Total Poster Statistics for 2008 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.% 10146 167806 16276362 16.5 12.15 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 12.15 6302 116643 10614704 18.5 7.55 Rabbit 2 19.70 5504 113506 9296629 20.6 6.59 Pam the goose 3 26.29 5043 112024 15631436 22.2 6.04 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 32.33 3419 54707 6026509 16.0 4.09 Bunny Hare 5 36.43 3221 63274 6592582 19.6 3.86 ~~seadancer~~ 6 40.28 2584 43750 4286736 16.9 3.09 MCC 7 43.38 2523 56684 4484080 22.5 3.02 Tickettyߺº 8 46.40 2129 48991 3953407 23.0 2.55 Baldrick 9 48.95 2087 36363 3557185 17.4 2.50 Foxy 10 51.45 1918 46884 4028066 24.4 2.30 Jackie 11 53.75 1884 29804 3680978 15.8 2.26 AriesVal 12 56.00 1589 34504 2854565 21.7 1.90 Ali 13 57.91 1587 32070 2560271 20.2 1.90 Madge 14 59.81 1458 33466 2490400 23.0 1.75 Splodge 15 61.55 1439 17675 2115104 12.3 1.72 JoeH 16 63.28 1415 65454 3780706 46.3 1.69 Derek F 17 64.97 1380 25891 2155767 18.8 1.65 Pete C 18 66.62 1347 37096 2333445 27.5 1.61 Smokey 19 68.24 1342 29860 2388476 22.3 1.61 Pingu 20 69.84 1310 34461 2537086 26.3 1.57 Michaelangelo 21 71.41 1212 30686 2244551 25.3 1.45 ÑórèèÑ 22 72.86 1150 24080 1920774 20.9 1.38 Bram 23 74.24 1145 17720 2156959 15.5 1.37 Goromoff 24 75.61 1092 26547 2186129 24.3 1.31 Bernadette 25 76.92 1058 15298 1869612 14.5 1.27 Peter T 26 78.19 996 15822 1977313 15.9 1.19 Rosie Bumbleroot 27 79.38 840 13606 1574398 16.2 1.01 Jeff Gaines 28 80.39 833 13699 1809448 16.4 1.00 John the R-T 29 81.38 822 16553 1802959 20.1 0.98 John #8 30 82.37 790 17324 1633504 21.9 0.95 Wally 31 83.31 775 15184 1504243 19.6 0.93 Wrinklie One 32 84.24 701 15784 1170953 22.5 0.84 Anita 33 85.08 623 14941 1248026 24.0 0.75 jackie green 34 85.83 604 15863 1218187 26.3 0.72 r@y 35 86.55 545 8347 894510 15.3 0.65 Troy's Human 36 87.20 525 11148 957739 21.2 0.63 §håz 37 87.83 516 10440 1060129 20.2 0.62 ~~Linda~~ 38 88.45 509 7864 1277290 15.4 0.61 frogman 39 89.06 465 13292 1162927 28.6 0.56 JF 40 89.62 420 7744 733883 18.4 0.50 Frederick Williams 41 90.12 402 7076 591650 17.6 0.48 Parrotfish 42 90.60 400 5430 665447 13.6 0.48 §ireßird 43 91.08 380 6503 554468 17.1 0.46 Bill P 44 91.54 319 9463 646053 29.7 0.38 ned 45 91.92 316 6284 522993 19.9 0.38 NC 46 92.30 301 6238 483409 20.7 0.36 Robin T Cox 47 92.66 296 6320 538233 21.4 0.35 Jayne 48 93.01 263 3037 515583 11.5 0.31 Saxman 49 93.33 250 4638 766609 18.6 0.30 Gareth 50 93.63 216 5931 382590 27.5 0.26 Tyke 51 93.88 203 4644 351324 22.9 0.24 Alma 52 94.13 200 3612 427741 18.1 0.24 Pandamonium 53 94.37 200 4301 349632 21.5 0.24 Steve 53 94.61 192 3029 383958 15.8 0.23 sam 55 94.84 191 17311 930759 90.6 0.23 Bigbazza 56 95.07 187 6980 536686 37.3 0.22 Spammer 57 95.29 171 3323 308277 19.4 0.20 andon 58 95.49 166 2814 327094 17.0 0.20 biggeordie 59 95.69 151 2123 203248 14.1 0.18 jamps 60 95.87 150 2310 264361 15.4 0.18 Bucko 61 96.05 139 3348 277388 24.1 0.17 Cerumen 62 96.22 136 2507 229000 18.4 0.16 Gander 63 96.38 135 2829 279603 21.0 0.16 Harold 64 96.54 132 2244 267743 17.0 0.16 Weatherman 65 96.70 129 1721 218481 13.3 0.15 Bri 66 96.86 121 3092 290067 25.6 0.14 May 67 97.00 117 6314 334608 54.0 0.14 Troll 68 97.14 103 692 142277 6.7 0.12 gruffydd 69 97.27 100 1817 204128 18.2 0.12 uker 70 97.39 93 2519 217734 27.1 0.11 John E 71 97.50 80 3366 226130 42.1 0.10 Trespasser 72 97.59 75 2449 205132 32.7 0.09 Mothy 73 97.68 67 666 144374 9.9 0.08 Graham 74 97.76 62 1436 117787 23.2 0.07 Old Grizzly 75 97.84 62 1675 112260 27.0 0.07 Geoff Hayward 75 97.91 62 960 132603 15.5 0.07 Ascii Art 75 97.99 59 1502 113480 25.5 0.07 Bernard Peek 78 98.06 58 1423 202625 24.5 0.07 JohnW(Westcountryman) 79 98.13 57 1384 131777 24.3 0.07 The Brownie 80 98.19 57 1554 103309 27.3 0.07 Coats 80 98.26 55 1721 137341 31.3 0.07 jammyface 82 98.33 55 1132 117647 20.6 0.07 Jerry Atric 82 98.39 49 1452 148831 29.6 0.06 Bryan Jones 84 98.45 48 1119 120742 23.3 0.06 Peter Parry 85 98.51 47 528 62866 11.2 0.06 $ir Vivor 86 98.57 47 1179 113581 25.1 0.06 John Nice 86 98.62 47 778 68715 16.6 0.06 Lin 86 98.68 46 737 87214 16.0 0.06 Ponder 89 98.73 43 960 82345 22.3 0.05 Fergal 90 98.79 42 644 51924 15.3 0.05 GreySwan 91 98.84 38 787 84455 20.7 0.05 sandy58 92 98.88 37 606 72462 16.4 0.04 Gil J 93 98.93 37 835 72113 22.6 0.04 The Wanderer 93 98.97 35 853 86292 24.4 0.04 Jim Scott 95 99.01 33 539 47271 16.3 0.04 Oldrose 96 99.05 32 831 62138 26.0 0.04 alan holmes 97 99.09 29 302 56524 10.4 0.03 Faolan 98 99.12 25 650 43825 26.0 0.03 kat 99 99.15 24 630 53137 26.3 0.03 Les 100 99.18 24 613 44410 25.5 0.03 Nor 100 99.21 24 313 39889 13.0 0.03 jaygee 100 99.24 24 604 58205 25.2 0.03 David Love 100 99.27 21 410 38842 19.5 0.03 Edward J Milan 104 99.29 20 557 43335 27.9 0.02 someone 105 99.32 20 557 40734 27.9 0.02 Harry 105 99.34 19 416 42607 21.9 0.02 Only 19 posts 107 99.37 18 397 39200 22.1 0.02 Only 18 posts 108 99.39 64 1848 143852 28.9 0.08 Only 16 posts 109 99.46 15 343 27658 22.9 0.02 Only 15 posts 110 99.48 28 600 58501 21.4 0.03 Only 14 posts 111 99.51 13 145 18348 11.2 0.02 Only 13 posts 112 99.53 36 552 60826 15.3 0.04 Only 12 posts 113 99.57 33 918 87306 27.8 0.04 Only 11 posts 114 99.61 40 826 77360 20.6 0.05 Only 10 posts 115 99.66 9 279 18545 31.0 0.01 Only 9 posts 116 99.67 16 364 27928 22.8 0.02 Only 8 posts 117 99.69 7 140 12501 20.0 0.01 Only 7 posts 118 99.70 48 1233 104765 25.7 0.06 Only 6 posts 119 99.76 25 470 45326 18.8 0.03 Only 5 posts 120 99.79 28 813 57820 29.0 0.03 Only 4 posts 121 99.82 54 1427 119261 26.4 0.06 Only 3 posts 122 99.89 42 933 89837 22.2 0.05 Only 2 posts 123 99.94 101 2922 244087 28.9 0.12 Only 1 posts 124 100.06

