Not a bug Forum Statistics: 'Members' is showing wrong.

[Vincent]

Hey all,

Now, in the forum statistics is standing:

Forum Statistics


Discussions:
1,267
Messages:
17,431
Members:
969
Latest Member:
Reagormedia

It says there are 969 members, but if you look at Reagormedia's profile number, it is 1000.

Is this a bug or is this something that's supposed to be?

 

[The Intruder]

1000 id's - 969 mebers = 31 deleted user

 

[Vincent]

1000 id's - 969 mebers = 31 deleted user

I'm not convinced about that

And your calculation is wrong. You cannot do 'ID - Members', it has to be 'X Members - Y Members'

 

[DSF]

1000 id's - 969 mebers = 31 deleted user

You have never delete testusers?

 

[Cezz]

It is not 31 deleted users but 31 deleted OR unverified users...

The member count doesn't count unverified users, or those who are banned.

 

[Onimua]

It is not 31 deleted users but 31 deleted OR unverified users...

The member count doesn't count unverified users, or those who are banned.

Yep, I believe it's this.

That was something a lot of people wished vBulletin did; count users ho were actually verified, not simply signed up. So while a lot of people signed up their accounts were counted even though they did not activate their account, and some administrators pruned users with 0 posts or who never verified their email.

It gives you a more true number.

 

[Boothby]

... or those who are banned.

Are banned users displayed in any cases?

 

[Vincent]

Yep, but most of the time with a striketrough in their name or/and 'BANNED' under their name

 

[Disjunto]

Yep, I believe it's this.

That was something a lot of people wished vBulletin did; count users ho were actually verified, not simply signed up. So while a lot of people signed up their accounts were counted even though they did not activate their account, and some administrators pruned users with 0 posts or who never verified their email.

It gives you a more true number.

excellent, never liked spam accounts being counted

 

[Paul B]

I though the distinction between number of users and user number was standard.
phpBB does it exactly the same way (unverified users aren't counted), surprised to hear that vB doesn't.

 

[James]

If a user registers and you ban him/her straight away... does (s)he still show in the Latest Member area?

 

[Paul B]

Ban or delete?
Temp ban or permanent* ban?

*Permanent in the sense that the ban remains in place until it is lifted.

 

[James]

Either. If you have to ban a member it shouldn't display... gives your community a bad reputation.