Radiomuseum.org: Summary for 2013 (Statistics)

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Radiomuseum.org: Summary for 2013 (Statistics)  
10.Aug.14 11:11
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Ernst Erb (CH)
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Ernst Erb

Since 2006 I have published a statistic about Radiomuseum.org, but only in German:
Numbers can probably be compared and names, so at least I can introduce here the links:
2006 with a glance back, 2007 (ants work), 2008, 2009 (what are we? What have we built up? Where to get help? Was it worth while?), 2010 and 2011. For the 10th year of operation in this form I thought it is time to have it translated for 2012 and from then on ...
Radiomuseum.org is part of the foundation "Stiftung Radiomuseum Luzern".

Thanks to John Kusching, USA for his translation and adaption, I can present the 2013 statistics to you now in English.


Radiomuseum.org: Summary for 2013 (Statistics)

Before you read any further, the most important thing:
Behind these figures are members who voluntarily and generously provide data and pictures or administer and manage data and pictures that have been submitted.
As someone from USA wrote to me:"I expect to be able to get information about a model without having to search all over the Internet for it.”
Yes, that is how RMorg is set up.  Discerning users recognize from the outset that here, information and material for research, is organized in a completely different way from the hundreds of other radio websites.

In the near future RMorg will also offer schematics in exchange for a small fee.  
The payment is really not for the schematic itself, as such, but will be used to help defray the costs of providing the schematic using the website.  This is similar to the purchase of a printed book containing schematics, where one pays for the preparation of the data in a specific format.  In the case of a book, the payment defrays the printing cost.  In the case of RMorg, the payment defrays the cost of hosting the website and various other costs associated with insuring that the RMorg website is on-line and can handle the large amount of daily traffic.

I continue to be astonished that there are still people who need to be forcefully reminded that:
It is not my website and I derive no monetary gain from it. The website is owned by the not-for-profit foundation "Stiftung Radiomuseum Luzern".  At best it is like a child that I put so much intensive effort into supporting, which includes working well over 70 hours per week and also putting money into the foundation since it is still losing money due to a 100% financed full time programmer.

In each category of the statistics there is a list of the top 20 most active members.
BUT I do not diminish the work of the less active members and would like to thank everyone for their participation in this enterprise, which helps all collectors and not just me.  I am a mere servant in this matter.  Every one of the 12,514 members can click on “data change” under “Questions and uploads” on any model page and see who has contributed to the model in question and can also suggest improvements.

Once data has been uploaded, the work of the many administrators begins. 
We appreciate the voluntary work that these individuals provide since they assist in improving the quality of the data in the RMorg database. 
Members can contact administrators and moderators directly by looking under “Organization”, where there is contact information for the 39 model administrators and 23 CMS administrators.  We encourage members to contact us to suggest improvements to the language and/or the text. There are 9 different categories of administrators. 
Members can also find the contact information for the language administrators, who can help in one of the languages indicated by the national flags – as well as the various picture administrators.  
Without this level of control, the data would never have the quality which RMorg provides
Even though 100% perfection will never be obtainable, improvements are made every day and the quality of the data on the RMorg website is continuously improving. 

For you as a guest, the opportunity to contribute to this improvement is in your hands via the Contact link at the bottom of every page.


The most active contributors based on the 2013 figures.

In 2013, a total of 17'300 new models were added (19,907 in 2012, 19'960 in 2011)
so that at the end of 2013 there were 239'629 model pages available on the website (222,284 in 2012, 202'377 in 2011).   The latest Model status divided by country can be found with this link
The following table is a list of the top 20 members who created new model pages:

Name

Ctry

Number

 

Name

Ctry

Number

Franz Scharner *

A

1968

 

Konrad Birkner *

D

314

Mark Hippenstiel *

D

1549

 

Heiko zur Mühlen *

D

307

John Kusching *

USA

870

 

Ernst Erb *

CH

281

Wolfgang Scheida *

A

780

 

Friedrich Weber (new)

D

260

Noemi Erb (new)

D

751

 

Radiomuseum Olen (new)

B

234

Sandor Selyem-Tóth *

H

621

 

Otmar Jung *

D

229

Stuart Irwin *

AUS

606

 

Michael Watterson *

IRL

213

Miguel Bravo-Cos (new)

E

430

 

João-Afonso Santos (new)

P

202

Michael Mischke (new)

D

339

 

Gottfried Silberhorn *

D

181

Alan Larsen *

USA

329

 

Dirk Bladt (new)

B

171

The 20 most active model contributors live in 10 different countries. In total, 866 members have proposed at least one new model (882 in 2012, 790 in 2011, 709 in 2010).
* indicates also on last year’s list.



