Posting Statistics for ups for February-2005 01/02/2005 - 28/02/2005

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

There were 698 distinct threads
Numbers of threads of each length with links to Thread titles
There were 146 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.

Length	Number	Length	Number
1	60	10-19	146
2	47	20-29	67
3	54	30-39	27
4	49	40-49	17
5	33	50-59	4
6	38	60-69	8
7	36	70-79	2
8	33	80-89	1
9	24	90-99	3
		100+	3

Posters sorted … by posts made

Posts	Lines	bytes	Lines /post	Percent posts	Author	Rank	Cum.%
1,077	17,634	1,702,041	16.4	11.65%	Flyiñg Ñuñ	1	11.65%
921	17,048	1,423,758	18.5	9.97%	Rabbit	2	21.62%
748	12,211	1,489,773	16.3	8.09%	Aries	3	29.71%
574	13,361	1,012,100	23.3	6.21%	BoyPete	4	35.92%
313	18,746	1,077,885	59.9	3.39%	pmj	5	39.31%
295	5,093	445,152	17.3	3.19%	Foxy	6	42.50%
282	4,678	495,826	16.6	3.05%	John the R-T	7	45.55%
234	3,897	328,620	16.7	2.53%	Linedancer	8	48.08%
234	4,849	397,619	20.7	2.53%	Tickettyßºº	8	50.62%
220	3,693	343,283	16.8	2.38%	MCC	10	53.00%
205	4,816	357,298	23.5	2.22%	Jackie	11	55.22%
191	3,724	300,739	19.5	2.07%	Bunny Hare	12	57.28%
183	2,791	288,805	15.3	1.98%	Troy	13	59.26%
179	5,251	340,386	29.3	1.94%	noreen at home	14	61.20%
175	2,630	342,770	15.0	1.89%	Dave Lear	15	63.09%
168	2,820	286,452	16.8	1.82%	Ali	16	64.91%
157	3,922	249,532	25.0	1.70%	Tyke	17	66.61%
157	3,809	328,016	24.3	1.70%	Wrinklie One	17	68.31%
144	3,054	198,844	21.2	1.56%	Bram	19	69.87%
131	2,563	194,566	19.6	1.42%	Oldrose	20	71.28%
129	1,262	143,952	9.8	1.40%	ijm	21	72.68%
117	2,527	252,329	21.6	1.27%	John #8	22	73.95%
104	1,864	157,261	17.9	1.13%	Jan Brown	23	75.07%
102	1,847	163,170	18.1	1.10%	Goose	24	76.17%
98	2,181	162,772	22.3	1.06%	Jayne	25	77.23%
95	1,960	152,873	20.6	1.03%	jackie	26	78.26%
95	2,114	174,748	22.3	1.03%	Bagpuss	26	79.29%
86	2,257	179,510	26.2	0.93%	r@y	28	80.22%
81	1,787	131,974	22.1	0.88%	wally	29	81.10%
78	2,144	127,731	27.5	0.84%	Smokey	30	81.94%
77	2,026	171,000	26.3	0.83%	Pandamonium	31	82.77%
75	1,586	109,685	21.1	0.81%	biffo	32	83.59%
75	1,306	141,826	17.4	0.81%	JoeH	32	84.40%
74	1,579	128,112	21.3	0.80%	Michaelangelo	34	85.20%
72	1,177	104,564	16.3	0.78%	jamps	35	85.98%
72	2,182	152,950	30.3	0.78%	aa	35	86.76%
62	1,065	90,434	17.2	0.67%	Paul Jeffree	37	87.43%
59	862	105,072	14.6	0.64%	Jim Spriggs	38	88.07%