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 1246 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 389 MCC 2 369 Goromoff 3 321 Wally 4 321 Pam the goose 4 212 wtwjgc (Joe) 6 212 Baldrick 6 199 Tickettyߺº 8 186 Splodge 9 167 Spammer 10 154 ~~seadancer~~ 11 140 Bunny Hare 12 137 Madge 13 136 Pete C 14 135 AriesVal 15 134 John #8 16 119 Wrinklie One 17 118 Peter T 18 114 Rabbit 19 105 r@y 20 103 Derek F 21 103 Jeff Gaines 21 103 Foxy 21 93 Pingu 24 91 Smokey 25 83 Bram 26 78 Rosie Bumbleroot 27 70 Michaelangelo 28 70 Bigbazza 28 65 Troy's Human 30 61 frogman 31 57 Parrotfish 32 53 Saxman 33 53 Bill P 33 52 NC 35 51 sam 36 49 Anita 37 44 §håz 38 42 JoeH 39 41 jackie green 40 38 John the R-T 41 32 Ali 42 30 ÑórèèÑ 43 30 Bucko 43 29 uker 45 29 Jackie 45 28 JF 47 27 May 48 26 ned 49 26 Alma 49 26 Bernadette 49 24 Gander 52 23 GreySwan 53 23 Frederick Williams 53 21 Pandamonium 55 20 Robin T Cox 56 20 Gareth 56 20 §ireßird 56 19 Tyke 59 17 jamps 60 16 The Brownie 61 16 Steve 61 15 $ir Vivor 63 14 gruffydd 64 11 Troll 65 10 Jerry Atric 66 10 ~~Linda~~ 66 10 Harold 66 9 Gil J 69 9 Jayne 69 9 Ascii Art 69 8 andon 72 8 Bryan Jones 72 8 Jim Scott 72 8 JohnW(Westcountryman) 72 7 Old Grizzly 76 6 biggeordie 77 6 Coats 77 5 Faolan 79 4 jammyface 80 4 John Nice 80 4 Fergal 80 4 Bri 80 4 Weatherman 80 3 sandy58 85 3 someone 85 3 Edward J Milan 85 3 Harry 85 3 Lin 85 3 Oldrose 85 3 Graham 85 2 Mothy 92 2 John E 92 2 Trespasser 92 1 Les 95 1 Cerumen 95 1 Geoff Hayward 95 1 Nor 95 1 kat 95 1 jaygee 95 1 David Love 95 0 Ponder 102 0 The Wanderer 102 0 Bernard Peek 102 0 Peter Parry 102 0 alan holmes 102

