Monthly Poster Statistics for December 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.% 906 16781 1619517 18.5 11.12 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.12 816 13680 1384963 16.8 10.02 Rabbit 2 21.14 469 9410 1376798 20.1 5.76 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 26.90 435 8720 766268 20.0 5.34 Pam the goose 4 32.24 409 9144 722267 22.4 5.02 Tickettyߺº 5 37.27 297 4230 529291 14.2 3.65 Bunny Hare 6 40.91 286 6731 534266 23.5 3.51 Jackie 7 44.43 246 3778 491195 15.4 3.02 Rosie Bumbleroot 8 47.45 229 3932 372687 17.2 2.81 MCC 9 50.26 227 6138 460843 27.0 2.79 Michaelangelo 10 53.05 212 4903 405014 23.1 2.60 Bernadette 11 55.65 196 3678 346667 18.8 2.41 Foxy 12 58.06 184 4351 398090 23.6 2.26 Wally 13 60.31 176 4380 341783 24.9 2.16 Baldrick 14 62.48 172 2361 266252 13.7 2.11 JoeH 15 64.59 167 2854 281243 17.1 2.05 Ali 16 66.64 167 3660 288800 21.9 2.05 Splodge 16 68.69 156 4171 302572 26.7 1.92 Noreen 18 70.60 154 3185 308101 20.7 1.89 Wrinklie One 19 72.50 139 3556 285727 25.6 1.71 Mike Clayton 20 74.20 131 2917 290035 22.3 1.61 ~~Linda~~ 21 75.81 130 2841 207777 21.9 1.60 Bram 22 77.41 110 1905 234757 17.3 1.35 John the R-T 23 78.76 89 1245 128202 14.0 1.09 Peter T 24 79.85 86 1371 168122 15.9 1.06 Jeff Gaines 25 80.91 83 1499 133792 18.1 1.02 Pete C 26 81.93 79 2326 144267 29.4 0.97 Smokey 27 82.90 72 975 141815 13.5 0.88 frogman 28 83.78 65 1341 103489 20.6 0.80 Anita 29 84.58 60 1619 131137 27.0 0.74 r@y 30 85.31 56 809 84062 14.4 0.69 Linedancer 31 86.00 53 1152 87792 21.7 0.65 Pingu 32 86.65 44 678 85137 15.4 0.54 Bri 33 87.19 44 947 78052 21.5 0.54 Alma 33 87.73 44 774 66804 17.6 0.54 Bill P 33 88.27 43 986 90915 22.9 0.53 jackie green 36 88.80 43 874 70035 20.3 0.53 Madge 36 89.33 42 716 66601 17.0 0.52 Frederick Williams 38 89.85 41 814 84960 19.9 0.50 John #8 39 90.35 39 652 64770 16.7 0.48 §håz 40 90.83 38 757 70814 19.9 0.47 Harold 41 91.29 36 633 53664 17.6 0.44 jamps 42 91.74 35 778 67738 22.2 0.43 Troy's Human 43 92.17 35 628 58778 17.9 0.43 Robin T Cox 43 92.60 34 403 56770 11.9 0.42 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 45 93.01 33 520 67250 15.8 0.41 Weatherman 46 93.42 30 1240 76988 41.3 0.37 Bigbazza 47 93.79 30 442 59054 14.7 0.37 Ascii Art 47 94.16 26 971 85344 37.3 0.32 Bryan Jones 49 94.47 24 461 51637 19.2 0.29 biggeordie 50 94.77 23 367 32010 16.0 0.28 Parrotfish 51 95.05 22 599 40582 27.2 0.27 Tyke 52 95.32 21 553 40605 26.3 0.26 Paul Jeffree 53 95.58 21 816 78845 38.9 0.26 Spammers 53 95.84 21 157 41056 7.5 0.26 Saxman 53 96.10 17 430 35862 25.3 0.21 John E 56 96.30 15 310 26499 20.7 0.18 Pandamonium 57 96.49 15 264 33266 17.6 0.18 sam 57 96.67 14 399 33081 28.5 0.17 The Wanderer 59 96.84 12 301 30795 25.1 0.15 Peter Parry 60 96.99 12 398 27525 33.2 0.15 jammyface 60 97.14 11 294 30398 26.7 0.14 Archivist Mike 62 97.27 11 318 21550 28.9 0.14 Troll 62 97.41 11 296 21842 26.9 0.14 ned 62 97.54 11 242 21480 22.0 0.14 Jayne 62 97.68 10 153 19680 15.3 0.12 Ponder 66 97.80 10 188 22769 18.8 0.12 uker 66 97.92 9 131 18914 14.6 0.11 John in Cornwall 68 98.04 9 145 16178 16.1 0.11 andon 68 98.15 9 195 15017 21.7 0.11 Freddie 68 98.26 9 54 13828 6.0 0.11 Bucko 68 98.37 9 165 12488 18.3 0.11 GreySwan 68 98.48 8 86 18410 10.8 0.10 Graham 73 98.58 7 160 14055 22.9 0.09 Mothy 74 98.66 7 153 11878 21.9 0.09 Edward J Milan 74 98.75 7 106 10091 15.1 0.09 Gander 74 98.83 6 173 12584 28.8 0.07 David C 77 98.91 5 60 8976 12.0 0.06 Banana 78 98.97 5 107 11620 21.4 0.06 Derek F 78 99.03 5 131 11755 26.2 0.06 May 78 99.09 4 95 7679 23.8 0.05 Di B 81 99.14 4 93 9435 23.3 0.05 GeorgeE 81 99.19 4 106 7545 26.5 0.05 Harry 81 99.24 4 37 5371 9.3 0.05 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 81 99.29 3 49 6137 16.3 0.04 