# An SDMB Timeline **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 15, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027 "2012-05-15T22:35:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6

**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/101 "2012-05-21T18:13:16Z")

Is there any way at all to read from The Winter Of Our Missed Content? ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/102 "2012-05-21T18:13:37Z")

Here’s the combined data on Mods as I have it. There need to be further corrections for the ??? items and possible additions to the list. But for now: \<===== Designates current Moderator or Administrator ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lynn Bodoni [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Lynn Bodoni Total Posts: 17,215 Join Date: 03-09-1999 Mod Date(s): (original) [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Ed Zotti Total Posts: 1,643 Join Date: 02-18-1999 Mod Date(s): (original) C K Dexter Haven .Cafe Society, Comments on Staff Reports [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== C K Dexter Haven Total Posts: 14,002 Join Date: 02-19-1999 Mod Date(s): (original) > **[Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest,...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 Eutychus Total Posts: 5,410 Join Date: 02-20-1999 Mod Date(s): (original) - 17 Jul 2003 TubaDiva .About This Message Board [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== TubaDiva Total Posts: 8,578 Join Date: 03-10-1999 Mod Date(s): (original) tomndebb N E Ohio.Great Debates [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=82](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== tomndebb Total Posts: 32,676 Join Date: 03-12-1999 Mod Date(s): 24 Dec 2004 Nickrz [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=131](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Nickrz Total Posts: 2,031 Join Date: 03-13-1999 Mod Date(s): ??? - 28 Apr 2000 Rico Utah’s Dixie. General Questions [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=207](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Rico Total Posts: 4,597 Join Date: 03-16-1999 Mod Date(s): 19 Oct 2005 JillGat [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=231](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) JillGat Total Posts: 3,824 Join Date: 03-16-1999 Mod Date(s): 1999 - 15 May 2000 and Mar 2001 (?) - 29 Apr 2002 (?) David B [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=293](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) David B Total Posts: 7,263 Join Date: 03-19-1999 Mod Date(s): Jun 1999 - 28 Jan 2005 SkipMagic In Yon Twee. Cafe Society, Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=547](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) SkipMagic Total Posts: 6,768 Join Date: 04-08-1999 Mod Date(s): 7 Apr 2005 - (2009?) Czarcasm Earth Prime, Pre-Crisis In My Humble Opinion (originally Slythe) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=774](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Czarcasm Total Posts: 24,597 Join Date: 04-24-1999 Mod Date(s): 25 May 2000 (off 7 Jun - 13 Dec 2010) UncleBeer [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=913](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) UncleBeer Total Posts: 11,969 Join Date: 05-03-1999 Mod Date(s): (pre-Oct 2000) - ??? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1185](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Ellen Cherry Total Posts: 8,882 Join Date: 05-21-1999 Mod Date(s): 27 Sep 2009 Alphagene [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1369](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Alphagene Total Posts: 2,744 Join Date: 06-07-1999 Mod Date(s): (pre-Oct 2000) - ??? Ukulele Ike Brooklyn.Cafe Society [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1717](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Ukulele Ike Total Posts: 10,629 Join Date: 07-07-1999 Mod Date(s): 29 Aug 2001 - 28 May 2009 Coldfire [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1957](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Coldfire Total Posts: 15,943 Join Date: 07-27-1999 Mod Date(s): 16 Nov 2000 - 7 Apr 2005 Gaudere . Great Debates [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1961](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Gaudere Total Posts: 6,107 Join Date: 07-28-1999 Mod Date(s): (original) Manhattan [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2025](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) manhattan Total Posts: 9,127 Join Date: 08-03-1999 Mod Date(s): (pre-Sep 2000) - 27 Mar 2001 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2109](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Spectre of Pithecanthropus Total Posts: 16,010 Join Date: 08-11-1999 Mod Date(s): 17 May 2010 - 17 Nov 2011 samclem Akron, Ohio. General Questions [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2145](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== samclem Total Posts: 18,485 Join Date: 08-15-1999 Mod Date(s): 18 Jun 2004 TVeblen Cecil’s dungeon.The BBQ Pit [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2510](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) TVeblen Total Posts: 6,610 Join Date: 09-11-1999 Mod Date(s): 20 Nov 2000 - ??? Arnold Winkelried [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2891](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Arnold Winkelried Total Posts: 14,742 Join Date: 10-18-1999 Mod Date(s): 22 May 2000 - ??? DrMatrix New York State of Mind. General Questions [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=3128](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) DrMatrix Total Posts: 3,299 Join Date: 11-05-1999 Mod Date(s): 20 Aug 2001 - 10 May 2007 John Corrado [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=3512](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) John Corrado Total Posts: 3,685 Join Date: 12-07-1999 Mod Date(s): 11 Oct 2000 - ??? Chronos [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=4176](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Chronos Total Posts: 43,691 Join Date: 01-22-2000 Mod Date(s): 21 Sep 2000 - ??? Cajun Man New York State of Mind. Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=4803](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Cajun Man Total Posts: 2,451 Join Date: 03-05-2000 Mod Date(s): (pre-2003) - 16 Feb 2012 bibliophage Maine. Comments on Cecil’s Columns [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=5496](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) bibliophage Total Posts: 8,883 Join Date: 04-07-2000 Mod Date(s): 20 Aug 2001 - 8 Sept 2009 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=7108](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== RickJay Total Posts: 27,078 Join Date: 06-12-2000 Mod Date(s): 14 Jun 2011 MEBuckner Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Great Debates [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8547](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) MEBuckner Total Posts: 9,307 Join Date: 08-03-2000 Mod Date(s): 5 Dec 2001 - 8 Sept 2009 Giraffe San Jose, California. The BBQ Pit [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8812](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Giraffe Total Posts: 9,336 Join Date: 08-13-2000 Mod Date(s): 9 May 2005 - 24 Feb 2009 (?) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=10115](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Colibri Total Posts: 18,506 Join Date: 10-11-2000 Mod Date(s): 20 Jun 2007 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=11601](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Miller Total Posts: 30,838 Join Date: 12-19-2000 Mod Date(s): 25 Sep 2009 xash Santa Clara, CA.General Questions [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=12220](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) xash Total Posts: 4,091 Join Date: 01-15-2001 Mod Date(s): 17 Jul 2003 - 3 Aug 2007 fluiddruid Des Moines, IA.Cafe Society, The BBQ Pit [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=19467](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) fluiddruid Total Posts: 5,715 Join Date: 11-26-2001 Mod Date(s): 10 Oct 2005 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=21437](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Marley23 Total Posts: 58,685 Join Date: 04-19-2002 Mod Date(s): 18 Mar 2008 Frank Denver, Colorado. In My Humble Opinion (originally This Year’s Model) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=23639](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Frank Total Posts: 16,835 Join Date: 07-11-2002 Mod Date(s):19 Oct 2005 - ??? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=24510](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== twickster Total Posts: 34,410 Join Date: 08-11-2002 Mod Date(s): 4 Jun 2009 (originally InvisibleWombat) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=32947](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Gary “Wombat” Robson Total Posts: 8,726 Join Date: 03-20-2003 Mod Date(s): 2 Jul 2008 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=38203](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Idle Thoughts Total Posts: 6,854 Join Date: 08-07-2003 Mod Date(s): 15 Jun 2011 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=42630](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Gfactor Total Posts: 9,469 Join Date: 12-22-2003 Mod Date(s): 20 Jun 2007 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=53286](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) \<===== Gukumatz Total Posts: 2,288 Join Date: 06-11-2005 Mod Date(s): 7 Jun 2009 ================================ ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/103 "2012-05-21T18:34:31Z")

> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Is there any way at all to read from The Winter Of Our Missed Content? I have no idea how to retrieve that data, but I would point out that that specific period is not alone in the gaps category. The discrepancy between the Post Count on the Main Page and the “latest post” is off by over 100,000. Lost posts for whatever reason must be partly to account for that. If you look over that latest list of Post Numbers you’ll see > **[A poll about ... "EX"es](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8500002)** > > Yes. Details coming later. 04-24-2007, 03:02 AM and that’s because 8500000 is an invalid Post ID. There are many like that. ---

**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/104 "2012-05-21T19:00:07Z")

Hmmm… Singles would be spam posts removed, but those large blocs… interesting. ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/105 "2012-05-21T19:08:53Z")

> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Hmmm… Singles would be spam posts removed, but those large blocs… interesting. Once we deduce the actual size of the The Winter in post count, we could see what the odds are that the remaining single missing posts can be accounted for as spam. It’s not an unreasonable assumption. I’ve been toying with some other gee-whiz things we might try to find: – The first BANNED user – The first Closed thread (who started it, how big was it, who closed it, when) – Which Mod has closed the most threads – The longest time span between closed threads Just for starting a list of such trivia. Others? ---

**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/106 "2012-05-21T19:37:59Z")

There might have been unpublicized bannings in the early days, but the first public banning was [Contestant #3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=732). He used numerous names later on, and I think his last incarnation was as Krispy Original. So, apparently they let him back in keeping the new name, but left the banned name (ha!) stay banned, and did not merge it with his original or any other names (Martyr #7, I think was another). The first permanent ban was [the former mod](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=8465). First reported death: WallyM7 in early 2000 (then we found out there was nothing to corroborate it) Second reported death: Dr. Watson also in early 2000 (same problem with WallyM7) First confirmed death: poopah chalupah ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/107 "2012-05-21T19:54:05Z")

