[HerenIstarion]

Suggestion: let us make a thread (or even a poll) for "the most popular chapter in the book"?

let me explain myself:

Chapter by Chapter discussion sub-forum provides information in two categories: most replies and most views. I suppose both can index how much people enjoy this or that particular chapter. Purely statistical calculations show that the most popular (?!) is the prologue:

The situation as for today:

Replies:

1. Prologue - 101
2. Foreword - 97
3. Chapter 02 - 76

4. Chapter 01 - 64
5. Chapter 10 - 58
6. Chapter 03 - 56
7. Chapter 04 - 53
8. Chapter 07 - 45
9. Chapter 05 - 36
10. Chapter 06 - 32
11. Chapter 08 - 28
12. Chapter 11 - 15
13. Chapter 09 - 14

Views:

1. Foreword - 2,201
2. Prologue - 1,752
3. Chapter 01 - 1,295

4. Chapter 02 - 1,194
5. Chapter 03 - 976
6. Chapter 04 - 774
7. Chapter 07 - 704
8. Chapter 10 - 610
9. Chapter 06 - 519
10. Chapter 05 - 510
11. Chapter 08 - 473
12. Chapter 09 - 317
13. Chapter 11 - 217

So, the overall ratio would be:

1. Prologue ((1+2)/2 = 1.5)
-. Foreword ((2+1)/2 = 1.5)
3. Chapter 02 ((3+4)/2 = 3.5)
-. Chapter 01 ((4+3)/2=3.5)
5. Chapter 03 ((6+5)/2=5.5)
6. Chapter 10 (5+8)/2=6.5)
7. Chapter 04 ((7+7)/2=7)
8. Chapter 07 ((8+7)/2=7.5)
9. Chapter 05 ((9+10)/2=9.5)
-. Chapter 06 ((10+9)/2=9.5)
11. Chapter 08 ((11+11)/2=11)
12. Chapter 11 ((12+13)/2=12.5)
-. Chapter 09 ((13+12)/2=12.5)

Now, both depend on time of each particular chapter discussion being around (the latter, by views, more so), and the summer time and lack of number of members due to their vacation time may be affecting the statistics too, but I believe it would be fun to compare the notes by the end of the discussion maraphon. The chapter with the ratio most close to 1 will be the winner.

What do you think?