The First 50000 Nodes

The First: [July 27, 2005|20000] - [September 7, 2005|30000] - [January 30, 2006|40000] - [March 23, 2006|50000] - more recent stats can be found on the [E2 Annex]

And now for the fourth installment of [What to do if you've got too many votes on your hands|my voting and statistics project]. In this round I've voted on every writeup and gathered statistics on every node from node_id #1 through #50000[http://www.popisms.com|.]

As I have explained each time, the information below only considers users and writeups that have a node_id of 50000 or less. So, for example, while there are writeups with more than 9 [C!]s, that is the highest value you will find in these early nodes. For a more in-depth description of this project and how I have collected the data, please see [July 27, 2005].

The only new [nodetype]s found (as was last time) were [e2node]s and [writeup]s. Based on the [createtime|creation times] of all the nodes I looked at, we are still dealing with nodes that were imported from [Everything1|E1]. Nearly all of the creation times were in late [1998] (for e2nodes) or [November 13, 1999] (for writeups). There are more deleted nodes in the first 50000 than active nodes (i.e., you will only find 21751 nodes, the rest are [Nothing Found]).

It appears that there is something interesting going on with old noders. Every time I create one of these reports, more old users seem to be returning to E2 while the more recently active users are leaving. Since [July 27, 2005], a total of 76 users who hadn't been seen since 2004 have "returned" and logged in. This number includes 13 users who had never logged into E2 (they were simply imported from [E1]). How would these E1 users remember their passwords (from over 7 years ago)? Because this is happening consistently, I'm starting to think that editors or admins are logging into these old accounts for maintenance or cleanup purposes. Would the editors care to comment on this?

[TenMinJoe] says The long-fled user "[TMJ]" got "logged into" effectively when it got turned into a msg forward for me; that would be an example of how these ancient accounts reappear.

Because all of these old noders are now listed as active, the average writeup count, XP, and merit have all gone up for active users - after all, the longer a user has been around, the more likely they are to have high stats.

The new popular writeup on the block in this group of nodes is [How Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man have sex] with the second most number of upvotes, the most number of downvotes, and the most number of total votes. Even with the most number of downvotes, it also has the third highest reputation of all the nodes I have come across with a rep of 164.

If you decide to visit any of the top or bottom rated nodes from any of the lists below, I encourage you to vote on the writeups you come across. Not only does this allow you to easily find places to spend all those votes and earn a little XP, but it also helps to make these reports different each time.

The reports below use the following markup to display changes from last round:

{+n} or {-n} - Numbers within curly braces indicate a change from the last calculations

* - An asterisk signifies that the entry is new to the list (when compared to the first 40000 nodes). Because they are new, no changes will be listed for these items.

If you are interested in generating statistics on your own writeups, you might be interested in my [E2 Link and Logger Client]. With it, you can generate lists similar to those below for display on your homenode.

General Node Statistics

By the 50000th node, the number of [e2node]s (i.e., nodeshells and writeup containers) has finally overtaken the number of users.

[Noding Speedometer]^1,2:     17.605 nodes per day.
(At this rate, the 100000th node should be created at 7/4/2001 10:03:53 PM)

Node Type  Count            Percent  Comments
none       28249  {+6731}   56.498%  ([Node Heaven|deleted nodes])
[e2node]     10316  {+2524}   20.632%
[user]        7995     {+0}   15.990%
[writeup]     3228   {+745}    6.456%
[htmlcode]      61     {+0}    0.122%
[htmlpage]      36     {+0}    0.072%
[nodetype]      27     {+0}    0.054%
[unknown]       20     {+0}    0.040%  ([Permission Denied])
[dbtable]       16     {+0}    0.032%
[nodelet]       15     {+0}    0.030%
[container]     11     {+0}    0.022%
[superdoc]      10     {+0}    0.020%
[maintenance]    5     {+0}    0.010%
[nodeletgroup]   4     {+0}    0.008%
[usergroup]      3     {+0}    0.006%
[nodegroup]      2     {+0}    0.004%
[mail]           1     {+0}    0.002%
[image]          1     {+0}    0.002%  ([noisy sunset])
Total      50000 {+10000}  100.000%

