It's a widely known fact that HWBOT wouldn't be operating as efficiently as it is without the limitless support from dedicated community members who not only keep the database clean from faulty entries, but also take care of the hardware database and help out in the forum. It isn't easy to measure the impact of the volunteer staff as much of the activity happens behind the curtains. One of the statistics we have access to, however, is the number of "moderator actions". An action is for example checking a result as valid after a user flagged it.

It does not include things like adding and merging hardware categories, which is what Strunkenbold is doing very well. It also does not include bulk edits in the database, for example for moving hundreds of results from one hardware category to another. In the Moderator Ranking for the year 2015, Christian Ney tops the board with 5462 actions. That is almost 15 actions per day! In second place we find Leeghoofd. He takes care of the Rookie and the Novice competitions primarily. In third place we find GENiEBEN from Romania who is known mostly for breaking the benchmarks ... and help cleaning up the database.

A big thanks goes out to all the staff for their dedication and passion!