when i joined ml it was only 6 months or so old, and about 100 - 200 ppl as members
thats how long ago I guess,
i used to very occasionaly submit obs to comet-obs and the old defunt? charles morris's site, and ml even more occasionaly - I learned how to do it from jbortle/morris/BAA/ICQ stuff off the net and reading hundreds of ml members posts, bortle suggests the coma estimate method i use as well i think, but I used it before i read that.
i don't remember seeing your obs posted anywhere chris?
i also have an old long neglected website kinda dedicated to southern comets we saw years ago
did you follow WM1? A2? thats how far back the serious uninterupted stretch of bright comet observing/following goes for me
WM1 at outburst telescopic view is one of the most amazing things i have ever seen, still is