Re: stats 2024 Q1

On 4/1/24 12:11, The Doctor wrote:

How did I mangle it?

Something seems to be eating specific select white space.
It's most predominant when the line is wrapped and continued on the next line.  But it's also visible in the first four characters of the unwrapped lines.
This is what I see in Thunderbird.  --  I can't rule out a Thunderbird problem.
num|_Name_____________________________________________________|_Nb_Msg_|_size____|_or._|_%
----|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|
_1_|_Adam_H._Kerman___________________________________________|_____78_|_233,521_|___0_|_10.17%_xxxxxxxxxx
_2_|_Eric_M___________________________________________________|_____63_|_132,990_|___0_|__8.21%_xxxxxxxx
_3_|_llp______________________________________________________|_____59_|_161,222_|___4_|__7.69%_xxxxxxx
_4_|_Frank_Slootweg___________________________________________|_____53_|_171,705_|___0_|__6.91%_xxxxxx
_5_|_immibis__________________________________________________|_____40_|_84,571_|___0_|__5.22%_xxxxx
_6_|_D________________________________________________________|_____30_|_50,274_|___6_|__3.91%_xxx
_7_|_Adam_W.__________________________________________________|_____29_|_71,553_|___3_|__3.78%_xxx
_8_|_The_Doctor_______________________________________________|_____28_|_281,830_|___3_|__3.65%_xxx
_9_|_Ray_Banana_______________________________________________|_____28_|_57,214_|___1_|__3.65%_xxx
10_|_Scott_Dorsey_____________________________________________|_____28_|_45,169_|___0_|__3.65%_xxx
11_|_Retro_Guy________________________________________________|_____21_|_45,204_|___0_|__2.74%_xx
12_|_Olivier_Miakinen_________________________________________|_____20_|_48,903_|___0_|__2.61%_xx
13_|_candycanearter07_________________________________________|_____19_|_46,709_|___0_|__2.48%_xx
14_|_Marco_Moock______________________________________________|_____18_|_32,564_|___2_|__2.35%_xx
15_|_Grant_Taylor_____________________________________________|_____16_|_67,774_|___0_|__2.09%_xx
16_|_Tim_Skirvin______________________________________________|_____13_|_114,072_|__13_|__1.69%_x
17_|_Sn!pe____________________________________________________|_____12_|_38,919_|___1_|__1.56%_x
18_|_noel_____________________________________________________|_____12_|_23,563_|___0_|__1.56%_x_
This is what I see in the source for the same lines of the article.
_num|_Name_____________________________________________________|_Nb_Msg_|_
size____|_or._|_%
----|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|
__1_|_Adam_H._Kerman___________________________________________|_____78_|_
233,521_|___0_|_10.17%_xxxxxxxxxx
__2_|_Eric_M___________________________________________________|_____63_|_
132,990_|___0_|__8.21%_xxxxxxxx
__3_|_llp______________________________________________________|_____59_|_
161,222_|___4_|__7.69%_xxxxxxx
__4_|_Frank_Slootweg___________________________________________|_____53_|_
171,705_|___0_|__6.91%_xxxxxx
__5_|_immibis__________________________________________________|_____40_|_
_84,571_|___0_|__5.22%_xxxxx
__6_|_D________________________________________________________|_____30_|_
_50,274_|___6_|__3.91%_xxx
__7_|_Adam_W.__________________________________________________|_____29_|_
_71,553_|___3_|__3.78%_xxx
__8_|_The_Doctor_______________________________________________|_____28_|_
281,830_|___3_|__3.65%_xxx
__9_|_Ray_Banana_______________________________________________|_____28_|_
_57,214_|___1_|__3.65%_xxx
_10_|_Scott_Dorsey_____________________________________________|_____28_|_
_45,169_|___0_|__3.65%_xxx
_11_|_Retro_Guy________________________________________________|_____21_|_
_45,204_|___0_|__2.74%_xx
_12_|_Olivier_Miakinen_________________________________________|_____20_|_
_48,903_|___0_|__2.61%_xx
_13_|_candycanearter07_________________________________________|_____19_|_
_46,709_|___0_|__2.48%_xx
_14_|_Marco_Moock______________________________________________|_____18_|_
_32,564_|___2_|__2.35%_xx
_15_|_Grant_Taylor_____________________________________________|_____16_|_
_67,774_|___0_|__2.09%_xx
_16_|_Tim_Skirvin______________________________________________|_____13_|_
114,072_|__13_|__1.69%_x
_17_|_Sn!pe____________________________________________________|_____12_|_
_38,919_|___1_|__1.56%_x
_18_|_noel_____________________________________________________|_____12_|_
_23,563_|___0_|__1.56%_x
Unwrapped source
_num|_Name_____________________________________________________|_Nb_Msg_|_
size____|_or._|_%
----|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------|-----|------------------|
__1_|_Adam_H._Kerman___________________________________________|_____78_|_233,521_|___0_|_10.17%_xxxxxxxxxx
__2_|_Eric_M___________________________________________________|_____63_|_132,990_|___0_|__8.21%_xxxxxxxx
__3_|_llp______________________________________________________|_____59_|_161,222_|___4_|__7.69%_xxxxxxx
__4_|_Frank_Slootweg___________________________________________|_____53_|_171,705_|___0_|__6.91%_xxxxxx
__5_|_immibis__________________________________________________|_____40_|_84,571_|___0_|__5.22%_xxxxx
__6_|_D________________________________________________________|_____30_|_50,274_|___6_|__3.91%_xxx
__7_|_Adam_W.__________________________________________________|_____29_|_71,553_|___3_|__3.78%_xxx
__8_|_The_Doctor_______________________________________________|_____28_|_281,830_|___3_|__3.65%_xxx
__9_|_Ray_Banana_______________________________________________|_____28_|_57,214_|___1_|__3.65%_xxx
_10_|_Scott_Dorsey_____________________________________________|_____28_|_45,169_|___0_|__3.65%_xxx
_11_|_Retro_Guy________________________________________________|_____21_|_45,204_|___0_|__2.74%_xx
_12_|_Olivier_Miakinen_________________________________________|_____20_|_48,903_|___0_|__2.61%_xx
_13_|_candycanearter07_________________________________________|_____19_|_46,709_|___0_|__2.48%_xx
_14_|_Marco_Moock______________________________________________|_____18_|_32,564_|___2_|__2.35%_xx
_15_|_Grant_Taylor_____________________________________________|_____16_|_67,774_|___0_|__2.09%_xx
_16_|_Tim_Skirvin______________________________________________|_____13_|_114,072_|__13_|__1.69%_x
_17_|_Sn!pe____________________________________________________|_____12_|_38,919_|___1_|__1.56%_x
_18_|_noel_____________________________________________________|_____12_|_23,563_|___0_|__1.56%_x
I also question the value of these messages.
I similarly question the value of the Usenet FAQ and the monthly stats articles are far more numerous.  Sometimes they are even repeated in the same newsgroup.
I've considered filtering them at my news server.  I just haven't found sufficient round-2-its to do so /yet/.
These articles aren't discussions in and of themselves.  Just about every reply I've seen to them has been more of a complaint or discussion about the complaint.
--
Grant. . . .