From: thorongil@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Saturday 24 August 2013 19:39, Robert Marshall conveyed the following   
   to alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   > On Fri, Aug 23 2013, Aragorn  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Friday 23 August 2013 22:15, alt. os. linux. mandriva Stats   
   >> conveyed the following to alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
   >>   
   >>>   
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   >>>                     Top 3 posters by number of articles   
   >>>   
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   >>>  1: carl wagner [...] .......................................:   
   >>>  1   
   >>>  2: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats [...]....................... :   
   >>>  1   
   >>>  3: kayla.wnag@gmail.com.................................... :   
   >>>  1   
   >>   
   >> Cool, a spammer made it into the top-3... :-/   
   >   
   > Yes, I've been debating whether to stop these posts (which I   
   > propagate) as they form most of the traffic in this increasingly quiet   
   > group. Any strong opinions?   
      
   Personally I have always liked these stats - I was already around back   
   when Garry Knight first started posting them here - and I have also   
   always regretted that not every newsgroup has them.  I have already seen   
   stats somewhat similar to these - but not as complete and not as well-   
   formatted - in another group once, and I would welcome them in certain   
   other high-traffic groups I'm subscribed to.   
      
   On account of alt.os.linux.mandriva however, it would indeed appear that   
   traffic here is getting fewer and fewer by the week.  I believe this may   
   be the result of two main factors, i.e. ...   
      
     ° The creation of the Mageia distribution, along with its own   
       dedicated newsgroup alt.os.linux.mageia, coupled to the success of   
       both said distribution and said newsgroup, in comparison to this   
       group here and the Mandriva distribution.  Most of the Mageia   
       adopters used to be Mandriva users - some still use both   
       distributions - and as such, there has been quite a move of group   
       regulars from this group to alt.os.linux.mageia.  Apparently, most   
       of them aren't even looking back anymore, which has left this group   
       here somewhat devastated.   
      
     ° The untimely departure of our friend Adam, who kept the "off-topic"   
       thread going together with "Moe Trin" and a few other posters, such   
       as "TJ" and Jim Beard.   
      
   It is entirely up to you if you wish to stop compiling the stats for   
   this newsgroup, of course, and if you do (but even if you don't) then I   
   would like to thank you on behalf of the group - I think I can safely   
   speak for them all in this event - for having bothered to support the   
   stats for so many years after Garry left off.  It is indeed a sad thing   
   that this group, once so active, has whithered away, but it is therefore   
   also a bid ludicrous to continue to post stats when nobody is actually   
   saying anything anymore and when even a spammer makes it into the Top 3.   
   :-/   
      
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