in reply to Worst week ever?

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

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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

      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

        Ah, well that's embarrassing, I obviously didn't check my links. Thank you for pointing them out and for the node ID tip, I believe I have them fixed now. My comment was meant in jest, I agree with your assessment of "infrequent".

        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