who else has done this daunting and time consuming task?
Seems to me that this is a question that begs for a Yes / No answer.
Just dumping your "opinion" without directly answering the question is your problem.
How about this ...
"No I haven't, because I think it's cheap"
The main problem with your posts, for the most part, is that whatever you have to say appears to be condesendingly better than what anyone else has to say ... and when your called on it, you backpedal and start the spin doctoring. You have a very hard time saying ... "DOH ... my bad ... apologies".
In another thread, you said that the manner in which people post on this BBS is a good indicator of who and what they are in RL.
From that, I would judge you to be a person who is condesending in nature (not maliciously), always has to control the conversation, and is never "really" wrong ... no matter how much proof is brought to the table.
You really need to turn things down a notch.
I don't dislike you Krusty ... I think you bring a lot of good things to the table ... it's just how you deliver the good things to the table, and when people say "no thank you" you don't take no for answer.