Monthly Poster Statistics for September 2007 in ups.

Author spammers represents all the spammers posting to the group. [X] indicates posters who only contributed to cross-posted threads, almost certainly regulars in the one of other groups x-posted to.

* 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.% 767 12810 1326502 16.7 11.18 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.18 564 10144 1421078 18.0 8.22 wtwjgc (Joe) 2 19.40 496 7974 805215 16.1 7.23 Rabbit 3 26.63 417 8103 744316 19.4 6.08 Pam the goose 4 32.71 322 5372 683951 16.7 4.69 Rosie Bumbleroot 5 37.40 295 6441 528939 21.8 4.30 Jackie 6 41.70 261 4690 462504 18.0 3.80 Foxy 7 45.50 258 3714 450929 14.4 3.76 Bunny Hare 8 49.26 250 3912 430534 15.6 3.64 MCC 9 52.91 218 4648 348929 21.3 3.18 Bram 10 56.09 212 4578 389300 21.6 3.09 Baldrick 11 59.18 208 3012 339693 14.5 3.03 JoeH 12 62.21 200 4436 370244 22.2 2.92 Tickettyߺº 13 65.12 160 3491 275287 21.8 2.33 Splodge 14 67.45 152 3494 289777 23.0 2.22 Noreen 15 69.67 140 2788 276576 19.9 2.04 Mike Clayton 16 71.71 133 2615 240161 19.7 1.94 Ali 17 73.65 130 3468 255033 26.7 1.89 Michaelangelo 18 75.54 120 2746 209214 22.9 1.75 Anita 19 77.29 113 1746 233137 15.5 1.65 John the R-T 20 78.94 101 2924 180034 29.0 1.47 Smokey 21 80.41 95 1965 197345 20.7 1.38 ~~Linda~~ 22 81.80 94 2068 205752 22.0 1.37 Wally 23 83.17 90 1626 179122 18.1 1.31 Jeff Gaines 24 84.48 67 1359 108811 20.3 0.98 Madge 25 85.45 40 685 59776 17.1 0.58 Parrotfish 26 86.04 38 877 76404 23.1 0.55 §håz 27 86.59 38 987 79167 26.0 0.55 r@y 27 87.14 34 682 66165 20.1 0.50 Harold 29 87.64 33 730 53226 22.1 0.48 Pingu 30 88.12 32 629 52223 19.7 0.47 Bill P 31 88.59 31 742 69870 23.9 0.45 jackie green 32 89.04 31 524 60869 16.9 0.45 John #8 32 89.49 30 652 72656 21.7 0.44 Lyndon 34 89.93 29 696 54899 24.0 0.42 Robin T Cox 35 90.35 28 607 54264 21.7 0.41 Old Grizzly 36 90.76 28 553 51280 19.8 0.41 Steve 36 91.17 27 523 49526 19.4 0.39 Wrinklie One 38 91.56 23 622 42495 27.0 0.34 Tyke 39 91.90 22 576 42104 26.2 0.32 Alma 40 92.22 21 573 42735 27.3 0.31 David C 41 92.52 20 455 35923 22.8 0.29 Alan Holmes 42 92.81 19 269 35164 14.2 0.28 Ponder 43 93.09 18 353 26262 19.6 0.26 Rocky 44 93.35 17 431 36836 25.4 0.25 biffo 45 93.60 17 550 38711 32.4 0.25 ned 45 93.85 17 304 36796 17.9 0.25 tony bennett 45 94.10 16 252 27265 15.8 0.23 Troy's Human 48 94.33 16 207 24325 12.9 0.23 Pandamonium 48 94.56 16 252 22521 15.8 0.23 Pete C 48 94.80 15 1639 100313 109.3 0.22 Spammers 51 95.02 15 531 43015 35.4 0.22 David Love 51 95.23 14 219 20716 15.6 0.20 jamps 53 95.44 14 335 28902 23.9 0.20 Clive 53 95.64 14 119 29038 8.5 0.20 Graham 53 95.85 14 158 17130 11.3 0.20 Gander 53 96.05 13 214 25108 16.5 0.19 Weatherman 57 96.24 13 243 24277 18.7 0.19 frogman 57 96.43 13 417 35528 32.1 