Gil J 85 99.32 3 38 3805 12.7 0.04 Ben the Black Lab 85 99.36 3 68 5407 22.7 0.04 someone 85 99.40 3 84 5831 28.0 0.04 Old Grizzly 85 99.44 3 82 6030 27.3 0.04 John D 85 99.47 3 60 6794 20.0 0.04 David Love 85 99.51 3 53 6422 17.7 0.04 Weatherlawyer 85 99.55 3 91 7000 30.3 0.04 Donwill 85 99.58 2 29 3141 14.5 0.02 Alasdair 93 99.61 2 30 4383 15.0 0.02 Rosie 93 99.63 2 160 11028 80.0 0.02 JF 93 99.66 2 118 8600 59.0 0.02 judith 93 99.68 2 19 3307 9.5 0.02 Jim Scott 93 99.71 2 54 3985 27.0 0.02 NC 93 99.73 2 27 3441 13.5 0.02 Lofty 93 99.75 2 28 4209 14.0 0.02 Jerry Atric 93 99.78 2 51 3198 25.5 0.02 Coats 93 99.80 1 005 01659 5.0 0.01 wellnice 102 99.82 1 023 02962 23.0 0.01 CJB 102 99.83 1 008 01939 8.0 0.01 ha! 102 99.84 1 018 02030 18.0 0.01 Lyndon 102 99.85 1 031 02397 31.0 0.01 Hawkeye23 102 99.86 1 045 03599 45.0 0.01 Kweenie 102 99.88 1 017 01432 17.0 0.01 Toyboy 102 99.89 1 020 02116 20.0 0.01 Sgáth/Faolan 102 99.90 1 014 02117 14.0 0.01 Graybeard 102 99.91 1 018 01776 18.0 0.01 The Trobbit 102 99.93 1 014 01522 14.0 0.01 Mike 102 99.94 1 029 01956 29.0 0.01 Geoff Hayward 102 99.95 1 007 01546 7.0 0.01 chico 102 99.96 1 030 02791 30.0 0.01 John Nice 102 99.98 1 012 01484 12.0 0.01 Mike of Wrexham 102 99.99 1 040 03051 40.0 0.01 PlusNet Support Team 102 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 57 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 55 Wally 2 41 MCC 3 34 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 30 Pam the goose 5 29 Tickettyߺº 6 28 Baldrick 7 23 Wrinklie One 8 22 Splodge 9 21 Michaelangelo 10 20 Rosie Bumbleroot 11 18 Spammers 12 16 Bunny Hare 13 14 Rabbit 14 12 frogman 15 11 Jackie 16 11 Bernadette 16 10 jamps 18 10 Smokey 18 10 Bigbazza 18 10 Alma 18 10 Pete C 18 10 Madge 18 9 §håz 24 9 jackie green 24 9 Foxy 24 8 Peter T 27 8 John #8 27 7 Ali 29 7 John the R-T 29 7 Parrotfish 29 7 Bill P 29 6 Bram 33 6 Troy's Human 33 6 Noreen 33 5 John in Cornwall 36 5 Jeff Gaines 36 5 Saxman 36 5 r@y 36 5 Linedancer 36 5 Mike Clayton 36 4 ~~Linda~~ 42 4 uker 42 4 Bri 42 4 GreySwan 42 4 Tyke 42 3 Archivist Mike 47 3 Frederick Williams 47 3 Bryan Jones 47 3 Robin T Cox 47 3 Edward J Milan 47 3 jammyface 47 3 Pandamonium 47 3 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 47 3 sam 47 3 Gander 47 3 Ascii Art 47 3 $ir Vivor & §ireßird 47 3 JoeH 47 2 Pingu 60 2 Paul Jeffree 60 2 Freddie 60 2 May 60 2 Coats 60 1 wellnice 65 1 Anita 65 1 CJB 65 1 Alasdair 65 1 GeorgeE 65 1 Troll 65 1 Banana 65 1 Weatherman 65 1 someone 65 1 Old Grizzly 65 1 Graham 65 1 NC 65 1 Derek F 65 1 Lofty 65 1 David Love 65 1 John Nice 65 1 Jerry Atric 65 1 biggeordie 65 1 Donwill 65 0 Gil J 84 0 Peter Parry 84 0 Di B 84 0 Mothy 84 0 ha! 84 0 Ben the Black Lab 84 0 Rosie 84 0 JF 84 0 judith 84 0 Lyndon 84 0 Hawkeye23 84 0 ned 84 0 Jayne 84 0 andon 84 0 Kweenie 84 0 Toyboy 84 0 Ponder 84 0 The Wanderer 84 0 Sgáth/Faolan 84 0 Harry 84 0 John D 84 0 Jim Scott 84 0 Graybeard 84 0 John E 84 0 The Trobbit 84 0 Mike 84 0 Weatherlawyer 84 0 Geoff Hayward 84 0 Bucko 84 0 chico 84 0 Harold 84 0 David C 84 0 Mike of Wrexham 84 0 PlusNet Support Team 84

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 16 2 9 3 8 4 4 5 3 6 1 7 3 8 1 9 5 10+ 67

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 41.3 Bigbazza 1 38.9 Spammers 2 37.3 Bryan Jones 3 29.4 Smokey 4 27.2 Tyke 5 27.0 Michaelangelo 6 27.0 r@y 7 26.7 Noreen 8 26.3 Paul Jeffree 9 25.6 Mike Clayton 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.5 Saxman 1 11.9 §ireßird & $ir Vivor 2 13.5 frogman 3 13.7 JoeH 4 14.0 Peter T 5 14.2 Bunny Hare 6 14.4 Linedancer 7 14.7 Ascii Art 8 15.4 Rosie Bumbleroot 9 15.4 Bri 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
1	uk.legal
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