There are 511 pages in The Pit. I’m trying to compile a list of all the users at SDMB who have ever been pitted. If I can get 50 other folks (besides myself- that makes 51, plus an extra page) to go through ten pages of Pit threads and search each thread that seems like it could be a Pitting, then we could do this!
Here’s how- we each call a certain segment of 10 pages that we will do- for instance:
I’m doing pages 1-10
That’s not just an example-that’s me calling those pages, in bold, in my post. I’m doing those pages. If I can get 50 other users to respond in sequence after this OP, saying
I’m doing pages 11-20
Etc. etc., ending with
I’m doing pages 501-511
(that guy has to do an extra 11th page)- then we’ve done it! Of course, you’ll want to stick around for a minute and refresh the page after you call a block of pages, because simulposts can occur, and you don’t want to do the same 10 pages as someone else who called them at the same time you did- stick around for a minute, make sure this hasn’t happened. After that, it’s all good- go do your 10 pages. Here’s how:
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Go down each page, reading each thread title (come on, it’s light reading!) If a title seems to signify a pitting of an SD user- even if you’ve never heard of that user, or if that ‘user’ is not a member, it doesn’t matter, that’s still a pitting of an SD user- click on that thread and make sure. Or, if it’s a pitting of someone with a name that could be someone in pop culture/politics or a user, make sure to check and see if it’s a user or not (even if you see a thread title that says ‘Fuck you, Dubya!’, be sure to click on it, because it may just be a user whose name was Dubya :p)
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As you find threads of pitted users, all you have to do is this- leave two internet windows open, one that contains an open post to my thread in ATMB (link here) and one that contains The Pit pages that you are scanning. As you find threads of pitted users, go into that thread, copy the url of that thread, and then put it into the post that you are posting to my thread in ATMB, as a hyperlink connected to the name of the person(s) who were pitted in that thread.
That was really confusing- here, I’ll describe what I mean:
I have two windows open on my computer- one of them contains my thread in ATMB, and one of them contains page one of The Pit, because I will be scanning pages 1-10 (because I called those pages). I start a post to my thread in ATMB- it’s blank right now- which I will fill with the data that I find in my 10 pages of The Pit. Then I click over to the Pit- page one. As I scan down this first page, I see a thread that says, let’s say, “Fuck you, Scottie”. So, I click on it, and it turns out that a user named Scottie was pitted in this thread. So, I copy the url of that thread I’m in (let’s say it’s http://boards.straightdope.com/bullshit), and go back to the window in which is the post I’m posting to my thread in ATMB. I put this into the post:
[url=http://boards.straightdope.com/bullshit] Scottie [/url
In case you don’t know, such copying of URLs can be done easily by right clicking them and selecting ‘copy’ in most web browsers, then pasting it wherever you want it. Here we see that I have created a link to the pitting of user Scottie, by hyperlinking to the thread pitting him while only listing his user name in doing so. This is exactly how I’d like it done- as you find pittings of users, simply hyperlink to that thread, listing only the user name(s) of those pitted in that thread, in a post that you will send to the thread I have started in ATMB. Of course, by the time you have finished going through your 10 pages, and have typed out your post to post to my thread as I’ve described, make sure to highlight the text that you have typed in that post, right click it, and ‘copy’ it- this is to protect it in case it is eaten by the gerbils, so to speak. You wouldn’t want all your hard work being erased by a faulty posting, so make sure to do as I’ve said.
Whew! It’ll take quite a miracle to get 50 folks who are both willing to read this gargantuan request of mine, do the 10 page scan I’ve asked for, and send the information to my thread in ATMB as I’ve asked, but I believe in you guys!