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General Category => Whatever => Topic started by: Ozzyjack on February 24, 2021, 04:41:47 PM
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For my own amusement, I developed a chart of active or semi-active forumites and where I believed they reside. You might be interested, but I would also be grateful if you would advise me of any Errors or Omissions. In the meantime, I will work on how to improve the presentation of the information
Click here to see the chart (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ey5mhh981veaxzq/Location%20of%20Forumites.pdf?dl=0)
If you find it hard to read there is a zoom feature at the bottom of the page.
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Hi Jack. Love your chart.
Lily's field....Paula.... Long Island, USA, I think.
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That's amazing work Jack.. great job! Doxydaisy is my nickname but my real name is Ann :)
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G'day Jack,
I continue to be astounded by your expertise on the computer.
The chart that you have produced is simply brilliant. (thanks for the zoom button).
May i suggest that an even more comprehensive chart could display the locations of all players, not just forumites.
There are many players who have no interest in or at least choose not to contribute to the forum but they do list their location in their profiles.
Such a chart would show just how many countries throughout the world enjoy playing this wonderful game.
I assume that this concept might create some technical challenges but i have every confidence that you would be able to overcome them.
If you enter skinnynoodle into the forum search function, it will take you back to a 2016 thread of the same theme.
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It certainly reinforces the global appeal of Chihuahua and word games are popular everywhere with like-minded souls.
I feel very cosmopolitan - I might go and have one now!!
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You should have a refreshing drink once you are finished.
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Your many labors, Jack, also your joys, are gifts to your readers.
Not all us sensitive flowers have an Auntiemo to remember us, so in the spirit of asking the busy among us — Jack — to do even more, may I suggest warmly inviting all who wish to submit their info for inclusion on your chart to do so.
Also, please keep doggy pictures coming Who cannot love them
Paula
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That's brilliant Jack :) Love it! Must have taken you yonks. It's really interesting to see where everybody is. It always tickles me when I see Tony (Scouser 1952) I always wonder why he's not in Liverpool :laugh: No logic just my silly slightly warped brain! Pen
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Top of the class, Jack. Terrific job.
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That's awesome Jack! Well done and so interesting to see where everyone comes from. I'm from the NSW Blue Mountains - like Val.
cheers
Linda
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Hi All,
I have amended the data and imported it into another computer program that I have not used before. The output is not as pretty but I think it is more easily readable. Again I am asking for advice of Errors and Omissions. For my own satisfaction, I will continue to see if I can improve the data and its presentation.
I would like to hear from those people who follow and enjoy the forum but who for whatever reason do not want to make a public post. You can always send me a private message.
Click here for the latest edition (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ey5mhh981veaxzq/Location%20of%20Forumites.pdf?dl=0)
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Hi Moyra and Paula,
I was gutted when Moyra alerted me that I had left Paula out.
I take the suggestion to invite anybody who is willing to be added to the list to contact me, either publicly or by private message
I will seek out some puppy photos and post them when I get back to the Bloody Plurals ranch.
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Hi Pen and Les,
I continue to be astounded by your expertise on the computer.
May i suggest that an even more comprehensive chart could display the locations of all players, not just forumites.
There are many players who have no interest in or at least choose not to contribute to the forum but they do list their location in their profiles.
Must have taken you yonks.
Both of you overestimate the skill and time required. The fancy presentation in the first post was all done by a $A15 Microsoft program Mind Maps Pro. All I did was mundane data entry. Unlike some more expensive mind mapping programs I have used in the past when the programs were paid for by employer, it didn’t cope with presenting the modest amount of data in an easily readable format but the graphics were sexy.
I found a free version of an expensive program and imported the data into it. There was not much I could do with it without a lot of effort but the output was quite readable.
Now to your suggestion, Les. I have no interest in where non-forum members come from but if you want to do the work and collect the data I will put it into a program and present it for you.
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"Now to your suggestion, Les. I have no interest in where non-forum members come from but if you want to do the work and collect the data I will put it into a program and present it for you."
Thanks for the very kind offer Jack but i will decline it.
I did start a list in 2016 that included all players who had revealed their location.
I have no clue how to determine if a registered player is also registered for the forum so creating a list of non forum members only, is just a little bit beyond my limited capabilities.
" I have no interest in where non-forum members come from "
Ticklemonster is not included in your chart so i must assume that is because he is a non forum member.
