Subj : Re: Sysop count
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Sun Nov 13 2022 12:17:50

Hi Stas,
 
Running a script gives false information ... An example ...
 
SM> Zone 1 has  346 sysops.
SM> Hold   6
SM> Down  25
 
Hold and Down are thrown out ... that reduces the number already to 315.
 
Then we have doubles such as
 
SM> Terry_Barlow                         15
SM> Tj_Barlow                             8
 
Same person
 
SM> New_SysOp                             4
SM> Nobody                                3
SM> new_sysop 3
SM> New_Fido_SysOp                       20
 
There's a Geoff and Geoffrey or Jeff somewhere.
 
Plus I'm aware of identical people running several entries with different names and getting away with it. That goes for Z2 as well.
 
The fact is that my counting is very conservative because there are many non-node entries in the nodelist ... and dead wood. The reality is a lot worse.
 
Plus the nodelist is full of nonsense ... check the latest Z2DAILY and you will find 300 new entries with "New_Sysop" in a particular net.
 
 \%/@rd

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