Bibliostats data?

[ravnostic]

Hey B-Rex; I thought the reports didn’t include participants without x number of contests per quarter/year/evar, etc. 🙄

[CauseISaidSo]

Well, that depends on whether it’s an average or a total statistic, rav (look for the green asterisk). For the total or cumulative stats (e.g., most votes), I figured if the contestant can make the list with poor participation, then more power to ’em. It’s the averages that I didn’t want to see skewed by someone only participating when they’ve got a ringer for a particular theme.

What in particular are you seeing that you have questions about?

[CauseISaidSo]

I should also add that the minimum participation requirements are calculated based on the later of your first contest or the quarter/year cutoff so as not to penalize newbs.

So, for example (and I suspect that this may be the source of your questions), the new guy, Mitt Romneys Tax Return, is eligible this week for quarterly and yearly averages because he’s participated in 100% of the contests for those periods, starting with his first. However, if he doesn’t participate next week, then his rate will drop to 50% and he’ll fall off of those reports. Also, he won’t show up on the overall lists until he racks up 50 entries.

[ravnostic]

Ah…I get it. I was just wondering how he got on the list his first week.

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