Worst week ever?

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Re: Worst week ever? by kcott (Archbishop) on Aug 05, 2016 at 12:34 UTC
G'day BrowserUk, "Is it just my feeling, or was this last week the worst (lowest) week of site contributions ever?" ++ Certainly one of the lowest I've seen. [The "Newest Nodes" snapshots (below) were taken a few hours prior to posting.] Newest Nodes, set to "within the past [ `1`] days", only shows 4 OPs. Set to "within the past [ `3`] days" looks more like I'd expect for a single 24hr period. However, "within the past [ `3`] days", there have been no Meditations, Perl News or CUFP posts: I think I might have expected something from at least one of those Sections. [There's other Sections that aren't represented (such as Poetry, Q&A and Polls) but they're infrequently used and their absence is not necessarily unusual.] I can only offer confirmation; not explanation. [ `:-)` I think "International Beer Day" might explain at least some of today's non-attendance: monks preferring the tavern to the cloister. I don't know about earlier in the week: I wasn't here. `:-)`] — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Worst week ever? by perldigious (Priest) on Aug 06, 2016 at 13:49 UTC
Hmm, I've only posted in the Perl Poetry and Perl Monks Discussion sections in the past week. Now you made me feel unrepresented and infrequently used kcott. :-) I love it when things get difficult; after all, difficult pays the mortgage. - Dr. Keith Whites I hate it when things get difficult, so I'll just sell my house and rent cheap instead. - perldigious	[reply]
Re^3: Worst week ever? by kcott (Archbishop) on Aug 06, 2016 at 20:37 UTC
G'day perldigious, "Now you made me feel unrepresented and infrequently used kcott. :-)" Oh, no! Well, we can't have that now, can we? `:-)` Your poem, *Posthumous Apologies to Edgar Allen Poe* — which, incidentally, I upvoted, along with 25 others (at the time of writing) — was posted too early to be in the range of the Newest Nodes snapshot. Congratulations on *Posthumous Apologies to Edgar Allen Poe's high Reputation. Looking at Perl Poetry, I see gaps, typically lasting weeks, and somtimes months, between posts; your own, Posthumous Apologies to Edgar Allen Poe, was the first post in over four months, and there hasn't been one since (at the time of writing). I think "Infrequent"* is a reasonable description. [Aside: Your link to Poetry, actually returns the home node of a monk named Poetry. I suspect your markup has '`[Poetry]`'; understandable, given the Section link names at the top of your page, but wrong. I've had these types of name collisions in the past: to avoid any chance of future, such collisions, I use the node's ID, like this: `[id://1590\|Poetry]` ⇒ Poetry (Perl Poetry) and `[id://1075685\|Poetry]` ⇒ Poetry (a monk named Poetry).] PMD, along with SoPW and others, were not mentioned because they did have entries and I was writing about Sections that didn't. This is why your eagle-eyed *Number of replies shown in Monastery Gates incorrect?* — which, incidentally, I upvoted, along with 17 others (at the time of writing) — wasn't mentioned. Congratulations on *Number of replies shown in Monastery Gates incorrect?'s high Reputation. [Aside: Your PerlMonks Discussion link is also stuffed: it resolves to a Super Search* page. The problem is similar enough to the last to have the same fix, yet dissimilar enough to not include a monk named "PerlMonks Discussion".] [Aside: Having bagged two of your three links, I thought I'd better say something positive about the third, which does appear to operate correctly. As before, you can remove any chance of a name collision by using a node's ID, e.g. `[id://861371\|Ken]` ⇒ Ken (my home node).] Hopefully, that resolves the representation issue; frequency may be in the hands of a Muse or two. `:-)` — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Worst week ever? by perldigious (Priest) on Aug 06, 2016 at 21:50 UTC
Re^5: Worst week ever? by kcott (Archbishop) on Aug 07, 2016 at 00:13 UTC
Re: Worst week ever? by talexb (Chancellor) on Aug 05, 2016 at 13:43 UTC
I agree -- I usually visit a few times a day, and there's usually a new post or two for me to check out. This week, almost a whole day seemed to go by with nothing new to check out. Then again, I was away for most of July. It would be interesting to see a bar chart of posts by month. December and August would probably be low points. Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]
Re: Worst week ever? by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Aug 07, 2016 at 00:54 UTC
Since I'm interested in this topic, I keep a list of references. Though the reputation range of best nodes of the year has been pretty stable for the past few years, I see that today the entry level for node reputation to make it on best nodes of the year has reached a new all time low of 50. Prior to 2008 you needed 100+ rep to make it to best nodes of the year! Sadly, we haven't seen a 100+ node rep since 2011. Anyone know the identity of the last centurion node? Update: As for the identity of the last centurion node, that is problematic for me because The Wayback Machine no longer keeps Perl Monks best nodes of the year pages it seems (due to robots.txt), plus you can't super search by node rep. I have probably missed some, but by crudely eyeballing all meditations, this might be the most recent centurion node: RFC: How to Release Modules on CPAN in 2011 by ELISHEVA posted on Dec 28 2010 which has a reputation of 104 as at 6 Aug 2016.	[reply]
Re^2: Worst week ever? by tye (Sage) on Aug 07, 2016 at 19:39 UTC
103, 2011-01-11: Re: Why does perl math suck? 104, 2010-12-28: RFC: How to Release Modules on CPAN in 2011 114, 2010-11-13: What Worked In My 1st Year Of Perl: LOL 100, 2010-09-08: Re: Greediness of * vs. greediness of + 149, 2010-04-22: A wholly inadequate reply to an Anonymous Monk - tye	[reply]
Re^2: Worst week ever? by perldigious (Priest) on Aug 08, 2016 at 19:34 UTC
Has there been a drop off in traffic in the last 5-6 years to coincide with the lower node reps? How about a big drop from the historically more addicted "power users"? If not as many users are actively participating in the voting process and especially if the core user group has shrunk it would follow that overall node reps have dropped, yes? I'm still pretty new around the monastery so I don't have even an impression of then (5-6 years ago) relative to now, but whatever the case I still think it's a pretty awesome community of people. I love it when things get difficult; after all, difficult pays the mortgage. - Dr. Keith Whites I hate it when things get difficult, so I'll just sell my house and rent cheap instead. - perldigious	[reply]
Re: Worst week ever? by FreeBeerReekingMonk (Deacon) on Aug 05, 2016 at 10:21 UTC
Proving that some just want to enjoy the summer holidays (`for $people eq "Northern Hemisphere" && $Importance{life} > $Importance{work}`)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Worst week ever? by RonW (Parson) on Aug 05, 2016 at 16:20 UTC
`for $people eq "Northern Hemisphere" && $Importance{life} > $Importance{work}` Add: `&& HaveEnoughHolidays()` Of the 20 paid-time-off days I get per year, 10 are for fixed days and 5 I need for "end of the year celebratory activities". That leaves only 5 to cover other needs.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Worst week ever? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 05, 2016 at 04:32 UTC
It was pretty low, but that record has been reached before , for details see http://www.tinymicros.com/ptav	[reply]
Re^2: Worst week ever? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 05, 2016 at 04:39 UTC
Welcome back jcwren? (You're not Thank dog anonymonk by any chance are you? If so, things start to make sense.)	[reply]
Re^3: Worst week ever? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 05, 2016 at 04:58 UTC
Nope, last node you might remember that I remember and could find	[reply]
Re: Worst week ever? by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Aug 06, 2016 at 21:31 UTC
"...the worst (lowest) week..." Sauregurkenzeit? �The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe�	[reply]


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