Monthly Poster Statistics for August 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.% 782 14174 1265213 18.1 12.13 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 12.13 502 10163 792098 20.2 7.79 Pam the goose 2 19.91 458 8922 772599 19.5 7.10 Rabbit 3 27.02 329 5346 564755 16.2 5.10 Bunny Hare 4 32.12 248 13214 675995 53.3 3.85 Derek F 5 35.96 235 5293 702038 22.5 3.64 wtwjgc (Joe) 6 39.61 221 3690 365182 16.7 3.43 Foxy 7 43.04 212 3493 413784 16.5 3.29 AriesVal 8 46.32 210 4159 442536 19.8 3.26 ~~seadancer~~ 9 49.58 197 4637 411812 23.5 3.06 Jackie 10 52.64 196 4236 325209 21.6 3.04 Madge 11 55.68 179 3856 321950 21.5 2.78 Pingu 12 58.45 143 1819 210387 12.7 2.22 JoeH 13 60.67 139 3889 241310 28.0 2.16 Smokey 14 62.83 112 1644 207216 14.7 1.74 Goromoff 15 64.56 105 2466 189859 23.5 1.63 Ali 16 66.19 103 2385 180577 23.2 1.60 Tickettyߺº 17 67.79 102 1828 149202 17.9 1.58 Pete C 18 69.37 94 2283 171915 24.3 1.46 Baldrick 19 70.83 93 2171 166271 23.3 1.44 Bram 20 72.27 93 2261 158027 24.3 1.44 Splodge 20 73.71 91 1402 135008 15.4 1.41 MCC 22 75.12 85 1620 152214 19.1 1.32 Frederick Williams 23 76.44 83 2158 156963 26.0 1.29 Bernadette 24 77.73 75 1045 135335 13.9 1.16 Peter T 25 78.89 73 1894 141709 25.9 1.13 jackie green 26 80.02 68 1417 134367 20.8 1.05 Wally 27 81.08 66 1146 147246 17.4 1.02 John the R-T 28 82.10 60 1534 106150 25.6 0.93 Noreen 29 83.03 57 1769 155102 31.0 0.88 JF 30 83.92 56 853 89182 15.2 0.87 Troy's Human 31 84.79 56 1111 112066 19.8 0.87 ~~Linda~~ 31 85.65 56 1617 120463 28.9 0.87 r@y 31 86.52 51 943 94431 18.5 0.79 Wrinklie One 34 87.31 43 1179 79893 27.4 0.67 Anita 35 87.98 43 777 128704 18.1 0.67 Gareth 35 88.65 43 510 83691 11.9 0.67 Saxman 35 89.31 42 680 75126 16.2 0.65 Jeff Gaines 38 89.97 41 562 103791 13.7 0.64 frogman 39 90.60 38 725 55386 19.1 0.59 Bill P 40 91.19 30 600 66080 20.0 0.47 John #8 41 91.66 30 642 50677 21.4 0.47 Steve 41 92.12 29 776 58270 26.8 0.45 Cerumen 43 92.57 27 583 50243 21.6 0.42 §håz 44 92.99 27 419 54241 15.5 0.42 sam 44 93.41 24 399 40228 16.6 0.37 Gander 46 93.78 22 632 44974 28.7 0.34 Bernard Peek 47 94.12 21 490 34843 23.3 0.33 ned 48 94.45 21 804 44577 38.3 0.33 Bigbazza 48 94.77 21 277 34712 13.2 0.33 Bucko 48 95.10 20 2585 129104 129.3 0.31 Troll 51 95.41 20 465 35109 23.3 0.31 NC 51 95.72 20 520 33997 26.0 0.31 kat 51 96.03 19 190 27677 10.0 0.29 §ireßird 54 96.32 18 410 39761 22.8 0.28 uker 55 96.60 17 619 35667 36.4 0.26 Tyke 56 96.87 16 121 22927 7.6 0.25 gruffydd 57 97.12 15 396 21693 26.4 0.23 Robin T Cox 58 97.35 15 226 32106 15.1 0.23 Pandamonium 58 97.58 15 260 20491 17.3 0.23 Parrotfish 58 97.81 9 205 21559 22.8 0.14 John Nice 61 97.95 9 333 23312 37.0 0.14 Evi 61 98.09 8 145 16770 18.1 0.12 John 63 98.22 7 95 10664 13.6 0.11 Bri 64 98.33 6 197 17042 32.8 0.09 Mothy 65 98.42 6 162 13553 27.0 0.09 Spammer 65 98.51 6 89 6625 14.8 0.09 GreySwan 65 98.60 5 30 7905 6.0 0.08 Gil J 68 98.68 5 65 9249 13.0 0.08 Ponder 68 98.76 5 155 13637 31.0 0.08 Harold 68 98.84 5 170 11952 34.0 0.08 Alma 68 98.91 5 220 14996 44.0 0.08 Fergal 68 98.99 5 159 9761 31.8 0.08 Coats 68 99.07 4 55 5216 13.8 0.06 jamps 74 99.13 4 93 7948 23.3 0.06 Mrs G 74 99.19 4 53 7755 13.3 0.06 Ascii Art 74 99.26 3 49 5890 16.3 0.05 Weatherman 77 99.30 3 42 4401 14.0 0.05 andon 77 99.35 3 54 6518 18.0 0.05 David Love 77 99.40 3 92 5863 30.7 0.05 Geoff Hayward 77 99.44 3 73 6869 24.3 0.05 Steve Terry[X] 77 99.49 2 19 3512 9.5 0.03 clippertyclop 82 99.52 2 43 3589 21.5 0.03 aa 82 99.55 2 44 3720 22.0 0.03 DB001 82 99.58 2 82 6062 41.0 0.03 