Monthly Poster Statistics for November 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.

Trolls - sef-explanatory. Certain threads have been ignored completely except for one line on the threads page.

* 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.% 897 16946 1599102 18.9 10.16 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 10.16 780 15755 2160993 20.2 8.84 wtwjgc (Joe) 2 19.00 744 13830 1283852 18.6 8.43 Pam the goose 3 27.43 728 11823 1200782 16.2 8.25 Rabbit 4 35.67 405 5748 712546 14.2 4.59 Bunny Hare 5 40.26 361 7580 629912 21.0 4.09 Tickettyߺº 6 44.35 326 7297 577185 22.4 3.69 Jackie 7 48.05 311 6555 588171 21.1 3.52 Foxy 8 51.57 290 4924 476871 17.0 3.29 MCC 9 54.85 229 3919 388383 17.1 2.59 JoeH 10 57.45 208 4362 322870 21.0 2.36 Bram 11 59.81 205 4735 366321 23.1 2.32 Splodge 12 62.13 199 4676 378671 23.5 2.25 Baldrick 13 64.38 191 2926 378318 15.3 2.16 Rosie Bumbleroot 14 66.55 190 4282 365582 22.5 2.15 Mike Clayton 15 68.70 187 4704 356393 25.2 2.12 Michaelangelo 16 70.82 171 4316 325400 25.2 1.94 Noreen 17 72.75 166 3480 274055 21.0 1.88 Pingu 18 74.63 164 3865 353349 23.6 1.86 Wally 19 76.49 158 3766 319754 23.8 1.79 Bernadette 20 78.28 138 2704 248531 19.6 1.56 Ali 21 79.85 126 3767 232137 29.9 1.43 Smokey 22 81.27 125 2512 210240 20.1 1.42 Madge 23 82.69 119 2153 265404 18.1 1.35 John the R-T 24 84.04 94 2451 225354 26.1 1.06 jackie green 25 85.10 76 1340 144532 17.6 0.86 Troy's Human 26 85.96 69 1503 122893 21.8 0.78 Troll 27 86.75 66 1417 136843 21.5 0.75 Wrinklie One 28 87.49 61 1092 100145 17.9 0.69 Frederick Williams 29 88.18 60 1053 103158 17.6 0.68 §håz 30 88.86 59 1256 95402 21.3 0.67 Anita 31 89.53 52 823 99510 15.8 0.59 Jeff Gaines 32 90.12 51 929 80760 18.2 0.58 Pete C 33 90.70 50 1425 106795 28.5 0.57 John E 34 91.27 46 1115 84744 24.2 0.52 Alma 35 91.79 45 1082 88759 24.0 0.51 Old Grizzly 36 92.30 40 731 60318 18.3 0.45 Parrotfish 37 92.75 27 624 54769 23.1 0.31 r@y 38 93.06 26 682 51691 26.2 0.29 David C 39 93.35 24 902 68264 37.6 0.27 Derek F 40 93.62 24 371 48986 15.5 0.27 Ascii Art 40 93.89 22 425 35197 19.3 0.25 Robin T Cox 42 94.14 21 292 38749 13.9 0.24 Weatherman 43 94.38 21 256 30540 12.2 0.24 Linedancer 43 94.62 21 150 27548 7.1 0.24 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 43 94.86 20 424 36793 21.2 0.23 Di B 46 95.08 20 331 36028 16.6 0.23 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 46 95.31 19 340 29996 17.9 0.22 Gander 48 95.53 18 370 35160 20.6 0.20 Harold 49 95.73 16 588 44150 36.8 0.18 Bigbazza 50 95.91 15 400 36810 26.7 0.17 Spammers 51 96.08 14 461 43736 32.9 0.16 Bryan Jones 52 96.24 14 426 30112 30.4 0.16 ned 52 96.40 13 261 28401 20.1 0.15 Bri 54 