Because I promised, here are my stats on who took part in the crucial 1,908 post that went from voting being first mooted by Jesse to the completion of stage one:

           Poster  | Posts | Percent | Word count
  ------------------------------------------------
            Jon B. |  167  |  8.75   |   9967      
     Sophia Brooks |  162  |  8.49   |  13038      
               ita |  119  |  6.24   |   5148      
            John H |  113  |  5.92   |   8597      
             Jesse |  105  |  5.50   |   5981      
             Cindy |  101  |  5.29   |  13066      
           Wolfram |   78  |  4.09   |   5985      
          Typo Boy |   77  |  4.04   |   8025      
            DavidS |   71  |  3.72   |   6977      
          Anathema |   60  |  3.14   |   4767      
         Lyra Jane |   55  |  2.88   |   4400      
          billytea |   50  |  2.62   |   5062      
          brenda m |   44  |  2.31   |   2919      
   P.M. Marcontell |   41  |  2.15   |   2076      
        Jess PMoon |   40  |  2.10   |   1918      
           Burrell |   39  |  2.04   |   2498      
 Betsy Hanes Perry |   37  |  1.94   |   1776      
            jengod |   37  |  1.94   |   1799      
          Gandalfe |   34  |  1.78   |   1517      
    Rebecca Lizard |   28  |  1.47   |   1680      
               Kat |   22  |  1.15   |   2521      
             Laura |   22  |  1.15   |    790      
             Elena |   20  |  1.05   |   1007      
             PaulJ |   19  |  1.00   |   1053      
              Dana |   18  |  0.94   |    792      
       Trudy Booth |   18  |  0.94   |    908      
           Kristen |   17  |  0.89   |    391      
             askye |   17  |  0.89   |   1209      
           Anne W. |   16  |  0.84   |   1487      
            Hil R. |   16  |  0.84   |   1108      
             amych |   15  |  0.79   |   1311      
           Katie M |   15  |  0.79   |   1001      
   Am-Chau Yarkona |   14  |  0.73   |    957      
         DXMachina |   14  |  0.73   |   1236      
             Shawn |   12  |  0.63   |    847      
             Aimée |   11  |  0.58   |    125      
       connie neil |   10  |  0.52   |    249      
          Steph L. |    9  |  0.47   |    617      
               Sue |    9  |  0.47   |    533      
          Liese S. |    9  |  0.47   |    938      
             Deena |    9  |  0.47   |    759      
            Denise |    9  |  0.47   |    954      
             Nutty |    8  |  0.42   |    835      
        Michele T. |    7  |  0.37   |    245      
    victor infante |    7  |  0.37   |    582      
       bitterchick |    6  |  0.31   |    480      
 David J. Schwartz |    6  |  0.31   |    303      
             Nilly |    6  |  0.31   |    377      
             meara |    6  |  0.31   |    231      
             MayaP |    6  |  0.31   |    900      
           juliana |    5  |  0.26   |    177      
           Angus G |    5  |  0.26   |    142      
           Allyson |    5  |  0.26   |    333      
          Java cat |    5  |  0.26   |    407      
            Sean K |    5  |  0.26   |    342      
            shrift |    4  |  0.21   |    386      
          Noumenon |    4  |  0.21   |    475      
        erinaceous |    4  |  0.21   |    402      
             Holli |    4  |  0.21   |     81      
           msbelle |    3  |  0.16   |    107      
         Theodosia |    3  |  0.16   |     55      
          Megan E. |    3  |  0.16   |    145      
   Jim Eaton-Terry |    2  |  0.10   |     25      
           scrappy |    2  |  0.10   |     68      
           Beverly |    2  |  0.10   |    294      
            KevinK |    2  |  0.10   |     29      
           moonlit |    2  |  0.10   |    608      
            FayJay |    2  |  0.10   |    235      
          Consuela |    2  |  0.10   |     67      
      Nora Deirdre |    2  |  0.10   |     32      
          Susan W. |    1  |  0.05   |     31      
         Tom Scola |    1  |  0.05   |     12      
           Monique |    1  |  0.05   |     50      
    Heather Alayne |    1  |  0.05   |     36      
         Fred Pete |    1  |  0.05   |    260      
          Maggie B |    1  |  0.05   |     29      
          thessaly |    1  |  0.05   |    128      
          katefate |    1  |  0.05   |     25      
         amyparker |    1  |  0.05   |     69      
            candyb |    1  |  0.05   |     16      
            beth b |    1  |  0.05   |    106   

and, why, look! Who's that at number fourteen? I suppose someone will be claiming there's a gang of thirteen now...

Joking, of course.

from voting being first mooted by Jesse

Um, what's that mean?

I don't understand that either Jesse. I do however, think that the reason Cindy and I have such a high word count is that we kept reposting the proposals 15 million times.

Well, and I'm wordy...

Jon B. | 167

Woo hoo!

Just call me poster #7. I figured I was in the MoGo14.

and, why, look! Who's that at number fourteen? I suppose someone will be claiming there's a gang of thirteen now...

I expected to be part of it when DX first mentioned there were 14. (I was, as mentioned before, #15 by his post count.) You can ask him, he can verify it. Doesn't change that the majority of posts are by a small minority of posters. Doesn't change my feelings about that, even though I happen to know I'm a loud mouth. Also doesn't change that at least part of me stands by it, rude and impolitic as it was.

Your numbers and his don't match up, but I think he did a whole-thread count.

Edit: And you will note I have thus far refrained from calling anyone Madame Mao. So there.

Well, look, in the posts John counted, clearly there's a big dropoff after the top six posters. But a LOT of other people have weighed in as well, which I think is more important.

Kat | 22 | 1.15 | 2521
Laura | 22 | 1.15 | 790

I love that Kat and I both had 22 posts, yet I had less than a 3rd of the wordiness. Go ecomony of words! Or possibly Kat's posts had actual content.

edited originally for line break, but since I am here - numbah!

Well, look, in the posts John counted, clearly there's a big dropoff after the top six posters.

Who are you calling a big dropoff?

And you will note I have thus far refrained from calling anyone Madame Mao. So there.

You know, I was going to let this go, but really: Do you have a problem with someone in particular? And do you want to share who it is? Because snidely oblique comments like this really don't help any.