Just as important are the 122'805 Model Updates and enhancements (127,182 in 2012, 116'408 in 2011) for the 30'103 Models from 2013 (32,670 in 2012, 36'189 in 2011), to which the following top 20 members have contributed the most:

Name

Ctry

Number

 

Name

Ctry

Number

Mark Hippenstiel *

D

20'921

 

Wolfgang Bauer *

A

3695

Arpad Roth *

A

9996

 

Michael Watterson *

IRL

2520

Ernst Erb *

CH

9349

 

Radiomuseum Olen (new)

B

2250

Bernhard Nagel *

D

8662

 

Sandor Selyem-Tóth * 

H

1820

Michael Seiffert *

D

8052

 

Alessandro De Poi *

I

1808

Noemi Erb (new)

D

7135

 

Franz Scharner *

A

1527

Konrad Birkner *

D

5767

 

Wolfgang Eckardt *

D

1484

John Kusching *

USA

4671

 

Otmar Jung *

D

1432

Gidi Verheijen *

NL

4438

 

Wolfgang Michael (new)

D

1330

Hans-Joachim Korn *

D

4223

 

Alan Larsen *

USA

1130

Each of these suggestions or proposals must be checked by 2 separate administrators and found to be correct.  Often correspondence must be exchanged in order to check and clarify the data. However, it is clear that a model administrator cannot always know as much about a model as the proposer who has the item in front of him, so administrators can only really fully check the salient points.  Unfortunately, the quality of the proposals vary widely.
627 members have proposed model changes in 2013 (629 in 2012, 599 in 2011, 517 in 2010). 


Here is the summary of the Top 20 most active Model Administrators, listed in order of the number of checks made in 2013:

Name

Ctry

Number

 

Name

Ctry

Number

Arpad Roth *

A

42'815

 

Wolfgang Eckardt *

D

1769

Bernhard Nagel *

D

29'018

 

Alessandro De Poi *

I

1073

Mark Hippenstiel *

D

20'472

 

Dirk Taekels *

B

1041

Gidi Verheijen *

NL

20'225

 

Albert Weiss *

A

673

Michael Seiffert *

D

15'650

 

Ernst Erb *

CH

609

Hans-Joachim Korn *

D

11'055

 

Götz Linss (new)

D

469

Konrad Birkner *

D

7212

 

Martin Bösch *

CH

350

Wolfgang Bauer *

A

3429

 

Wolfgang Scheida *

A

271

Eilert Menke *

D

3043

 

John Kusching *

USA

224

Michael Watterson *

IRL

2533

 

Thomas Günzel *

D

161

Konrad Birkner, John Kusching and I can also correct errors or create model pages directly.


The top 20 most active members who have uploaded pictures in 2013:

Name

Ctry

Number

 

Name

Ctry

Number

Franz Scharner *

A

10'778

 

Daniel Rosha (new)

IR

1627

Sandor Selyem-Tóth *

H

6201

 

João-Afonso Santos *

P

1482

Ernst Erb *

CH

3519

 

Eckhard Wegner *

D

1207

Alan Larsen *

USA

3227

 

Michael Watterson *

IRL

1118

Noemi Erb (new)

D

3216

 

Clive Forder (new)

GB

980

Wolfgang Scheida *

A

2958

 

Miguel Bravo-Cos (new)

E

970

Mark Hippenstiel (new)

D

2284

 

Manfred Rathgeb (new)

D

919

Gottfried Silberhorn *

D

2283

 

Wolfgang Lill (new)

D

874

Jürgen Küting *

D

2072

 

Otmar Jung (new)

D

849

John Kusching *

USA

2070

 

Holger Struthoff (new)

D

848

Hinrich Grensemann, Karlheinz Gützlaff and Albert Weiss had the great task of checking and accepting the numerous images before they could appear on the site.
In 2013,1501 members have uploaded at least one model image (1481 in 2012, 1269 in 2011, 1079 in 2010) and at the end of 2013 we feature a total of 629'241 Model images (520,682 at the end of 2012, 378'888 at the end of 2011)for 155'736 models (137,495 models at the end of 2012, 117'763 models at the end of 2011).


Schematic diagrams are an essential part of our appeal. As of the end of 2013 we feature a total of 115'062 Models that show at least one circuit diagram (109,383 in 2012, 102'279 in 2011, 93'036 in 2010)  with a total of total 595'189 diagrams altogether (528,565 in 2012, 353'384 in 2011).

 The top 20 most active members that have uploaded schematics:

Name

Ctry

Number

 

Name

Ctry

Number

John Kusching *

USA

26'651

 

Rudolf Müller (new)

A

1150

Friedrich Weber *

D

6279

 

Eduard Abfalterer *

I

1088

Josef Pilz *

D

2767

 

Miguel Bravo-Cos *

E

1019

Radiomuseum Olen (new)

B

2742

 

Wolfgang Bauer *

A

882

Ernst Wagner *

D

2243

 

Heribert Jung *

D

881

Wolfgang Michael *

D

1977

 

Manfred Rauschen *

D

630

Heiko zur Mühlen (new)

D

1753

 

Mark Hippenstiel (new)

D

475

Rolf Hülnhagen (new)

D

1423

 

Klaus Gordziel (new)

D

472

Arpad Roth *

A

1257

 

Walter Fackler (new)

D

468

Jose Casas-Avalos *

E

1226

 

Günter Kudicke (new)

D

400

In 2013 a total of 539 members have participated in uploading schematics (589 in 2012, 522 in 2011, 451 in 2010), of them 414 uploaded more than one schematic (447 in 2012, 381 in 2011, 345 in 2010). In total, 66,624 diagrams were uploaded in 2013 (175, 181 in 2012, 102'792 in 2011). 
We have a very significant number of additional schematics and documents that need to be scanned and uploaded, but we more help in getting this material into the website.  Can anyone help us with this task?

