Issue #73, January 24th, 1997

Apak Stat Box 2: Writers
compiled by Victor M. Gonzalez

Apak Stat Box 1: Letters of Comment

A total of 24 people have written articles or columns for Apparatchik from issue #1 (March 17, 1994) through issue #70 (Nov. 22, 1996). Outside of the letter column, Andy Hooper was the only writer until #26. The longest piece ever published in Apak was "The X Fans: Villiany in Vegas" (#44, Oct. 12, 1995), at nine pages.

Pages per writer were recorded to the nearest half-page; pieces smaller than one-half page counted as one-half page. Locs-per-issue stats are included as a basis of comparison, but it is important to note that locs are measured as units, not as pages.

For timebinding purposes, #1 is dated March 17, 1994; #11, June 16; #21, Nov. 17; #31, April 6, 1995; #41, Aug. 24; #51, Jan. 18, 1996; #61, June 7.

Apak Article and Column Totals, Issues #1 - 70

	1 - 10	11 - 20	21 - 30	31 - 40	41 - 50	51 - 60	61 - 70	Total	Avg.
Total writers	1	1	2	4	6	14	15	24
Total pages	32	78	56	94	102	96	98	556	7.94
Total article pages	14	21.5	28.5	42.5	47.5	57	65.5	276.5	3.95
Article pages/total	.44	.28	.51	.45	.47	.59	.67	.50
Total locs	32	57	34	73	80	80	102	458	6.54
Andy Hooper	14	21.5	23.5	27.5	29.5	29	27.5	172.5	2.46
Victor M. Gonzalez	0	0	5	12	12.5	8.5	9	47	.671
Lesley Reece	0	0	0	0	1	3.5	6.5	11	.157
Dan Steffan	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	4.5	9	.129
Steve Green	0	0	0	0	1	3.5	2.5	7	.100
Ted White	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	.086
Randy Byers	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.057
Pam Wells	0	0	0	0	2	1.5	0.5	4	.057
A.P. McQuiddy	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.029

In addition, three people (Jon Singer, Dave Langford and Irwin Hirsh) are tied with 1.5 pages, for a total of 4.5 pages; seven people are tied with one page, for a total of seven pages; and five people are tied with .5 pages, for a total of 2.5 pages.

Issue #73, January 24th, 1997

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