55	1,557	88,559	28.3	0.60%	Anita Carter	39	88.66%
54	896	76,448	16.6	0.58%	Parrotfish	40	89.24%
54	1,078	86,283	20.0	0.58%	donut	40	89.83%
54	853	87,438	15.8	0.58%	Ascii Art	40	90.41%
52	995	85,767	19.1	0.56%	Lin	43	90.98%
51	1,335	104,354	26.2	0.55%	Ergo	44	91.53%
46	1,250	79,004	27.2	0.50%	Mike PC	45	92.03%
38	780	63,937	20.5	0.41%	Pam	46	92.44%
38	1,223	78,046	32.2	0.41%	stodgy puss	46	92.85%
37	808	69,308	21.8	0.40%	Jim Warren	48	93.25%
36	524	51,597	14.6	0.39%	Frogman	49	93.64%
31	422	37,914	13.6	0.34%	Bill P	50	93.97%
31	754	51,168	24.3	0.34%	Scrappy Bear	50	94.31%
27	541	37,586	20.0	0.29%	Pingu	52	94.60%
25	567	51,343	22.7	0.27%	Purple Knome	53	94.87%
23	416	35,861	18.1	0.25%	§håz	54	95.12%
22	653	40,370	29.7	0.24%	ned	55	95.36%
19	571	40,412	30.1	0.21%	MiniMe	56	95.56%
16	294	27,245	18.4	0.17%	Signman	57	95.74%
16	335	24,814	20.9	0.17%	Gander	57	95.91%
15	274	22,898	18.3	0.16%	GreySwan	59	96.07%
15	359	29,813	23.9	0.16%	John	59	96.23%
13	188	20,340	14.5	0.14%	$irVivor & §ireßird	61	96.38%
13	254	20,855	19.5	0.14%	Lethe	61	96.52%
13	322	21,236	24.8	0.14%	kat	61	96.66%
13	136	16,955	10.5	0.14%	Cuddly	61	96.80%
12	388	23,709	32.3	0.13%	Bigbazza	65	96.93%
11	292	21,803	26.5	0.12%	Nor	66	97.05%
11	228	19,680	20.7	0.12%	Mike Clayton	66	97.17%
10	221	16,582	22.1	0.11%	Old Grizzly	68	97.27%
10	165	12,859	16.5	0.11%	Prinnie The Hamster	68	97.38%
10	213	18,577	21.3	0.11%	Tracie	68	97.49%
10	195	16,713	19.5	0.11%	Coats	68	97.60%
8	179	14,824	22.4	0.09%	Philip Powell	72	97.68%
8	203	14,135	25.4	0.09%	Barry Williams	72	97.77%
8	81	14,784	10.1	0.09%	CJB	72	97.86%
8	65	8,820	8.1	0.09%	uker	72	97.94%
8	220	17,531	27.5	0.09%	Chris S	72	98.03%
8	258	16,710	32.3	0.09%	Chris Stewart	72	98.12%
8	134	12,250	16.8	0.09%	Peter C	72	98.20%
8	61	8,537	7.6	0.09%	Phyl (Dans Nan)	72	98.29%
8	136	13,030	17.0	0.09%	Troy's Human	72	98.38%
8	150	13,149	18.8	0.09%	§ireßird & $ir Vivor	72	98.46%
7	83	10,978	11.9	0.08%	Andon	82	98.54%
7	186	16,345	26.6	0.08%	I Noddie-Doff	82	98.62%
7	199	16,154	28.4	0.08%	Neil	82	98.69%
7	185	13,292	26.4	0.08%	Webrex	82	98.77%
6	178	13,874	29.7	0.06%	enid hodson	86	98.83%
6	140	12,833	23.3	0.06%	Sgáth/Faolan	86	98.90%
6	106	11,100	17.7	0.06%	~~Linda~~	86	98.96%
5	155	12,867	31.0	0.05%	Flying_Rat	89	99.02%
5	127	9,842	25.4	0.05%	GbH	89	99.07%
4	98	8,318	24.5	0.04%	Luran	91	99.11%
4	47	5,303	11.8	0.04%	Gil	91	99.16%
