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==Edit Peaks in April & May==
We have peak number of edits in April and May every year. Any reason for that? [[User:Meg Ireland|Meg Ireland]] 14:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
: Maybe Eduzendium activities? Otherwise,  no big idea (and remember, "lies, damn lies and statistics" :)) [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 14:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
==Any chance of more recent progress in time?==
It appears they end in October 2008. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 18:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
: October 2008, indeed. Short answer is, well, yes, I should try it. A longer story is that at some point article listings in the categories on the wiki became quite incomplete. This resulted in inconsistencies in stats so that I had to stop.  Now, I've just checked and it seems that the listings agree with article counts (so it should work). [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 19:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
::It certainly would be reasonable to show a "data loss" in the graphs. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 20:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
: Now it seems OK and there is no more data loss. Just uploaded a new checklisted articles breakdown and articles by workgroup; for other graphs I have to update a couple of functions to parse the updated design of category pages and dumps... [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 06:52, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
== Wot?  Wat! ==
Sending a quick ‘hello’ out to all of you who wanted a weekend write-a-thon.  Also, a nudge, push, and a shove to all those who haven’t made it out in a while.  This Sunday, 10th January, is your [[CZ:Monthly Write-a-Thon|Big Chance]].  Party theme is ‘stubs’.  Now, what could be easier?  Write about anything you want!  (At least come on over and say ‘hi’—we’ve all been much too quiet lately and I rather miss everybody.) [[User:Aleta Curry|Aleta Curry]] 20:56, 7 January 2010 (UTC)


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== thx ==


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Thanks for your long-time contributions on CZ's statistics. We are all looking forward to some point in the future when the line graph goes up exponentially. ([[User:Chunbum Park|Chunbum Park]] 22:51, 15 October 2011 (UTC))
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Hello, it's me (yet again). I made an info box for the above, went back to see, and noticed that you had already removed one such.  Why was this?  Is there some policy concerning them that I don't know?  Anyway, my one is based on the [[Spanish language]] one & is not exactly a thing of beauty... Regards, [[User:Robert Thorpe|Robert Thorpe]] 17:44, 5 October 2007 (CDT)
:Oh, I see.  Well, I think I've combined the best of the 2 boxes.  It's the Big Dirtyup! [[User:Robert Thorpe|Robert Thorpe]] 08:34, 6 October 2007 (CDT)


==Big O and little o==
== Thank you, Aleksander ==
Hi Aleks, thanks for your tweaking of the little o and big O articles. You are right, separating the functions and sequences do make them more readable, I guess I was being a bit lazy :-( Just one little thing though, I intentionally avoided using the limit notation because of the pathological case where b_n and g(t) may be uniformly zero, so then it would be necessary to make conventions regarding the 0/0 quotient -- this needs to be remarked in the article. Do you know what would be a good way to get around this? I thought that with the N-epsilon argument this small complication is nicely removed (at the expense of being a bit more abstract). Also, I don't think there's much more that can possibly be added to the articles, so perhaps after adding some examples and some standard references they can be put forward for approval. Let me know what you think! Thanks. [[User:Hendra I. Nurdin|Hendra I. Nurdin]] 05:30, 10 October 2007 (CDT)
:(In reply to your post on my talkpage) That's fine, Aleks, take your time -- there's a disclaimer up on top of the articles anyway :-). However, until the 0/0 issue is resolved, to be on the safe side my suggestion would be to temporarily remove the limit interpretation in little o big O O articles and leave it with the slightly abstract N-\epsilon formalism. Thanks. [[User:Hendra I. Nurdin|Hendra I. Nurdin]] 19:17, 10 October 2007 (CDT)
::Hi Aleks, I think it would be okay and probably a good idea to reintroduce the limit of fractions interpretation as long as the exceptions/pathological exceptions are explicitly mentioned in the article. So, please go ahead :-) Thanks. [[User:Hendra I. Nurdin|Hendra I. Nurdin]] 07:52, 12 October 2007 (CDT)


== Thanks for volunteering for wikiconverting ==
Aleksander: Thank you for your consistent efforts to keep us quantitatively informed about how Citizendium is doing, in your amazing article/page, [[CZ:Statistics]].


