Monthly Poster Statistics for January 2008 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.% 853 14117 1430215 16.5 10.84 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 10.84 636 10772 1081222 16.9 8.08 Rabbit 2 18.93 575 12257 1049948 21.3 7.31 Pam the goose 3 26.24 552 12636 1880542 22.9 7.02 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 33.25 442 9461 785435 21.4 5.62 Tickettyߺº 5 38.87 275 6205 500820 22.6 3.50 Jackie 6 42.37 259 6365 499178 24.6 3.29 Baldrick 7 45.66 253 4191 538795 16.6 3.22 Rosie Bumbleroot 8 48.88 243 4095 478688 16.9 3.09 Bunny Hare 9 51.96 243 4679 443370 19.3 3.09 Foxy 9 55.05 228 5934 447583 26.0 2.90 Michaelangelo 11 57.95 216 3683 359134 17.1 2.75 MCC 12 60.70 155 2774 243419 17.9 1.97 Madge 13 62.67 154 2885 248991 18.7 1.96 Pete C 14 64.62 153 4019 292131 26.3 1.94 Noreen 15 66.57 136 3323 253645 24.4 1.73 Splodge 16 68.30 134 2778 244148 20.7 1.70 Ali 17 70.00 134 3938 249686 29.4 1.70 Smokey 17 71.70 133 2065 254256 15.5 1.69 Jeff Gaines 19 73.40 126 1720 193476 13.7 1.60 JoeH 20 75.00 119 2816 236188 23.7 1.51 Bernadette 21 76.51 115 2663 202982 23.2 1.46 Pingu 22 77.97 102 2174 219446 21.3 1.30 Wally 23 79.27 95 2129 164412 22.4 1.21 Anita 24 80.48 84 1219 126393 14.5 1.07 Peter T 25 81.54 74 1260 111253 17.0 0.94 Parrotfish 26 82.48 73 1304 187426 17.9 0.93 frogman 27 83.41 62 1211 120864 19.5 0.79 Wrinklie One 28 84.20 58 937 116545 16.2 0.74 John the R-T 29 84.94 56 988 76932 17.6 0.71 Bram 30 85.65 51 1971 78842 38.6 0.65 Troll 31 86.30 51 2929 176164 57.4 0.65 Spammer 31 86.95 51 865 91991 17.0 0.65 andon 31 87.59 51 1151 98596 22.6 0.65 r@y 31 88.24 50 569 69330 11.4 0.64 NC 35 88.88 48 1224 87271 25.5 0.61 Alma 36 89.49 43 838 79212 19.5 0.55 §håz 37 90.03 41 783 84090 19.1 0.52 John #8 38 90.56 39 586 65197 15.0 0.50 Troy's Human 39 91.05 39 1125 96812 28.8 0.50 jackie green 39 91.55 38 793 68498 20.9 0.48 Frederick Williams 41 92.03 34 455 46837 13.4 0.43 jamps 42 92.46 33 1011 72907 30.6 0.42 ned 43 92.88 33 520 68252 15.8 0.42 biggeordie 43 93.30 32 619 58056 19.3 0.41 Jayne 45 93.71 32 583 50196 18.2 0.41 Bill P 45 94.11 31 446 57840 14.4 0.39 §ireßird 47 94.51 29 897 78425 30.9 0.37 JF 48 94.88 29 658 52697 22.7 0.37 Robin T Cox 48 95.25 27 675 49146 25.0 0.34 Tyke 50 95.59 24 425 52729 17.7 0.31 sam 51 95.89 22 342 44835 15.5 0.28 Weatherman 52 96.17 22 654 45766 29.7 0.28 John E 52 96.45 20 268 33707 13.4 0.25 Bri 54 96.71 18 371 37487 20.6 0.23 ~~Linda~~ 55 96.94 18 1370 51369 76.1 0.23 Bigbazza 55 97.17 18 289 26007 16.1 0.23 Gander 55 97.39 14 350 29222 25.0 0.18 The Wanderer 58 97.57 14 285 24423 20.4 0.18 Harold 58 97.75 14 167 23216 