[ShadowOfGed]

Originally Posted by crazychester Have some members been deleted but their uids not reallocated?

Without knowing anything about vBulletin, that would be my guess. It's all in a database, where UIDs are assigned starting from 1, and counting up. That sequence never resets itself to reclaim deleted UIDs, so if six users have been deleted over time, you'd see UID 9996 with only 9990 users registered.

Originally Posted by crazychester Are there 6 imaginary members?

Well, this is the Internet. Are any of us actually real?

Originally Posted by crazychester Will the 10,000th member be the member with uid 10,000 or the 10,000th member as the crow flies, so to speak?

As the crow flies, I'd say. That is, it's going to be the "newest member" when the member count hits 10,000.

Originally Posted by crazychester Can't the forum software count?

Yep, but it only counts up from the day it started at 1.

Originally Posted by crazychester Is everything going to break when we hit 10,000 sort of like AN's own mini-Y2K or something?

Doubtful, but it might if we should ever have 2,147,483,647 members. But if that happens, we probably have other problems.

Originally Posted by crazychester Should I be stocking up on bottled water and tinned food?

Uhhh. Sure! Remind me to by stock in Coca-cola, Starkist, and Campbell Soup Company.

Originally Posted by crazychester How am I supposed to know who to congratulate for being the 10,000th member?

Something like I said above, whoever's listed when the member count hits 10,000.

Originally Posted by crazychester Bother

I don't think you were actually looking for answers, so I went ahead and answered. No offense intended.