0.19 May 57 96.62 12 211 18443 17.6 0.17 Lin 60 96.79 12 260 19909 21.7 0.17 Ian 60 96.97 11 239 27537 21.7 0.16 Jerry Atric 62 97.13 10 176 16779 17.6 0.15 Linedancer 63 97.27 9 306 19285 34.0 0.13 Bigbazza 64 97.41 9 161 17138 17.9 0.13 biggeordie 64 97.54 9 249 18113 27.7 0.13 Bernadette 64 97.67 8 249 20909 31.1 0.12 Nor 67 97.78 8 228 16802 28.5 0.12 Edward J Milan 67 97.90 7 135 15371 19.3 0.10 uker 69 98.00 7 182 17566 26.0 0.10 Saxman 69 98.11 7 153 12382 21.9 0.10 goose 69 98.21 6 129 12033 21.5 0.09 Mandy 72 98.29 6 162 13183 27.0 0.09 andon 72 98.38 6 135 12713 22.5 0.09 Bucko 72 98.47 5 69 9442 13.8 0.07 John in Cornwall 75 98.54 5 77 6909 15.4 0.07 Oldrose 75 98.62 5 72 9461 14.4 0.07 Norbert Wittgenfeld[X] 75 98.69 5 79 10565 15.8 0.07 Ascii Art 75 98.76 5 52 7122 10.4 0.07 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 75 98.83 4 145 9506 36.3 0.06 John Milner 80 98.89 4 47 6274 11.8 0.06 Phyl(Dans Nan) 80 98.95 4 43 6318 10.8 0.06 Sgáth/Faolan 80 99.01 4 46 6758 11.5 0.06 Jim Scott 80 99.07 4 98 9673 24.5 0.06 Stephen Venables 80 99.13 4 95 6938 23.8 0.06 Geoff Hayward 80 99.18 3 97 7851 32.3 0.04 bof 86 99.23 3 44 4065 14.7 0.04 888 86 99.27 3 55 5792 18.3 0.04 Cerumen 86 99.31 3 56 5662 18.7 0.04 Matti Lamprhey[X] 86 99.36 3 29 5329 9.7 0.04 sam 86 99.40 3 52 3775 17.3 0.04 GreySwan 86 99.45 2 49 7110 24.5 0.03 Kouros 92 99.48 2 25 2637 12.5 0.03 Toyboy 92 99.50 2 53 4474 26.5 0.03 The Wanderer 92 99.53 2 50 4057 25.0 0.03 John D 92 99.56 2 49 3880 24.5 0.03 Chris S 92 99.59 2 40 4164 20.0 0.03 Cath 92 99.62 2 23 3618 11.5 0.03 Ron S 92 99.65 2 41 2705 20.5 0.03 Larry T Lurker 92 99.68 1 016 02204 16.0 0.01 Weatherlawyer[X] 100 99.69 1 032 03189 32.0 0.01 Peter Parry 100 99.71 1 022 02052 22.0 0.01 Ivan[X] 100 99.72 1 021 01810 21.0 0.01 Gordon Hudson 100 99.74 1 015 01713 15.0 0.01 Jovi 100 99.75 1 023 02529 23.0 0.01 Ian Jackson[X] 100 99.77 1 035 02877 35.0 0.01 LesG 100 99.78 1 025 02288 25.0 0.01 Neil 100 99.80 1 002 01254 2.0 0.01 farinha 100 99.81 1 010 01717 10.0 0.01 **dandbanderton 100 99.83 1 029 02082 29.0 0.01 Harry 100 99.84 1 008 01463 8.0 0.01 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 100 99.85 1 013 01309 13.0 0.01 AW Barton 100 99.87 1 030 02893 30.0 0.01 Campaigner 100 99.88 1 021 01577 21.0 0.01 Dana[X] 100 99.90 1 031 02416 31.0 0.01 mike 100 99.91 1 006 01237 6.0 0.01 Juans Gwammy 100 99.93 1 016 01661 16.0 0.01 Martin[X] 100 99.94 1 034 02637 34.0 0.01 Hugh Newbury[X] 100 99.96 1 028 02350 28.0 0.01 brightside S9[X] 100 99.97 1 022 01613 22.0 0.01 Coats 100 99.99 1 015 02310 15.0 0.01 John 100 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 55 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 39 MCC 2 38 Wally 3 25 Baldrick 4 21 Rosie Bumbleroot 5 21 Splodge 5 19 wtwjgc (Joe) 