'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 1 101 2 21 3 18 4 7 5 5 6 8 7 1 8 2 9 1 10+ 126

10 most verbose posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 90.6 Bigbazza 1 54.0 Troll 2 46.3 Derek F 3 42.1 Trespasser 4 37.3 Spammer 5 32.7 Mothy 6 31.3 jammyface 7 29.7 ned 8 29.6 Bryan Jones 9 28.6 JF 10

Top 10 concise posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 6.7 gruffydd 1 9.9 Graham 2 10.4 Faolan 3 11.2 $ir Vivor 4 11.5 Saxman 5 12.3 JoeH 6 13.0 jaygee 7 13.3 Bri 8 13.6 §ireßird 9 14.1 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

33 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
28	uk.media.tv.misc alt.sixtyplus
15	alt.pub.cafe-bob
14	alt.fan.scarecrow
14	alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains free.uk.diy.home uk.people.consumers
13	uk.local.surrey demon.local
13	uk.people.consumers scot.general
10	uk.d-i-y
7	uk.comp.home-networking
7	sci.med.nutrition alt.global-warming alt.fan.cecil-adams alt.support.cancer.breast
7	demon.local uk.local.surrey
6	uk.local.surrey demon.local alt.usage.english uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 uk.misc
6	uk.local.surrey
6	alt.talk.bollocks demon.local
4	alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk alt.fan.scarecrow alt.support.diabetes.uk uk.people.support.depression
4	uk.telecom.mobile uk.telecom.broadband
3	uk.music.folk uk.music.guitar uk.people.consumers uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.people.disability uk.people.health uk.philosophy.atheism
3	uk.environment.conservation demon.ip.support.newuser uk.d-i-y
2
2	demon.local
2	rec.arts.drwho uk.media.tv.sf.drwho
2	eunet.esprit
2	uk.legal
1	alt.talk.bollocks alt.troll
1	uk
1	uk.people.rural
1	alt.punk
1	uk.local.kent uk.legal uk.d-i-y uk.local.birmingham
1	uk.local.kent
1	swnet.politik soc.culture.german
1	alt.happy.valley
1	uk.sport.horseracing alt.fan.scarecrow
1	uk.people.consumers
1	uk.people.polyamorous uk.people.rural uk.people.sf-fans

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