View Poll Results: whach is the best thread

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  • Carl's - Stressed not sleeping thread

    1 25.00%

  • Sebastiaan's - YouTube solo thread

    0 0%

  • Swifty's - Finished at last thread

    0 0%

  • Wongdai's - Pimp my bench thread

    0 0%

  • Calm's - Stubby gloat

    1 25.00%

  • Derekcohen's - Letter knife MK2 thread

    2 50.00%
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  1. 8th May 2009, 02:11 PM #1
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    Default What's the most interesting thread?

    This is just a test to see if this is a viable option to the current arrangement for the Free Draws (see here ).

    Please vote for the thread you think is the most interesting and contributes in a positive way to the forum in general.

    Remember this is just a test and no one's gunna win anything .

    https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=90343

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=95498

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=94568

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=83664

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=95616

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=94155
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  2. 8th May 2009, 02:37 PM #2
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    I voted Calm's - Stubby gloat .
    Not because it was about woodturning ... but because I can ask this question

    Can a Stuby do this ?


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    How is Cliff going to vote with no Rats Ring option - you know by now that every poll needs a rats ring option.

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    I'm with the Rats ring group.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Calm View Post
    How is Cliff going to vote with no Rats Ring option - you know by now that every poll needs a rats ring option.

    Cheers
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    I'm with the Rats ring group.
    Just don't vote, I don't care .
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  6. 8th May 2009, 06:18 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Howdya do that View Post
    I'm with the Rats ring group.
    Me too.
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    What about my "balckwood's overrated" thread? I think It really contributed a lot. Even got referred to in other threads. Generated lots of debate.

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    Too much "mandatory reading" to be a worthwhile polling method... can I just click one at random?
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    Can I vote for the Friday Drivel thread? It contribution to this Forum goes beyond measure.

    If I can't vote for it, I'll go with the Rat and vote for the rats ring.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    What about my "balckwood's overrated" thread? I think It really contributed a lot. Even got referred to in other threads. Generated lots of debate.

    He said most interesting and contributing - not shyte stirring and controversial
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    Aren't you chasing your tail trying to identify the most popular thread.

    The most popular thread in a month will have the most new posts per month.
    Doesn't forum software statistics show each threads number of new posts each month?
    Even the server software should show those statistics
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  12. 9th May 2009, 10:05 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by echnidna View Post
    Aren't you chasing your tail trying to identify the most popular thread.

    The most popular thread in a month will have the most new posts per month.
    Doesn't forum software statistics show each threads number of new posts each month?
    Even the server software should show those statistics
    Statistics will not prove what is 'popular' .

    I follow some threads because they interest me , but I do not post in them every time I have a look
    Some I look at to see what they are about , but do not post in at all.

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    I didn't vote for any of them because most threads are of interest at different times to me and the intensity of interest changes during the life of the thread.

    Some start out a bit ordinary and develop into a fantastic thread whereas others start out with a bang and end in a fizzle with most between these extremes.

    Many people on the board have their own area of interests and probably don't look at threads outside their interests. For example, I rarely look at dizzy threads and their little brother pen turning threads.

    No doubt people with an interest in these forms of woodwork find many of these threads of utmost interest. Others like myself might find darksider threads or cabinet type threads of utmost interest.

    How could you determine the most popular thread? A simple but less reliable method might be compare the number of those reading or contributing a particular thread.

    For example: If 90% of darksiders on the board thought that a thread about a plane was fantastic and 30 darksiders voted for that thread, is that more popular than a turning thread where only 40% of turners on the board thought it was fantastic however the 40% of turners might equate to 400 board members?

    I don't think you can determine the most popular thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Manuka Jock View Post
    Statistics will not prove what is 'popular' .
    Quote Originally Posted by Wood Borer View Post

    How could you determine the most popular thread? A simple but less reliable method might be compare the number of those reading or contributing a particular thread.

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    I don't think you can determine the most popular thread.
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    Please vote for the thread you think is the most interesting and contributes in a positive way to the forum in general. (I'm not shouting, just highlighting )
    ...........

    Not looking for popularity, a thread doesn't have to be popular to contribute in a meaningful way.This is not a real poll, just a test to gauge response to alternatives to the free prize draw system. Please read the first post and follow the links if you're unsure of what this thread is about.

    BTW, the only way there would be a rats ring option is it the thread was called Rats Ring
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    I don't see what's wrong with the current system, except I haven't won anything . And if it ain't broke why bust a gut at other alternatives. What Woodborer wrote a while back about personal interests etc. is very good point.
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