Monthly Poster Statistics for February 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.% 818 11998 1286190 14.7 10.58 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 10.58 592 12794 1077485 21.6 7.66 Pam the goose 2 18.24 575 9723 943030 16.9 7.44 Rabbit 3 25.67 454 10396 1547739 22.9 5.87 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 31.54 321 7010 576960 21.8 4.15 Tickettyߺº 5 35.70 295 7629 585624 25.9 3.82 Baldrick 6 39.51 242 4425 465713 18.3 3.13 ~~seadancer~~ 7 42.64 240 3675 441203 15.3 3.10 Bunny Hare 8 45.74 237 4030 388910 17.0 3.07 MCC 9 48.81 237 4458 432905 18.8 3.07 Foxy 9 51.88 215 5111 402872 23.8 2.78 Jackie 11 54.66 204 3158 409861 15.5 2.64 Rosie Bumbleroot 12 57.29 186 4794 359524 25.8 2.41 Michaelangelo 13 59.70 179 4598 341328 25.7 2.32 Noreen 14 62.02 160 2809 251418 17.6 2.07 Madge 15 64.08 154 3405 263631 22.1 1.99 Anita 16 66.08 147 2574 248947 17.5 1.90 Ali 17 67.98 131 2503 217427 19.1 1.69 Pete C 18 69.67 129 3219 258707 25.0 1.67 Bernadette 19 71.34 125 1745 185776 14.0 1.62 Peter T 20 72.96 123 1950 231120 15.9 1.59 Jeff Gaines 21 74.55 112 1611 178503 14.4 1.45 JoeH 22 76.00 105 2325 185313 22.1 1.36 Splodge 23 77.35 99 2430 216201 24.5 1.28 Wally 24 78.63 97 2101 212975 21.7 1.25 ~~Linda~~ 25 79.89 85 1612 172342 19.0 1.10 John #8 26 80.99 84 1869 136685 22.3 1.09 Bram 27 82.07 83 2187 145225 26.3 1.07 Smokey 28 83.15 81 1724 162506 21.3 1.05 Wrinklie One 29 84.20 80 1890 134976 23.6 1.03 Pingu 30 85.23 68 983 113273 14.5 0.88 Troy's Human 31 86.11 68 1590 149628 23.4 0.88 jackie green 31 86.99 61 971 171971 15.9 0.79 frogman 33 87.78 59 1173 109094 19.9 0.76 Jayne 34 88.54 58 1147 93467 19.8 0.75 Bill P 35 89.29 48 1105 85867 23.0 0.62 Alma 36 89.91 44 1044 84903 23.7 0.57 r@y 37 90.48 39 1036 75284 26.6 0.50 ned 38 90.99 38 755 61720 19.9 0.49 Parrotfish 39 91.48 37 757 81580 20.5 0.48 sandy58 40 91.96 37 598 75380 16.2 0.48 Weatherman 40 92.43 34 863 84172 25.4 0.44 Spammer 42 92.87 29 745 50596 25.7 0.38 Tyke 43 93.25 29 504 61632 17.4 0.38 biggeordie 43 93.62 28 588 59194 21.0 0.36 §ireßird 45 93.99 28 352 48687 12.6 0.36 Bri 45 94.35 28 550 45029 19.6 0.36 Gander 45 94.71 27 435 53136 16.1 0.35 John the R-T 48 95.06 26 337 34527 13.0 0.34 jamps 49 95.40 26 604 49995 23.2 0.34 Robin T Cox 49 95.73 24 395 43516 16.5 0.31 andon 51 96.04 23 1204 79815 52.3 0.30 JF 52 96.34 22 1291 81745 58.7 0.28 Troll 53 96.62 21 550 41199 26.2 0.27 Frederick Williams 54 96.90 21 515 48958 24.5 0.27 Goromoff 54 97.17 19 392 34372 20.6 0.25 Harold 56 97.41 16 350 30012 21.9 0.21 The Wanderer 57 97.62 15 229 32279 15.3 0.19 sam 58 97.81 13 265 24293 20.4 0.17 §håz 59 97.98 13 280 24118 21.5 0.17 Pandamonium 59 98.15 12 123 23636 10.3 0.16 Saxman 61 98.31 9 146 16393 16.2 0.12 Ponder 62 98.42 9 414 24576 46.0 0.12 uker 62 98.54 8 228 17463 28.5 0.10 Bigbazza 64 98.64 8 162 16346 20.3 0.10 FieryFeenix 64 98.75 7 107 10749 15.3 0.09 Edward J Milan 66 98.84 7 104 8716 14.9 0.09 GreySwan 66 98.93 6 128 14024 21.3 0.08 Peter Parry 68 99.00 6 219 15642 36.5 0.08 Mothy 68 99.08 5 124 11279 24.8 0.06 Gil J 70 99.15 5 105 12010 21.0 0.06 Lyndon 70 99.21 5 97 11010 19.4 0.06 Ascii Art 70 99.28 4 80 9446 20.0 0.05 Archivist Mike 73 99.33 4 93 7369 23.3 0.05 Old Grizzly 73 99.38 4 45 5315 11.3 0.05 NC 73 99.43 3 35 4415 11.7 0.04 WestYorkshireman 76 99.47 