Total Poster Statistics for 2007 in ups.

Posters sorted … by posts made Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% 11220 200600 19531612 17.9 11.46 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.46 8115 136328 13393202 16.8 8.29 Rabbit 2 19.75 6397 130771 15910021 20.4 6.53 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 26.28 4560 87589 7753023 19.2 4.66 Pam the goose 4 30.94 4395 69216 8845643 15.7 4.49 Rosie Bumbleroot 5 35.43 3866 85058 6825375 22.0 3.95 Jackie 6 39.38 3351 48566 5732819 14.5 3.42 Bunny Hare 7 42.80 3250 63422 5739376 19.5 3.32 Foxy 8 46.12 2958 51507 5108658 17.4 3.02 MCC 9 49.14 2832 59360 4937546 21.0 2.89 Tickettyߺº 10 52.03 2303 49602 3952623 21.5 2.35 Splodge 11 54.38 2157 59508 4223453 27.6 2.20 Michaelangelo 12 56.59 2137 52345 4119124 24.5 2.18 ÑórèèÑ 13 58.77 2127 48473 3995305 22.8 2.17 Baldrick 14 60.94 1878 40050 3454594 21.3 1.92 Ali 15 62.86 1816 27515 3122798 15.2 1.85 JoeH 16 64.72 1775 37456 2764987 21.1 1.81 Bram 17 66.53 1510 33472 2521973 22.2 1.54 Anita 18 68.07 1430 83391 4863875 58.3 1.46 pmj 19 69.53 1402 23493 2958581 16.8 1.43 John the R-T 20 70.96 1263 31433 2412026 24.9 1.29 Bernadette 21 72.25 1220 27817 2583066 22.8 1.25 Wally 22 73.50 1154 17128 3065381 14.8 1.18 frogman 23 74.68 1141 28784 2633535 25.2 1.17 Old Grizzly 24 75.84 1130 24392 2391471 21.6 1.15 ~~Linda~~ 25 77.00 1101 17492 1816380 15.9 1.12 Organic Icecube 26 78.12 1086 31225 1922679 28.8 1.11 Smokey 27 79.23 1032 19226 2105270 18.6 1.05 Jeff Gaines 28 80.28 903 19121 1764030 21.2 0.92 Mike Clayton 29 81.21 825 17694 1381344 21.4 0.84 Madge 30 82.05 787 15513 1640269 19.7 0.80 John #8 31 82.85 759 15643 1479503 20.6 0.78 Wrinklie One 32 83.63 577 11474 1046060 19.9 0.59 §håz 33 84.22 561 14453 1162566 25.8 0.57 David C. 34 84.79 560 11795 908597 21.1 0.57 BoyPete 35 85.36 544 11733 887641 21.6 0.56 Pingu 36 85.92 540 9455 798302 17.5 0.55 Parrotfish 37 86.47 443 11522 831652 26.0 0.45 Alma 38 86.92 424 11941 914071 28.2 0.43 r@y 39 87.36 415 7325 610708 17.7 0.42 Bill P 40 87.78 402 9304 832703 23.1 0.41 biffo 41 88.19 379 6722 618128 17.7 0.39 Linedancer 42 88.58 355 5958 626816 16.8 0.36 Troy's Human 43 88.94 349 6878 603031 19.7 0.36 Frederick Williams 44 89.30 337 5633 626455 16.7 0.34 ~~seadancer~~ 45 89.64 321 5032 460031 15.7 0.33 jamps 46 89.97 299 3655 473429 12.2 0.31 Bri 47 90.27 289 7766 531307 26.9 0.30 Tyke 48 90.57 277 7013 652496 25.3 0.28 Jackie Green 49 90.85 277 5252 488272 19.0 0.28 Steve 49 91.13 266 6153 499266 23.1 0.27 Robin T Cox 51 91.41 262 3568 522190 13.6 0.27 sam 52 91.67 261 6955 768560 26.6 0.27 Grannie Annie 53 91.94 255 6627 603261 26.0 0.26 jackie green 54 92.20 245 4356 500172 17.8 0.25 Weatherman 55 92.45 233 3352 476095 14.4 0.24 Ascii Art 56 92.69 231 2967 388639 12.8 0.24 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 57 92.93 212 21032 1852757 99.2 0.22 Graham 58 93.14 207 3916 