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== Are the ratings THAT mixed up? ==
I can't help but to observe the many edits of this list and in the drama articles themselves. I constantly see numbers being changed, thereby changing the order. Are the numbers THAT inconsistent between sources and editors? Are you people obtaining the numbers from the EXACT same statistical firm? In Japanese entertainment, only one source is used. What can the Korean drama community on DramaWiki do to improve on this? I demand an explanation because this affects DramaWiki as a source of this type of information. IMHO, the numbers being changed like this lowers my confidence level that the numbers in this list are all from one source, and were produced using the same sample size and geographical locations. Once you start posting statistics like these, you must consider 1) the source, 2) the methodology and the consistency of the method, and 3) ALL dramas are factored in obtaining the ranking. [[User:Groink|Groink]] 14:34, 17 Jul 2006 (EDT)
*The Episode Ratings are published by [http://www.tnsmk.co.kr/ TNS Media Korea] on a daily basis since 1999. All daily ratings back to January 2005 can be retrieved from the TNS homepage for verification. However, the sources for the older ratings may be unreliable but are given in the link section at the end of the page. All ratings with a given date are national(!) peak ratings for each drama. Some unverified ratings that got added later may be average ratings. Unfortunately [[User:Addictus|Addictus]] didn't credited his sources. IMHO, the edit by [[User:Booze broads and bullets|Booze broads and bullets]] is a mistake because he used the ratings for the Seoul area instead of the national rating. (For dramas Seoul ratings are usually a bit higher than the national ratings.) I reverted this "mistake". --[[User:MoerkJ|<FONT COLOR="#008800">MoerkJ</FONT>]] 00:21, 18 Jul 2006 (EDT)
**Cool! Thanks, MoerkJ! I hope people will see examples like these so that they get a better understanding of exactly why citing the statistics and having everyone use the same source is so important. [[User:Groink|Groink]] 00:35, 18 Jul 2006 (EDT)
***Unfortunately, some editors continue to change the ratings for certain dramas and it's looking like the data is getting more and more inconsistent.  Also, it's hard to determine exactly where these editors are getting the ratings for these dramas since the information is not disclosed.  Is there another good solution to this problem such that the data will always be consistent (besides the link that MoerkJ provided)?  --[[User:YtToshi|YtToshi]] 00:10, 5 Sep 2006 (EDT)
****I have a solution: f**k the list! Seriously. I've always been against this sort of a list from Day 1. It's just as bad as watching the top-100 ______ of all-time. You fill in the blank, but I guarantee you that whatever you list - whether it is music, sports legends, flavors of lubricants, etc. the list will forever and ever be disputable. [[User:Groink|Groink]] 00:16, 5 Sep 2006 (EDT)
****Addictus continues to take this all-time list down the toilet. Recommend deleting this article. The validity and reliability of this list is non-existent; more like a propaganda tool than a useful list. [[User:Groink|Groink]] 15:03, 26 Sep 2006 (EDT)
*****I agree with groink, the list changes every week. Also, can you really compare ratings from 1992 with ratings from 2006 for example? And what do we really learn from that comparison? Nothing at all they way I see it... --[[User:Gryzze|Gryzze]] 08:04, 27 Sep 2006 (EDT)

== How to lookup older episode ratings at TNS Korea ==
Episode ratings can be looked up through the URL ''<nowiki>http://www.tnsmk.co.kr/rating/main.asp?sNdate=</nowiki>'''20060728'''<nowiki>&menu=Gi_Daily</nowiki>'' by passing the air date of an episode with the ''sNdate'' parameter. This way you can lookup older ratings back until 2005-01-01.<br>
The webpage lists the nationwide Top20 ratings ("전국 Top 20") on the left side and the ratings for the Seoul area ("서울 수도권 Top 20") on the right side. --[[User:MoerkJ|<FONT COLOR="#008800">MoerkJ</FONT>]] 14:00, 29 Jul 2006 (EDT)