blog, The Hylia. He is also recognized as one of the first "Sages" at Nintendo's online community, personally told he was brought on for his Zelda Expertise. Routinely, Nintendo's online marketing and localization department have privately contacted him about his thoughts on certain aspects of Zelda, in addition to fact-checking some tidbits.
News Issues:
- During the development of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, TSA was responsible for bringing up much information early.
- First person to publicly reveal Twilight Princess would be playable on the then named Revolution at E3 2006 during a spring Round Table event.
- First person to confirm the name of the Goron Mines dungeon at E3 2006.
- First person to confirm the name of the Goron Mines boss in September 2006.
- First person to reveal Link would be a righty in the Wii version of Twilight Princess.
- Spoke with Shigeru Miyamoto at E3 2006 and learned he originally made Link a lefty because Miyamoto was traditionall a lefty (later Eiji Aonuma said this was a myth, but it is apparent they were covering for the change in the Wii version).
- Twilight Princess release coverage has been unmatched. Wrote the 2nd official review, have a nearly-completed video guide, have more screenshots (both press released and original) than any other gaming or fan site, and they have written more extensively on the game than any other site.
- Conducted an interview with Eiji Aonuma in Fall 2005. It was later revealed it never happened, though it was more the fault of Nintendo than TSA's. Still, did not come forward with the facts immediately.
- Presented a fake interview with Eiji Aonuma on March 31st (Pacific Standard Time), 2006. Revealed to be an April Fools joke, and he admitted it was a joke.
- Exclusively saw Ganondorf in action at E3 2006. This is something that can now be clarified. TSA did see Ganondorf's working concept behind closed doors at an early-morning presentation. When TSA revealed he saw Ganondorf at E3 on other boards, even though he did not tell it accurately, he was contacted by NCC and asked to admit he did not see it because he was breaching something other people signed an NDA to see. It was a miscommunication issue, and TSA bit a bullet to cover Nintendo's rear end.
[edit] Sources of which the reliability of a news item should be looked upon
[edit] IGN.com
Though (one of) the biggest gaming press of the world, IGN has a history of false reports. Most often when it concerns releasedates, ESRB-ratings or specific details about games, it should be dealt with carefuly. Interviews and press releases are safe with IGN, yet when it comes to more specific issues, the information should be screened with care.
- IGN was responsible for a long-lasting (over one year) rumour about flying transportation in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, which ended up being incorrect.
- During the course of the development of Twilight Princess, IGN has stated 17 'official releasedates' for the game. Untill little over a month before it's release in December 2006, they stated the GameCube version of this game to come out in Q1 2007 -where other sources had long reported the correct releasedate.
[edit] Retailers
Retailers receive weekly updates based on the best information given to them directly by game companie. They never intentionally lie, but they do guess often. As a releate date nears, their info gets more accurate. The earlier in the life cycle of a game, the less reliable the info is on a retailer's site. However, when they list a specific date later on, it is considered to be more reliable because retailers are the first to officially be told the release date of a product (management level, not in-store employees).
[edit] Jeux-France.com
Though not considered by many, because they are French, Jeux-France is always on top of news items and has at several times had some exclusives through interviews.
- In an interview by Jeux-France, a Nintendo representative first officially admitted the Wii controls for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
- They also have stolen items from several major fan and blog sites, including half of their info coming from NeoGAF forums. NeoGAF has become so outraged with the practice they've begun protesting by altering images once they realize Jeux-France has used them without proper citation.
[edit] Unreliable sources
[edit] Spong
There is little to add to this really. Whenever a news item is sourced to Spong, gamers know it is most likely to be false. They are widely considered the number one gaming site for rumours.
[edit] Land of the Legend.net
Many first-time visitors put Land of the Legend, part of the [GameLegend Press and Media Network], off as a mere fan-site. With a history of a number of exclusive reports, debunking major rumours (even from IGN) and being quoted by several video game magazines, among which Power Unlimited (NL), GamePro (Ger) and the official dutch Nintendo magazine N-Gamer -and most importantly, a history of bringing reliable news, Land of the Legend comes true to their (registered) status as professional press.
- At E3 2005, Land of the Legend debunked a rumour by IGN that there would be flying transportation in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. A rumour IGN held untill the release of the game in November 2006, a rumour debunked by Land of the Legend for all that time. Land of the Legend was proven correct when the game released. You do realize a Shadow Kagorok transports you, in the air, up Zora's River, right?
- At E3 2006, Land of the Legend was the first to report on Miyamoto's statement of the differences between the Wii and the GameCube version of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.[1] Other outlets followed a few days later.[2]
- Their site does not use citations.
- Their site created a fake image in the middle of February 2005 to gain major traffic.
- The site ad-spams Wikipedia.
- They are recognized as a tier 1 press contact by Cake Media (fan site).