3	56	4,154	18.7	0.03%	Dafydd	93	99.19%
3	58	6,150	19.3	0.03%	**Barbara	93	99.22%
3	54	3,841	18.0	0.03%	Lord Mark	93	99.25%
3	39	4,229	13.0	0.03%	Dumpling	93	99.29%
3	40	4,493	13.3	0.03%	john	93	99.32%
3	39	5,498	13.0	0.03%	Peter	93	99.35%
3	73	6,011	24.3	0.03%	Spook	93	99.38%
2	31	3,593	15.5	0.02%	Purple Knome	100	99.40%
2	30	2,495	15.0	0.02%	Stephen	100	99.43%
2	111	6,464	55.5	0.02%	PlusNet Support Team	100	99.45%
2	38	2,748	19.0	0.02%	Cobweb	100	99.47%
2	37	3,741	18.5	0.02%	Lefty loony	100	99.49%
2	14	2,232	7.0	0.02%	Banana	100	99.51%
2	59	4,031	29.5	0.02%	Mike Stone	100	99.53%
2	51	3,217	25.5	0.02%	John D	100	99.56%
2	282	14,572	141.0	0.02%	Hawkeye23	100	99.58%
2	7	1,889	3.5	0.02%	Wiggum	100	99.60%
1	10	1,234	10.0	0.01%	John the R T	110	99.61%
1	14	1,659	14.0	0.01%	Right Winger	110	99.62%
1	8	1,079	8.0	0.01%	karl davis	110	99.63%
1	444	21,262	444.0	0.01%	Landi	110	99.64%
1	64	2,841	64.0	0.01%	bialik	110	99.65%
1	3	1,165	3.0	0.01%	sam	110	99.66%
1	23	1,880	23.0	0.01%	Liz	110	99.68%
1	18	1,147	18.0	0.01%	Anon as well :-)	110	99.69%
1	10	960	10.0	0.01%	Sandra's proxy	110	99.70%
1	182	6,120	182.0	0.01%	**ednagarcialeon	110	99.71%
1	14	1,850	14.0	0.01%	jf	110	99.72%
1	5	1,006	5.0	0.01%	Bernd M?ller	110	99.73%
1	13	974	13.0	0.01%	Anonymous	110	99.74%
1	5	1,041	5.0	0.01%	zaqona	110	99.75%
1	12	1,053	12.0	0.01%	Dangerous	110	99.76%
1	21	1,285	21.0	0.01%	Nick	110	99.77%
1	6	1,398	6.0	0.01%	Eileen	110	99.78%
1	7	1,146	7.0	0.01%	Toyboy	110	99.79%
1	4	1,017	4.0	0.01%	Dgethin	110	99.81%
1	17	1,895	17.0	0.01%	marika	110	99.82%
1	3	1,427	3.0	0.01%	**sam4808	110	99.83%
1	40	2,714	40.0	0.01%	Faith Culley	110	99.84%
1	17	1,637	17.0	0.01%	Count Otto von Krappenhausen	110	99.85%
1	15	1,168	15.0	0.01%	xbuspresent	110	99.86%
1	36	2,219	36.0	0.01%	panamajack	110	99.87%
1	26	1,965	26.0	0.01%	Agnes Bolwell	110	99.88%
1	11	1,378	11.0	0.01%	dave	110	99.89%
1	12	1,413	12.0	0.01%	1GLOBALFone	110	99.90%
1	28	1,955	28.0	0.01%	Jo	110	99.91%
1	17	1,242	17.0	0.01%	Alpha	110	99.92%
1	57	3,399	57.0	0.01%	Whinging Courier	110	99.94%
1	12	1,916	12.0	0.01%	**creditwrench	110	99.95%
1	3	847	3.0	0.01%	Lurker Jen	110	99.96%
1	1	1,056	1.0	0.01%	Dan Simper	110	99.97%
1	31	2,345	31.0	0.01%	jammyface	110	99.98%
1	5	800	5.0	0.01%	The Management	110	99.99%
1	7	1,186	7.0	0.01%	Right Reverend Bishop Peter Parsnip	110	100.00%

