Monthly Poster Statistics for August 2007 in ups.

* Lpp = Lines per post; % = percentage of total posts due to this author; cum% = percantage of total posts due to all authors above and including this author*

Posters sorted … by posts made Posts Lines bytes Lpp* % * Author Rank Cum.% Posts Lines bytes Lpp* % * Author Rank Cum.% 923 14977 1547904 16.2 12.24 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 12.24 659 13040 1801077 19.8 8.74 wtwjgc (Joe) 2 20.98 614 10214 1016460 16.6 8.14 Rabbit 3 29.12 489 8923 812796 18.2 6.48 Pam the goose 4 35.60 482 7539 1008164 15.6 6.39 Rosie Bumbleroot 5 41.99 313 5815 566611 18.6 4.15 Foxy 6 46.14 302 4447 525043 14.7 4.00 Bunny Hare 7 50.15 280 6024 491639 21.5 3.71 Jackie 8 53.86 262 4562 437193 17.4 3.47 MCC 9 57.33 233 5297 447407 22.7 3.09 Baldrick 10 60.42 186 2789 347744 15.0 2.47 JoeH 11 62.89 169 3977 329075 23.5 2.24 noreen@home 12 65.13 152 3277 263973 21.6 2.02 Splodge 13 67.14 150 3675 279550 24.5 1.99 Michaelangelo 14 69.13 150 2889 251127 19.3 1.99 Tickettyߺº 14 71.12 149 3485 264241 23.4 1.98 Anita 16 73.10 139 2944 260738 21.2 1.84 Ali 17 74.94 123 2717 204215 22.1 1.63 Bram 18 76.57 107 2401 201563 22.4 1.42 Bernadette 19 77.99 104 2103 193230 20.2 1.38 Mike Clayton 20 79.37 104 2297 175743 22.1 1.38 Madge 20 80.75 102 2221 219977 21.8 1.35 ~~Linda~~ 22 82.10 77 1889 170626 24.5 1.02 Wally 23 83.12 73 1438 136543 19.7 0.97 Wrinklie One 24 84.09 67 1350 123315 20.1 0.89 §håz 25 84.98 64 1170 98755 18.3 0.85 Parrotfish 26 85.83 61 1648 104715 27.0 0.81 Smokey 27 86.63 58 1059 115986 18.3 0.77 John #8 28 87.40 48 809 75012 16.9 0.64 jamps 29 88.04 48 936 97713 19.5 0.64 Jeff Gaines 29 88.68 46 1163 93592 25.3 0.61 r@y 31 89.29 44 853 94711 19.4 0.58 John the R-T 32 89.87 35 1034 69017 29.5 0.46 Tyke 33 90.33 34 634 61280 18.6 0.45 Harold 34 90.78 33 592 54623 17.9 0.44 Linedancer 35 91.22 31 868 64019 28.0 0.41 David C. 36 91.63 30 628 55880 20.9 0.40 Robin T Cox 37 92.03 28 682 53779 24.4 0.37 Alan Holmes 38 92.40 27 662 61239 24.5 0.36 Jackie Green 39 92.76 26 492 37380 18.9 0.34 Pingu 40 93.11 26 676 62219 26.0 0.34 Spammers 40 93.45 24 478 43475 19.9 0.32 Clive 42 93.77 24 449 46531 18.7 0.32 biggeordie 42 94.09 23 515 42666 22.4 0.30 Ian 44 94.39 22 389 38472 17.7 0.29 Old Grizzly 45 94.68 22 431 49088 19.6 0.29 tony bennett 45 94.97 19 381 31377 20.1 0.25 BoyPete 47 95.23 19 186 35575 9.8 0.25 sam 47 95.48 19 320 28292 16.8 0.25 Bill P 47 95.73 18 285 31392 15.8 0.24 Organic Icecube 50 95.97 16 319 31364 19.9 0.21 biffo 51 96.18 15 277 30603 18.5 