Nodes with the Longest Titles⁹

[Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb] (68)
[Keyboards in a computer lab with very sticky keys that make you] (63)
[What would aliens think of us if Everything was all they had?] (61)
[The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer] (54)
[The annoying orange orb outside my window each morning] (54) *

Nodes with the Shortest Titles

There are 32 {+2} nodes of length 1 :
[_], [1], [2], [3], [4], [6], [7], [8], [9], [A], [B], [C], [D], [e], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [W], [X], [Y], [Z]

User Statistics

Users Seen in 2006:         140 {+43}
Users not seen since 2005:  195 {-49}
Users not seen since 2004:  156  {-5}
Users not seen since 2003:  254  {-1}
Users not seen since 2002:  311  {-1}
Users not seen since 2001:  431  {-3}
Users not seen since 2000:  453  {-0}
Users not seen since 1999:   36  {-1}
Never logged into E2:      6019 (imported from [E1]) {-3}
Total Users:               7995  {+0}

The following statistics were calculated considering 'all users' and all 'active users'. In this case, an active user is anyone who has logged in over the past 6 months.

Users by Level

You will notice that there are no longer any Level 13 noders. This was an administrative change. See the [News for Noders] for more information on level updates. I've listed it this time to show the difference from my last report.


Level     All Users       Active Users
Level 1:       7681  {+1}           80  {-4}
Level 2:         82 {-20}           14  {-8}
Level 3:         95  {+7}           38  {+2}
Level 4:         56 {+12}           22  {-1}
Level 5:         22  {+2}            9  {-1}
Level 6:         19  {-1}           11  {-1}
Level 7:         16  {-1}           11  {-1}
Level 8:          6  {+2}            4  {+1}
Level 9:          8  {-2}            6  {-1}
Level 10:         2  {-2}            2  {-1}
Level 11:         6  {+2}            5  {+1}
Level 12:         2  {+2}            1  {+1}
Level 13:         0  {-2}            0  {-1}
Totals:        7995  {+0}          203 {-14}

Oldest Users^1,2

All Users

[CmdrTaco] (1998-03-23 20:20:43)
[Robman] (1998-03-29 13:45:37)
[hartp] (1998-03-30 14:20:28)
[guevara] (1998-03-30 17:21:29)
[DenMother] (1998-03-30 17:26:22)

Active Users

[thefez] (1998-04-02 21:17:57)
[talon] (1998-07-15 16:03:52)
[arcterex] (1998-07-15 17:04:39)
[chuck] (1998-07-15 17:06:42)
[Psyicide] (1998-07-15 17:22:17) *

Users with the Most Writeups⁷

As last time, the users with the most writeups had more deleted than they added (only two of them had no [net] change).

All Users

[ModernAngel] (1827) {-1}
[pingouin] (1773) {-10}
[Segnbora-t] (1694) {-1}
[Pseudo_Intellectual] (1557) {-1}
[WWWWolf] (1529) {-0}

Active Users

[ModernAngel] (1827) {-1}
[Segnbora-t] (1694) {-1}
[Pseudo_Intellectual] (1557) {-1}
[WWWWolf] (1529) {-0}
[pukesick] (1424) {-0}

Users with the Least Writeups⁷

Likely due to editors nuking old writeups both active and inactive users in this category lost writeups this round.

All Users

5509 users with 0 writeups {+25}

Active Users

17 users with 0 writeups {+1}

Users with the Highest XP (see also [Everything's Best Users])

[Tem42] again gained over 3000 XP this round. Congrats!

All Users

[dbrown] (1000717) {+1}
[nate] (202063) {+4}
[Segnbora-t] (114357) {+208}
[Lometa] (76594) {+387}
[Tem42] (76310) {+3492}

Active Users

[nate] (202063) {+4}
[Segnbora-t] (114357) {+208}
[Lometa] (76594) {+387}
[Tem42] (76310) {2492}
[Pseudo_Intellectual] (62556) {+54}

Users with the Lowest XP

All Users

[thefez] (-1092609) {+0}
[Eco] (-905) {+2}
[mhwang] (-207) {+0}
[Goatish] (-201) {+0}
[Morgan] (-188) *

Active Users

[thefez] (-1092609) {+0}
[Eco] (-905) {+2}
[afree] (-183) {+0}
[spoon00] (-169) *
[lcracker] (-128) *

Users with the Most Upvotes⁶

It should be noted that these users probably did not actually get as many new upvotes as it looks like they did. This change reflects the fact that I generated this information on 10000 new nodes, and this is the total increase in upvotes for all of those newly found nodes (plus the actual new upvotes). This note should be kept in mind for several of the other calculations below.

