[swerdna]

So if it started in July 2008 that would be 12 months: July to June inclusive. that's 2500 sign ups a month, or 82 per day -- very impressive. So after maybe 2 spammers per day that's about 80 per day. Just as impressive.

Here are the old soldiers who made the merge happen (as far as I know):
Justin: 69_rs_ss SF Admin
Andrew: andrew18 SF Admin
Francis: apokryphos Wiki
Wouter: Darkelve SF Moderator
Andy: deltaflyer SLS Admin
Kevin: elsewhere SF Moderator
Chris: encryptio SF Moderator
Stefan: FeatherMonkey SLS Moderator
Geoff: geoffro SLS Moderator
Rossana Mattaa:arlyle harryc SF Moderator
Jordi: Jop SLS Moderator
Keith: kastorff SF Site Admin
Kim: kgroneman Novell Site Admin
Marcel: Marcel_Cox Novell Admin
Mathew: MattB SLS Moderator
Lee: oldcpu SLS Moderator
Paul: pturner7 SF Moderator
Jim: snakedriver SF Moderator
John: swerdna SF Moderator
Uwe: ubuckesfeld Novell Moderator
Wolfgang: Vir@s SLS Site Admin

Did I miss anyone?

The new forums have washed in like a tidal wave to fill the gap left by the old ones, hopes have been fulfilled -- well done ppl!