Charles wrote:
Bowerbird wrote:
distributed proofreaders just hit 36,000 registered users.
Actually, due to a previous programmer removing inactive usernames from the database the count is much higher...37,437 at the moment. The way to figure out the correct number is to go to the forums and at the bottom of the main page and hover over the "The newest registered user is" link and look for the &u=(some number). That number will be the 'correct' number of users.
Apparently their code for the "We have 36001 registered users" line actually counts lines in the user table versus looking at the highest userid number in use.
If the number of users was 1/10 of that, it would be a remarkable achievement. But a number rapidly approaching 40,000 is hard to fathom. A remarkable achievement! Kudos to Charles for founding DP, and for Juliet and many of the others who keep the system going. And of course a lot of praise to all the ordinary folk who, page-by-page, proof the scan sets. (I need to revisit DP and do a few pages myself.) Maybe it's time to hold an annual DP picnic. Considering the number of people, it probably needs to be a potluck. Can you imagine having to buy and prepare 40,000 hot dogs? <laugh/> Jon