someone 82 99.61 2 18 2670 9.0 0.03 Old Grizzly 82 99.64 2 42 3646 21.0 0.03 Mike Cawood 82 99.67 2 23 4465 11.5 0.03 Andy Champ[X] 82 99.71 1 023 01840 23.0 0.02 Les 89 99.72 1 019 01623 19.0 0.02 umop ap!sdn 89 99.74 1 015 01523 15.0 0.02 Carillion 89 99.75 1 017 01193 17.0 0.02 chalmers62 89 99.77 1 016 02243 16.0 0.02 Bryan Jones 89 99.78 1 016 01923 16.0 0.02 Edward J Milan 89 99.80 1 012 01869 12.0 0.02 Judy 89 99.81 1 015 01534 15.0 0.02 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 89 99.83 1 015 01346 15.0 0.02 Jim Scott 89 99.84 1 017 02450 17.0 0.02 Dave (Sgt Pepper)[X] 89 99.86 1 021 01908 21.0 0.02 Lofty 89 99.88 1 019 01561 19.0 0.02 Eeyore[X] 89 99.89 1 038 02816 38.0 0.02 MikE ©ampbell[X] 89 99.91 1 064 03747 64.0 0.02 Widnes Bloke 89 99.92 1 011 01717 11.0 0.02 Whersmee Daps 89 99.94 1 035 01983 35.0 0.02 David C 89 99.95 1 015 01758 15.0 0.02 biggeordie 89 99.97 1 031 02782 31.0 0.02 PlusNet Support Team 89 99.98 1 101 05676 101.0 0.02 VH is NSFW[X] 89 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 125 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 35 Goromoff 2 29 Wally 3 25 Pam the goose 4 21 Bunny Hare 5 19 MCC 6 15 Derek F 7 15 AriesVal 7 14 Baldrick 9 14 wtwjgc (Joe) 9 14 r@y 9 13 Tickettyߺº 12 13 Splodge 12 11 Smokey 14 11 Saxman 14 11 Madge 14 10 Troy's Human 17 9 Pingu 18 9 Jeff Gaines 18 9 Foxy 18 9 Wrinklie One 18 8 Bram 22 8 uker 22 8 John #8 22 7 Pete C 25 6 Frederick Williams 26 6 sam 26 6 Rabbit 26 6 Bill P 26 6 JoeH 26 5 ~~seadancer~~ 31 5 jackie green 31 5 Peter T 31 5 Bigbazza 31 4 Noreen 35 4 JF 35 4 Pandamonium 35 4 NC 35 4 frogman 35 4 John 35 4 Bernadette 35 3 Gil J 42 3 gruffydd 42 3 Jackie 42 3 John the R-T 42 3 Bucko 42 3 Gander 42 3 Tyke 42 2 Anita 49 2 Gareth 49 2 Spammer 49 2 Parrotfish 49 2 GreySwan 49 1 umop ap!sdn 54 1 Troll 54 1 chalmers62 54 1 Ali 54 1 ned 54 1 ~~Linda~~ 54 1 Robin T Cox 54 1 Cerumen 54 1 John Nice 54 1 Evi 54 1 Alma 54 1 Fergal 54 0 Les 66 0 Mothy 66 0 clippertyclop 66 0 aa 66 0 Carillion 66 0 DB001 66 0 jamps 66 0 §håz 66 0 §ireßird 66 0 Bryan Jones 66 0 Weatherman 66 0 someone 66 0 Old Grizzly 66 0 andon 66 0 Ponder 66 0 Bernard Peek 66 0 Edward J Milan 66 0 Mike Cawood 66 0 Judy 66 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 66 0 Jim Scott 66 0 Dave (Sgt Pepper)[X] 66 0 Andy Champ[X] 66 0 Mrs G 66 0 Lofty 66 0 David Love 66 0 Bri 66 0 Eeyore[X] 66 0 Geoff Hayward 66 0 MikE ©ampbell[X] 66 0 Harold 66 0 kat 66 0 Widnes Bloke 66 0 Steve Terry[X] 66 0 Whersmee Daps 66 0 David C 66 0 biggeordie 66 0 Ascii Art 66 0 PlusNet Support Team 66 0 VH is NSFW[X] 66 0 Coats 66 0 Steve 66

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 19 2 7 3 5 4 3 5 6 6 3 7 1 8 1 9 2 10+ 60

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 129.3 Troll 1 53.3 Derek F 2 38.3 Bigbazza 3 36.4 Tyke 4 31.0 JF 5 28.9 r@y 6 28.7 Bernard Peek 7 28.0 Smokey 8 27.4 Anita 9 26.8 Cerumen 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.6 gruffydd 1 10.0 §ireßird 2 11.9 Saxman 3 12.7 JoeH 4 13.2 Bucko 5 13.7 frogman 6 13.9 Peter T 7 14.7 Goromoff 8 15.1 Pandamonium 9 15.2 Troy's Human 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

11 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
15	alt.pub.cafe-bob
11	uk.local.surrey demon.local
6	uk.local.surrey
6	alt.talk.bollocks demon.local
4	uk.telecom.mobile uk.telecom.broadband
3	alt.fan.scarecrow
3	demon.local uk.local.surrey
2	demon.local
1	uk
1	uk.sport.horseracing alt.fan.scarecrow
1	uk.people.rural

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