Surely, it must have tweaked your interest just a little, when you learnt that he was auntiemo's better other half & your close neighbour?
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Hi All,
I have amended the data and imported it into another computer program that I have not used before. The output is not as pretty but I think it is more easily readable. Again I am asking for advice of Errors and Omissions. For my own satisfaction, I will continue to see if I can improve the data and its presentation.
I would like to hear from those people who follow and enjoy the forum but who for whatever reason do not want to make a public post. You can always send me a private message.
Click here for the latest edition (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ey5mhh981veaxzq/Location%20of%20Forumites.pdf?dl=0)
Nice work! Just one thing you might like to amend - SA is not a subset of Vic
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Thanks, John, Fixed
Added bobbi, rhino, greenone and katzmeow.
Added a splash of red
Click here for the latest edition (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ey5mhh981veaxzq/Location%20of%20Forumites.pdf?dl=0)
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Hi Jack,
That’s fab - lovely to get the global view.
I’ve moved out of London now (but haven’t updated my profile 😳) to Hertfordshire / Berkhamsted - not far from Bletchley!
Also, a missing e ... I’m spelt like the cakes 😋
Thanks for doing this, it’s a great idea.
All the best to you Ozzies.
Madeleine
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Hi Madeleine
If I catch the train into Euston (only once in the last year) I pass through Berkhamstead. A lovely spot :) I used to have a friend who lived there before she emigrated. First to Singapore & then on to New Zealand.
Pen
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Hi Madeleine,
Click here for the latest edition (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ey5mhh981veaxzq/Location%20of%20Forumites.pdf?dl=0)
Thanks for the info. These things are only useful if they are accurate.
I had not heard of the cakes before but, ever curious, I did a bit of research and offer this trivia.
The madeleine or petite madeleine is a traditional small cake from Commercy and Liverdun, two communes of the Lorraine region in northeastern France. Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape acquired from being baked in pans with shell-shaped depressions.
The story goes that, in 1755, Louis XV, son-in-law of the duke, charmed by the little cakes prepared by Madeleine Paulmier, named them after her, while his wife, Maria Leszczyńska, introduced them soon afterward to the court in Versailles. Much beloved by the royal family, they conquered the rest of France in no time.
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Not a biggie, but the state I live in is spelt Illinois — and the expression 'there is no noise in Illinois' is for those pronouncing the final letter (it is silent).
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Hi TRex,
My spell checker picked that up and I missed it. Now fixed, including in the PDF file referenced in the previous post.
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1. I have no clue how to determine if a registered player is also registered for the forum so creating a list of non forum members only...
2. Ticklemonster is not included in your chart so i must assume that is because he is a non forum member.
Surely, it must have tweaked your interest just a little, when you learnt that he was auntiemo's better other half & your close neighbour?
Hi Les,
1. There is a row of buttons
Home Help Search Profile My Messages Calendar Members Logout
near the top of the page when you are in the forum. If you press the Members buttons you get the choice of seeing a list of all the members(whether active or not) or searching for an individual member. But, .... I can’t help wondering if you were presenting a list of people registered to play chihuahua, why you would want to exclude forum members.
2. Ticklemonster is not a forum member but with the knowledge that you and I have, we could probably work out where he resides. :D
I must admit that as an exercise in reminding myself how to best use mind mapping software, I am slightly tempted to develop a chart. In terms of the product being useful, I have significant doubts. I have not tested the assumption, but I believe only a small percentage of the players give their location and there is no guarantee that those that have, keep it up-to-date when they move.
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" I can’t help wondering if you were presenting a list of people registered to play chihuahua, why you would want to exclude forum members. "
G'day Jack, we seem to have got our wires a little bit crossed.
Your chart only lists forum members, my original suggestion was to also include the locations of non forum members.
As you have already produced a chart showing the locations of forum members i offered to provide a list of locations for non forum members but then declined to do so because i suddenly realised that i did not know how to identify the difference.
You have provided the answer to that, all i had to do was go through the member list & find members that have never posted then check their profile to see if they provided their location.
Having said all that, i do agree with your suggestion that anybody who has been omitted from your chart but wishes to be included should simply let you know & provide you with the relevant information.
I realise now that it was arrogant of me to assume that it was ok for me to add non forum members locations to your chart without their permission.
