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[Greg Bernhardt]

We hit 50 for the first time this fall season!

 

[mfb]

40

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

58

 

[phinds]

58

UG ... I just answered one but now it's now 60 ... it's going the wrong way. Call out the big guns !

 

[mfb]

49

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Spiked to 70!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

FYI, I've created a new user that will supply the bump message instead of myself. The user is @PF_Help_Bot.

 

[BvU]

Right you are ! Bet you got lots of conversations thrown at you for having your signature on these bumps. Is there a watchdog on the bot, or do the mentors have to do that ?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Is there a watchdog on the bot, or do the mentors have to do that ?

Nope, if she goes haywire, let me know!

 

[phinds]

WOO WOO --- down to single digits (actually, just ONE single digit) !

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

WOO WOO --- down to single digits (actually, just ONE single digit) !

Back to double digits! I think 9 was a record low though!

 

[MarkFL]

Back to double digits! I think 9 was a record low though!

Either way, that's truly impressive!

 

[mfb]

Down to 7 right now.

Edit: 6

 

[BvU]

How come y'all seem to be so happy about that ? Is PF falling into disuse ?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

How come y'all seem to be so happy about that ? Is PF falling into disuse ?

Or it means we're doing a great job replying to unanswered threads

 

[phinds]

Down to 9 ... Merry Xmas

 

[mfb]

7 now.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Now we need more members making threads!

 

[phinds]

Back down to 9 again

 

[aphirst]

Is it possible to introduce a distinction between "no replies" and "unanswered"? What I mean is, I made a thread the other day, and for reasons of clarity made a 2nd post, which now means my thread no longer shows up in "unanswered threads" despite in no way actually being answered. It seems "clear" to me that, even if a thread has "replies", if they're all the OP, it's still part of the "question asking". (In my case I was still within the Edit timeframe, so I could have appended Post #2 to it, but let's not forget that the Edit window is, for its own reasons, tightly restricted.)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Is it possible to introduce a distinction between "no replies" and "unanswered"? What I mean is, I made a thread the other day, and for reasons of clarity made a 2nd post, which now means my thread no longer shows up in "unanswered threads" despite in no way actually being answered. It seems "clear" to me that, even if a thread has "replies", if they're all the OP, it's still part of the "question asking". (In my case I was still within the Edit timeframe, so I could have appended Post #2 to it, but let's not forget that the Edit window is, for its own reasons, tightly restricted.)

It sort of is possible in the homework forums. Sometimes an advisor will mark it as solved. But inside that list it is not possible at the moment.

 

[Charles Link]

Back down to 9 again.

 

[phinds]

Wowzers !

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Down to 4! We need some thread starters!

 

[phinds]

Down to 4! We need some thread starters!

Is this because of Spring Break you reckon ?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Is this because of Spring Break you reckon ?

I don't know, it's been a pretty slow semester from the start.

 

[berkeman]

I could use a Spring Break!

 

[mfb]

Down to 3. Two of them are very specialized questions, and for the particle physics one I'm not sure if the question has a good answer.

 

[berkeman]

Down to 3.

The Circuits question is low-hanging fruit -- I'll leave it to the hounds in the EE forum.

 

[mfb]

Too late, someone started a new thread.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Jumped up to 41!

 

[Bystander]

Back down to 9 again.

 

[phinds]

and back to single digits again (8). I haven't really paid attention in past years but I assume it will stay relatively low during the summer.

 

[phinds]

and back to single digits again (8). I haven't really paid attention in past years but I assume it will stay relatively low during the summer.

Uh ... seems I was right:

 

[Ygggdrasil]

This is probably the fewest threads I've seen in the unanswered box.

Any AMO expert want to try to make it zero?