Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-04 Thread W W
I think I find it most interesting that the greatest percent is still under 15% and then it tapers rapidly. I'm curious what % of people posted 5 or less messages... perhaps it will become a personal project somewhere down the road ;) -Wayne On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Kent Johnson wrote: >

Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-02 Thread Kent Johnson
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Sander Sweers wrote: > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 13:52, Kent Johnson wrote: >> Or ask more questions, that works too! > > So you and Alan ask the most questions ;-) No, that honor goes to Dick Moores. He is in the top 10 in 4 of the last 5 years! > Thanks to all the

Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-02 Thread Sander Sweers
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 13:52, Kent Johnson wrote: > Or ask more questions, that works too! So you and Alan ask the most questions ;-) Seriously now, this really shows the power of Python and I'll have a good time figuring out how this exactly works. Thanks to all the Tutors for year of great su

Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-02 Thread Kent Johnson
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Alan Gauld wrote: > I think the figures reflect the general level of activity on the list. > We seem to have peaked in 2005... > Statistics, don't you love 'em :-) I couldn't resist adding a total number of posts and percent to the calculations. Statistics + pytho

Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-02 Thread Kent Johnson
On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Luke Paireepinart wrote: > Yeah, I agree. Interesting script, Kent. Surprisingly short. > > I didn't realize I wasn't in the top 5 posters for 2008! I guess I > have a new year's resolution to be more helpful. Or ask more questions, that works too! Kent

Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-02 Thread Alan Gauld
"Kent Johnson" wrote that generates it. The lists for previous years (back to 2003) are at the end so everyone on the list doesn't hit the archives to find out Alan, I thought you might have passed me this year but we are both off a little :-) I think the figures reflect the general lev

Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-01 Thread Luke Paireepinart
Yeah, I agree. Interesting script, Kent. Surprisingly short. I didn't realize I wasn't in the top 5 posters for 2008! I guess I have a new year's resolution to be more helpful. Happy New Year, everyone! On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:23 AM, jadrifter wrote: > On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 09:34 -0500, Kent

Re: [Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-01 Thread jadrifter
On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 09:34 -0500, Kent Johnson wrote: > For several years I have been using a simple script to find the top 20 > posters to the tutor list by web-scraping the archive pages. I thought > others might be interested so here is the list for 2008 and the script > that generates it. The

[Tutor] Top posters to tutor list for 2008

2009-01-01 Thread Kent Johnson
For several years I have been using a simple script to find the top 20 posters to the tutor list by web-scraping the archive pages. I thought others might be interested so here is the list for 2008 and the script that generates it. The lists for previous years (back to 2003) are at the end so every