Wikipedia: Inconsistencies in numbers vary from source to source. Does accuracy in data make it credible, or should the source's identity be the deciding factor in reliability?
"I noticed that the data for Sweden in this article seems to be delayed by one day compared to 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Sweden#Statistics (I assume this is due to WHO not receiving reports from Sweden in time to publish on the same day). While the article is named "WHO situation reports", I wonder if there’s any reason to have an article entirely based on that specific source when the data doesn’t always correspond to when the cases were actually diagnosed. If not, the article should be renamed to not include "WHO"."0x9fff00 (talk) 09:29, 29 February 2020 (UTC) "There are delays between national reporting and WHO's situation reports, and Johns Hopkins University has tally that updates every few minutes; however the daily WHO situation report is the clearest snapshot of the pandemic, albeit about a day behind reality, and so I have used it for consistency and clarity." Anguswalker (talk) 19:24, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
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