11.9 0.18 jaygee 58 97.93 12 329 24653 27.4 0.15 Harry 61 98.08 11 243 25133 22.1 0.14 Banana 62 98.22 11 141 23768 12.8 0.14 ~ Toe ~ Rag ~ 62 98.36 9 287 22978 31.9 0.11 Old Grizzly 64 98.47 9 94 13108 10.4 0.11 $ir Vivor 64 98.59 8 84 15252 10.5 0.10 Saxman 66 98.69 7 140 12501 20.0 0.09 Paul Jeffree 67 98.78 7 223 16721 31.9 0.09 jammyface 67 98.87 7 95 14083 13.6 0.09 uker 67 98.96 7 199 14157 28.4 0.09 Geoff Hayward 67 99.05 6 132 14119 22.0 0.08 Archivist Mike 71 99.12 6 111 11801 18.5 0.08 Ponder 71 99.20 6 61 7781 10.2 0.08 Pandamonium 71 99.28 6 188 17573 31.3 0.08 May 71 99.35 6 94 12040 15.7 0.08 Ascii Art 71 99.43 5 207 11757 41.4 0.06 Freddie 76 99.49 4 129 9014 32.3 0.05 Di B 77 99.54 4 189 12053 47.3 0.05 Mothy 77 99.59 4 66 5986 16.5 0.05 MrsK 77 99.64 4 68 6994 17.0 0.05 someone 77 99.69 4 28 3888 7.0 0.05 GreySwan 77 99.75 4 129 8583 32.3 0.05 Coats 77 99.80 3 35 5509 11.7 0.04 Gil J 83 99.83 3 59 4865 19.7 0.04 pito 83 99.87 3 40 7428 13.3 0.04 Graham 83 99.91 3 53 6475 17.7 0.04 Weatherlawyer 83 99.95 3 19 4602 6.3 0.04 Bucko 83 99.99 3 77 6177 25.7 0.04 David C 83 100.03 3 63 5649 21.0 0.04 Mike Clayton 83 100.06 2 33 4734 16.5 0.03 Peter Parry 90 100.09 2 42 4130 21.0 0.03 Hawkeye23 90 100.11 2 49 5333 24.5 0.03 Bryan Jones 90 100.14 2 56 4390 28.0 0.03 Edward J Milan 90 100.17 2 53 4719 26.5 0.03 Cerumen 90 100.19 2 36 2974 18.0 0.03 Mike Roebuck 90 100.22 2 75 5306 37.5 0.03 PlusNet Support Team 90 100.24 2 20 2780 10.0 0.03 Donwill 90 100.27 1 157 07351 157.0 0.01 Alan Hill[X] 98 100.28 1 179 08763 179.0 0.01 Brian Gaff[X] 98 100.29 1 022 02106 22.0 0.01 Mike the unimaginative[X] 98 100.31 1 011 01640 11.0 0.01 Les 98 100.32 1 071 05195 71.0 0.01 james 98 100.33 1 011 01777 11.0 0.01 Clint Sharp[X] 98 100.34 1 035 02549 35.0 0.01 **Scarlotti 98 100.36 1 028 02124 28.0 0.01 Jon[X] 98 100.37 1 017 02166 17.0 0.01 Old Codger[X] 98 100.38 1 023 01754 23.0 0.01 Steve[X] 98 100.39 1 048 03468 48.0 0.01 JamesT 98 100.41 1 023 01916 23.0 0.01 robert 98 100.42 1 012 01520 12.0 0.01 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 98 100.43 1 023 02346 23.0 0.01 Jim Scott 98 100.44 1 015 01747 15.0 0.01 Troll Patrol[X] 98 100.46 1 022 02362 22.0 0.01 efjayz@gmail com 98 100.47 1 035 02682 35.0 0.01 Donald Campbell[X] 98 100.48 1 010 01914 10.0 0.01 **e david6 98 100.50 1 029 03002 29.0 0.01 **mark fermin 98 100.51 1 020 01959 20.0 0.01 JohnW[X] 98 100.52 1 011 02051 11.0 0.01 tony bennett 98 100.53 1 037 03025 37.0 0.01 John Nice 98 100.55 1 009 01517 9.0 0.01 keith 98 100.56 1 030 02622 30.0 0.01 Adam 98 100.57 1 032 02279 32.0 0.01 Len Cuff[X] 98 100.58 1 003 01602 3.0 0.01 John 98 100.60

