#census taker

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Census takers in Chinatown, 1930.

Photo: NYPL

[pluralprompts]

Prompt #412

Headmate A is a recently formed headmate, and is excited to get to know everyone! The thing is, their system doesn't have good documentation on everyone in it... yet. Headmate A has decided they are going to make profiles on every single headmate in their system, no matter how long it takes!

[spritesystem]

Census Taker (AKA Censys Taker)

A role within a system where someone enjoys or makes a job of documenting each system member/newcomer.

Examples: “Fran is a census taker, be sure to stop by them before you get settled.”

Can be synonymous with filer, archivist, similar terms.

Coined 2.25.21 by Damian^Sprite

[electronicsquid]

Census taker greets a Hawaiian resident

(Ralph Crane. 1960)

[patbertram]

My Interesting Morning

I had an exciting morning — a census taker came to my house, which had been selected as part of a randomly selected sample for the American Community Survey. It was my address that was chosen, not me, but still, they wanted my personal information. I don’t know why I hesitated to give my name, and in the end, I didn’t — the census guy said he could put down “lady of the house,” which I agreed to,…

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Get the net

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Comically mismatched dogs are always fun

[immigrationnewsdigest]

The deadline to fill out the 2020 Census is September 30 - have you filled yours out yet? The Census: Reading Between the Lines| Tenement Museum)