0.20 Ponder 52 96.38 15 175 26085 11.7 0.20 frogman 52 96.58 13 263 25745 20.2 0.17 andon 54 96.75 13 103 18296 7.9 0.17 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 54 96.92 13 233 20639 17.9 0.17 Gander 54 97.10 13 257 23102 19.8 0.17 Steve 54 97.27 12 105 25312 8.8 0.16 Graham 58 97.43 11 103 17744 9.4 0.15 Sgáth/Faolan 59 97.57 11 271 21896 24.6 0.15 kat 59 97.72 10 118 15567 11.8 0.13 Troy's Human 61 97.85 9 272 24782 30.2 0.12 May 62 97.97 8 115 11853 14.4 0.11 Lin 63 98.08 8 259 20508 32.4 0.11 Bucko 63 98.18 7 141 14358 20.1 0.09 Weatherman 65 98.28 7 306 19333 43.7 0.09 someone 65 98.37 7 155 14913 22.1 0.09 Cerumen 65 98.46 6 93 13748 15.5 0.08 Grannie Annie 68 98.54 6 124 13227 20.7 0.08 zed 68 98.62 6 75 11599 12.5 0.08 Saxman 68 98.70 5 137 9787 27.4 0.07 Bigbazza 71 98.77 5 71 9180 14.2 0.07 Ron S 71 98.83 5 118 8381 23.6 0.07 Coats 71 98.90 4 83 6355 20.8 0.05 ned 74 98.95 4 86 6661 21.5 0.05 Edward J Milan 74 99.01 4 46 7463 11.5 0.05 Jim Scott 74 99.06 4 29 5644 7.3 0.05 Lofty 74 99.11 3 35 5175 11.7 0.04 John in Cornwall 78 99.15 3 59 5686 19.7 0.04 Jayne 78 99.19 3 58 4727 19.3 0.04 Mike Cawood 78 99.23 3 113 7087 37.7 0.04 Geoff Hayward 78 99.27 3 29 5175 9.7 0.04 Vee 78 99.31 3 75 6732 25.0 0.04 Flying_Rat 78 99.35 3 51 4388 17.0 0.04 Alma 78 99.39 3 24 4220 8.0 0.04 Bri 78 99.43 2 136 8491 68.0 0.03 mrpoppy 86 99.46 2 51 4285 25.5 0.03 Phyl(Dans Nan) 86 99.48 2 32 3661 16.0 0.03 **olgamina 86 99.51 2 24 3437 12.0 0.03 Zack 86 99.54 2 28 3327 14.0 0.03 The Barsteward 86 99.56 2 44 3839 22.0 0.03 The Wanderer 86 99.59 2 27 3265 13.5 0.03 jammyface 86 99.62 2 35 3351 17.5 0.03 Pandamonium 86 99.64 2 20 2459 10.0 0.03 John D 86 99.67 2 60 4522 30.0 0.03 Chris S 86 99.70 2 67 4620 33.5 0.03 Larry T Lurker 86 99.72 2 94 7393 47.0 0.03 Cliff 86 99.75 2 24 4083 12.0 0.03 Ascii Art 86 99.77 2 73 5019 36.5 0.03 harry 86 99.80 1 15 2253 15.0 0.01 Peter Parry 100 99.81 1 4 1423 4.0 0.01 blueflame 100 99.83 1 20 2189 20.0 0.01 Lyndon 100 99.84 1 11 1246 11.0 0.01 888 100 99.85 1 14 1486 14.0 0.01 Mandy 100 99.87 1 17 1401 17.0 0.01 David 100 99.88 1 3 1544 3.0 0.01 uker 100 99.89 1 24 1510 24.0 0.01 Oldrose 100 99.91 1 38 2823 38.0 0.01 Dafydd 100 99.92 1 24 1732 24.0 0.01 Mike of Wrexham 100 99.93 1 15 2401 15.0 0.01 Tim 100 99.95 1 4 1065 4.0 0.01 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 100 99.96 1 41 3086 41.0 0.01 Rusty 100 99.97 1 11 1817 11.0 0.01 Theo_Delight 100 99.99 1 66 4151 66.0 0.01 SB 100 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 59 