96.54 13 214 25694 16.5 0.15 John #8 54 96.69 13 323 22474 24.8 0.15 Tyke 54 96.84 12 190 22896 15.8 0.14 frogman 57 96.98 12 190 25933 15.8 0.14 sam 57 97.11 12 78 18733 6.5 0.14 Bucko 57 97.25 11 270 23917 24.5 0.12 biffo 60 97.37 11 291 28466 26.5 0.12 Lyndon 60 97.50 11 193 19173 17.5 0.12 NC 60 97.62 10 191 21447 19.1 0.11 Jim Scott 63 97.73 10 208 22822 20.8 0.11 Saxman 63 97.85 10 198 20390 19.8 0.11 biggeordie 63 97.96 10 306 21140 30.6 0.11 Coats 63 98.07 10 169 16845 16.9 0.11 Steve 63 98.19 9 138 13662 15.3 0.10 jamps 68 98.29 9 68 13967 7.6 0.10 Sgáth/Faolan 68 98.39 9 228 21491 25.3 0.10 David Love 68 98.49 8 150 12389 18.8 0.09 Bill P 71 98.58 7 166 18277 23.7 0.08 Archivist Mike 72 98.66 7 137 14305 19.6 0.08 ~~Linda~~ 72 98.74 7 98 12142 14.0 0.08 Ponder 72 98.82 6 118 10032 19.7 0.07 Edward J Milan 75 98.89 5 152 12789 30.4 0.06 judith 76 98.95 5 109 9698 21.8 0.06 Pandamonium 76 99.00 5 239 17175 47.8 0.06 May 76 99.06 5 76 8207 15.2 0.06 jaygee 76 99.12 4 65 7190 16.3 0.05 Lin 80 99.16 4 69 6436 17.3 0.05 someone 80 99.21 4 59 5737 14.8 0.05 Alan Holmes 80 99.25 4 62 5330 15.5 0.05 Freddie 80 99.30 4 127 9224 31.8 0.05 The Wanderer 80 99.34 4 57 8206 14.3 0.05 Weatherlawyer 80 99.39 3 66 7138 22.0 0.03 GeorgeE 86 99.42 3 80 6617 26.7 0.03 jammyface 86 99.46 3 81 7091 27.0 0.03 Lofty 86 99.49 3 78 6962 26.0 0.03 Mike 86 99.52 3 33 3390 11.0 0.03 Detritus 86 99.56 2 57 4836 28.5 0.02 John Milner 91 99.58 2 14 3361 7.0 0.02 wellnice 91 99.60 2 40 4134 20.0 0.02 Cerumen 91 99.63 2 46 4522 23.0 0.02 MiniMeToo 91 99.65 2 19 3781 9.5 0.02 uker 91 99.67 2 85 5317 42.5 0.02 Geoff Hayward 91 99.69 2 30 3976 15.0 0.02 tony bennett 91 99.72 2 68 6442 34.0 0.02 The Eclectic Electric 91 99.74 2 12 3148 6.0 0.02 Jezza 91 99.76 1 009 02007 9.0 0.01 Gil J 100 99.77 1 023 02539 23.0 0.01 Peter Parry 100 99.78 1 032 02063 32.0 0.01 GlasshouseJohn 100 99.80 1 010 01525 10.0 0.01 Mothy 100 99.81 1 012 01500 12.0 0.01 Ben the Black Lab 100 99.82 1 010 01525 10.0 0.01 Bobbi 100 99.83 1 017 02181 17.0 0.01 Joe 100 99.84 1 059 02869 59.0 0.01 Zack 100 99.85 1 028 02250 28.0 0.01 Just Me 100 99.86 1 036 02973 36.0 0.01 Neil 100 99.88 1 022 01682 22.0 0.01 Toyboy 100 99.89 1 014 01424 14.0 0.01 Harry 100 99.90 1 012 01548 12.0 0.01 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 100 99.91 1 018 02108 18.0 0.01 Trev 100 99.92 1 022 01730 22.0 0.01 Jack 100 99.93 1 008 01723 8.0 0.01 johnfletch 100 99.94 1 023 02024 23.0 0.01 John Nice 100 99.95 1 012 01551 12.0 0.01 Flying_Rat 100 99.97 1 020 02066 20.0 0.01 PlusNet Support Team 100 99.98 1 013 01454 13.0 0.01 SAMANTHA 100 99.99 1 026 02376 26.0 0.01 **jackson jack 11 100 