408327 18.9 0.21 biggeordie 59 93.35 201 4030 463783 20.0 0.21 Lyndon 60 93.56 201 8623 539202 42.9 0.21 Bigbazza 60 93.76 199 3481 311994 17.5 0.20 Pete C 62 93.97 192 4249 342485 22.1 0.20 Alan Holmes 63 94.16 168 5128 333294 30.5 0.17 ned 64 94.33 168 2723 320919 16.2 0.17 Ponder 64 94.51 162 2602 334581 16.1 0.17 Saxman 66 94.67 153 2678 231019 17.5 0.16 Gander 67 94.83 144 4475 388860 31.1 0.15 Mothy 68 94.97 144 3077 318094 21.4 0.15 John 68 95.12 142 3101 266801 21.8 0.15 Pandamonium 70 95.27 141 3216 325737 22.8 0.14 John in Cornwall 71 95.41 129 2547 243374 19.7 0.13 Harold 72 95.54 121 2170 241357 17.9 0.12 Viola 73 95.67 117 3238 248559 27.7 0.12 Edward J Milan 74 95.79 117 1326 210457 11.3 0.12 Sgáth/Faolan 74 95.91 113 1780 209941 15.8 0.12 Bucko 76 96.02 100 2254 336190 22.5 0.10 Gareth 77 96.12 99 2183 193312 22.1 0.10 Clive 78 96.22 96 1537 148070 16.0 0.10 Lin 79 96.32 96 3444 270827 35.9 0.10 May 79 96.42 95 7237 503758 76.2 0.10 Spammers 81 96.52 95 2572 189905 27.1 0.10 David C 81 96.61 89 1245 128202 14.0 0.09 Peter T 83 96.71 89 3217 206276 36.1 0.09 kat 83 96.80 88 2089 170937 23.7 0.09 The Wanderer 85 96.89 80 1821 144443 22.8 0.08 Troll 86 96.97 78 1737 169870 22.3 0.08 Cerumen 87 97.05 73 700 98215 9.6 0.07 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 88 97.12 72 1188 160628 16.5 0.07 exalted wombat 89 97.20 69 1922 147297 27.9 0.07 John E 90 97.27 68 1403 158252 20.6 0.07 Jerry Atric 91 97.34 66 1281 120213 19.4 0.07 andon 92 97.40 65 2162 136841 33.3 0.07 Geoff Hayward 93 97.47 64 1546 110970 24.2 0.07 donut 94 97.53 62 1201 135302 19.4 0.06 Jim Scott 95 97.60 61 1721 144437 28.2 0.06 Flying_Rat 96 97.66 61 1902 126965 31.2 0.06 Coats 96 97.72 60 1371 134868 22.9 0.06 Banana 98 97.78 59 1847 156540 31.3 0.06 Derek F 99 97.84 57 939 113538 16.5 0.06 Bri 100 97.90 56 1054 103810 18.8 0.06 Gill 101 97.96 52 1101 86922 21.2 0.05 ian 102 98.01 52 1047 117340 20.1 0.05 tony bennett 102 98.07 51 685 100628 13.4 0.05 uker 104 98.12 51 994 87888 19.5 0.05 Galaxy 104 98.17 49 1314 109431 26.8 0.05 jammyface 106 98.22 49 1021 82603 20.8 0.05 John D 106 98.27 48 959 83756 20.0 0.05 Paul Jeffree 108 98.32 48 1282 108004 26.7 0.05 Lofty 108 98.37 47 1624 115059 34.6 0.05 someone 110 98.42 46 1636 143352 35.6 0.05 Peter Parry 111 98.46 44 1251 114136 28.4 0.04 David Love 112 98.51 41 918 73106 22.4 0.04 Ian 113 98.55 40 1432 129080 35.8 0.04 Bryan Jones 114 98.59 38 795 64685 20.9 0.04 Chris S 115 98.63 36 659 56142 18.3 0.04 Oldrose 116 98.67 33 561 42529 17.0 0.03 GreySwan 117 98.70 32 818 73771 25.6 0.03 jaygee 118 98.73 32 756 80992 23.6 0.03 Ergo 118 98.77 31 805 77269 26.0 0.03 Weatherlawyer 120 98.80 31 867 61147 28.0 0.03 harry 120 98.83 29 411 40040 14.2 0.03 Toyboy 122 98.86 28 621 52680 22.2 0.03 Di B 123 98.89 27 585 47568 21.7 0.03 goose 124 98.91 24 1267 79060 52.8 0.02 Hawkeye23 125 98.94 23 511 45587 22.2 0.02 Jayne 126 98.96 22 455 