Great finds there, **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker**! I’ll not be asking for more clarification of “which Melin” after reading that one. There must be dozens more firsts and such noteworthy moments worth the searching. In addition to deaths, do we have documentation of convicted felons? 😃 ---

**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/108 "2012-05-21T19:58:14Z")

First Doper marriage (both being Dopers before meeting, maybe even limited to meeting on SDMB) First Doper in space. First known Doper Jeopardy winner. Wackiest Doper meltdown (resulting in banning and also not)/ Longest time between posts by currently active Doper. ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/109 "2012-05-21T20:15:35Z")

Yeah, **NoClueBoy**! More! Here are some details from that big gap in Post ID#'s: Is this **The Winter Of Our Missed Content**? ================== > **[The Dark Knight Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1895820)** > > I am going to flip through it and see if it grabs me. As for Frank Miller as an over all talent… he is responisble for Robocop 2 and 3 if I am not mistaken. I made the mistake of reading a whole bunch of sin city in a weekend. Don’t do it, you’ll... Thread: The Dark Knight Returns View Single Post ``` 12-07-2001, 03:29 AM ``` Green Fool BANNED Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 138 I am going to flip through it and see if it grabs me. As for Frank Miller as an over all talent… he is responisble for Robocop 2 and 3 if I am not mistaken. I made the mistake of reading a whole bunch of sin city in a weekend. Don’t do it, you’ll realize that it’s the same story over and over again.And then you’ll feel cheated and gay, and you’ll think dogs are cats…well… atleast that’s what happened to me. ============================= [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1895823](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1895823) Thread: First Thread! View Single Post ``` 03-10-2002, 08:02 PM ``` Weirddave BANNED Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Republic of Marylandistan Posts: 9,900 First Thread! * * * WHOOOO! I make the first post! I RULE! * * * “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.” ~Barry Goldwater ================== ---

**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/110 "2012-05-21T20:18:28Z")

[Here’s an old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=118749) that mentions some of the notable events when this board was only three years old. It mentions the first reported meeting of Dopers from this board incarnation, although some had actually met previously from the AOL board. First possible all-Doper marriage looks to be in 2001. I think they’ve since split, so that would also probably be the first all-Doper divorce! ---

**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/111 "2012-05-21T21:43:04Z")

> [@Zeldar](#): > > In addition to deaths, do we have documentation of convicted felons? 😃 I don’t know about felons, but [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-38058.html) was the first public posting about a member spending time in the pokey. ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/112 "2012-05-21T22:15:16Z")

> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I don’t know about felons, but [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-38058.html) was the first public posting about a member spending time in the pokey. Well, I guess that serves this Tennessean right! Extra cool, **Earl Snake-Hips Tucker**. Your finds have kicked this thread into high gear. We’re on the way to some worthwhile nostalgia with the stuff that’s already here and I’m sure there must be many more fun reads we have yet to add to the thread. ---

**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/113 "2012-05-21T23:06:02Z")

> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s the combined data on Mods as I have it. There need to be further corrections for the ??? items and possible additions to the list. But for now: > > (snip) > > xash Santa Clara, CA.General Questions > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=12220](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) > xash > Total Posts: 4,091 > Join Date: 01-15-2001 > Mod Date(s): 17 Jul 2003 - 3 Aug 2007 **Xash** did not stop being a staff member in 2007; he just didn’t have a forum assigned to him any longer. He has been a very valuable contributor since then as an administrator, and still does things for us behind the scenes from time to time. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to list “staff date” instead of “mod date” since we have some admins who have never been mods, some mods who have never been admins, and several who have been both. ---

**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/114 "2012-05-21T23:27:51Z")

First Poll? First charity effort to a Doper? Halloween themes? -D/a ---

**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/115 "2012-05-22T02:45:34Z")

> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > First Poll? Polling was enabled on 22 September 2009 in IMHO. Staff members did several test polls before that, but the [first public poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533069) was actually attached to the poll tutorial as a sticky in IMHO, posted by yours truly. ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/116 "2012-05-22T03:05:19Z")