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 77 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 51 Spammer 2 41 MCC 3 38 Tickettyߺº 4 35 Wally 5 33 Pam the goose 6 28 Baldrick 7 25 Madge 8 19 wtwjgc (Joe) 9 16 Rosie Bumbleroot 10 16 Splodge 10 16 Foxy 10 15 Pete C 13 14 Michaelangelo 14 13 Jeff Gaines 15 12 Peter T 16 10 Rabbit 17 9 Jackie 18 9 Smokey 18 8 Pingu 20 8 frogman 20 8 Parrotfish 20 8 Alma 20 7 John #8 24 6 Anita 25 6 Bigbazza 25 6 Bill P 25 6 Wrinklie One 25 6 JoeH 25 5 $ir Vivor 30 5 sam 30 5 May 30 4 Ali 33 4 andon 33 4 John the R-T 33 4 NC 33 4 GreySwan 33 4 Bernadette 33 3 Troy's Human 39 3 Noreen 39 3 jamps 39 3 §håz 39 3 Bunny Hare 39 3 Saxman 39 3 Gander 39 2 Bram 46 2 Archivist Mike 46 2 Di B 46 2 Troll 46 2 Frederick Williams 46 2 JF 46 2 Hawkeye23 46 2 someone 46 2 ned 46 2 Jayne 46 2 r@y 46 1 Gil J 57 1 Alan Hill[X] 57 1 james 57 1 §ireßird 57 1 Paul Jeffree 57 1 MrsK 57 1 Banana 57 1 ~ Toe ~ Rag ~ 57 1 Old Grizzly 57 1 Harry 57 1 uker 57 1 Pandamonium 57 1 John E 57 1 efjayz@gmail com 57 1 Bucko 57 1 **mark fermin 57 1 Tyke 57 1 keith 57 1 David C 57 1 biggeordie 57 1 John 57 0 Brian Gaff[X] 78 0 Peter Parry 78 0 Mike the unimaginative[X] 78 0 Les 78 0 Mothy 78 0 Clint Sharp[X] 78 0 **Scarlotti 78 0 pito 78 0 Jon[X] 78 0 Bryan Jones 78 0 Old Codger[X] 78 0 Weatherman 78 0 jackie green 78 0 Steve[X] 78 0 JamesT 78 0 ~~Linda~~ 78 0 Robin T Cox 78 0 Graham 78 0 Freddie 78 0 Ponder 78 0 The Wanderer 78 0 Edward J Milan 78 0 Cerumen 78 0 jammyface 78 0 robert 78 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 78 0 Jim Scott 78 0 Mike Roebuck 78 0 Troll Patrol[X] 78 0 Bri 78 0 Donald Campbell[X] 78 0 Weatherlawyer 78 0 Geoff Hayward 78 0 **e david6 78 0 JohnW[X] 78 0 tony bennett 78 0 Harold 78 0 John Nice 78 0 jaygee 78 0 Adam 78 0 Len Cuff[X] 78 0 PlusNet Support Team 78 0 Ascii Art 78 0 Mike Clayton 78 0 Coats 78 0 Donwill 78

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 26 2 8 3 7 4 6 5 1 6 5 7 4 8 1 9 2 10+ 63

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 76.1 Bigbazza 1 57.4 Spammer 2 38.6 Troll 3 30.9 JF 4 30.6 ned 5 29.7 John E 6 29.4 Smokey 7 28.8 jackie green 8 26.3 Noreen 9 26.0 Michaelangelo 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 11.4 NC 1 13.4 jamps 2 13.4 Bri 3 13.7 JoeH 4 14.4 §ireßird 5 14.5 Peter T 6 15.0 Troy's Human 7 15.5 Jeff Gaines 8 15.5 Weatherman 9 15.8 biggeordie 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

4 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
7	uk.comp.home-networking
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

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