But then that leads me to this question ; if auntiemo were to ask you to include ticklemonster in the Cleveland group, would you consider it?
For that matter have you considered adding ossiejune to the Cleveland group?
Newer forumites would have no idea where these players come from let alone their relationships with other members in the Cleveland group.
So all i am saying here is that if a forum member has a relative or friend who lets say lives in Antarctica, plays the game but is not a forum member, would you add that person to your chart at the request of the forum member?
I reckon that the chart that you have produced is absolutely brilliant, the intent of my suggestion was only to expand it to truly reflect just how many countries this game is actually played in whether it by forum members or non forum members.
As for the accuracy of information, you can only go by whatever is currently recorded, after all it would have been accurate at the time & you would not only be documenting where the game is currently played but also where it has been played in the past.
Cheers Les
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Hey....Ticklemonster is NOT interested in the Forum...he's not up for inclusion! We don't automatically get included in each other's interests. Yes if it's Chihuahua players....no to Forum members.
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Hi Madeleine
If I catch the train into Euston (only once in the last year) I pass through Berkhamstead. A lovely spot :) I used to have a friend who lived there before she emigrated. First to Singapore & then on to New Zealand.
Pen
It is a nice town, Pen, and a lovely place to live. Market, canal, beautiful cinema, castle ruins and lots of restaurants. We even have a totem pole! And close enough to pop into London for the things I enjoy there - not that there’s been much of that lately! I can’t quite imagine going to go theatre or a concert any more 😢
Madeleine
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I know what you mean Madeleine. My daughter has had 2 rock concerts at Wembley postponed until next year & also her & her other half were meant to see Andre Rieu last year. That's been postponed twice now until next year. Three work friends & I have tickets to watch England playing India at Trent Bridge in August. It's a great day out & I'm hoping it'll go ahead. Having said that after England's spectacular defeat in their most recent Test Match in India perhaps I should beware of what I wish for >:D
Pen
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Your chart only lists forum members,
2. the intent of my suggestion was only to expand it to truly reflect just how many countries this game is actually played in whether it by forum members or non forum members.
Hi Les,
1. My chart only listed active forum members. I didn't define an active forum member but my selection process was roughly anyone who had logged on to the forum in the last 12 months.
2. You wanted to get a chart of all those people who play chi and what their location was if we could do that. My point was that was a separate exercise and should include forumites. I thought it wasn't a bad idea if you could get someone silly enough to do the work.
Just for the fun of it, I took a sample of those people who played chihuahua in the last several days and who had volunteered information about themselves and put it into a chart. I think you might be interested.
Location of a sample of people who play Chihuahua (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jclywmztdhr51ny/Chi%20Players%20Locations%20.pdf?dl=0)
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Utterly mind boggling! In so many ways.
A truly benign social medium and then some
A toast to Alan, Jack and the rest of us!.
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Pleased to see my name included in the latest version, even though I haven’t posted on the forum for ages. Thanks. I’ve always thought it would be interesting to see where the players come from. Alan, did you ever think when you started Chi that it would spread around the globe?
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location of people who play chihuahua updated to improve order and presentation] (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jclywmztdhr51ny/Chi%20Players%20Locations%20.pdf?dl=0)
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Hey....Ticklemonster is NOT interested in the Forum...he's not up for inclusion! We don't automatically get included in each other's interests. Yes if it's Chihuahua players....no to Forum members.
Simply, do not nominate him & will not be included.
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Ozzyjack, we’re almost neighbours - well, in the world of Chi we are! I live in Indooroopilly. Thanks for putting this chart together.
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2. the intent of my suggestion was only to expand it to truly reflect just how many countries this game is actually played in whether it by forum members or non forum members.
Hi Les,
2. You wanted to get a chart of all those people who play chi and what their location was if we could do that. My point was that was a separate exercise and should include forumites. I thought it wasn't a bad idea if you could get someone silly enough to do the work.
Location of a sample of people who play Chihuahua (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jclywmztdhr51ny/Chi%20Players%20Locations%20.pdf?dl=0)
That was exactly what i was looking for.
Thank you Jack for being " silly " enough to take the time to produce such a wonderful chart
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Alan, did you ever think when you started Chi that it would spread around the globe?
Actually, greenone, what intrigues me is how many of the Chi players and forumites are from Australia. Although I live in Australia, there's nothing about the site that's designed to appeal to Australians in particular.
