Monthly Poster Statistics for July 2008 in ups.

These statistics are based on posts supplied to me by ntl's servers.
Some posts may have been missed.

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.

* Lpp = Lines per post; % = percentage of total posts due to this author; cum% = percentage 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.% 865 13840 1319602 16.0 13.54 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 13.54 574 11348 982970 19.8 8.98 Rabbit 2 22.52 418 8996 1201167 21.5 6.54 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 29.07 297 4814 507929 16.2 4.65 Bunny Hare 4 33.71 293 5620 450683 19.2 4.59 Pam the goose 5 38.30 250 3960 479594 15.8 3.91 AriesVal 6 42.21 249 5435 421880 21.8 3.90 Tickettyߺº 7 46.11 181 4363 318896 24.1 2.83 Noreen 8 48.94 174 3367 265760 19.4 2.72 Madge 9 51.67 163 8487 419552 52.1 2.55 Derek F 10 54.22 146 3105 308841 21.3 2.29 Jackie 11 56.50 137 2795 228888 20.4 2.14 Baldrick 12 58.65 137 2167 218227 15.8 2.14 MCC 12 60.79 136 2053 246764 15.1 2.13 Goromoff 14 62.92 133 2007 208223 15.1 2.08 Foxy 15 65.00 128 2415 195013 18.9 2.00 Pete C 16 67.01 127 2455 252200 19.3 1.99 ~~seadancer~~ 17 68.99 101 2984 174775 29.5 1.58 Smokey 18 70.57 99 2183 165248 22.1 1.55 Splodge 19 72.12 86 1048 121746 12.2 1.35 JoeH 20 73.47 85 1802 169020 21.2 1.33 Wally 21 74.80 85 1878 146528 22.1 1.33 Ali 21 76.13 85 1493 192910 17.6 1.33 John the R-T 21 77.46 85 1941 167626 22.8 1.33 Bernadette 21 78.79 82 1171 151161 14.3 1.28 Peter T 25 80.08 75 1832 141095 24.4 1.17 Pingu 26 81.25 70 1778 127955 25.4 1.10 Michaelangelo 27 82.34 66 1250 122053 18.9 1.03 Wrinklie One 28 83.38 65 1143 135881 17.6 1.02 John #8 29 84.40 61 1489 134430 24.4 0.95 JF 30 85.35 59 1413 108041 23.9 0.92 Steve 31 86.27 54 1004 93340 18.6 0.85 §håz 32 87.12 50 765 86923 15.3 0.78 Jeff Gaines 33 87.90 49 1211 103423 24.7 0.77 Cerumen 34 88.67 48 1325 97460 27.6 0.75 r@y 35 89.42 43 965 73844 22.4 0.67 jackie green 36 90.09 39 599 104512 15.4 0.61 frogman 37 90.70 35 550 46602 15.7 0.55 Bill P 38 91.25 34 1267 78402 37.3 0.53 ned 39 91.78 33 1253 75016 38.0 0.52 Bigbazza 40 92.30 33 704 53259 21.3 0.52 NC 40 92.82 28 462 43200 16.5 0.44 Bram 42 93.25 27 523 53113 19.4 0.42 ~~Linda~~ 43 93.68 26 395 40717 15.2 0.41 Troy's Human 44 94.08 24 306 37557 12.8 0.38 §ireßird 45 94.46 23 380 50462 16.5 0.36 Pandamonium 46 94.82 18 420 30077 23.3 0.28 Anita 47 95.10 18 213 32482 11.8 0.28 sam 47 95.38 17 250 27047 14.7 0.27 Frederick Williams 49 95.65 16 272 22401 17.0 0.25 Alma 50 95.90 13 298 29993 22.9 0.20 Troll 51 96.10 13 