Posting Statistics for ntl.talk for All-2004 22/03/2003 - 28/11/2004

These statistics are based on posts supplied to me by ntl's servers.
Some posts may have been missed.

There were 6578 distinct threads
Numbers of threads of each length with links to Thread titles
There were 407 poster names (actually more, because some aliases of the same author have been combined)
Numbers of infrequent posters, most and least verbose posters

Number of threads in each length range.

The links are to tables of Threads By Length for the period March to date

Thread length	Number of threads	Thread length	Number of threads
1	859	10-19	1247
2	724	20-29	472
3	611	30-39	229
4	526	40-49	153
5	394	50-59	72
6	339	60-69	34
7	313	70-79	30
8	279	80-89	23
9	203	90-99	14
		100+	56

Posters sorted … by posts made

Posts	Lines	bytes	Lines /post	Percent posts	Author	Rank
10,135	261,660	18,630,154	25.8	12.45%	kat	1
9,389	156,962	18,629,788	16.7	11.53%	Ponder	2
9,216	165,359	16,309,366	17.9	11.32%	Daisy	3
3,711	65,633	5,392,177	17.7	4.56%	Pingu	4
3,678	82,596	8,237,509	22.5	4.52%	Rix	5
3,196	77,857	6,234,575	24.4	3.93%	Lethe	6
3,069	97,435	6,736,572	31.7	3.77%	GbH	7
3,041	76,271	5,628,433	25.1	3.74%	Coats	8
2,847	90,719	6,240,090	31.9	3.50%	(oTTo)	9
2,703	35,636	4,163,310	13.2	3.32%	Nig	10
2,653	50,452	4,630,953	19.0	3.26%	Beaker	11
2,390	53,328	4,549,580	22.3	2.94%	Liz ziL	12
1,805	39,783	3,569,100	22.0	2.22%	Pandamonium	13
1,568	24,143	2,859,411	15.4	1.93%	Fishter	14
1,367	39,331	2,482,966	28.8	1.68%	sc®umble	15
1,297	20,056	1,873,579	15.5	1.59%	Mrs Ponder	16
1,295	24,328	2,123,366	18.8	1.59%	Shell	17
1,260	38,761	2,539,670	30.8	1.55%	Ferret	18
1,008	28,811	1,972,358	28.6	1.24%	Allen	19
1,003	20,970	1,746,667	20.9	1.23%	ziL	20
803	17,086	1,364,318	21.3	0.99%	BWGames	21
728	15,547	1,264,781	21.4	0.89%	shell	22
722	14,067	1,134,343	19.5	0.89%	:: Dazza ::	23
696	13,513	1,156,715	19.4	0.86%	Goose	24
687	16,615	1,205,899	24.2	0.84%	Rabbit	25
646	13,236	1,225,572	20.5	0.79%	Ali	26
610	22,928	1,298,185	37.6	0.75%	Liddle Feesh	27
598	12,280	994,738	20.5	0.73%	Jude	28
541	9,589	837,586	17.7	0.66%	Bomber	29
529	11,940	923,289	22.6	0.65%	Patrick	30
526	9,941	790,426	18.9	0.65%	Pingu	31
510	19,157	1,182,598	37.6	0.63%	Blueprint	32
412	14,670	1,002,142	35.6	0.51%	Sean Rima	33
404	7,207	616,890	17.8	0.50%	Babel Fish	34
381	8,221	615,601	21.6	0.47%	Pig-in-muck	35
346	6,609	558,831	19.1	0.43%	Pam	36
240	6,472	435,139	27.0	0.29%	Caz	37
235	4,405	356,858	18.7	0.29%	Paddyjoe	38
229	4,079	330,789	17.8	0.28%	Khyle	39
228	3,904	342,276	17.1	0.28%	Daffy	40
225	4,107	421,854	18.3	0.28%	Eddie Conboy	41
224	4,957	389,232	22.1	0.28%	Poppy	42
204	5,170	369,322	25.3	0.25%	Gander	43
192	4,637	336,449	24.2	0.24%	Harvey Van Sickle	44
189	3,212	251,985	17.0	0.23%	Gareth Slee	45
188	5,021	349,073	26.7	0.23%	Polomint	46
163	4,612	298,903	28.3	0.20%	Flingel Bunt	47
151	4,511	306,706	29.9	0.19%	Dubster	48
145	2,748	254,182	19.0	0.18%	Pluto nium	49
118	1,371	143,500	11.6	0.14%	Zack Macracken	50
116	2,776	213,475	23.9	0.14%	Skipai Da Otter	51
113	2,938	226,022	26.0	0.14%	Hyracotherium	52
111	2,090	205,666	18.8	0.14%	Corncrake	53
