[tor-bugs] #21220 [Metrics/Metrics website]: remove data entries for non-existing or not-anymore-existing countries

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#21220: remove data entries for non-existing or not-anymore-existing countries
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 Reporter:  iwakeh                   |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Metrics website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Minor                    |     Resolution:  not a bug
 Keywords:                           |  Actual Points:
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Changes (by iwakeh):

 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => not a bug


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:5 karsten]:
 > Replying to [comment:4 iwakeh]:
 > > Yes, on second thought it makes sense to leave the codes reported as
 they are.  The data explanation should point out that (as country
 resolution can be influenced by the relay operator) there can be weird and
 outdated codes.  I'll add a separate ticket for adapting the texts later.
 >
 > In theory, I'm all for improving documentation.  But I wonder how many
 people would benefit from such an explanation and how many would be even
 more confused or would stop reading because of too much text.  Please keep
 that in mind when writing more text. ;)

 Yes, I'll keep it short; just in order to prevent future tickets like this
 one ;-)
 (I could simply refer to this ticket ;-)

 >
 > > I could only find cs and dd, thanks for the GeoIp link.  Now, knowing
 that a1 and a2 translate to "Anonymous Proxy" and "Satellite Provider",
 I'd say that at least the satellite related data should also be graphed.
 >
 > The problem with "Anonymous Proxy" and "Satellite Provider" is that
 MaxMind put those in for otherwise valid country codes.  That's why we
 switched to their GeoLite2 format which doesn't have this issue anymore.
 So, if there are still any users reported as "Anonymous Proxy" (what's
 that, after all?) or "Satellite Provider", those are likely heavily
 undercounted.  If we had information on countries ''and'' on connection
 type, I'd say, let's add a graph for it.  But with the given data, I'd say
 let's just consider "Anonymous Proxy" and "Satellite Provider" users as
 any other users whose IP address did not resolve to a country code.

 Real world data is always unclean, ok, sigh.

 >
 > > Other than that, it seems this ticket is finished.
 >
 > Okay.  Feel free to close if you're happy with the answers. :)

 Thanks for the discussion!  Even if nothing is changed, now it's clear why
 things are as they are :-)

 Closing.

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