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 45 MCC 2 38 Wally 3 32 Rosie Bumbleroot 4 27 Baldrick 5 26 Spammers 6 25 Pam the goose 7 21 wtwjgc (Joe) 8 20 Splodge 9 17 Anita 10 14 Tickettyߺº 11 14 Bunny Hare 11 13 John #8 13 12 Rabbit 14 11 §håz 15 11 Madge 15 10 Foxy 17 8 Clive 18 8 Jeff Gaines 18 8 Parrotfish 18 6 Michaelangelo 21 6 Smokey 21 6 May 21 6 Linedancer 21 6 Wrinklie One 21 5 Bernadette 26 4 Bram 27 4 Old Grizzly 27 4 John the R-T 27 4 frogman 27 4 sam 27 4 r@y 27 4 Tyke 27 4 Mike Clayton 27 3 Jim Scott 35 3 JoeH 35 3 Steve 35 2 Organic Icecube 38 2 jamps 38 2 Pingu 38 2 Ali 38 2 Phyl(Dans Nan) 38 2 Zack 38 2 Grannie Annie 38 2 Jackie 38 2 andon 38 2 ~~Linda~~ 38 2 Robin T Cox 38 2 zed 38 2 Bigbazza 38 2 Saxman 38 2 Jackie Green 38 2 Bucko 38 2 Lofty 38 2 Ian 38 2 Vee 38 2 tony bennett 38 2 Gander 38 2 David C. 38 2 noreen@home 38 2 Bill P 38 1 blueflame 62 1 John in Cornwall 62 1 someone 62 1 Graham 62 1 Cerumen 62 1 Sgáth/Faolan 62 1 BoyPete 62 1 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 62 1 Chris S 62 1 kat 62 1 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 62 1 Coats 62 1 SB 62 1 Bri 62 0 biffo 76 0 Peter Parry 76 0 Troy's Human 76 0 mrpoppy 76 0 Lyndon 76 0 888 76 0 **olgamina 76 0 Mandy 76 0 Lin 76 0 Weatherman 76 0 The Barsteward 76 0 ned 76 0 Jayne 76 0 Alan Holmes 76 0 David 76 0 The Wanderer 76 0 Ponder 76 0 Edward J Milan 76 0 Mike Cawood 76 0 jammyface 76 0 uker 76 0 Pandamonium 76 0 John D 76 0 Ron S 76 0 Larry T Lurker 76 0 Oldrose 76 0 Geoff Hayward 76 0 Cliff 76 0 Harold 76 0 Flying_Rat 76 0 Dafydd 76 0 Alma 76 0 biggeordie 76 0 Mike of Wrexham 76 0 Ascii Art 76 0 Tim 76 0 Rusty 76 0 Theo_Delight 76 0 harry 76

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 15 2 14 3 8 4 4 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 2 9 1 10+ 61

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 29.5 Tyke 1 28.0 David C. 2 27.0 Smokey 3 26.0 Spammers 4 25.3 r@y 5 24.5 Wally 6 24.5 Jackie Green 7 24.5 Michaelangelo 8 24.4 Alan Holmes 9 23.5 noreen@home 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 9.8 sam 1 11.7 frogman 2 14.7 Bunny Hare 3 15.0 JoeH 4 15.6 Rosie Bumbleroot 5 15.8 Organic Icecube 6 16.2 Flyiñg Ñuñ 7 16.6 Rabbit 8 16.8 Bill P 9 16.9 jamps 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

3 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
2	uk.legal uk.misc uk.finance
1	netscape.public.mozilla.xml netscape.public.beta.feedback.cck
1	uk.local.london uk.legal uk.transport.london uk.misc

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