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Re: [atlarge-discuss] Summary result of mailing list comparison



Thanks for this effort, Jan.
-s

On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 09:02, Jan Siren wrote:
> This is an update on my comparison of the two parallel icannatlarge 
> membership lists, begun a week ago.  As I mentioned, I compared the 
> icannatlarge.com membership list ("Joop's list"), which in the form made 
> available to me contained name/location items, and was nominally 
> chronological (but containing no address nor date fields), and the 
> icannatlarge.org mailing list, ("Vittorio's list") containing name/address 
> items (but no location nor date fields), also nominally chronological.  I had 
> thought that each list lacked a significant number of entries that the other 
> contained.  I have gone through both lists and have determined that 
> out-of-order entries account for nearly all the discrepancies, apart from the 
> previously-mentioned 30 at the end of Vittorio's list that Joop's list didn't 
> have.  As closely as I can determine, Joop's list has 4 legitimate entries 
> that Vittorio's does not, conversely 8 legitimate entries that Vittorio's has 
> that Joop's does not.  So my best estimate for the aggregate of all entries 
> from both lists, if such a master list were created, would be about 1076.
> 
> I am unable to to the aggregation (name, location, address) except for those 
> entries common to both lists.  Nor, as previously mentioned, do I have the 
> resources to do so.  For completeness, the master list should contain also, 
> for each entry, the date of origination and the willingness of the person 
> named to contribute financially (which Joop's list has).
> 
> This will be my last posting until the end of the week because of business 
> travel.
> 
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