- I had sent this to Mike privately but as we are throwing out ideas I will throw this out. As pointed out by several people there are sites that actually have the data (member stats) for cachers with 200 or more finds. Is there a way to lift out the information dealing only with a certain list of users (SLAGA members) and then redisplay it in a form of some kind to display the stats....as I pointed out to Mike the stats are gathered by others from GC.com and these people obviously fix their sites when they "break" after a change at GC.com. So they are dealing with the headaches and our script would only break if they changed their gathering site radically. Just a thought Dan Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: - We can copy the code for the user stats and create a page that lists all the users. This would be legal but it would be a page full of stat boxes like on GC.COM. We couldn't sort it unless someone did it manually. Screen Scraping it won't work, at least I don't think so, because it is dynamic.... Just one thought.. Mike Tired of Spam?? Here's your solution.. See: http://www.spamarrest.com/affl?4001050 ----- Original Message ----- From: "GC-RGS" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:16 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Curious and I am sure controversial (REVISITED) > > If anyone has any ideas to get around this, we're all ears. > > Rich > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Henke" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:45 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Curious and I am sure controversial (REVISITED) > > >> - >> When I posted this query I figured it would start a conversation and >> possibly get a few negative as well as positive comments but I did not >> realize I would get 3 comments about the original contents and then a >> huge offshoot on MOGA. >> >> So I guess I will ask the question again: Is the "member stats" portion >> of the SLAGA home page a dead issue? One of the reasons I signed up and >> paid my dues was to get this feature which I did for ONE day and then it >> quit working and finally was removed from the webpage. A simple yes or >> no >> answer would suffice though it would be nice to know why. >> >> I know there are a couple of other sites that list cachers with 200 or >> more caches and I guess that is ok but I enjoyed seeing where I stood >> in >> the local caching community and one of my goals was to keep myself in >> the >> top 20 or 30 cachers from the SLAGA area....that is very difficult when >> you are seeing cachers from all over the country. >> >> I guess there is not a big interest on the part of SLAGA members though >> I do remember several posts asking what had happened so maybe I am just >> beating a dead horse. >> >> As far as the milestones page is concerned I enjoy seeing what >> milestones people have achieved though because of the negative criticism >> from a few in the newsgroup there is no big round of congratulations >> anymore. But the milestones don't show me what I want to see and THAT is >> my complaint. >> >> Dan (Thunder) >> >> Who is causing trouble again :-P >> >> >> >> Brad Myers wrote: - >> http://grand_high_pobah.home.comcast.net/AllFinds.html >> >> I know it isn't the stats that we use to have, but you can look and see >> how >> you compare with all the cachers that have over 200 finds. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Henke >> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:26 AM >> To: geocaching >> Subject: [GeoStL] Curious and I am sure controversial >> >> - >> Should I assume that since they have not come back that the "Member >> Stats" >> feature of the SLAGA web page is dead and not coming back? >> >> I used that feature a LOT not to compare myself to other cachers but to >> see how people were doing and who was cahing etc ...it was nice to see >> how >> many each of my friends had and how they did compare to mine...not in a >> jealous or envious way but just out of curiousity. >> >> And the talk I have seen about people not caring about stats is a bunch >> of bull...I would say that most cachers DO care about stats otherwise >> why >> do they log their finds? Also why do we congratulate someone on reaching >> X >> number of finds or throw a party when Bruce hit 1000, 2000 and 5000. I >> know >> there are exceptions but in general I would say they want and like them >> >> I care about mine and celebrate at each 100 caches that I find...maybe >> to >> people who have found over 1000 or 2000 it may not mean much but my >> 600+ >> caches are well remembered and hard fought and by golly I am PROUD of >> the >> fact I have stuck with it so long and the number I have done reminds me >> of >> how hard and long a trip it has been. >> >> I also understand that it is a LOT of work and hassle for Paul to >> maintain and if he just does not want to maintain the feature then say >> so >> ...but considering it was one of those features advertised with the paid >> membership I would have thought that at least the first year it would be >> kept. >> >> I know this will probably open another can of worms ....it seems I am >> good at that but hey I would like to know as it seems to have just >> fallen >> by the wayside >> >> Dan (Thunder) >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Yahoo! 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