7 18 Jeff Gaines 8 16 Anita 9 16 Pam the goose 9 15 Tickettyߺº 11 14 Bram 12 13 Spammers 13 12 Bunny Hare 14 12 Madge 14 11 Rabbit 16 11 Foxy 16 10 John #8 18 9 Parrotfish 19 7 May 20 7 Gander 20 7 Wrinklie One 20 6 Michaelangelo 23 6 Old Grizzly 23 6 John the R-T 23 5 Bigbazza 26 5 David Love 26 5 Tyke 26 5 Bill P 26 4 Noreen 30 4 Jackie 30 4 Clive 30 3 John in Cornwall 33 3 jamps 33 3 Ali 33 3 §håz 33 3 uker 33 3 Smokey 33 3 tony bennett 33 3 JoeH 33 3 Steve 33 2 Troy's Human 42 2 Lyndon 42 2 Phyl(Dans Nan) 42 2 ~~Linda~~ 42 2 Robin T Cox 42 2 Ponder 42 2 Edward J Milan 42 2 Jim Scott 42 2 Stephen Venables 42 2 frogman 42 2 r@y 42 2 Jerry Atric 42 2 GreySwan 42 2 David C 42 2 Pete C 42 2 Mike Clayton 42 2 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 42 1 bof 59 1 Pingu 59 1 Jovi 59 1 jackie green 59 1 andon 59 1 farinha 59 1 Toyboy 59 1 Graham 59 1 Sgáth/Faolan 59 1 **dandbanderton 59 1 Pandamonium 59 1 John D 59 1 Campaigner 59 1 Dana[X] 59 1 Saxman 59 1 sam 59 1 Bucko 59 1 Ian 59 1 Alma 59 1 Linedancer 59 1 Ascii Art 59 1 goose 59 0 John Milner 81 0 Weatherlawyer[X] 81 0 biffo 81 0 Peter Parry 81 0 Kouros 81 0 Ivan[X] 81 0 Gordon Hudson 81 0 Nor 81 0 888 81 0 Ian Jackson[X] 81 0 Lin 81 0 Mandy 81 0 Weatherman 81 0 ned 81 0 LesG 81 0 Alan Holmes 81 0 Neil 81 0 The Wanderer 81 0 Cerumen 81 0 Harry 81 0 Rocky 81 0 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 81 0 Chris S 81 0 Cath 81 0 AW Barton 81 0 Ron S 81 0 mike 81 0 Larry T Lurker 81 0 Matti Lamprhey[X] 81 0 Oldrose 81 0 Geoff Hayward 81 0 Juans Gwammy 81 0 Harold 81 0 Martin[X] 81 0 Hugh Newbury[X] 81 0 biggeordie 81 0 Norbert Wittgenfeld[X] 81 0 brightside S9[X] 81 0 Coats 81 0 John 81 0 Bernadette 81

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 22 2 8 3 6 4 6 5 5 6 3 7 3 8 2 9 3 10+ 63

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 109.3 Spammers 1 35.4 David Love 2 32.4 ned 3 29.0 Smokey 4 27.3 David C 5 27.0 Tyke 6 26.7 Michaelangelo 7 26.2 Alma 8 26.0 r@y 9 25.4 biffo 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 12.9 Pandamonium 1 14.2 Ponder 2 14.4 Bunny Hare 3 14.5 JoeH 4 15.5 John the R-T 5 15.6 MCC 6 15.8 Pete C 7 15.8 Troy's Human 7 16.1 Rabbit 9 16.7 Rosie Bumbleroot 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

6 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
14	uk.tech.digital-tv uk.tech.broadcast
1	abg.mampf
1	uk.people.consumers uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.people.disability uk.philosophy.atheism
1	uk.people.polyamorous uk.people.rural uk.people.sf-fans
1	uk.music.folk uk.music.guitar uk.people.consumers uk.people.health
1	uk.people.consumers uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.people.disability uk.people.health

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