96	2,132	151,257	22.2	0.12%	Matt Bull	54
93	1,235	134,132	13.3	0.11%	froggie	55
69	1,305	94,150	18.9	0.08%	Scribbler	56
68	2,489	161,964	36.6	0.08%	Ats @ w**k	57
55	1,062	82,005	19.3	0.07%	Da Porcine One	58
53	1,280	87,271	24.2	0.07%	· ¸¸ ·´¯` Matt ´¯`· ¸¸ ·	59
50	1,291	86,222	25.8	0.06%	Jud	60
50	1,216	95,365	24.3	0.06%	Bram	60
46	832	69,292	18.1	0.06%	Babel Fish <º)))><	62
45	970	81,695	21.6	0.06%	Mark Gillespie	63
43	1,135	83,545	26.4	0.05%	Thumper	64
40	635	61,760	15.9	0.05%	K	65
40	966	60,524	24.1	0.05%	/\/\orpheus	65
39	933	72,562	23.9	0.05%	Tickettyßºº	67
38	791	53,819	20.8	0.05%	piggy	68
36	1,181	62,868	32.8	0.04%	Polomint {uk}	69
33	612	57,679	18.5	0.04%	John the R-T	70
32	582	45,715	18.2	0.04%	Morgan Pugh	71
32	667	50,941	20.8	0.04%	smee	71
29	767	56,365	26.4	0.04%	gothyangel	73
29	978	63,499	33.7	0.04%	David Garner	73
29	1,018	64,529	35.1	0.04%	Ahtuin	73
28	707	49,040	25.3	0.03%	gothy angel	76
27	485	43,178	18.0	0.03%	Hyphen	77
25	570	42,972	22.8	0.03%	Dougal	78
25	548	39,304	21.9	0.03%	Matt Holland	78
23	537	39,414	23.3	0.03%	Th Rt Hon Charles Farquaharson Esq	80
22	563	39,202	25.6	0.03%	encoderX	81
21	595	39,432	28.3	0.03%	ß Ø ® G	82
21	339	31,661	16.1	0.03%	BaBeL FiSh <')))><	82
21	574	42,637	27.3	0.03%	mrlipring	82
20	451	32,762	22.6	0.02%	frank	85
20	393	33,153	19.6	0.02%	Johnny B'Good	85
20	471	33,445	23.6	0.02%	John Young	85
19	691	55,058	36.4	0.02%	JethroUK©	88
19	521	30,531	27.4	0.02%	Eric C	88
19	572	43,493	30.1	0.02%	Tony	88
19	423	36,676	22.3	0.02%	Morg	88
17	437	25,684	25.7	0.02%	Honest John	92
17	318	24,693	18.7	0.02%	Mark Tumilty	92
17	393	28,198	23.1	0.02%	Firky	92
17	486	32,896	28.6	0.02%	©¿©¬	92
16	293	23,014	18.3	0.02%	april	96
16	424	30,382	26.5	0.02%	Guy Harrison	96
15	204	18,229	13.6	0.02%	paddyjoe	98
15	348	23,692	23.2	0.02%	Alan Walker	98
15	347	24,865	23.1	0.02%	Ace	98
15	522	31,869	34.8	0.02%	Chris Dugan	98
14	206	16,897	14.7	0.02%	minky	102
14	232	20,529	16.6	0.02%	Frank Carr	102
14	398	25,969	28.4	0.02%	fuzzy	102
14	285	23,094	20.4	0.02%	©2003 Mark G	102
13	280	22,619	21.5	0.02%	Palm Tree Groover	106
13	664	33,903	51.1	0.02%	Max	106
13	424	25,365	32.6	0.02%	Rincewind	106
13	290	21,313	22.3	0.02%	M3G4	106
13	291	24,035	22.4	0.02%	Gavin Gillespie	106
12	281	18,466	23.4	0.01%	Polomint (uk)	111
11	273	22,668	24.8	0.01%	Zapp Brannigan	112
11	167	15,322	15.2	0.01%	Steev	112
11	237	21,089	21.5	0.01%	Calico Bess Kidd	112
11	349	22,002	31.7	0.01%	Ats@w**k	112
10	339	19,382	33.9	0.01%	Gingangooli	116
10	191	17,775	19.1	0.01%	Colin Reddish	116
10	141	14,052	14.1	0.01%	Noodle Groover	116
10	785	45,194	78.5	0.01%	Stephen	116
10	166	12,952	16.6	0.01%	Toby Jug	116
10	233	16,962	23.3	0.01%	Felix	116
10	216	15,200	21.6	0.01%	Julie	116
10	191	16,507	19.1	0.01%	Pendragon ©¿©¬	116
45	957	71,289	21.3	0.06%	Only 9 posts	124
16	347	29,818	21.7	0.02%	Only 8 posts	129
105	2,302	172,055	21.9	0.13%	Only 7 posts	131
42	749	67,502	17.8	0.05%	Only 6 posts	146
60	1,368	99,392	22.8	0.07%	Only 5 posts	153
64	1,469	105,782	23.0	0.08%	Only 4 posts	165
60	1,470	101,876	24.5	0.07%	Only 3 posts	181
114	2,436	191,476	21.4	0.14%	Only 2 posts	201
150	3,418	266,058	22.8	0.18%	Only 1 post!	258