Another thing that should be kept in mind for voting information below is that while your reputation can fluctuate up and down the only way to lose upvotes, downvotes, or total votes is to have one or more of your writeups deleted.

[pingouin] and [Jet-Poop] finally overtake [nate] for the most number of votes.

All Users

[pingouin] (2040) {+601}
[Jet-Poop] (1731) {+323}
[nate] (1647) {+56}
[pi] (1238) {+9}
[Frater 219] (931) *

Active Users

[Jet-Poop] (1731) {+323}
[nate] (1647) {+56}
[Segnbora-t] (746) *
[dem bones] (627) {+28}
[Saige] (537) {+15}

Users with the Least Upvotes⁶

All of the active users listed below are new from last time. This means either everyone from last time had their writeups nuked, or they finally received at least 1 upvote. Let's get all of these removed next time too, so start voting and/or nuking.

All Users

[pberry] (0) *
[bn] (0) *
[smurph] (0) *
[p3n] (0) *
[Kanigit] (0) *

Active Users

[Roogna] (3) {+0}
[tamouse] (4) {+0}
[WWWWolf] (4) {+0}
[Zoogie] (5) *
[coplan] (5) {+0}

Users with the Most Downvotes⁶

All Users

[nate] (863) {+46}
[pingouin] (604) {+169}
[pi] (434) {+6}
[Svaha] (297) {+11}
[Jet-Poop] (261) {+32} (Jet-Poop was only listed under active users last time)

Active Users

[nate] (863) {+46}
[Jet-Poop] (261) {+32}
[Zorin] (231) *
[Segnbora-t] (228) *
[Pseudo_Intellectual] (206) {+?} (Woops! Looks like I didn't put [P_I]'s total down last time - I don't know what the change was)

Users with the Least Downvotes⁶

Amazing! Only 5 downvotes between all 10 of these noders. You may notice all the new entries though. This means that in the last 2 months, almost everyone that was on this list last time received one or more downvotes.

All Users

[thom8934] (0) *
[bpd1069] (0) *
[chris_moore] (0) *
[bcombee] (0) *
[TiLL] (0) {+0}

Active Users

[call] (1) *
[neil] (1) {+0}
[blaaf] (1) *
[mipe] (1) {+0}
[pukesick] (1) *

Users with the Most Total Votes⁶

[pingouin] has overtaken [nate] in this category as well.

All Users

[pingouin] (2644) {+770}
[nate] (2510) {+102}
[Jet-Poop] (1992) {+355}
[pi] (1672) {+15}
[Frater 219] (1140) *

Active Users

[nate] (2510) {+102}
[Jet-Poop] (1992) {+355}
[Segnbora-t] (974) *
[dem bones] (735) {+34}
[Saige] (722) {+24}

Users with the Least Total Votes⁶

A few of the people who were listed last time have been bumped off. That means they finally received a vote or two more.

All Users

[Gabor] (2) {+0}
[Grrr] (2) *
[TiLL] (2) {+0}
[srnelson] (2) *
[nito] (2) *

Active Users

[WWWWolf] (5) {+0}
[Roogna] (8) {+0}
[coplan] (8) {+0}
[blaaf] (8) *
[pokey] (9) {+0}

Users with the Highest Reputation⁶

All Users

[Jet-Poop] (1716) {+290}
[pingouin] (1453) {+432}
[pi] (804) {+3}
[nate] (795) {+10}
[Frater 219] (735) *

Active Users

[Jet-Poop] (1716) {+290}
[nate] (795) {+10}
[Segnbora-t] (538) *
[dem bones] (519) {+22}
[ryano] (374) *

Users with the Lowest Reputation⁶

Everyone who was on the list last time didn't do any better this time.