242 18706 18.6 0.20 Parrotfish 51 96.31 12 237 17907 19.8 0.19 Robin T Cox 53 96.49 12 356 21419 29.7 0.19 Tyke 53 96.68 11 239 24204 21.7 0.17 Weatherman 55 96.85 11 279 19679 25.4 0.17 Jayne 55 97.03 11 134 19290 12.2 0.17 Bucko 55 97.20 11 198 14376 18.0 0.17 GreySwan 55 97.37 10 182 16394 18.2 0.16 andon 59 97.53 9 130 16655 14.4 0.14 Gil J 60 97.67 9 98 16780 10.9 0.14 Saxman 60 97.81 9 195 16710 21.7 0.14 Fergal 60 97.95 8 213 16953 26.6 0.13 Les 63 98.07 7 307 23303 43.9 0.11 Mothy 64 98.18 7 142 13600 20.3 0.11 Gander 64 98.29 6 150 10852 25.0 0.09 Anne Welsh Jackson[X] 66 98.39 6 115 12019 19.2 0.09 Spammer 66 98.48 6 145 15471 24.2 0.09 John Nice 66 98.58 6 127 11164 21.2 0.09 biggeordie 66 98.67 5 101 8063 20.2 0.08 umop ap!sdn 70 98.75 5 139 9967 27.8 0.08 Bernard Peek 70 98.83 5 121 11360 24.2 0.08 John E 70 98.90 5 127 8787 25.4 0.08 Geoff Hayward 70 98.98 5 120 9190 24.0 0.08 alan holmes 70 99.06 4 49 4945 12.3 0.06 Ben the Black Lab 75 99.12 4 66 7670 16.5 0.06 Jim Scott 75 99.19 4 141 7724 35.3 0.06 Seth Hammond[X] 75 99.25 4 76 8407 19.0 0.06 tony bennett 75 99.31 3 149 7425 49.7 0.05 David C 79 99.36 3 72 7184 24.0 0.05 Ascii Art 79 99.41 2 35 4370 17.5 0.03 Peter Parry 81 99.44 2 14 2026 7.0 0.03 Toyboy 81 99.47 2 34 4067 17.0 0.03 Booette#1 81 99.50 2 45 3489 22.5 0.03 Jay Kaner[X] 81 99.53 2 79 4252 39.5 0.03 Lister[X] 81 99.56 2 52 3501 26.0 0.03 Coats 81 99.59 1 025 02609 25.0 0.02 Bob Ward[X] 87 99.61 1 012 01522 12.0 0.02 David Qunt[X] 87 99.62 1 026 02277 26.0 0.02 DB001 87 99.64 1 027 01983 27.0 0.02 jamps 87 99.66 1 010 01161 10.0 0.02 troll alert 87 99.67 1 016 01961 16.0 0.02 The Old Goat 87 99.69 1 014 01603 14.0 0.02 John Rowland[X] 87 99.70 1 014 01731 14.0 0.02 Fr J Hackett[X] 87 99.72 1 030 02314 30.0 0.02 Neil 87 99.73 1 017 01723 17.0 0.02 Ponder 87 99.75 1 013 01774 13.0 0.02 Edward J Milan 87 99.77 1 005 01509 5.0 0.02 uker 87 99.78 1 011 01471 11.0 0.02 BTB[X] 87 99.80 1 010 01412 10.0 0.02 Bri 87 99.81 1 022 01299 22.0 0.02 SteveW 87 99.83 1 023 02044 23.0 0.02 MikE ©ampbell[X] 87 99.86 1 023 01513 23.0 0.02 Sofa - Spud[X] 87 99.87 1 031 03136 31.0 0.02 Fred[X] 87 99.89 1 026 02641 26.0 0.02 james[X] 87 99.91 1 021 01863 21.0 0.02 Jerry 87 99.92 1 030 02657 30.0 0.02 PlusNet Support Team 87 99.94 1 014 01966 14.0 0.02 Rusty 87 99.95 1 023 01853 23.0 0.02 Bobbie[X] 87 99.97 1 014 01579 14.0 0.02 Madge's Mum 87 99.98 1 058 03641 58.0 0.02 barnadillo 87 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 107 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 45 Goromoff 2 30 Tickettyߺº 3 