39604 20.7 0.02 NC 127 98.98 21 281 40431 13.4 0.02 Ron S 128 99.01 19 692 45974 36.4 0.02 Only 19 posts 129 99.03 72 1860 160696 25.8 0.07 Only 18 posts 130 99.10 16 432 37556 27.0 0.02 Only 16 posts 131 99.12 14 269 21600 19.2 0.01 Only 14 posts 132 99.13 26 589 59300 22.7 0.03 Only 13 posts 133 99.16 60 1266 119112 21.1 0.06 Only 12 posts 134 99.22 11 175 22310 15.9 0.01 Only 11 posts 135 99.23 30 789 75960 26.3 0.03 Only 10 posts 136 99.26 45 1042 93200 23.2 0.05 Only 9 posts 137 99.31 48 1822 136979 38.0 0.05 Only 8 posts 138 99.35 63 1733 151594 27.5 0.06 Only 7 posts 139 99.42 42 1465 117995 34.9 0.04 Only 6 posts 140 99.46 45 1139 101050 25.3 0.05 Only 5 posts 141 99.51 72 1438 136283 20.0 0.07 Only 4 posts 142 99.58 51 1189 110335 23.3 0.05 Only 3 posts 143 99.63 138 3437 311688 24.9 0.14 Only 2 posts 144 99.77 221 4970 460750 22.5 0.23 Only 1 posts 145 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 701 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 492 Wally 2 486 MCC 3 293 Splodge 4 253 Baldrick 5 245 Rosie Bumbleroot 6 229 wtwjgc (Joe) 7 212 Pam the goose 8 191 frogman 9 175 Tickettyߺº 10 160 John #8 11 152 Bunny Hare 12 147 Old Grizzly 13 136 Jeff Gaines 14 135 Michaelangelo 15 121 Anita 16 114 Rabbit 17 113 Foxy 18 107 Madge 19 103 Wrinklie One 20 94 Organic Icecube 21 87 Spammers 22 87 Jackie 22 86 Parrotfish 24 74 John the R-T 25 69 Bram 26 69 BoyPete 26 68 §håz 28 65 Smokey 29 65 sam 29 64 Bigbazza 31 64 John 31 63 John in Cornwall 33 57 Linedancer 34 57 Bernadette 34 56 Bill P 36 53 ÑórèèÑ 37 47 Alma 38 45 r@y 39 43 Gander 40 39 Troy's Human 41 39 JoeH 41 38 ~~Linda~~ 43 37 Ali 44 36 Saxman 45 33 May 46 33 Tyke 46 33 Steve 46 31 jamps 49 29 Edward J Milan 50 27 Clive 51 27 Bri 51 27 Mike Clayton 51 25 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 54 24 Grannie Annie 55 22 Graham 56 21 Pete C 57 20 Pingu 58 20 Sgáth/Faolan 58 20 uker 58 20 Frederick Williams 58 19 biffo 62 19 Pandamonium 62 19 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 62 18 Lyndon 65 18 jackie green 65 18 Jim Scott 65 17 Ascii Art 68 16 GreySwan 69 15 Robin T Cox 70 15 Bucko 70 15 David C 70 15 Weatherman 70 13 Troll 74 13 ian 74 13 Toyboy 74 12 Jerry Atric 77 12 David Love 77 11 David C. 79 11 Jackie Green 79 11 Banana 79 10 ~~seadancer~~ 82 10 Chris S 82 9 ned 84 9 Lofty 84 9 Hawkeye23 84 9 Coats 84 8 someone 88 8 Peter T 88 7 Gareth 90 7 tony bennett 90 7 pmj 90 7 donut 90 6 Weatherlawyer 94 5 Mothy 95 5 andon 95 5 NC 95 5 Derek F 95 5 Ian 95 4 jammyface 100 4 goose 100 4 The Wanderer 100 4 Bri 100 4 harry 100 4 Ergo 100 3 Paul Jeffree 106 3 biggeordie 106 3 Bryan Jones 106 3 John D 106 3 Flying_Rat 106 3 Gill 106 3 Ponder 106 2 Cerumen 113 2 Geoff Hayward 113 2 Di B 113 2 Galaxy 113 2 Oldrose 113 2 jaygee 113 2 exalted wombat 113 1 Viola 120 1 Alan Holmes 120 1 Ron S 120 1 John E 120 1 kat 120 0 Lin 125 0 Peter Parry 125 0 Jayne 125 0 Harold 125

