[Discussion] can we stop arguing about Janoshik until somebody posts a number
can we stop arguing about Janoshik until somebody posts a number, and I want the answer with the reasoning attached rather than just the conclusion. The order I actually check things in, for anyone building a process rather than asking about one supplier. First, the record: source page, verification log, and how many…
Why the directory has two tiers, since the question comes up whenever somebody new finds it.
Twenty suppliers have enough independent results, over enough separate lots, over enough time, that the log says something. Those get a page, a test table and a link to their own storefront so you can compare their claims with the record.
The rest — nearly two hundred names — get a row, a band and a report count. Not because they are bad, but because two results is an anecdote about a vial. Manufacturing a score out of that would make the whole directory worthless, and the contrast is the point.
Why the directory has two tiers, since the question comes up whenever somebody new finds it.
Agreed — and the corollary is that "no data" and "bad data" have to be written differently. The table separates them for exactly that reason.
three independent results beat thirty forum posts
That is a report count, not a test count. The table lists both and they are very different numbers.
the source page log is more useful than the score above it
what does the certificate actually carry — that is the whole question
The wider-market rows in the directory carry a band and a report count and nothing else, deliberately. Anything more would be manufacturing precision that the evidence does not support.