… by threads started

Threads started	Author	Rank
50	Flyiñg Ñuñ	1
34	John #8	2
34	MCC	2
33	Linedancer	4
33	BoyPete	4
30	Aries	6
27	wally	7
27	Troy	7
25	Ergo	9
24	ijm	10
19	Bagpuss	11
16	Tyke	12
15	Pandamonium	13
15	Foxy	13
14	Dave Lear	15
13	Wrinklie One	16
13	Rabbit	16
13	John the R-T	16
10	Tickettyßºº	19
9	Jackie	20
9	Bigbazza	20
8	Scrappy Bear	22
8	Jan Brown	22
8	jamps	22
8	Bram	22
7	Smokey	26
7	Purple Knome	26
7	Parrotfish	26
6	r@y	29
6	Mike PC	29
6	GreySwan	29
6	Bunny Hare	29
5	Bill P	33
5	Jayne	33
5	Goose	33
4	§håz	36
4	Frogman	36
4	aa	36
4	MiniMe	36
4	Gander	36
4	Pingu	36
4	Jim Spriggs	36
4	biffo	36
4	Ascii Art	36
3	Signman	45
3	Michaelangelo	45
3	Pam	45
3	jackie	45
2	noreen at home	49
2	donut	49
2	Anita Carter	49
2	Dafydd	49
2	I Noddie-Doff	49
2	Paul Jeffree	49
2	Ali	49
2	Banana	49
2	Troy's Human	49
2	Cobweb	49
1	Hawkeye23	59
1	Lethe	59
1	Right Reverend Bishop Peter Parsnip	59
1	Phyl (Dans Nan)	59
1	Jim Warren	59
1	ned	59
1	kat	59
1	§ireßird & $ir Vivor	59
1	stodgy puss	59
1	Oldrose	59
1	dave	59
1	Right Winger	59
1	Lin	59
1	bialik	59
1	sam	59
1	Gil	59
1	Barry Williams	59
1	Cuddly	59
1	Sandra's proxy	59
1	Wiggum	59
1	uker	59
1	Bernd M?ller	59
1	Toyboy	59
1	Prinnie The Hamster	59
1	zaqona	59
1	Webrex	59
1	1GLOBALFone	59
1	Coats	59
1	**ednagarcialeon	59
1	Anonymous	59
1	Purple Knome	59
1	Dumpling	59
1	Lord Mark	59
1	Dgethin	59
1	$irVivor & §ireßird	59
1	CJB	59
1	Andon	59
1	Lurker Jen	59
1	Dan Simper	59
1	john	59
1	The Management	59
1	Landi	59
0	Alpha	101
0	Whinging Courier	101
0	**sam4808	101
0	GbH	101
0	Stephen	101
0	Philip Powell	101
0	Sgáth/Faolan	101
0	jf	101
0	Luran	101
0	John D	101
0	Liz	101
0	Anon as well :-)	101
0	Mike Stone	101
0	Flying_Rat	101
0	Mike Clayton	101
0	karl davis	101
0	John the R T	101
0	John	101
0	**Barbara	101
0	PlusNet Support Team	101
0	Tracie	101
0	jammyface	101
0	marika	101
0	Neil	101
0	Nick	101
0	Eileen	101
0	Agnes Bolwell	101
0	enid hodson	101
0	Peter C	101
0	Count Otto von Krappenhausen	101
0	Faith Culley	101
0	Lefty loony	101
0	xbuspresent	101
0	Peter	101
0	pmj	101
0	Spook	101
0	Jo	101
0	JoeH	101
0	Old Grizzly	101
0	Dangerous	101
0	**creditwrench	101
0	~~Linda~~	101
0	Chris S	101
0	Nor	101
0	Chris Stewart	101
0	panamajack	101
0	1 thread each	101

** Note Poster names starting with ** are taken from the From: address as no name was provided

Number of posters having few posts.

Posts	number of posters
1	37
2	10
3	7
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	4
8	10
10+	71

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

lines/ post	Author	Rank
9.8	ijm	1
13.6	Bill P	2
14.6	Frogman	3
14.6	Jim Spriggs	4
15.0	Dave Lear	5
15.3	Troy	6
15.8	Ascii Art	7
16.3	Aries	8
16.3	jamps	9
16.4	Flyiñg Ñuñ	10

There were 5 crosspost targets

27 posts to alt.pcnews
15 posts to uk.local.thames-valley misc.consumers.house uk.local.surrey
4 posts to alt.politics.british uk.politics.misc
3 posts to alt.pub.cafe-bob
2 posts to soc.culture.french soc.culture.british is.matur