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Suggestions for WG

Frequently-made Suggestions

• Bill note search - posted by Joshua McGee on 6/16/99
• WG Natural George contest - posted by Brad, Disillusioned Lacker of Hits on 6/17/99
• New Scoring system proposed - posted by Joshua McGee on 6/18/99
• % of money that has been entered into WG - posted by Mercury on 6/21/99
• Sitewide breakdown of bills entered per FRB - posted by Dave on 6/27/99
• WG tatoos - posted by Jeremy on 6/28/99
• WG t-shirts (and other merchandise) - posted by Liz on 6/28/99
• How to avoid strange looks from cashiers - posted by Liz on 7/2/99
• Profile search - posted by David on 7/3/99
• metric/SI measurements for miles traveled - posted by Mike from Wisconsin on 7/3/99
• cookie/JavaScript free WG - posted by Glug Kerosine on 7/3/99
• List of WG records - posted by dynah on 7/4/99
• Passwords - posted by ADAM on 7/5/99
• More zips on the Top zips list - posted by Mike Blaszczak on 7/10/99
• Maximizing # of bills entered without actually spending much - posted by Jon on 7/22/99
• Recently Entered bills should go back farther - posted by John on 7/22/99
• Hits per month - posted by Mercury on 7/22/99
• Required login, and passwords - posted by Hank on 7/26/99
• State rankings should be by GS instead of bills entered - posted by Dylan on 7/31/99
• Breakdown by Denom in YB - posted by Lance on 8/2/99
• More options for Top zip code list - posted by Mike Blaszczak on 8/5/99
• Automatic bill deletion after a certian amount of time - posted by ZoMBiE HeaD on 8/10/99
• Number of users per state - posted by ADAM on 8/10/99
• Allow changing Hit notification settings in MyGeorge - posted by John E on 8/11/99
• Easier way to view Top 50, Top 100. etc. - posted by Jon on 8/16/99
• Universal zip code - posted by MsK on 8/20/99
• Zip code list should be sorted, and mileage displayed - posted by Chuck on 8/21/99
• Ad slogans (more addicting than crack) - posted by Jacob on 8/25/99
• Advertising other web sites on bills - posted by alan on 8/25/99
• Awards for hitting all 50 states - posted by Braz on 8/26/99
• WG Chat room - posted by Mary Beth on 8/29/99
• WG for PDAs (bill info is later uploaded to your computer) - posted by Mike R. on 8/30/99
• Tell which bills have notes on YB report - posted by Keri on 8/30/99
• Number of Georgers in each state - posted by Mark k on 8/30/99
• Money Machine - posted by C Bradford on 8/31/99
• Looking at other peoples' bills and hits - posted by Mercury on 8/31/99
• Chat room - posted by kathy on 9/3/99
• Stamp ordering - a "whatever's fastest" option for color - posted by Cindy Ann on 9/3/99
• Message summary or first couple lines should be displayed with the title - posted by Brad, Disillusioned Lacker of Hits on 9/3/99
• Second style of stamp - posted by Colleen on 9/7/99
• Charting the Last 10 Days report day by day - posted by Dan on 9/8/99
• The % of bills with x hits that get x+1 hits - posted by Dan on 9/8/99
• State stats - posted by AARON on 9/8/99
• Low tech login page - posted by Cindy Ann on 9/9/99
• Top 10 Loser list for users with most bills entered and no hits - posted by Paula on 9/11/99
• Name and profile link should automatically be provided each time you post a message on the forum - posted by cloister bell on 9/12/99
• List of people that joined by finding your bill - posted by John on 9/16/99
• Database check to see if there has been another bill entered with same serial, different series - posted by Mike Blaszczak on 9/16/99
• Search users' profiles - posted by Chuck-Bear on 9/18/99
• Search user notes for your own bills - posted by cloister bell on 9/21/99
• How to circulate more bills at once - posted by Kevin on 9/25/99
• In series list in YB, show # of each series you entered vs. total # of bills in WG with that series - posted by Braz on 10/4/99
• New column in Last 10 Days - "Die Hard Users" - posted by Mike R. on 10/13/99
• Another way to enter bills? (NoHands Mouse) - posted by MsK on 10/21/99
