300,000+ G2G points - Congratulations to Edison Williams, and thank you from all of us!

Question

Edison Williams has earned over 300,000 G2G points by helping countless others to solve their genealogy problems and discover their ancestry!! Wow! 

On behalf of us all, the G2G Integrators extends a huge thank-you and a big pat on the back to Edison!!

Thank you, Edison, also for your more than 8,000 contributions to WikiTree! In addition to his contributions he is involved in the United States Project, Name Study Coordinator, Sourcerer, Society Member, Community Star, Generous Genealogist and Pre-1700 certified.

Furthermore, he has often participated in the Thons and other challenges very successfully.

Thank you so much for all you do, we really appreciate it!

Answer 1

Thank you, Dieter. It seems like I've been in the 200,000s for well over two years, so it's nice to graduate a notch.
 

I hesitate to think--and most others would hesitate even more--what those 300,000 points represent in terms of actual word-count posted to G2G.
   

Comments

Pretty sure that this is one of the shortest items ever posted in G2G by Edison.

But seriously, congrats, and thanks for all that you've contributed here on WikiTree and in G2G. I and many others have learned a lot from your contributions.

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Thanks, Rick. And, yeah; anything shorter than the Gettysburg Address is very short for me. BTW, 272 words, the Gettysburg Address. I posted a comment last week that was only 22 words. Must've been someone impersonating me.

And I sorta really, really hate that I'm kinda data-driven OCD. Because after I--idiot that I am--brought it up, I wondered just how my word count on G2G might look. And if this doesn't tell me I should spend more time on my own blog, I don't know what will. Or at least that I should never have learned how to touch-type.

I looked at the last 10 posts I made, not counting ones in this thread. Even with the one that was only 22 words, the average count across the 10 was 602 words per. I definitely have a loquacity problem.

Let's say the 602 count could have a significant margin of error, as in up to 33%. So being more conservative, that would be an average of 400 words per post.

I've made a combined 2,157 posts in questions, answers, and comments. Which works out to 862,800 words I've written on G2G. I have a feeling it's more like a 450-word average (a 25% margin of error), which would mean 970,650 words. Hey; at least I'm working hard to provide all sorts of stuff for Google to index at WikiTree. My contribution to the cause. But how have I not used up all the words!?

To put that into perspective:

• Total word count in all seven of the Harry Potter books combined: 1,084,170
• Total word count in The Lord of the Rings trilogy plus The Hobbit: 576,459
• Total word count in Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy: 301,583 words
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: 587,287 words
• Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: 561,996 words
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry: 365,712 words
• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: 364,153 words
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: 349,736 words

So I'm thinkin' two things. I'm thinkin' first that I'd prefer the G2G point system be one point per word written. I'm thinkin' second--considering that almost a million of my words have been etched forever into the internet under the WikiTree.com address--that I owe both WikiTree and the internet a huge apology. You could have read both War and Peace and Anna Karenina instead!

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But you're so much more entertaining, Edison!

Answer 2

Congratulations on the recognition Edison; G2G is a richer place in your presence.

Thanks to Dieter and Integrators for acknowledging.

Comments

SJ best-answered me! Wait. How many points do you get for a best answer star? Where do you find a listing of how many points something is worth? Never mind. I don't need it; and if I do, I can find it wherever it is.

Answer 3

WOW!! 300,000+ G2G Points! Way to go, Edison, and thank you for all your contributions to WikiTree.

Thank you, G2G Integrators and Dieter for recognizing Edison's accomplishments.

Answer 4

Congratulations Edison!

Answer 5

Congratulations, Edison, on your award, and thank you for all you do for our tree.  Thank you Dieter for bringing his work to our attention.

Answer 6

Congratulations Edison for all the great work you have done for WikiTree!  It is appreciated!

Answer 7

Congratulations!  An amazing job.