But certainly, when Chi started I wouldn't have expected it to be still going strong 15 years later, and with hundreds of people playing every day.
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Hey....Ticklemonster is NOT interested in the Forum...he's not up for inclusion! We don't automatically get included in each other's interests. Yes if it's Chihuahua players....no to Forum members.
Simply, do not nominate him & will not be included.
Oh...that was said so tongue in cheek...if he doesn't "do" forum, he's not allowed to be on the list. If he was added, it certainly would not be a problem. The written word can so easily be misinterpreted!
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It has always fascinated me how many people from so many different places enjoy this game. Somehow it makes me feel more well travelled! If I spot a name I haven't noticed before I usually click on to find out their location and I do get a bit frustrated that so many don't put their location. I expect some are worried about security of information and that is exactly why my original profile was a rather vague "English Lakes" but of course I have narrowed it down to Kendal in Cumbria as I have relaxed into such good company on the Forum!
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But certainly, when Chi started I wouldn't have expected it to be still going strong 15 years later, and with hundreds of people playing every day.
Alan, we're all delighted that it is still going strong :)
Thanks :-*
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" I can’t help wondering if you were presenting a list of people registered to play chihuahua, why you would want to exclude forum members. "
You have provided the answer to that, all i had to do was go through the member list & find members that have never posted then check their profile to see if they provided their location.
Having said all that, i do agree with your suggestion that anybody who has been omitted from your chart but wishes to be included should simply let you know & provide you with the relevant information.
There could also be another issue - I play chi under the name jk1956 and not as ridethetalk (my forum name) - others may be in the same boat (masked, of course!)
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Hi John,
There are many other factors that make the chart useless for any other purpose than idle curiosity. However, I have had some fun exploring the limits of the computer program I was using. In doing so I added about another 50 names to the chart. Only one was from a country that wasn't in the previous list - China. One of the things I did was to split the data into smaller units to make the output more readable and I will put these here for the idly curious.
I don't intend to look for more names but if anyone wants to do so, they can provide me with a list and I will update the charts.
Australasian Players (https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1c1x6fe054977e/Australasia.pdf?dl=0)
British Isles and North American players (https://www.dropbox.com/s/vtp2brgdkbatphf/British%20Isles%2C%20North%20America.pdf?dl=0)
The Remainder (https://www.dropbox.com/s/grvos1a618utg9g/Other.pdf?dl=0)
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G'day Jack,
Your charts are extraordinary in their detail & extremely well done.
Thank you for your ongoing efforts as i for one, find it enthralling to be able to see at a glance, just how widespread this game is.
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Hi John,
There are many other factors that make the chart useless for any other purpose than idle curiosity. However, I have had some fun exploring the limits of the computer program I was using. In doing so I added about another 50 names to the chart. Only one was from a country that wasn't in the previous list - China. One of the things I did was to split the data into smaller units to make the output more readable and I will put these here for the idly curious.
I don't intend to look for more names but if anyone wants to do so, they can provide me with a list and I will update the charts.
Australasian Players (https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1c1x6fe054977e/Australasia.pdf?dl=0)
British Isles and North American players (https://www.dropbox.com/s/vtp2brgdkbatphf/British%20Isles%2C%20North%20America.pdf?dl=0)
The Remainder (https://www.dropbox.com/s/grvos1a618utg9g/Other.pdf?dl=0)
Ozzy, I've just had a look at the Australasian Players and couldn't find myself in either identity... ???
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Hi John,
I just had a look and you are there as jk1956 between jackieinupway and Julie Y. You are not there as ridethewalk because it is a chart of chi players not forumites. Forumites who play under the same name as their forumite name are, of course, supposed to be included.
The chart is not a complete list but just those that I found playing over several days. If people want a more complete list, they will have to do the searching and advise me.
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I just had a look and you are there as jk1956 between jackieinupway and Julie Y. You are not there as ridethewalk because it is a chart of chi players not forumites. Forumites who play under the same name as their forumite name are, of course, supposed to be included.
I sit corrected - how I missed seeing me I'm not sure. :o
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Not a biggie, but the state I live in is spelt Illinois — and the expression 'there is no noise in Illinois' is for those pronouncing the final letter (it is silent).
Tangential diversion moment ... you just reminded me of this album (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJwraC4p5A) by Sufjan Stevens :)