• Forum check-box for auto-linking profile - posted by Pretty Big Duck on 10/21/99
• Hank forum, or maybe Hank's name in a different color - posted by Braz on 10/22/99
• Stats on active users per state - posted by MsKushner on 10/28/99
• WG merchandise - posted by bd on 11/3/99
• 1st-time visitor link - posted by John E on 11/10/99
• Try to get more people to describe the bill's condition - posted by Chuck-Bear on 11/11/99
• Hit Week (when everyone uses WG bills at once) - posted by Paul on 11/16/99
• WG zealot package from the George Store - posted by cloister on 11/16/99
• WG owners manual - posted by George on 11/19/99
• Bumper stickers in the George Store - posted by Cyndi on 11/24/99
• Pyramid Scheme!!! - posted by Mike R. on 11/29/99
• Spell checker for WG forum - posted by ADAM on 12/2/99
• List of WG Milestones - posted by MP on 12/3/99
• Show rank in profile - posted by Ratt Boy on 12/14/99
• Link to free-email providers on registration page - posted by WerImmer on 12/15/99
• Ideas for selling User Number 99,999 - posted by Hank on 12/20/99
• View bills entered and hits in each zip (not just Top 10 zips) - posted by Mickey on 12/22/99
• Show bills entered per subregion - posted by Clint Petersen on 12/29/99
• User Directory - posted by ADAM on 12/31/99
• Be able to see when a user last entered a bill - posted by Braz on 1/4/00
• 4th Forum Guideline - Don't post whole serials - posted by AZ Richard on 1/11/00
• Check box in profile for how you found out about WG - posted by ADAM on 1/11/00
• Make the floating George head appear less often - posted by Kevyn on 1/12/00
• Focus on serial # box after clicking 'Enter next bill' - posted by Rusty on 1/12/00
• Show # of bills entered in each state each day - posted by Brian on 1/12/00
• Hits-By-Zipcode list on Your Bills - posted by Dan in Alaska on 1/14/00
• Stats for star bills - posted by King Arthur on 1/22/00
• Make the whole serial visible immediately after entering a bill (on the Entry Success screen) - posted by Lord Admiral on 1/27/00
• "Previous page" button on Today's Hits - posted by Troy on 1/30/00
• Indicate on bill reports whether a hit was entered by a registered user - posted by Lord Admiral on 2/1/00
• Users with most bills entered for the day - posted by Dustin on 2/7/00
• Suggestion for bills previously entered - posted by Hans M. Guy on 2/10/00
• Field validation for bill entry form - posted by Hans M. Guy on 2/14/00
• Check box for automatically including profile link on forum posts - posted by Marcos on 2/17/00
• Favorite Public Forum Links - posted by Kathy from NC on 3/2/00
• Additional forum rule concerning bad language - posted by ADAM on 3/2/00
• Series pull-down menu default to nothing - posted by Kevyn on 3/31/00
• Change the text of the official WG stamp - posted by Hank on 4/21/00
• Top 10 list of states from which hit bills are originally entered - posted by Jack on 4/26/00
• Change the wording for the bill entry screen where the note is suggested - posted by NakedGeorge in Cali on 4/30/00
• New forum just for profiles - posted by aaron on 6/13/00
• Montly George Score - posted by John in Columbus on 6/28/00
• Bill distance from starting point - posted by Ilana on 7/1/00
• Sort for bills with hits over 1 year old - posted by ADAM on 7/2/00
• States with hits automatically included in profile, seeing others' bills, profile enabled by default - posted by Taed on 7/5/00
• Each zip in the Hits By State report should also contain a list of bills within that zip - posted by King Arthur on 8/2/00
• Search feature should let you search for hits in a given state - posted by Bon on 8/5/00
• Ability to view bill notes on the YB bills list, so you wouldn't have to look at each bill report to see the note - posted by Ilana on 8/14/00
• State column to Top 150 List showing which state each user is in without having to look at their profile - posted by AZ Richard on 8/24/00
• New forum for bill collecting - posted by JD on 10/25/00
