Mainly I'm on wikibreak and trying to do other things. Though you wouldn't think it.....
It wouldn't be hard to do as you suggest (analyze 2 - 3 archive pages?) but the views of users are in themselves interesting and valuable. It's user feedback, not just internal measurements, that count, when a person asks for help. A user comments that there's issues at ANI, the easiest way is to ask how users see it.
There's another more significant reason too; I'm not sure how statistically measurable it would be. There's consideable diversity on these kinds of issues and where users see a problem, and I'm after a wider view than my own.
Finally it may simply happen that serious issues come up less frequently and the sample chosen wouldn't include any of the kind people mean, even though ANI regulars know they happen often enough.
FT2
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.comwrote:
FT2, why not do a proper analysis of a week or two weeks of requests at the admin and other noticeboards, to get some concrete figures, and not just a general feeling?
Carcharoth