It is just over 4 months since TPF came into existence and I thought it would be interesting to dig around the site to see how we are developing. These stats may or may not be interesting. As of today:
there have been 5684 posts
3814 posts are attributable to 5 members
1870 posts are attributable to 24 members
5 members have never posted
57% of all posts are in the "Port" sections of the site
21% of the posts are Meaingless Drivel
if you google Port Forum this site comes at the top of the list
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
I am particularly pleased about Meaningless Drivel.
No, this is genuine. The fact that we have an actively stupid category in a forum that could be extremely dry makes me, personally, very happy. It shows that we have a balance of irreverance and solid knowledge which can only be healthy.
Could you please send me a spreadsheet like the one you do for Jdaws TN stuff but with all 6000+ posts in it so that I can generate some utterly meaningless statistics?
I am not too fussed about Unix dates.
Thanks
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
Derek might be helped if the spreadsheet had both post and thread numbers. That would allow him to calculate things like average thread length; who kills the most threads (by being the last to post in them); and who knows what else. And include UNIX time in case he suddenly wants to calculate average-time-for-a-reply, or something. Thanks.
Thanks Admin1 - I can now keep myself busy with this wonderful spreadsheet.
On reflection, perhaps Unix times would be good as it would allow me to analyse who goes to bed earliest on an average Wednesday. If it's not too much trouble an update with timestamps would be great.
Also, on opening Excel I got an error message about cell contents being too long. These may have been truncated which would put some of my utterly useless statistics into question. Does it come out as a .csv or similar? if so, please send that as well as the spreadsheet version.
Ta
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red" Ernest H. Cockburn
Has Derek truly run out of port or wine? Is he trying to make the contents of his only remaining bottle last longer by distracting himself with statistics. On average, how much longer does a bottle in Derek's hotel room last when he has his TPF spreadsheet compared to when he does not?
I think that if I was being forced to live in central London for 4 nights a week (I wish!) that I would by now have my own tankard at the Crusting Pipe.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
AHB wrote:I would by now have my own tankard at the Crusting Pipe.
A tankard isn't much use in a bar that doesn't serve beer
I beg to differ - a tankard is the traditional measure for an individual helping of port while a jug is the measure for two or more people.
Namby, pamby bottles only really came into play around the middle of the 19th century when posh people started buying vintage port instead of the mead of the masses available from the barrel in the local pub.
Alex
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.