• Change the serial # masking, and show Last Date YB Run on profiles - posted by Cathleen on 10/31/00
• Sort by most bills entered in State rankings - posted by Steve on 11/23/00
• Hank bills in a different color - posted by RPM on 12/25/00
• Boost in WG score after staying here a certain amount of time - posted by Cale on 12/28/00
• Number of bills you have hit - posted by Marcos on 1/3/01
• A way to enter bills in other countries - posted by Yoda on 1/29/01
• New name for "ToolBox" (formerly MyGeorge) - posted by Russ on 2/2/01
• New feature idea for when you get a hit - posted by JMc on 4/8/01
• Add image hosting to Friends of Where's George? - posted by adam on 5/6/01
• Listen to music on Where's George? - posted by daniel on 11/7/01
• Zip for countries that don't have one, delete old accounts - posted by Michael on 12/30/01
• User #1,000,000 should put the number up for auction and give the proceeds to Hank, or Hank can give a "prize" to that user - posted by Michael Pelaez on 1/4/02
• Allow georgers to "lock" bills from being entered - posted by Chris in Columbia on 1/10/02
• Default bill note - posted by Decibel on 1/10/02
• Lat/Long on bill reports (and data dump, suggested in a reply by HMG) - posted by Seamus on 1/29/02
• Items for George Store (towel, autographed photo of Hank, pens, decals, mousepads) - posted by Jesse from MD on 4/23/02
• Limit # of characters that can be typed in user note field - posted by Yoda on 4/25/02
• Search for words in profiles - posted by M @ school on 5/2/02
• Please put the Amazon.com link in a steady, predictable spot - posted by kookie on 5/22/02
• Different link to forums on the bill reports - posted by Tammy Lynn on 5/23/02
• Buttom on YB that shows all your (potentially) valuable bills - posted by Spooner on 5/25/02
• New term - Homing George - posted by oskiller on 8/28/02
• Test message forum - posted by Gene from Poughkeepsie on 9/7/02
• Where's George? Gathering Idea (web site with announcements) - posted by Triple Sharp on 10/1/02
• Pocket PC size WG site - posted by Mike Caplan on 10/6/02
• "Our Bills" page - posted by E=Mc˛ on 10/30/02
• See other peoples' stats - posted by Justin aka J Money on 11/11/02
• Recently entered bills button always visible - posted by Astro Stan on 11/12/02
• Bring back text notifications (ast least as an option) - posted by Astro Stan on 11/15/02
• Create an "opt-out" option for WG ratings - posted by EJ on 2/7/03
• Number of hits *received* each month in YB monthly breakdown - posted by Triple Sharp on 3/8/03
• What else would you like to see in the George Store? - posted by Hank on 3/15/03
• Best Contact Us forms sent to Hank about the April Fools joke - posted by pernox on 4/1/03
• Should be able to respond to anon email, even if the sender has disabled it - posted by Support the USA, Support FREEDOM on 4/3/03
• Hank releasing historical info on bills being entered, hit rate over the years, etc. - posted by Steve in AZ on 4/11/03
• $2 bill forum - posted by Dan on 4/16/03
• Get rid of the period at the end of Hit Rate and George Score lines in Your Bills - posted by Taekwondo Man on 4/24/03
• An idea for Mexico entries - posted by SykoByte on 4/25/03
• Discounted yearly price for FOG - posted by Support the USA, Support FREEDOM on 4/30/03
• Stats I think ppl might be interested in seeing - posted by verbAtim on 5/1/03
• Forum archives separate from current forums - posted by Beaker on 5/3/03
• Any plans on Georging for my PDA? - posted by Josiah on 5/14/03
• Idea for a new "hits by state" feature - posted by Elangomatt on 5/15/03
• Different scores for different denominations - posted by Random Thoughts on 5/16/03
• Required to re-type all fields each time you enter a bill - posted by Thomas Mazanec on 5/22/03
• New George store item (money clip) - posted by Thin Cut on 5/28/03
• WG key-strap - posted by Kauai Boy on 6/3/03
• Extra verification when entering new 2003 series bills - posted by RPM on 8/10/03