On 3 August 2011 14:14, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:02 AM, TerryE <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 03/08/11 13:57, Rob Weir wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Andre Schnabel<[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Rob, > >>> > >>> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >>>> > >>>> Von: Rob Weir<[email protected]> > >>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Manfred A. Reiter<[email protected] > > > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> 2011/8/3 Rob Weir<[email protected]> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Manfred A. Reiter< > [email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> 2011/8/2 Rob Weir<[email protected]> > >>> > >>> .... > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Curiously, it reports only 5 of the 35,020 users as having been > >>>> > >>>> active > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> in the past 7 days. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> did you poked around 1 year ago as well? > >>>>>>> do you have an explanation, why these numbers are slowing down? > >>>>>>> > >>> ... > >>>>> > >>>>> 2. May be, my english is not good enough to understand, wheather your > >>>>> your response answers my questions. > >>>>> > >>>> If you have an unanswered question, please restate it, > >>> > >>> It's still in the quoted mail. > >>> > >>>> perhaps > >>>> rephrase if you think it was originally misunderstood. > >>> > >>> Afaics there is nothing to be misunderstood in the (two) question(s). > >>> > >> Ah. OK. He was asking for speculation on why the traffic is less now > >> than a year ago. Impossible to say, since I can't find any data on > >> what the traffic actually was a year ago. One way to back speculation > >> with facts would be to get a log of edits from last year, gather the > >> editors who were most active then, and contact them with a set of > >> survey questions. > >> > > Rob, I think that I covered this point to some degree in an earlier post > > today :-) //Terry > > > > Sorry, replacing Andre's speculation with your speculation is not the > same as introducing facts. > > -Rob > > > >
I think there is a difference between informed hypothesis and speculation :-) -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
