POLL - geographic location of our members

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Discussion Overview

This thread is a poll aimed at determining the geographic distribution of members within the Physics Forums community. Participants are encouraged to share their country of origin and gender, with the intent of understanding the global localization of the forum's audience.

Discussion Character

  • Meta-discussion
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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express their locations and genders, contributing to the poll.
  • One participant questions the importance of the poll, suggesting it may be a way to seek dates.
  • Another participant emphasizes the significance of knowing the gender distribution within the science community.
  • Discussions arise regarding the categorization of regions such as Oceania and the cultural differences among North American countries.
  • Participants share insights about the number of countries represented in the forum, with one noting at least 28 countries based on member profiles.
  • There is a debate about the total number of countries in the world, with references to both UN and CIA statistics.
  • Some members express frustration over the spelling of country names and the categorization of regions.
  • Participants discuss the difficulty in extracting demographic data from member profiles due to incomplete information.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the importance of the poll or the categorization of geographic regions. Multiple competing views regarding cultural similarities and differences among North American members are present, and the discussion remains unresolved on several points.

Contextual Notes

Limitations include incomplete member profiles affecting the accuracy of demographic data and varying definitions of geographic regions that lead to differing opinions.

Your Geographic Location

  • North America

    Votes: 203 60.4%
  • Latin America

    Votes: 3 0.9%
  • Europe

    Votes: 79 23.5%
  • Islamic world (ie N. Africa and Middle East)

    Votes: 10 3.0%
  • Africa (excl above)

    Votes: 2 0.6%
  • Former Soviet Union

    Votes: 1 0.3%
  • East Asia (eg China/ Japan)

    Votes: 3 0.9%
  • South Asia (eg India)

    Votes: 11 3.3%
  • South East Asia (eg Malesia/ Indonesia)

    Votes: 8 2.4%
  • Australia and Oceania

    Votes: 16 4.8%

  • Total voters
    336
  • #271
The funny thing was, that very evening I took a bus up to Edmonton, which turned out to be bone dry because the blizzard had bypassed it. A couple of mornings later I went to catch the train to Vancouver and it was several hours late because it had gotten stuck in that same blizzard in Manitoba.

But when I finally got back to Calgary the next week for my flight home, I was rewarded with gorgeous clear weather.
 

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  • #272
Male, Australia.
 
  • #273
lisab said:
MrRobinParsons, who really had his panties in a bunch at the notion of being lumped in with us crude, crass Americans.

As a Canuck, I'm also quite offended if someone assumes that I'm a Yank, but Parsons was more offensive in a lot of his posts than most people of any nationality. I denounce him. For one thing, anyone who introduces himself as 'Mr.' anything gets my shoe up his *** immediately. Some idiot debt collector, who had no reason to be bothering me, kept calling and announcing himself as 'Mr. Van******'. I put up with it for a while, until he threatened to seize my mother's house. Then I pointed out that I knew where he lived and where his children went to school, and hinted about having survived a couple of black-ops tours in Cambodia... never heard from him again. :biggrin:

edit: Just saw you last post, JT. You must know the standard saying in Alberta; if you don't like the weather, wait a minute.
 
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  • #274
Male from Canada
 
  • #275
Female from the US.
 
  • #276
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  • #277
We're behind Australia?!
What is this world coming to?
 
  • #278
MACHO!, Republica Dominicana!
 
  • #279
Male, Montana, USA
 
  • #280
Hi, Foxy. Good to see you again.
 
  • #281
Male U.S.A.
 
  • #282
Male, USA. You can count me on the fingers of one hand anytime you want.
 
  • #283
Male, Canada. eeeew... 4.1%?

wtf, Canada.
 

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