[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:115, topic:622027”] > [@Digital is the new Analog](#): > > First Poll? Polling was enabled on 22 September 2009 in IMHO. Staff members did several test polls before that, but the [first public poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533069) was actually attached to the poll tutorial as a sticky in IMHO, posted by yours truly. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > #1 09-22-2009, 01:00 PM > Gary “Wombat” Robson > Vombatus Moderatus > Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 > Location: Montana, U.S.A. > Posts: 8,732 > > The Polling feature is enabled. Here’s how to use it. ==================== That gave me the clue to try to find my first poll(s) right at six months later: * * * > **[Greatest Male Actors -- SDMB Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557039)** > > See The greatest actors of your lifetime which was started 03-20-2010, 12:58 PM by Zeldar and was closed after 60 posts. Over that time 32 voters mentioned 73 Men and 48 Women, and after the names with only one mention each were dropped, we are... Greatest Male Actors – SDMB Poll 03-24-2010, 06:57 AM Zeldar Poll: Greatest Male Actors – SDMB Poll Zeldar 03-28-2010 07:13 AM by Zeldar 22 2,801 Cafe Society > **[Greatest Female Actors -- SDMB Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=557041)** > > See The greatest actors of your lifetimewhich was started 03-20-2010, 12:58 PM by Zeldar and was closed after 60 posts. Over that time 32 voters mentioned 73 Men and 48 Women, and after the names with only one mention each were dropped, we are left... Greatest Female Actors – SDMB Poll 03-24-2010, 07:12 AM Zeldar Poll: Greatest Female Actors – SDMB Poll Zeldar 03-24-2010 02:20 PM by Zeldar 4 2,114 Cafe Society ========================= Anybody have a clue as to how many polls there have been so far? ---

**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/117 "2012-05-22T12:29:52Z")

It must have been how I set up the search before, but I missed my very first poll by a few days. The embarrassing thing is that I was referring to this very thread within the past week or so in the process of posting a follow-up on the same basic idea. But in this one I even said it was my first effort at a poll: > **[Poll: What's your favorite Cafe Society topic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556644)** > > In response to a recent thread detailing Pet Peeves with Cafe Society, and to get a little experience with building a poll, I thought this might amuse the regulars here. You have one shot, make it count. Poll: Poll: What’s your favorite Cafe Society topic? 03-21-2010, 07:27 AM Zeldar 03-25-2010 03:51 PM by Ephemera 23 2,845 Cafe Society Voters: 101. This poll is closed > [@](#): > > 03-21-2010, 07:27 AM > Zeldar > > Poll: What’s your favorite Cafe Society topic? > > * * * > > In response to a recent thread detailing Pet Peeves with Cafe Society, and to get a little experience with building a poll, I thought this might amuse the regulars here. > > You have one shot, make it count. I’m going to do a count on polls I started, knowing full well that I have participated in at least 100 others. But as I have indicated before, just voting in a poll leaves no trace as far as searches go: you have to remember the poll by title to see if your poll choice(s) had been italicized, thus validating your memory that you were there. Of course, posting in that thread will leave a trace that searches can follow. A while back I started a thread with the objective of locating the SDMB poll with the most voters. That thread fizzled out with nothing much in the way of proof or even evidence. Maybe a new search for that bit of trivia could be another objective of this thread? And there just have to be older polls than these of mine. Who started the first one, and in which forum, after the date **Gary “Wombat” Robson** mentions above (22 September 2009 in IMHO )? ---

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> [@Zeldar](#): > > I’m going to do a count on polls I started, knowing full well that I have participated in at least 100 others. That count is 79. Searching for those I have participated in may take a while longer. ETA: > [@NoClueBoy](#): > > First known Doper Jeopardy winner. I hope the answer to that is in > **[Dopers on Jeopardy! THE List](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=287408)** > > Spurred by another Jeopardy! thread, I thought I’d create a new one for the purpose on compiling the authoritative list of Dopers who have appeared on the show. Here’s my latest version. Please advise of any additions or corrections. ... Dopers on Jeopardy! THE List 11-18-2004, 02:39 PM commasense ---

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[QUOTE=Zeldar; And there just have to be older polls than these of mine. Who started the first one, and in which forum, after the date **Gary “Wombat” Robson** mentions above (22 September 2009 in IMHO )?[/QUOTE] **Wombat** announced that at 2:00 PM on that day. A failed attempt at a poll was initiated at 3;11 by **Brainiac** ::cough. Don’t say BAT. ::cough [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533080&highlight=poll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533080&highlight=poll) At 3:51, **blondbear** successfully got it off the ground. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11584252&highlight=poll#post11584252](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11584252&highlight=poll#post11584252) ---

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I think [Guy Stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=18972) was the first 1000-post thread. The creation of [Need answer fast!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=442645) Inside is a link to skydiving thread that was the inspiration. There had been a smattering of ‘need answer fast’ threads previously, but this was what cemented it as an SDMB meme. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027.md?page=7)