I guess "leaked" is not really the right word; it was announced to volunteers and staff as a tentative number, and probably spread from there. Likely what happened is as it spread, it lost the caveat of "this isn't final and needs to be decreased for no-shows." I suspect we have around 150 no-shows and will be counting ASAP, so the real number is probably closer to 5650. I'll go update wikifur right now.
I guess "leaked" is not really the right word; it was announced to volunteers and staff as a tentative number, and probably spread from there. Likely what happened is as it spread, it lost the caveat of "this isn't final and needs to be decreased for no-shows." I suspect we have around 150 no-shows and will be counting ASAP, so the real number is probably closer to 5650. I'll go update wikifur right now.