3 31 4413 10.3 0.04 Faolan 76 99.51 3 49 4987 16.3 0.04 John E 76 99.55 3 56 5674 18.7 0.04 Lofty 76 99.59 2 36 3415 18.0 0.03 Di B 80 99.61 2 84 6228 42.0 0.03 Bryan Jones 80 99.64 2 65 4722 32.5 0.03 Neil 80 99.66 2 42 4416 21.0 0.03 Jim Scott 80 99.69 2 47 4082 23.5 0.03 John D 80 99.72 2 24 2704 12.0 0.03 Oldrose 80 99.74 2 53 3541 26.5 0.03 Geoff Hayward 80 99.77 2 20 3562 10.0 0.03 thesecretismine 80 99.79 2 39 3362 19.5 0.03 alan holmes 80 99.82 1 023 02356 23.0 0.01 Hawkeye23 89 99.83 1 011 01361 11.0 0.01 Marco 89 99.84 1 005 01026 5.0 0.01 Toyboy 89 99.86 1 043 02717 43.0 0.01 onlinepreetu 89 99.87 1 012 01775 12.0 0.01 Ted 89 99.88 1 021 01795 21.0 0.01 Chris S 89 99.90 1 012 01496 12.0 0.01 $ir Vivor 89 99.91 1 027 02450 27.0 0.01 Rio 89 99.92 1 023 02105 23.0 0.01 jaygee 89 99.94 1 039 02986 39.0 0.01 John Nice 89 99.95 1 005 01528 5.0 0.01 SPOOF 89 99.96 1 027 01946 27.0 0.01 David C 89 99.97 1 026 02385 26.0 0.01 keith 89 99.99 1 041 02928 41.0 0.01 Bill Again 89 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 83 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 41 Wally 2 34 Spammer 3 33 MCC 4 25 Baldrick 5 24 Pam the goose 6 23 Tickettyߺº 7 23 Splodge 7 22 Foxy 9 22 Madge 9 18 Jeff Gaines 11 16 Peter T 12 15 John #8 13 13 Rosie Bumbleroot 14 11 wtwjgc (Joe) 15 11 Bunny Hare 15 11 Rabbit 15 11 Wrinklie One 15 10 ~~seadancer~~ 19 9 Anita 20 9 Bill P 20 8 Michaelangelo 22 8 frogman 22 8 Pete C 22 7 Pingu 25 6 Bram 26 6 Parrotfish 26 5 Troy's Human 28 5 Noreen 28 5 Goromoff 28 5 jackie green 28 5 Smokey 28 5 r@y 28 5 Gander 28 5 Alma 28 4 Troll 36 4 Ali 36 4 GreySwan 36 3 sandy58 39 3 ned 39 3 John the R-T 39 3 uker 39 3 Saxman 39 3 sam 39 3 Bernadette 39 2 jamps 46 2 JF 46 2 Weatherman 46 2 Jackie 46 2 Harold 46 1 Gil J 51 1 §håz 51 1 Hawkeye23 51 1 Old Grizzly 51 1 andon 51 1 Toyboy 51 1 ~~Linda~~ 51 1 Edward J Milan 51 1 Bigbazza 51 1 NC 51 1 Faolan 51 1 John E 51 1 Lofty 51 1 Oldrose 51 1 Tyke 51 1 Ascii Art 51 1 thesecretismine 51 0 Archivist Mike 68 0 Peter Parry 68 0 Di B 68 0 Mothy 68 0 Frederick Williams 68 0 WestYorkshireman 68 0 Lyndon 68 0 §ireßird 68 0 Bryan Jones 68 0 Marco 68 0 Jayne 68 0 Neil 68 0 Robin T Cox 68 0 onlinepreetu 68 0 Ponder 68 0 The Wanderer 68 0 Ted 68 0 Jim Scott 68 0 Pandamonium 68 0 John D 68 0 Chris S 68 0 $ir Vivor 68 0 Bri 68 0 Geoff Hayward 68 0 Rio 68 0 FieryFeenix 68 0 jaygee 68 0 John Nice 68 0 SPOOF 68 0 David C 68 0 keith 68 0 biggeordie 68 0 Bill Again 68 0 alan holmes 68 0 JoeH 68

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 14 2 9 3 4 4 3 5 3 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10+ 61

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 58.7 Troll 1 52.3 JF 2 26.6 ned 3 26.3 Smokey 4 26.2 Frederick Williams 5 25.9 Baldrick 6 25.8 Michaelangelo 7 25.7 Tyke 8 25.7 Noreen 9 25.4 Spammer 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 12.6 Bri 1 13.0 jamps 2 14.0 Peter T 3 14.4 JoeH 4 14.5 Troy's Human 5 14.7 Flyiñg Ñuñ 6 15.3 sam 7 15.3 Bunny Hare 8 15.5 Rosie Bumbleroot 9 15.9 Jeff Gaines 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
6	uk.local.surrey demon.local alt.usage.english uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 uk.misc
4	demon.local uk.local.surrey
2	eunet.esprit
2	uk.local.surrey demon.local

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