All Users

[tlf] (-16) *
[jeffpaulsen] (-10) {-0}
[robnotrob] (-10) {-1}
[dgoeke] (-9) *
[CrusadeR] (-8) *

Active Users

[robnotrob] (-10) {-1}
[kslawson] (-3) {-1}
[tamouse] (-2) {-0}
[Roogna] (-2) {-0}
[Zoogie] (1) *

Most Controversial Users¹¹

Interestingly enough MrDithers had one or more writeups nuked, and still remains equally controversial. While grossdog gained one upvote and one downvote to remain on the list.

All Users

[MrDithers] (Upvotes: 42 / Downvotes: 42)
[escherIV] (Upvotes: 23 / Downvotes: 23) *
[Gunfiter] (Upvotes: 19 / Downvotes: 19) *
[grossdog] (Upvotes: 14 / Downvotes: 14)
[fp] (Upvotes: 11 / Downvotes: 11) *

Active Users

[jbayes] (Upvotes: 17 / Downvotes: 16) *
[abra] (Upvotes: 12 / Downvotes: 10)
[Zoogie] (Upvotes: 5 / Downvotes: 4) *
[kslawson] (Upvotes: 8 / Downvotes: 11)
[Zorin] (Upvotes: 325 / Downvotes: 231)

Users with the Highest Level

Remember level 13 no longer exists, so the top-level noders moved down a notch.

All Users

[nate] (12) {-1}
[dbrown] (12) {-1}
[pingouin] (11) *
[Segnbora-t] (11)
[Pseudo_Intellectual] (11)

Active Users

[nate] (12) {-1}
[Segnbora-t] (11)
[Pseudo_Intellectual] (11)
[WWWWolf] (11)
[Lometa] (11)

Users with the Highest Merit

All Users

[knifegirl] (73) {-0}
[pziemba] (53) *
[Seumas] (51) {-0}
[wonko] (47) {-0}
[dem bones] (44.182) {-3.181}

Active Users

[knifegirl] (73) {-0}
[pziemba] (53) *
[wonko] (47) {-0}
[dem bones] (44.182) {-3.181}
[ccunning] (41) *

Users with the Lowest Merit

Zorin was the only low merit user to gain merit this time.

All Users

[hanneskruppa] (-4) *
[rescdsk] (-4) *
[kslawson] (-3) {-1}
[soulhuntre] (-2) *
[Tilyrna] (-1) {-0}

Active Users

[kslawson] (-3) {-1}
[Zorin] (1.463) {+0.099}
[coplan] (2) {-0}
[cgori] (2.5) {-0}
[Hai-Etlik] (2.591) {-0.020}

Users with the Most Cools

All Users

[Jet-Poop] (37) {+6}
[pingouin] (33) {+13}
[nate] (26) {+0}
[Segnbora-t] (19) {+5}
[Svaha] (15) {+1}

Active Users

[Jet-Poop] (37) {+6}
[nate] (26) {+0}
[Segnbora-t] (19) {+5}
[dem bones] (9) {+1}
[Pseudo_Intellectual] (6) *

Users with the Least Cools

Like votes, C!s cannot be taken away unless the C!ed writeup gets nuked. This means that numerous C!ed writeups are gone.

All Users

874 users have 0 C!s {+180}

Active Users

48 users have 0 C!s {+1}

Averages


                       All Users          Active Users
Average Writeup Count:     8.639 {-0.155}      683.028 {+497.203}
Average XP:              260.559 {+0.840}     2917.665 {+823.771}
Average Level:             1.116 {+0.003}        3.400   {+0.137}

Totals


           All Users          Active Users
Total XP:    2083167 {+6715}        627298 {+172923}

E2Node and Nodeshell Statistics

Nodes with the most writeups⁸

[node] has gained a writeup the last two times I have posted these [statistics].

[Ramen] (16) {+0}
[Cricket] (16) *
[node] (15) {+1}
[Beowulf] (15) {+0}
[e] (15) {+0}

Number of Nodeshells: 735 (7.125% of all e2nodes) {+222}

Writeup Statistics

Writeup Types

The percentage of writeup types remained relatively consistant with any one category chaning a maximum of 0.3% in either direction.

