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Your method of allocating waiting times to countries as a proportion of the distance covered in each country is not "somewhat discussable", it's utterly ridiculous! If I were a follower of this method, I'd have a waiting time in SK for a ride that started in CZ and ended in H, without even stopping in SK... [[User:Prino|Prino]] 00:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
: Prino. In that chart the distances per country are accurate, where I mean distance of cross border lifts is allocated to the country in which that lift started. Eg, the distance of a ride east from service station Tienbaan neer Heerlen I add to the Netherlands, even though only one kilometer of that ride took place in the Netherlands. Criterium: where did a ride start. Robert, I agree and will early next year re-calculate the waiting times, with allocation to the country in which a lift started, no matter if that ride took place for 1%, 50%, 99%, 100% or whatever% in the country where the lift started. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 16:47, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
:You're probably right, but for conviviality it's better to stick to calling each other's ideas "ridiculous" in real life. ;)
:# The average distance per ride.
:Anyway, given the recent discussions and activity in this field it's time for an article about [[statistics]]. [[User:Guaka|guaka]] 09:54, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
:: Guaka. A lot more data is not really needed. Or anyway, those stats can never be used in general. My stats are pretty worthless if you do not know that I usually hitch at once through Germany or for quite a distance. In Czech Republic I did more local, short distance hitching. In my opinion, collecting data of one million rides is not more worth than data of twenty rides. Just it is somehow interesting to keep track, as it can be useful for later analyzation. These days I was creating some charts and figures of my statistics, eg accumulated hitched distance for each consecutive month, starting from 2002. --[[User:Fverhart|Fverhart]] 16:47, 2 November 2008 (UTC)