… by threads started

Threads started	Author	Rank
573	Ponder	1
572	Daisy	2
471	Mrs Ponder	3
321	sc®umble	4
317	Pandamonium	5
280	Pingu	6
254	Rix	7
193	Coats	8
177	:: Dazza ::	9
172	Nig	10
156	Shell	11
107	Blueprint	12
103	kat	13
101	Zack Macracken	14
99	shell	15
98	(oTTo)	16
94	Allen	17
92	Pingu	18
90	Jude	19
86	Liz ziL	20
84	GbH	21
81	BWGames	22
74	Gareth Slee	23
72	Babel Fish	24
61	Bomber	25
56	Poppy	26
54	Fishter	27
52	Beaker	28
48	ziL	29
40	Liddle Feesh	30
34	froggie	31
32	Goose	32
32	Skipai Da Otter	32
32	Dubster	32
31	Lethe	35
30	Paddyjoe	36
30	Ferret	36
28	Patrick	38
28	Polomint	38
27	Sean Rima	40
25	Pig-in-muck	41
24	/\/\orpheus	42
23	Eddie Conboy	43
19	Ali	44
16	Rabbit	45
15	David Garner	46
14	Babel Fish <º)))><	47
14	Scribbler	47
13	Jud	49
13	Caz	49
13	· ¸¸ ·´¯` Matt ´¯`· ¸¸ ·	49
12	Matt Bull	52
12	Max	52
11	Pam	54
11	Gander	54
11	Khyle	54
10	Harvey Van Sickle	57
10	smee	57
9	Morgan Pugh	59
9	Honest John	59
9	piggy	59
8	ß Ø ® G	62
8	Thumper	62
8	Mark Gillespie	62
7	Tickettyßºº	65
7	Pluto nium	65
7	Da Porcine One	65
7	Simon	65
7	Palm Tree Groover	65
6	David	70
5	Hyracotherium	71
5	== Gen-x ==	71
5	Morg	71
5	Matt Holland	71
5	Noodle Groover	71
4	Daffy	76
4	Hyphen	76
4	Dougal	76
4	Babel Fish <')))><	76
4	Rincewind	76
4	Flingel Bunt	76
4	BaBeL FiSh <')))><	76
4	caz	76
4	Eric C	76
4	John Young	76
3	Ahtuin	86
3	Ats @ w**k	86
3	©¿©¬	86
3	paddyjoe	86
3	M3G4	86
3	Polomint {uk}	86
3	Th Rt Hon Charles Farquaharson Esq	86
3	encoderX	86
3	Polomint (uk)	86
3	april	86
3	Frank Carr	86
2	robert watson	97
2	Smee	97
2	Cataractonium	97
2	Ace	97
2	Stephen	97
2	minky	97
2	Jane Jones	97
2	16Xe Agg Card	97
2	oOOo	97
2	Khyle Westmoreland	97
2	Julie	97
2	Toby Jug	97
2	Frank	97
2	stumpy	97
2	Polomint (yuk)	97
2	paulzz	97
2	briowl123	97
2	Gingangooli	97
2	Zapp Brannigan	97
2	Protean Guard	97
2	Gummo	97
2	Danny Tuppeny	97
2	Gaz	97
2	Indrid Cold	97
2	=?iso-8859-15?Q?=A92003_Mark_G?=	97
2	Gordy	97
2	Johnny B'Good	97
2	Andy Turner	97
2	gothyangel	97
2	Kingsley Matthews	97
2	©2003 Mark G	97
2	Skipai Otter	97
2	frank	97
2	Wess Greenleaf	97
114	1 thread each	97

** Note Poster names starting with ** are taken from the From: address as no name was provided
Only n posts are totals for all posters posting just n posts each.
Individual names are available in the monthly lists

Number of posters having few posts.

Posts	number of posters
1	150
2	57
3	20
4	16
5	12
6	7
7	15
8	2
9	5
10+	124

Bottom 10 posters (with 15 or more posts) by average lines per post

lines/ post	Author	Rank
11.6	Zack Macracken	1
13.2	Nig	2
13.3	froggie	3
13.6	paddyjoe	4
15.4	Fishter	5
15.5	Mrs Ponder	6
15.9	K	7
16.1	BaBeL FiSh <')))><	8
16.7	Ponder	9
17.0	Gareth Slee	10

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