29 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 29 MCC 4 27 Wally 6 19 AriesVal 7 17 Baldrick 8 17 Bigbazza 8 16 Madge 10 14 Splodge 11 14 Wrinklie One 11 13 Derek F 13 13 Pete C 13 11 Peter T 15 11 John #8 15 10 §håz 17 10 Rabbit 17 9 Pam the goose 19 8 r@y 20 8 Foxy 20 7 Michaelangelo 22 7 Smokey 22 7 frogman 22 7 sam 22 6 jackie green 26 6 Jeff Gaines 26 6 GreySwan 26 6 Bill P 26 5 Bram 30 5 Pingu 30 5 Bunny Hare 30 5 NC 30 5 Bucko 30 5 JoeH 30 5 Steve 30 4 Anita 37 4 Noreen 37 4 JF 37 4 John the R-T 37 4 Bernadette 37 3 Troll 42 3 ~~seadancer~~ 42 3 ned 42 3 Alma 42 2 Frederick Williams 46 2 §ireßird 46 2 Spammer 46 2 Toyboy 46 2 Jim Scott 46 2 Pandamonium 46 2 Saxman 46 1 Gil J 53 1 Troy's Human 53 1 Ben the Black Lab 53 1 Ali 53 1 andon 53 1 Robin T Cox 53 1 uker 53 1 tony bennett 53 1 Parrotfish 53 1 John Nice 53 1 David C 53 1 Ascii Art 53 0 Bob Ward[X] 65 0 Peter Parry 65 0 Les 65 0 Mothy 65 0 David Qunt[X] 65 0 umop ap!sdn 65 0 DB001 65 0 jamps 65 0 troll alert 65 0 Anne Welsh Jackson[X] 65 0 The Old Goat 65 0 Weatherman 65 0 John Rowland[X] 65 0 Jackie 65 0 Fr J Hackett[X] 65 0 Jayne 65 0 Neil 65 0 ~~Linda~~ 65 0 Ponder 65 0 Bernard Peek 65 0 Edward J Milan 65 0 Cerumen 65 0 BTB[X] 65 0 John E 65 0 Seth Hammond[X] 65 0 Bri 65 0 SteveW 65 0 Geoff Hayward 65 0 Booette#1 65 0 Jay Kaner[X] 65 0 MikE ©ampbell[X] 65 0 Sofa - Spud[X] 65 0 Fred[X] 65 0 Gander 65 0 Tyke 65 0 biggeordie 65 0 james[X] 65 0 Jerry 65 0 PlusNet Support Team 65 0 Fergal 65 0 Lister[X] 65 0 alan holmes 65 0 Rusty 65 0 Bobbie[X] 65 0 Coats 65 0 Madge's Mum 65 0 barnadillo 65

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 26 2 6 3 2 4 4 5 5 6 4 7 2 8 1 9 3 10+ 59

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 52.1 Derek F 1 38.0 Bigbazza 2 37.3 ned 3 29.5 Smokey 4 27.6 r@y 5 25.4 Michaelangelo 6 24.7 Cerumen 7 24.4 Pingu 8 24.4 JF 9 24.1 Noreen 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 11.8 sam 1 12.2 JoeH 2 12.8 §ireßird 3 14.3 Peter T 4 14.7 Frederick Williams 5 15.1 Foxy 6 15.1 Goromoff 7 15.2 Troy's Human 8 15.3 Jeff Gaines 9 15.4 frogman 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

Low lines/post may be because the posters have nothing to say, have dense text, or because they over snip

5 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
28	uk.media.tv.misc alt.sixtyplus
11	alt.fan.scarecrow
4	alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk alt.fan.scarecrow alt.support.diabetes.uk uk.people.support.depression
2	uk.legal
1	alt.happy.valley

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