Monthly Poster Statistics for March 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.% 927 15431 1544109 16.6 11.94 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.94 778 14916 1571574 19.2 10.02 ~~seadancer~~ 2 21.96 486 8479 815421 17.4 6.26 Rabbit 3 28.22 391 8021 706282 20.5 5.04 Pam the goose 4 33.25 355 5594 702431 15.8 4.57 Rosie Bumbleroot 5 37.82 336 7307 612638 21.7 4.33 Baldrick 6 42.15 308 6302 1015915 20.5 3.97 wtwjgc (Joe) 7 46.12 220 3694 415067 16.8 2.83 Bunny Hare 8 48.95 214 3580 351849 16.7 2.76 MCC 9 51.71 209 4946 393441 23.7 2.69 Tickettyߺº 10 54.40 194 4885 369078 25.2 2.50 Noreen 11 56.90 179 4217 326239 23.6 2.31 Splodge 12 59.20 165 4198 335427 25.4 2.12 Bernadette 13 61.33 159 3989 298245 25.1 2.05 Michaelangelo 14 63.37 158 3321 268921 21.0 2.03 Madge 15 65.41 154 1835 233511 11.9 1.98 JoeH 16 67.39 151 4167 276026 27.6 1.94 Smokey 17 69.34 148 3915 309095 26.5 1.91 Jackie 18 71.24 126 2529 225489 20.1 1.62 Ali 19 72.87 124 2700 203182 21.8 1.60 Pingu 20 74.46 111 1533 163369 13.8 1.43 Peter T 21 75.89 103 2033 159519 19.7 1.33 Anita 22 77.22 103 1578 195211 15.3 1.33 Jeff Gaines 22 78.54 92 1748 193688 19.0 1.18 Goromoff 24 79.73 89 1795 185060 20.2 1.15 Wally 25 80.88 77 1571 174619 20.4 0.99 John #8 26 81.87 72 1533 120045 21.3 0.93 Bram 27 82.79 67 1289 109879 19.2 0.86 Pete C 28 83.66 64 1223 125327 19.1 0.82 Wrinklie One 29 84.48 60 1057 90448 17.6 0.77 Parrotfish 30 85.25 58 1423 202625 24.5 0.75 JohnW(Westcountryman) 31 86.00 53 813 89273 15.3 0.68 Troy's Human 32 86.68 52 888 79733 17.1 0.67 Bill P 33 87.35 51 674 132612 13.2 0.66 frogman 34 88.01 50 886 79102 17.7 0.64 Robin T Cox 35 88.65 47 1066 92027 22.7 0.61 Jayne 36 89.26 45 1072 107260 23.8 0.58 JF 37 89.84 44 735 72297 16.7 0.57 Frederick Williams 38 90.41 42 1132 89198 27.0 0.54 r@y 39 90.95 41 1045 92802 25.5 0.53 jackie green 40 91.47 40 762 129440 19.1 0.52 Gareth 41 91.99 40 643 65786 16.1 0.52 Foxy 41 92.50 37 589 75217 15.9 0.48 John the R-T 43 92.98 29 731 51873 25.2 0.37 Old Grizzly 44 93.35 27 708 47753 26.2 0.35 Tyke 45 93.70 23 478 48971 20.8 0.30 ~~Linda~~ 46 94.00 22 413 45657 18.8 0.28 Spammer 47 94.28 22 410 37669 18.6 0.28 NC 47 94.57 21 362 43501 17.2 0.27 Weatherman 49 94.84 21 510 37281 24.3 0.27 ned 49 95.11 21 466 39528 22.2 0.27 Harold 49 95.38 18 415 45453 23.1 0.23 Jim Scott 52 95.61 18 972 49639 54.0 0.23 Derek F 52 95.84 18 321 36858 17.8 0.23 biggeordie 52 96.07 17 514 54401 30.2 0.22 Bryan Jones 55 96.29 17 243 29422 14.3 0.22 Bri 55 96.51 16 166 29250 10.4 0.21 uker 57 96.72 15 312 28274 20.8 0.19 §håz 58 96.91 15 132 28960 8.8 0.19 Saxman 58 97.10 13 237 20236 18.2 0.17 Lin 60 97.27 13 319 29314 24.5 0.17 Peaches 60 97.44 13 269 29967 20.7 0.17 sam 60 97.60 11 114 17265 10.4 0.14 §ireßird 63 97.75 11 180 17370 16.4 0.14 Gander 63 97.89 11 226 22700 20.5 0.14 Jerry Atric 63 98.03 10 173 17243 17.3 0.13 Pandamonium 66 98.16 10 189 15692 18.9 0.13 Alma 66 98.29 8 246 20076 30.8 0.10 Les 68 98.39 8 144 11768 18.0 0.10 Oldrose 68 98.49 8 101 11977 12.6 0.10 jaygee 68 98.60 7 135 12879 19.3 0.09 The Wanderer 71 98.69 7 106 15502 15.1 0.09 Ponder 71 98.78 7 150 12005 21.4 0.09 John D 71 98.87 6 120 11701 20.0 0.08 John E 74 98.94 6 92 14738 15.3 0.08 Ascii Art 74 99.02 5 74 6439 14.8 0.06 GreySwan 76 99.09 4 61 6190 15.3 0.05 Edward J Milan 77 99.14 4 89 7723 22.3 0.05 Lofty 77 99.19 3 64 7471 21.3 0.04 Archivist Mike 79 99.23 3 77 7861 25.7 0.04 Peter Parry 79 99.27 3 48 4561 16.0 0.04 Mothy 79 99.30 3 25 3566 8.3 0.04 jamps 79 99.34 3 45 4510 15.0 0.04 Toyboy 79 99.38 3 52 4408 17.3 0.04 Freddie 79 99.42 3 22 4703 7.3 0.04 