Person:   552 (17.100%) {+131}
Place:    261  (8.086%)  {+64}
Thing:   1567 (48.544%) {+354}
Idea:     848 (26.270%) {+223}

Writeups with the Most Upvotes

[Brian Eno] by [nate] (304) {+2}
[How Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man have sex] by [Remy] (274) *
[marijuana] by [Frater 219] (188) {+4}
[Haiku] by [Yoz] (159) {+0}
[Perl] by [chimaera] (152) {+0}

Writeups with the Least Upvotes

The first 17 writeups listed below were also listed last time. I encourage you to vote on all of these writeups. Unfortunately if you are like EVERYONE other noder who voted on them, it will be a downvote.

The following 37 writeups have 0 upvotes:
[Jeff Coffin] by [Malachi], [munition] by [burnsbr], [Season of Bureaucracy] by [rusnovn], [ampersand] by [chaosdiscord], [bat-signal] by [abentley], [ASCII link] by [raph], [angst] by [Threed], [Listing] by [bs], [SuperAmerica] by [MrDithers], [fromk] by [blahedo], [thinkpol] by [cpwright], [kaaskop] by [erwin], [ObHack] by [jra99], [breadbox] by [face46], [IF Competition] by [Gladstone], [Lusis] by [guyver], [Ole-Johan Dahl] by [Float], [Eastern Parkway] by [avram] *, [Egyptian Lover] by [swat] *, [applet] by [dmd] *, [cross-platform] by [k8to] *, [Eric Matthews] by [mdaw] *, [Cindy Lee Berryhill] by [Nigel] *, [Great Maker] by [cbsmith] *, [shi] by [STrRedWolf] *, [Rex Armistead] by [steill] *, [limit case] by [paulsc] *, [uisgebeatha] by [JerkBoB] *, [Altair] by [uucp] *, [networker] by [bn] *, [GWO] by [Kanigit] *, [Rebel Boat Rocker] by [CrusadeR] *, [KZSU] by [smurph] *, [icgnu] by [p3n] *, [PROFS] by [wabbit] *, [Freestyle Software] by [pberry] *, [Go Mifune] by [Mooset] *

Writeups with the Most Downvotes

Almost all of these writeups continued to receive downvotes this round.

[How Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man have sex] by [Remy] (110) *
[Brian Eno] by [nate] (76) {+2}
[Sounds cool and means nothing] by [nate] (59) {+2}
[ass chip] by [nate] (50) {+0}
[Keyboards in a computer lab with very sticky keys that make you] by [hoopy_frood] (50) {+1}

Writeups with the Least Downvotes

The first 38 writeups listed below were also listed last time, and still have yet to receive a single downvote from anyone. They must be good.

The following 55 writeups have 0 downvotes:
[sourcebook] by [djensen], [cartoon planet] by [holliman], [class framework] by [djw], [promotional merchandise] by [ChesterCramme], [Xamot's 4 Layer Dip] by [Xamot], [Bodoni] by [Gabor], [Elephant Memory Systems] by [Usefulman], [Cyrillic alphabet] by [zaks], [mantra] by [sahai], [Valen] by [erbo], [Quality Assurance] by [dmw], [club] by [Threed], [Blo-Pop] by [joev], [MSCDEX] by [erbo], [conventional memory] by [erbo], [Albert Einstein] by [Jet-Poop], [downtime] by [Teehmar], [upper memory block] by [erbo], [extended memory] by [erbo], [Fleming] by [wabbit], [can of corn] by [erbo], [dalahst?] by [CRConrad], [typo] by [ggould], [Southie] by [Woundweavr], [private key] by [chaosdiscord], [terabyte] by [Blackavar], [conjecture] by [rp], [department] by [jwsh], [monotheism] by [Frater 219], [cellular] by [bpd1069], [Somebody Else's Problem Field] by [rbw], [breath mint] by [Threed], [Direct current] by [Belgarath], [wave-particle] by [Belgarath], [puppet] by [Jet-Poop], [in the works] by [martian], [unices] by [kaj], [bier] by [TiLL], [The Housemartins] by [ryano] *, [whatnot] by [chris_moore] *, [Unable to follow instructions] by [dmd] *, [Grant Hart] by [TAFKAH] *, [ASL] by [jzahn] *, [jacko] by [Jet-Poop] *, [Municipal Stadium] by [Shecket] *, [cynical] by [Jet-Poop] *, [Ariel] by [Zorin] *, [back-end] by [dmd] *, [Ornette Coleman] by [pingouin] *, [linker] by [bcombee] *, [inline skating] by [thom8934] *, [joker] by [Woundweavr] *, [spirit-filled] by [Jogar the Barbarian] *, [Quirk] by [MissReindeer] *, [magnetic tape] by [SteveSgt] *

