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The stales index is a measure of the interest a thread has generated. It is defined as the number of replies divided by the number of views. Experience has shown that threads with a stales index of 0.1 or greater tend to be interesting to the general public. You have forced the further refinement of the definition to include the proviso: If the stales index is greater than 1 it is probably Dr Bill with one of his lists of words.
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Dear Faldage: badword you.
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To which Stales are you referring, oh, Faldaggio? Our Stales? Or is this some other Stales?
wwh: I like your word lists. I like seeing how many of them I can figure out. Some of the words don't interest me, but usually you have at least two or three on each list that are interesting to read about--and potentially have a little discussion about. I will be eternally grateful to you for digging up fodient, for example. Dig?
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Yeah our stales. Doesn't *anyone remember? An all I said was he was making a mess of the stales index. I didn't say I didn't like his posts. Jeesh!
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Yes, I rememberd, and understood your post perfectly, you poor Fool. Welcome to my world.
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understood your post perfectly
Thank you, s.
And I'll do everything I can to rescind that order to have you transported to the West Island.
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Ah, Faldage, I didn't mean to cast aspersion. I was just letting wwh know I like his word lists. Forgive me, please.
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Faldage and Dr Bill
The old Stales index hey!
Thought that had been lost in the annals of AWAD - and only for us old stagers to pay any attention to.
Rather than the mathematically correct, but perhaps somewhat 'cold' definition provided by Faldage, I prefer to think of 10% rather than 0.1. (ie if the number of contributions is greater 10% of the number of looks - then it is a thread worthy of attention for those of us who must discriminate between the things upon which we should spend our time on and those we shouldn't).
Think I also mentioned in the original 'definition' that the threads that fell below the 10% level were often very highbrow.
So Dr Bill, how's it feel to be given a back handed compliment by Faldage? [ducking for cover -e].
BTW, this is the first time I've ever even opened up the Beheading Words Forum. First time for everything huh!
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Dear states: I must have missed the original post, and thought Faldage was just
having another bout of pyrosis from indigestible spelling bee words. Soryy about
that Fraldage.
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