" 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