'Only n posts' totals all the posts from authors who only posted the specified number of post during the year.

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 221 2 69 3 17 4 18 5 9 6 7 7 9 8 6 9 5 10+ 146

10 most verbose posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 99.2 Graham 1 76.2 Spammers 2 58.3 pmj 3 52.8 Hawkeye23 4 42.9 Bigbazza 5 36.1 kat 6 35.9 May 7 35.8 Bryan Jones 8 35.6 Peter Parry 9 34.6 someone 10

Top 10 concise posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 9.6 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 1 11.3 Sgáth/Faolan 2 12.2 Bri 3 12.8 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 4 13.4 Ron S 5 13.4 uker 6 13.6 sam 7 14.0 Peter T 8 14.2 Toyboy 9 14.4 Ascii Art 10

High lines/post may be because the posters have something to say, have used blank lines for legibility, or because they don't snip

26 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
62	uk.legal uk.misc uk.finance
18	uk.local.london uk.finance alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains uk.misc
17	alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian uk.environment.conservation uk.rec.birdwatching uk.politics.misc
15	alt.pub.cafe-bob
14
14	uk.tech.digital-tv uk.tech.broadcast
5	alt.fiftyplus
4	uk.business.agriculture uk.politics.misc demon.local
4	uk.legal uk.misc
2	demon.local uk.environment.conservation uk.rec.birdwatching uk.business.agriculture
2	uk.business.agriculture uk.politics.misc
2	uk.d-i-y
2	novell.community.chat uk.people.support.depression
2	alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian uk.environment.conservation uk.business.agriculture uk.politics.misc
1	netscape.public.mozilla.xml netscape.public.beta.feedback.cck
1	demon.local uk.environment.conservation uk.rec.birdwatching uk.rec.gardening uk.business.agriculture
1	uk.legal
1	uk.rec.caravanning
1	uk.people.consumers uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.people.disability uk.philosophy.atheism
1	uk.music.folk uk.music.guitar uk.people.consumers uk.people.health
1	misc.consumers.house uk.food+drink.misc uk.current-events.terrorism uk.rec.competitions
1	uk.people.consumers uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.people.disability uk.people.health
1	abg.mampf
1	uk.local.london uk.legal uk.transport.london uk.misc
1	uk.people.polyamorous uk.people.rural uk.people.sf-fans
1	alt.pub.cafe-bob alt.fifty-plus.friends

Crossposting (with follow-ups set) is the preferred method of making announcements relevant to more than one group.

Unfortunately it is also a prefered mothod for spammers and trolls