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 71 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 69 Wally 2 41 MCC 3 34 Pam the goose 4 30 wtwjgc (Joe) 5 29 Tickettyߺº 6 26 Splodge 7 20 Rabbit 8 19 Baldrick 9 15 Michaelangelo 10 15 Spammers 10 15 Bunny Hare 10 15 Rosie Bumbleroot 10 12 Troll 14 11 Madge 15 9 Bram 16 9 Troy's Human 16 9 Noreen 16 8 §håz 19 8 Smokey 19 8 Gander 19 8 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 19 7 Jackie 23 7 Jeff Gaines 23 7 Bigbazza 23 7 John #8 23 7 Bernadette 23 6 Pingu 28 6 r@y 28 6 Parrotfish 28 6 Mike Clayton 28 6 Foxy 28 5 Anita 33 5 frogman 33 5 Wrinklie One 33 4 Old Grizzly 36 4 John the R-T 36 4 David Love 36 4 Alma 36 4 JoeH 36 3 Frederick Williams 41 3 Weatherman 41 3 jackie green 41 3 Linedancer 41 3 Ascii Art 41 3 Pete C 41 3 Steve 41 2 wellnice 48 2 Di B 48 2 Ali 48 2 Edward J Milan 48 2 Pandamonium 48 2 Jim Scott 48 2 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 48 2 NC 48 2 Saxman 48 2 May 48 2 sam 48 2 Weatherlawyer 48 2 Jezza 48 1 Archivist Mike 61 1 GlasshouseJohn 61 1 GeorgeE 61 1 Zack 61 1 Just Me 61 1 someone 61 1 ned 61 1 ~~Linda~~ 61 1 Sgáth/Faolan 61 1 uker 61 1 John E 61 1 Derek F 61 1 Lofty 61 1 Mike 61 1 Bucko 61 1 johnfletch 61 1 tony bennett 61 1 Flying_Rat 61 1 David C 61 1 Bill P 61 1 Coats 61 0 John Milner 82 0 Gil J 82 0 biffo 82 0 Peter Parry 82 0 Mothy 82 0 Ben the Black Lab 82 0 jamps 82 0 Bobbi 82 0 judith 82 0 Joe 82 0 Lyndon 82 0 Bryan Jones 82 0 Lin 82 0 Alan Holmes 82 0 Neil 82 0 Toyboy 82 0 Robin T Cox 82 0 Freddie 82 0 The Wanderer 82 0 Ponder 82 0 Cerumen 82 0 Harry 82 0 jammyface 82 0 MiniMeToo 82 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 82 0 Trev 82 0 Bri 82 0 Geoff Hayward 82 0 Jack 82 0 Detritus 82 0 Harold 82 0 John Nice 82 0 jaygee 82 0 The Eclectic Electric 82 0 Tyke 82 0 biggeordie 82 0 PlusNet Support Team 82 0 SAMANTHA 82 0 **jackson jack 11 82

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 21 2 9 3 5 4 6 5 4 6 1 7 3 8 1 9 3 10+ 67

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 37.6 Derek F 1 36.8 Bigbazza 2 29.9 Smokey 3 28.5 John E 4 26.7 Spammers 5 26.2 David C 6 26.1 jackie green 7 25.2 Noreen 8 25.2 Michaelangelo 9 24.2 Alma 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.1 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 1 12.2 Linedancer 2 13.9 Weatherman 3 14.2 Bunny Hare 4 15.3 Rosie Bumbleroot 5 15.5 Ascii Art 6 15.8 Jeff Gaines 7 16.2 Rabbit 8 16.6 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 9 17.0 MCC 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

1 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
5	alt.fiftyplus

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