52:. I myself know quite little about webcomics, but I do know a bit about Knowledge (XXG)'s deletion process, having closed several deletion debates. In general, one or two votes from anonymous users or from accounts with few edits is within what is normal. However, when an AFD discussion gets large numbers of such votes, especially when they are all voting the same (usually "keep"), there is an immediate suspicion of
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Very clear, if somewhat redundant. I'm a maths student at the moment, and so have been unable to avoid doing any statistics at all, despite my best intentions. I've can't remember all of it, but I'm well briefed with sampling problems. A refresher's always useful, though, and if we ever have need to
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The reason I named it archive 01 is that no archive existed with that name, and it did not seem a pressing concern at that point to try and sort out the archives. I apologise for any confusion or misunderstanding this may have caused between us, and have sorted out the archives as penance. Again,
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for insiration. I've tried to make the guidelines broader so that they can be applied to any form of web content, rather than focusing on specifics. The goal shouldn't be to set bars to take account of particular examples, but rather to outline existing policy and consensus at various places. As
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Alexa is somewhat useful for sites with "low" numbers. The top 500 are almost certainly accurate, the top 10K probably a safe bet, but anything over that is pot luck. The statement that you made that "very high Alexa does not necessarily indicate non-notability" is in fact essentially correct, in
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This appearance after a 10-year abscence was a relief to the many fans of the rod, some of whom believed Homer, jealous of the Rod's success, had done away with it. Its decade-long hiatus is still regarded with suspiscion, many still hope for an explanation of the rod's activities, as well as it's
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I've taken your name in vain elsewhere, so I thought that it fitting to make the same statment here. Of the very new accounts that participated in this, you were a standout contributor. You made reasoned arguments, you provided links, and in general behaved to a high standard. I just wanted to
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I have removed this from the
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I didn't realise you'd provided it, but what I was trying to do was add some information there to the effect that Alexa isn't reliable, and I thought that was a fairly NPOV link to do so. My interpretation of that link is that it's saying Alexa is usreliable, and shouldn't be used as evidence of
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Bwa-ha-ha! You fell for my master plan. I was originally going to go for a redirect, before discovering they don't actually work here. I'll probably have something up there in a couple of weeks. (I'm aware I could make my name link to my talk, but I didn't feel like it).
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Imagine that we only pick 10 out at random and extrapolate. We might get, for example, 6 red, 2 blue, 2 blue, and 1 grey. If we aren't careful, this might make us think there were sixty red balls
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Nah, it's fine. I knew you were acting with the best intentions, I just saw the potential for confusion and wanted to stop it before it got any further. Apologies for any offence I caused you.
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some day. Incidentally, can you suggest where to look for articles which have spelling mistakes, or vandalisms to be reverted, useful jobs to do on the main wikipedia?
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So, keep up the good work, and in case no-one has told you, it's not usually like this around here. Not bunnies and flowers, mind you, but not like this.
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Cheers. I've not totally got to grip with special characters yet. I should probably look into it, since 40% of my user name is special characters.
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explain sampling problems, we now have something to point people at. You know how much links are appreciated around here. :-).
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should also place the appropriate template on the talk pages of both articles. BlueValour 00:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
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