Writeups with the Most Total Votes

[How Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man have sex] by [Remy] (384) *
[Brian Eno] by [nate] (380) {+4}
[marijuana] by [Frater 219] (200) {+4}
[Haiku] by [Yoz] (196) {+0}
[Noam Chomsky] by [ryano] (194) {+0}

Writeups with the Least Total Votes

I am the only person ever to vote on [PROFS]. There were four writeups listed last time whose only vote came from me which people have obviously voted on or the editors have nuked them since they are gone from the list now.

[PROFS] by [wabbit] (1) *
[class framework] by [djw] (2)
[Stephen Fuller Austin] by [socialAnarch] (2)
[The Elder Malaclypse] by [chaosdiscord] (2)
[Bodoni] by [Gabor] (2)

Writeups with the Highest Reputation

[Perl] has lost reputation the last two rounds. Everyone else has either stayed the same or gotten more upvotes.

[Brian Eno] by [nate] (228) {+0}
[marijuana] by [Frater 219] (176) {+4}
[How Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man have sex] by [Remy] (164) *
[Perl] by [chimaera] (130) {-1}
[Miles Davis] by [pingouin] (126) {+0}

Writeups with the Lowest Reputation

Most of the low reputation writeups below continued to get more downvotes this time. The probably don't deserve to stay on the site any more.

[Obi-Wan Kenobi] by [nate] (-17) {-3}
[l0pht] by [tlf] (-16) *
[Howard Roark] by [jeffpaulsen] (-10) {-0}
[Baton Rouge, Louisiana] by [dgoeke] (-9) *
[development] by [robnotrob] (-8) {-1}
[M + M] by [cpwright] (-8) *
[Daniel Lanois] by [Tor] (-8) {-1}
[Go Mifune] by [Mooset] (-8) *
[City of Angels] by [rafial] (-8) {-1}

Most Controversial Writeups⁴

[Zen] stays on the list by getting on upvote and one downvote this round, but it is finally taken over (somewhat appropriately) by [Date rape]. Other than [Saving Private Ryan], all the other writeups are new meaning the writeups listed last time have skewed [more upvotes|one way] or [more downvotes|the other].

[Date rape] by [pulp] (Votes: 90 / Reputation: 0) *
[Zen] by [zenseqr] (Votes: 88 / Reputation: 0)
[Godzilla] by [ximenes] (Votes: 56 / Reputation: 0) *
[tear-away track pants] by [escherIV] (Votes: 46 / Reputation: 0) *
[Saving Private Ryan] by [steill] (Votes: 44 / Reputation: 0)

The Most Liked Writeups¹⁰

Most of these writeups continued to get more upvotes this round (and no more downvotes).

[Miles Davis] by [pingouin] (Votes: 130 / Downvotes: 2)
[Jack Kerouac] by [Pedro] (Votes: 111 / Downvotes: 5)
[John Coltrane] by [pingouin] (Votes: 110 / Downvotes: 2)
[Harlan Ellison] by [Jet-Poop] (Votes: 98 / Downvotes: 1)
[Jimi Hendrix] by [Jet-Poop] (Votes: 81 / Downvotes: 2)

The Most Disliked Writeups¹⁰

[Go Mifune] by [Mooset] (Votes: 8 / Upvotes: 0) *
[Season of Bureaucracy] by [rusnovn] (Votes: 7 / Upvotes: 0)
[bat-signal] by [abentley] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0)
[Jeff Coffin] by [Malachi] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0) *
[munition] by [burnsbr] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0)
[angst] by [Threed] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0)
[Rebel Boat Rocker] by [CrusadeR] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0) *
[ASCII link] by [raph] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0) *
[Listing] by [bs] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0) *
[shi] by [STrRedWolf] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0) *
[Egyptian Lover] by [swat] (Votes: 5 / Upvotes: 0) *

Writeups with the Most C!s

[child sexual abuse] by [Segnbora-t] (9) {+0}
[Brian Eno] by [nate] (7) {+0}
[John Coltrane] by [pingouin] (6) {+0}
[Miles Davis] by [pingouin] (6) {+0}
[pinball] by [Saige] (4) {+0}
[Ornette Coleman] by [pingouin] (4) *
[Harlan Ellison] by [Jet-Poop] (4) *

Cooled Writeups with the Lowest Reputation

It looks like these writeups never deserved a C! in the first place. Only [Nate Oostendorp] gained an upvote. I promise you it didn't deserve it. I can only assume that writeup hasn't been deleted because of [CmdrTaco]'s reputation.