Any ideas what file formats we should accept?  Any other idea about this human wikiconverter project?.  Will you convert a MS Word ".doc", say, directly yourself or will you utilize some intermediate converting program?  If the latter, what program(s)?  Comment on my Talk page, in the section asking for comments, so commenters can share ideas.
We cannot expect to improve our productivity as a free source of knowledge without having quantitative indexes of productivity trends. [[CZ:Statistics]] is invaluable. &mdash;[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] 03:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
--[[User:Anthony.Sebastian|Anthony.Sebastian]] [[User talk:Anthony.Sebastian|(Talk)]] 19:28, 17 October 2007 (CDT)
: Thanks! Just a little script, but nice to know it's useful.  [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 16:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)


== Message personnel ==
== Nomination for the Management Council ==


Hi, I know where Wroclaw is ;-) though I never went to Poland :-( In reply to your msg, I hope that some day we'll see a french citizendium, but now the challenge is to start this project, so we have to improve our english ! As you can see, I'm a ''beginner'' and I'm looking my way here :-) [[User:Jean Gebarowski|Jean Gebarowski]] 04:20, 24 October 2007 (CDT)
You have been nominated for a seat on the [[CZ:Management Council|Management Council]] in the [[CZ:Election July-August 2013|July-August Special Election]]. The nominator was myself. To accept or decline this nomination, please visit the [[CZ:Election July-August 2013/Nominations#Management Council candidates and links to their Statements|Nominations]] page by midnight UTC on July 27th. You may write an election statement for each if you wish (linked from the Nominations page).


== Cauchy ==
The Management Council seat expires on either June 30th, 2014, or June 30th, 2015 (the successful candidate with fewest voting receiving the shorter term). In the event that [[CZ:Election July-August 2013/Referenda/1|Referendum 1]] is passed, all seats will expire on June 30th, 2014. Thanks! [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 17:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
: Thanks for the nomination but I guess I'd be unable to handle this... [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 07:59, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
::I don't see why not. You've been working behind the scenes here for years and we are currently moving towards a new technical solution, so your input would be valued. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 11:43, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
:::Well, it's all about CPU time, the ultimate limited ressource there (my lag is quite large and growing)  :(  [[User:Aleksander Stos|Aleksander Stos]] 14:27, 25 July 2013 (UTC)


Hi Aleks, I completely agree: blue is better than red. However, I don't always know whether an article exists, but I do my best and I appreciate your fixing my math links. Cheers, --[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 03:08, 31 October 2007 (CDT)
== CZ activity page ==


:Aleks, don't apologize, I appreciate you working alongside, it can only improve the article. My plans are: first finish the description of Cauchy's life (which I extract from Belhoste), and then say a few lines about Cauchy's work, more or less in chronological order. Here I intend to use M. Kline's history of maths. I will also look at McTutor and WP (the latter with great care, of course). Best wishes, --[[User:Paul Wormer|Paul Wormer]] 05:51, 31 October 2007 (CDT)
Following [[User talk:Anthony.Sebastian#What to be done about this?|this discussion]], [[Citizendium/Activity|this page]] may be of interest to you. Perhaps it can become a base for presenting statistics about CZ. [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 15:47, 18 November 2013 (UTC)


== French ==
== You've been nominated as a candidate in the June 2014 election ==


