User:TwinsMetsFan/County by County

In November 2010, I wrote a little Java program that, given the necessary lists, can generate county-by-county statistics for any state in the United States. I initially did it for New York, and the results generated by the report for that state can be seen here. Shortly afterward, other states opted into the program through informal requests. In an effort to streamline the process for setting up and requesting CBC reports, I created this how-to/request page, from where several other states have also opted into the program.

Please read all of the instructions below before requesting. Incomplete requests will not be filled. An FAQ page is now available.

=Instructions= To set up county-by-county reports for your state: Article A Article B Article C
 * Create text files for each county in the state. The text files must be named . I would prefer if they were in DOS format; for Mac users, UNIX will work, but they'll have to be converted to DOS for them to be usable by the program.
 * Place all of the files in a folder called.
 * In each text file, list every article that should be counted toward that county. Each line must have one article, no more, no less. It must be formatted as follows:
 * Any en dashes (–) in article titles must be replaced with three pound signs (###).
 * Any commas in article titles must be replaced with two pound signs (##).
 * Include actual articles only - those assessed as Stub-Class through FA-Class. Articles assessed with any other class will be ignored and removed from the lists by the program on run time.
 * File a request using the link in the box above.
 * If the request is approved, contact User:TwinsMetsFan using the "E-mail this user" function. Note that the wiki system doesn't allow for attachments to be sent; this is just to establish two-way correspondence from where the folder of lists can be sent. Please post YGM on my talk page once you've sent the e-mail.

=Update requests= This section is for states where the county-by-county statistics have already been set up, but need to be updated with the latest statistics.

=New requests=

This section is for states where the county-by-county statistics have not yet been set up. Please use the link in the box above to make a request; requests made in any other way will not be honored.