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Posted by John Hosking on 05/30/07 12:20
Toby A Inkster wrote:
> John Hosking wrote:
>
>> Are there some qualifying attributes required before posts (or posters)
>> are included in the "Original Text" percentage calculations?
>
> Sorry I missed this question earlier.
I figured you were busy... :-)
> Indeed there are. To ensure a fair sample of text for each poster
> evaluated, only posters who have posted five or more messages in the given
> period (one week) are included.
>
> For what it's worth, the definition of "original text" is: any text that
> isn't quoted, isn't part of a signature and isn't on a line entirely
> consisting of whitespace. This is measured as a byte count, and not a line
> count -- so two short lines don't count as double the original text of one
> long line.
Okay, thanks, Toby.
--
John
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