Alek, would you kindly send a French email for me?  See [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/joconde_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_98=TOUT&VALUE_98=Mazarin&NUMBER=22&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28Mazarin%29%20%3aTOUT%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%24%2534P&SPEC=9&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=250&MAX3=250&DOM=All this page] and just click on "Commande photo" and tell them we are a non-profit with no funds for images but wish to use it in our articles about http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Cardinal_Mazarin. I'd appreciate it. [[User:Stephen Ewen|Stephen Ewen]] 20:28, 3 November 2007 (CDT)
You've been nominated as a candidate in the [[User:ElectionJune2014|June 2014 election]]. Please visit [[User:ElectionJune2014/Nominations|this page]] to accept or decline the position. No action will also be treated as declining. If you accept, you may choose to write a statement - see the election page for further details. Alternatively, contact me via my Talk page or privately via e-mail. Regards, [[User:John Stephenson|John Stephenson]] 14:55, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 08:55, 2 June 2014


Edit Peaks in April & May

We have peak number of edits in April and May every year. Any reason for that? Meg Ireland 14:15, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Maybe Eduzendium activities? Otherwise, no big idea (and remember, "lies, damn lies and statistics" :)) Aleksander Stos 14:30, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Any chance of more recent progress in time?

It appears they end in October 2008. Howard C. Berkowitz 18:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

October 2008, indeed. Short answer is, well, yes, I should try it. A longer story is that at some point article listings in the categories on the wiki became quite incomplete. This resulted in inconsistencies in stats so that I had to stop. Now, I've just checked and it seems that the listings agree with article counts (so it should work). Aleksander Stos 19:40, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
It certainly would be reasonable to show a "data loss" in the graphs. Howard C. Berkowitz 20:09, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Now it seems OK and there is no more data loss. Just uploaded a new checklisted articles breakdown and articles by workgroup; for other graphs I have to update a couple of functions to parse the updated design of category pages and dumps... Aleksander Stos 06:52, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Wot? Wat!

Sending a quick ‘hello’ out to all of you who wanted a weekend write-a-thon. Also, a nudge, push, and a shove to all those who haven’t made it out in a while. This Sunday, 10th January, is your Big Chance. Party theme is ‘stubs’. Now, what could be easier? Write about anything you want! (At least come on over and say ‘hi’—we’ve all been much too quiet lately and I rather miss everybody.) Aleta Curry 20:56, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

thx

Thanks for your long-time contributions on CZ's statistics. We are all looking forward to some point in the future when the line graph goes up exponentially. (Chunbum Park 22:51, 15 October 2011 (UTC))

Thank you, Aleksander

Aleksander: Thank you for your consistent efforts to keep us quantitatively informed about how Citizendium is doing, in your amazing article/page, CZ:Statistics.

We cannot expect to improve our productivity as a free source of knowledge without having quantitative indexes of productivity trends. CZ:Statistics is invaluable. —Anthony.Sebastian 03:43, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Just a little script, but nice to know it's useful. Aleksander Stos 16:57, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Nomination for the Management Council

You have been nominated for a seat on the Management Council in the July-August Special Election. The nominator was myself. To accept or decline this nomination, please visit the Nominations page by midnight UTC on July 27th. You may write an election statement for each if you wish (linked from the Nominations page).

The Management Council seat expires on either June 30th, 2014, or June 30th, 2015 (the successful candidate with fewest voting receiving the shorter term). In the event that Referendum 1 is passed, all seats will expire on June 30th, 2014. Thanks! John Stephenson 17:20, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the nomination but I guess I'd be unable to handle this... Aleksander Stos 07:59, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
I don't see why not. You've been working behind the scenes here for years and we are currently moving towards a new technical solution, so your input would be valued. John Stephenson 11:43, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
Well, it's all about CPU time, the ultimate limited ressource there (my lag is quite large and growing)  :( Aleksander Stos 14:27, 25 July 2013 (UTC)

CZ activity page

Following this discussion, this page may be of interest to you. Perhaps it can become a base for presenting statistics about CZ. John Stephenson 15:47, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

You've been nominated as a candidate in the June 2014 election

You've been nominated as a candidate in the June 2014 election. Please visit this page to accept or decline the position. No action will also be treated as declining. If you accept, you may choose to write a statement - see the election page for further details. Alternatively, contact me via my Talk page or privately via e-mail. Regards, John Stephenson 14:55, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

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