Another attractive feature is the 168'225 pricing data paid by collectors (145,737 in 2012, 127'904 in 2011, 100,511 in 2010) that are available for 43'037 models in 2013 (40,480 in 2012, 37'347 models in 2011).


Here are the top 20 most active members that have uploaded prices for 2013:

Name

Ctry

Number

 

Name

Ctry

Number

Martin Steyer *

D

5964

 

André Perou (new)

F

215

Lindsay Shepherd *

AUS

2341

 

Rodney Boleyn (new)

USA

180

Dieter Michel *

D

775

 

Gerhard Egger *

A

175

Jörg Rennebarth *

D

653

 

Heino Stell *

D

171

Klaus Gordziel *

D

595

 

Friedrich Weber *

D

168

Wolfgang Scheida *

A

537

 

Wolfgang Lill *

D

155

Bernd Kieck *

D

421

 

Harald Schlosser *

A

145

Günther Stabe *

D

395

 

Kurt Graf (new)

D

127

Frithjof Grassmann *

D

381

 

Thomas Kiechle (new)

D

123

Hermann Fleischanderl (new)

A

321

 

Alfons Meisl *

D

119

Albert Weiss is the collectors’ price Admin.  We should find an assistant to help him with this work.


Tube images etc. (BiX):
We accept images of tubes, semiconductors, company photos.
Here are the top 20 most active members who have uploaded Tube images for 2013:

Name

Ctry

Number

 

Name

Ctry

Number

Günther Stabe *

D

5996

 

Hannu Alho (new)

FIN

652

Heribert Jung (Museen) *

D

2376

 

Risto Kallbert (new)

FIN

562

Emilio Ciardiello *

I

1846

 

Karlheinz Fischer *

D

537

Holger Schöber (Museen) *

D

1622

 

Patrice Zeissloff *

F

516

Egon Strampe *

D

1620

 

Rudolf Osterkamp *

D

470

Tomasz Szczesniak (new)

PL

1389

 

Otmar Jung *

D

436

Oskar Elm (new) 

D

1196

 

Sandor Selyem-Tóth (new)

H

354

Heinz Höger (new)

D

995

 

Peter den Boer *

NL

352

Frank Cuffe (new)

IRL

871

 

Karl-Heinz Entrich (new)

D

341

Franz Scharner *

A

809

 

Ernst Erb *

CH

283

Peter  Steffen, CH, has examined and approved the numerous tube images. Most of the tube admins are represented here too as only they can create or alter tube entries. As a member, however, you can create variants or upload images. 

FORUM

With regard to the statistical summary of the Forum, it would be misleading to just go by the number of posts. These vary greatly in quality and time involved in creating entries. We can do something by way of the star rating (awarded by members) and reviews (given by guests). We now count 586 threads with the following indicated rating (7 or more ratings of 3 or more stars, 2.1% of 27936 threads) and 4317 threads that have between 1-6 ratings, which we do not see.

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"Q" 
07.Feb.15 11:35
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Sándor Selyem-Tóth (H)
Articles: 229
Count of Thanks: 14

Dear Ernest!
 
It would be interesting in the statistical analysis comparing a new 2014 year.
Namely, according to the "Q" is the name of the first 20 members.
This would encourage the further successful work.
 
BR,
 
STS

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Statistik über Radiomuseum.org Jahr 2014 
07.Feb.15 12:36
3796 from 11889

Heribert Jung (D)
Moderator
Articles: 1000
Count of Thanks: 13

Hi Sandor,
here is the Statistik über Radiomuseum.org Jahr 2014

It is good to upload many schemas and pictures.
It is better to upload a good quality!
It is bad to upload low quality when a high quality is possible by doing some work.
It is not acceptable to load the same picture twice.
Never load the same picture to an new accepted model, if you loaded it at creating the model. It is a lot work for Admins to delete all of your duplicates. If you don't remember that you uploaded it, wait a day or 2. The pictures must be accepted by Admin.

We upload to help other collectors, not to get a high score.
We want quality! It is not sports.

Regards,
Heribert

 

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Q 
07.Feb.15 16:58
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Sándor Selyem-Tóth (H)
Articles: 229
Count of Thanks: 13

 
 
Hi Heribert!
 
Thank you, that's nice.
But actually asked for something.
 
 
BR,
 
STS

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