Webrex 79 99.46 3 25 4201 8.3 0.04 Faolan 79 99.50 3 115 8449 38.3 0.04 Charles Bishop[X] 79 99.54 3 92 5939 30.7 0.04 Geoff Hayward 79 99.58 3 202 12727 67.3 0.04 GT 79 99.61 2 12 3559 6.0 0.03 CJB 90 99.64 2 53 3807 26.5 0.03 Marco 90 99.67 2 63 4922 31.5 0.03 Mary Fisher[X] 90 99.69 2 63 4839 31.5 0.03 Coats 90 99.72 1 011 01857 11.0 0.01 Gil J 94 99.73 1 033 02925 33.0 0.01 james 94 99.74 1 011 01235 11.0 0.01 grenadine 94 99.76 1 030 02875 30.0 0.01 sandy58 94 99.77 1 008 01522 8.0 0.01 the14thdisciple 94 99.78 1 023 02068 23.0 0.01 Hawkeye23 94 99.79 1 026 02078 26.0 0.01 someone 94 99.81 1 017 02095 17.0 0.01 Neil 94 99.82 1 020 01980 20.0 0.01 jammyface 94 99.83 1 008 01800 8.0 0.01 Mark Stone 94 99.85 1 025 02215 25.0 0.01 Bigbazza 94 99.86 1 012 01390 12.0 0.01 Cuddly(laptop) 94 99.87 1 020 01560 20.0 0.01 Chris S 94 99.88 1 006 01022 6.0 0.01 $ir Vivor 94 99.90 1 049 02443 49.0 0.01 parkgates 94 99.91 1 018 02089 18.0 0.01 David Love 94 99.92 1 012 01189 12.0 0.01 Basil Brush 94 99.94 1 019 02326 19.0 0.01 May 94 99.95 1 027 02846 27.0 0.01 Nasti J[X] 94 99.96 1 023 02416 23.0 0.01 tony bennett 94 99.97 1 061 03721 61.0 0.01 JUSTICE 94 99.99 1 003 01395 3.0 0.01 RoomEscaper 94 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 95 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 67 ~~seadancer~~ 2 34 Baldrick 3 33 Wally 4 32 MCC 5 30 Rosie Bumbleroot 6 29 Goromoff 7 26 Splodge 8 23 Pam the goose 9 20 Spammer 10 17 Peter T 11 15 Anita 12 14 Jeff Gaines 13 13 John #8 14 12 Tickettyߺº 15 12 Madge 15 10 wtwjgc (Joe) 17 10 Parrotfish 17 9 Michaelangelo 19 8 JohnW(Westcountryman) 20 8 Rabbit 20 8 Bill P 20 8 Wrinklie One 20 7 NC 24 6 Bunny Hare 25 5 Troy's Human 26 5 Pingu 26 5 r@y 26 4 Bram 29 4 Noreen 29 4 Robin T Cox 29 4 Smokey 29 4 frogman 29 4 Bernadette 29 3 Gareth 35 3 Bryan Jones 35 3 jackie green 35 3 Webrex 35 3 Jim Scott 35 3 Pandamonium 35 3 Saxman 35 3 Gander 35 3 Jerry Atric 35 3 GreySwan 35 3 Tyke 35 3 Pete C 35 3 Foxy 35 2 CJB 48 2 Ali 48 2 uker 48 2 Faolan 48 2 Derek F 48 2 Alma 48 1 Archivist Mike 54 1 Mothy 54 1 grenadine 54 1 Frederick Williams 54 1 JF 54 1 §ireßird 54 1 the14thdisciple 54 1 Lin 54 1 ned 54 1 Jackie 54 1 Jayne 54 1 Toyboy 54 1 Edward J Milan 54 1 $ir Vivor 54 1 Lofty 54 1 sam 54 1 May 54 1 Oldrose 54 1 JUSTICE 54 1 jaygee 54 1 RoomEscaper 54 1 Coats 54 1 JoeH 54 0 Gil J 77 0 Peter Parry 77 0 Les 77 0 james 77 0 sandy58 77 0 jamps 77 0 §håz 77 0 Hawkeye23 77 0 Weatherman 77 0 someone 77 0 Old Grizzly 77 0 Marco 77 0 Neil 77 0 ~~Linda~~ 77 0 John the R-T 77 0 The Wanderer 77 0 Freddie 77 0 Ponder 77 0 jammyface 77 0 Peaches 77 0 Mark Stone 77 0 Bigbazza 77 0 John D 77 0 Cuddly(laptop) 77 0 Chris S 77 0 parkgates 77 0 John E 77 0 David Love 77 0 Bri 77 0 Charles Bishop[X] 77 0 Basil Brush 77 0 Geoff Hayward 77 0 Mary Fisher[X] 77 0 Nasti J[X] 77 0 tony bennett 77 0 Harold 77 0 biggeordie 77 0 Ascii Art 77 0 GT 77

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 22 2 4 3 11 4 2 5 1 6 2 7 3 8 3 9 0 10+ 67

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 54.0 Derek F 1 30.2 Bryan Jones 2 27.6 Smokey 3 27.0 r@y 4 26.5 Jackie 5 26.2 Tyke 6 25.5 jackie green 7 25.4 Bernadette 8 25.2 Old Grizzly 9 25.2 Noreen 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 8.8 Saxman 1 10.4 uker 2 11.9 JoeH 3 13.2 frogman 4 13.8 Peter T 5 14.3 Bri 6 15.3 Jeff Gaines 7 15.3 Troy's Human 8 15.8 Rosie Bumbleroot 9 15.9 John the R-T 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
7	sci.med.nutrition alt.global-warming alt.fan.cecil-adams alt.support.cancer.breast

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