[Howard Roark] by [jeffpaulsen] (-10) {-0}
[floob] by [dwhitmore] (-6) *
[Nate Oostendorp] by [CmdrTaco] (-3) {+1}
[Battle Girl] by [kslawson] (-3) {-1}
[Eye Candy] by [nate] (-2) {-1}
[ass chip] by [nate] (-2) {-0}
[boylover] by [Svaha] (-2) {-1}

Non-Cooled Writeups with the Highest Reputation

These writeups have been around for over 6 years and have never received a C!

[Meme] by [Scam] (102) {+0}
[Noam Chomsky] by [ryano] (98) {+0}
[God] by [Jet-Poop] (91) {+1}
[Tom Waits] by [Mr. Hotel] (86) *
[God is Dead] by [ggould] (85) {+0}

Averages

It makes sense that the older a writeup is, the more votes (up or down) that it will accumulate. This can be seen by the fact that with the addition of all the newer writeups all of the average votes went down. Another variable that would affect these averages is writeup deletions.

Average Upvotes per Writeup:      16.840 {-0.555}
Average Downvotes per Writeup:     6.826 {-0.245}
Average Total Votes per Writeup:  23.666 {-0.800}
Average Reputation per Writeup³:  10.273 {-0.354} (True Rep⁵: 10.014 {-0.309})

Totals

Total Upvotes:      54360 {+11169}
Total Downvotes:    22035  {+4477}
Total Votes:        76395 {+15646}
Total Reputation³:  33162 {+6774} (True Rep⁵: 32325 {+6692})
Total Cools:          490 {+119}

What If...

If all of the writeups in the first 50000 node_ids were submitted by a single user, and they spent as many votes as they received, that user would have the following stats:

Level:     10 {+1}
Writeups:  3228  {+745} (enough writeups for level 12)
XP:       27416 {+5695} (enough writeups for level 10)
[Merit]:        6.138 {-0.352} (no merit bonus)
[Node-Fu]:      8.493 {-0.255}

¹ Several thousand nodes (users, writeups, etc.) were imported into E2 (from E1) over the course of several days. This significantly affects certain values and calculations because the timestamps are not the 'real' create times. The information above is correct based on the data reported by E2 - with one exception. There is one obvious manual database update to the user [trillium] (node_id 3143) that I had to remove from the results of noding speedometer. This E1 user has a createtime listed as 1/1/2006.
² A small number of nodes in E2 (137 in this batch) do not return a timestamp. In addition, it seems that some of the nodes have had their dates manually changed. Because of this, calculations above which require a timestamp ignore nodes that are missing this information, and may give unexpected results. (See also #1)
³ There are numerous reasons why the value of upvotes minus downvotes does not always equal the value of reputation. There were some [software bug|bugs] on the site with voting at one time, and nodes that are restored from [node heaven] often have this problem.
⁴ In this case 'Most [Controversial]' means the writeup where the absolute value of the true reputation⁵ divided by the total number of votes is close to [0|zero]. In other words, the writeup has a lot of votes with about half of the people upvoting it, and half of the people downvoting it.
⁵ 'True reputation' refers to the value calculated by subtracting the downvotes from the upvotes. See #3 for why this might not be the same as the displayed reputation.
⁶ Calculations regarding votes or reputation only consider users with writeups in the specified node_id range.
⁷ Since a user's homenode contains the number of writeups that the user has on E2, these writeup counts may include nodes which are not in the specified node_id range.
⁸ Since an e2node can contain numerous writeups, these writeup counts may include nodes which are not in the specified node_id range.
⁹ Writeup titles have had '(person)', '(place)', '(thing)', '(idea)', and '(definition)' removed from their length.

March 23, 2006 (idea)