{"id":24644390,"user":"pseudalopex","time":1601502589,"time_ago":"5 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

That's a big if.","comments":[{"id":24644422,"user":"paxys","time":1601502723,"time_ago":"5 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

Well this thing has been running for a few years now so I'm sure someone has that data","comments":[{"id":24644471,"user":"mundo","time":1601502963,"time_ago":"5 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

https://github.com/MattIPv4/hacktoberfest-data","comments":[{"id":24644588,"user":"paxys","time":1601503700,"time_ago":"5 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

A snapshot of one year's participation in that specific period isn't too relevant to what we are discussing, because it doesn't track sustained future contributions by those same users.","comments":[{"id":24645476,"user":"justinclift","time":1601509398,"time_ago":"5 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

That's a good point. Wonder if they're be open to adding something like that...?

Maybe suggest that in an issue on that stats tracking repo?","comments":[{"id":24651492,"user":"gadgetoid","time":1601563899,"time_ago":"5 years ago","type":"comment","content":"

In theory they are. In practise the lack of a test dataset - and the lack of access to their dataset - means it's virtually impossible for a third party to make any significant contribution to the data processing code.

Such an effort would have to start with them voluneering a test dataset and/or schema.

I have asked - https://github.com/MattIPv4/hacktoberfest-data/issues/5","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":4,"url":"item?id=24651492"}],"comments_count":1,"level":3,"url":"item?id=24645476"}],"comments_count":2,"level":2,"url":"item?id=24644588"}],"comments_count":3,"level":1,"url":"item?id=24644471"}],"comments_count":4,"level":0,"url":"item?id=24644422"}],"comments_count":5,"url":"item?id=24644390"}

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