First of all, a big thank you to CoffeeMinion for keeping these going during 2019 and 2020. You've done a grand job, CoffeeMinion. Take a well-earned rest.
Thankfully, we can now put 2020 behind us and move on to 2021. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee it won't be as bad. To be frank, we were blindsided by 2020 as it was. Still, hope springs eternal.
Last year, the Time Action Glory Challenge managed to accrue 19 fics for the cause, but can we surpass that number this year? Either way, we'll be keeping tabs on the tags right here, once a month, every month. Don't miss out on this statistical odyssee!
This is a non-Mature list, right? Otherwise Hayseed has 1 story...
And Gladmane has been tagged in a story from 2017?
Lastly, for now, Moody Root doesn't seem to have any stories?
... Oh, I now know, last month, you knew this... but checking them all is hard? But maybe just for the smallest tags, because the difference between 1 and 0 is infinite % of change?
7407028 I did my best to run the race, and in the end gave out, not in.
There's something that feels right about seeing you back at the helm. I wouldn't be unwilling to consider it again at some point when surrounding fires have died down a bit. For now, though, you at least have my encouragement, and I shall strive to put my shoulder to the wheel along with everyone else.
But maybe just for the smallest tags, because the difference between 1 and 0 is infinite % of change?
Honest answer is I can't be bothered, even to check a few. I just flat-out don't want to.
More pertinent answer is that the count is sometimes off by one for all of them, so correcting a few will inevitably compel the pedant in me to correct them all and spend hours on it. If the official count is that incompetent, I can't muster much enthusiasm for doing its job for it, so... forget it.
At least people should know the discrepancy exists, if nothing else.
No graduates this month, again. Our new tag is someone called "Glenda", who I assume is a griffon character either not in the show or only in the background (I confused her with Greta, Gilda's briefly-seen Griffonstone friend, for a moment), because I otherwise have no idea who she is. Anyone?
Still, new tag is new tag. Now, let's tot up the damage...
No changes at all this month. In fact, hardly any positions seem to have budged anywhere on the list since last count. While the overall story count seems to have increased more than it did last time, it still seems a bit low compared to previous months. I can only conclude that the site statistics - which consistently seem higher per month than what I find - include anything published, whether or not it was subsequently retracted or deleted. Or else the count lag visible per tag gets really serious in the cumulative.
First big piece of news in a long time: Sugar Belle has finally graduated! And we have five new tags thrown into the pot for good measure: Apple Dumpling, Phyllis, Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cake, and Sweet Pepper.
Heh, you gain one step, you go back five. That's an occupational hazard around here.
In any case, the usual monthly counts can be found below, according to the Character Tag Directory.
First of all, a big thank you to CoffeeMinion for keeping these going during 2019 and 2020. You've done a grand job, CoffeeMinion. Take a well-earned rest.
Thankfully, we can now put 2020 behind us and move on to 2021. Unfortunately, we can't guarantee it won't be as bad. To be frank, we were blindsided by 2020 as it was. Still, hope springs eternal.
Last year, the Time Action Glory Challenge managed to accrue 19 fics for the cause, but can we surpass that number this year? Either way, we'll be keeping tabs on the tags right here, once a month, every month. Don't miss out on this statistical odyssee!
In order to get an idea of this year's starting point, let's place the December-to-January count here too, serving as our starting line from which to launch the great race from obscurity. Behold!
This is a non-Mature list, right? Otherwise Hayseed has 1 story...
And Gladmane has been tagged in a story from 2017?
Lastly, for now, Moody Root doesn't seem to have any stories?
... Oh, I now know, last month, you knew this... but checking them all is hard? But maybe just for the smallest tags, because the difference between 1 and 0 is infinite % of change?
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I did my best to run the race, and in the end gave out, not in.
There's something that feels right about seeing you back at the helm. I wouldn't be unwilling to consider it again at some point when surrounding fires have died down a bit. For now, though, you at least have my encouragement, and I shall strive to put my shoulder to the wheel along with everyone else.
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Honest answer is I can't be bothered, even to check a few. I just flat-out don't want to.
More pertinent answer is that the count is sometimes off by one for all of them, so correcting a few will inevitably compel the pedant in me to correct them all and spend hours on it. If the official count is that incompetent, I can't muster much enthusiasm for doing its job for it, so... forget it.
At least people should know the discrepancy exists, if nothing else.
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Ta very much. Although, at the moment, there's not much to do besides monthly number-crunching.
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One down, eleven to go.
No graduates this month. However, we have a new tag...
Boulder.
Seriously. Make of that what you will.
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Two down, ten to go.
No graduates this month, again. Our new tag is someone called "Glenda", who I assume is a griffon character either not in the show or only in the background (I confused her with Greta, Gilda's briefly-seen Griffonstone friend, for a moment), because I otherwise have no idea who she is. Anyone?
Still, new tag is new tag. Now, let's tot up the damage...
Three down, nine to go.
Er... has there been some recent purge of stories? Because the total story count seems much, much lower than it should be, given the number of stories confirmed for March 2021 in the Site Statistics page.
Actually, I think there's something wrong with the counts overall, because despite getting six new tags, we've somehow gone from 319 to 315?
(EDIT: Mystery solved. The prior count was a typo. It should've been 309 tags, not 319).
Anyway, six new tags this month: Nurse Snowheart, Nurse Tenderheart, Nurse Sweetheart, Hitch Trailbrazer, Sunny Starscout, Izzy Moonbow.
No graduates this month, again.
Four down, eight to go.
No changes at all this month. In fact, hardly any positions seem to have budged anywhere on the list since last count. While the overall story count seems to have increased more than it did last time, it still seems a bit low compared to previous months. I can only conclude that the site statistics - which consistently seem higher per month than what I find - include anything published, whether or not it was subsequently retracted or deleted. Or else the count lag visible per tag gets really serious in the cumulative.
In any case, counts below, according to the Character Tag Directory.
Five down, seven to go.
First big piece of news in a long time: Sugar Belle has finally graduated! And we have five new tags thrown into the pot for good measure: Apple Dumpling, Phyllis, Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cake, and Sweet Pepper.
Heh, you gain one step, you go back five. That's an occupational hazard around here.
In any case, the usual monthly counts can be found below, according to the Character Tag Directory.
Six down, six to go.
Doing this a day early because I'm going to be busy over the next few, and I'd rather be slightly early than very late.
No new tags and no new graduates. Well, back to normal at least.
Usual monthly counts can be found below, according to the Character Tag Directory.