Monthly Poster Statistics for September 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.% 725 13409 1175352 18.5 13.14 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 13.14 443 8401 727914 19.0 8.03 Rabbit 2 21.16 366 5850 627053 16.0 6.63 Bunny Hare 3 27.79 316 6594 502889 20.9 5.73 Pam the goose 4 33.52 272 4529 447225 16.7 4.93 Foxy 5 38.45 246 12818 681890 52.1 4.46 Derek F 6 42.91 237 4485 473603 18.9 4.29 ~~seadancer~~ 7 47.20 204 3559 408212 17.4 3.70 AriesVal 8 50.90 189 4963 317701 26.3 3.42 Smokey 9 54.32 187 3065 354791 16.4 3.39 MCC 10 57.71 164 3446 324044 21.0 2.97 Jackie 11 60.68 140 2748 217879 19.6 2.54 Madge 12 63.22 131 2860 241830 21.8 2.37 Pingu 13 65.59 123 1712 221776 13.9 2.23 Goromoff 14 67.82 117 2408 200258 20.6 2.12 Bram 15 69.94 105 1957 160484 18.6 1.90 Pete C 16 71.84 99 2149 155927 21.7 1.79 Splodge 17 73.64 93 2237 172504 24.1 1.69 jackie green 18 75.32 89 1987 155022 22.3 1.61 Ali 19 76.93 89 941 124451 10.6 1.61 JoeH 19 78.55 85 2096 154784 24.7 1.54 Tickettyߺº 21 80.09 66 1297 125378 19.7 1.20 Wrinklie One 22 81.28 49 712 90129 14.5 0.89 Peter T 23 82.17 46 632 90330 13.7 0.83 sam 24 83.00 45 791 79054 17.6 0.82 Frederick Williams 25 83.82 43 587 67470 13.7 0.78 §ireßird 26 84.60 42 594 64774 14.1 0.76 Troy's Human 27 85.36 40 850 63055 21.3 0.72 Anita 28 86.08 39 855 86428 21.9 0.71 May 29 86.79 37 528 78074 14.3 0.67 John the R-T 30 87.46 35 636 50282 18.2 0.63 Bill P 31 88.10 34 697 68022 20.5 0.62 ~~Linda~~ 32 88.71 33 906 65057 27.5 0.60 r@y 33 89.31 31 644 60267 20.8 0.56 Wally 34 89.87 30 270 56001 9.0 0.54 Saxman 35 90.41 30 419 46528 14.0 0.54 frogman 35 90.96 28 598 41705 21.4 0.51 Robin T Cox 37 91.47 26 167 36618 6.4 0.47 gruffydd 38 91.94 26 365 32542 14.0 0.47 Parrotfish 38 92.41 26 732 49438 28.2 0.47 Alma 38 92.88 24 413 43943 17.2 0.43 Jeff Gaines 41 93.31 23 460 47187 20.0 0.42 JF 42 93.73 23 514 40746 22.3 0.42 Cerumen 42 94.15 23 488 34606 21.2 0.42 Bernadette 42 94.56 22 795 53848 36.1 0.40 ned 45 94.96 22 385 45418 17.5 0.40 John #8 45 95.36 20 257 32205 12.9 0.36 Bucko 47 95.72 16 479 48984 29.9 0.29 wtwjgc (Joe) 48 96.01 14 299 24584 21.4 0.25 §håz 49 96.27 12 354 32026 29.5 0.22 John E 50 96.48 11 408 25307 37.1 0.20 Bigbazza 51 96.68 10 247 16968 24.7 0.18 NC 52 96.87 9 130 11708 14.4 0.16 jamps 53 97.03 9 223 24673 24.8 0.16 Bryan Jones 53 97.19 9 219 17993 24.3 0.16 andon 53 97.35 9 186 21827 20.7 0.16 Pandamonium 53 97.52 9 131 19061 14.6 0.16 SueG 53 97.68 9 199 15158 22.1 0.16 Steve 53 97.84 8 168 11828 21.0 0.14 Tyke 59 97.99 6 438 29959 73.0 0.11 Spammer 60 98.10 6 75 11426 12.5 0.11 uker 60 98.21 6 144 13634 24.0 0.11 David Love 60 98.31 6 121 13133 20.2 0.11 Harold 60 98.42 6 107 10006 17.8 0.11 Gander 60 98.53 5 100 7475 20.0 0.09 prinniethehamster 65 98.62 5 51 7293 10.2 0.09 Bri 65 98.71 5 96 10513 19.2 0.09 tony bennett 65 98.80 5 130 9828 26.0 0.09 kat 65 98.89 5 101 10963 20.2 0.09 John Nice 65 98.99 5 126 8164 25.2 0.09 Coats 65 99.08 4 76 8124 19.0 0.07 Weatherman 71 99.15 4 74 8165 18.5 0.07 Ollie Tabooger 71 99.22 3 75 7568 25.0 0.05 Peter Parry 73 99.28 3 59 4768 19.7 0.05 Bernard Peek 73 99.33 3 83 6506 27.7 0.05 **mymail 73 99.38 3 72 6198 24.0 0.05 Mrs G 73 99.44 3 35 6050 11.7 0.05 Ascii Art 73 99.49 2 40 4367 20.0 0.04 Wim Jay 78 99.53 2 33 2658 16.5 0.04 umop ap!sdn 78 99.57 2 35 4704 17.5 0.04 Geoff Mills 78 99.60 2 47 3882 23.5 0.04 Widnes Bloke 78 99.64 2 57 4427 28.5 0.04 Evi 78 99.67 2 71 4998 35.5 0.04 alan holmes 78 99.71 1 013 01523 13.0 0.02 Gil J 84 99.73 1 073 03529 73.0 0.02 Brian Gaff[X] 84 99.75 1 013 01990 13.0 0.02 Mothy 84 99.76 1 011 01146 11.0 0.02 Ben the Black Lab 84 99.78 1 043 02321 43.0 0.02 DB001 84 99.80 1 038 02688 38.0 0.02 Sprockets 84 99.82 1 018 02250 18.0 0.02 Zack 84 99.84 1 066 03754 66.0 0.02 The Doctor[X] 84 99.86 1 014 01329 14.0 0.02 someone 84 99.87 1 070 03996 70.0 0.02 <p>sychotic <c>hicken[X] 84 99.89 1 020 02231 20.0 0.02 Judy 84 99.91 1 010 01408 10.0 0.02 Jim Scott 84 99.93 1 019 01621 19.0 0.02 Chris S 84 99.95 1 053 03131 53.0 0.02 TROLL[X] 84 99.96 1 001 01010 1.0 0.02 Lofty 84 99.98 1 003 01336 3.0 0.02 Raymond Schlegel 84 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 118 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 38 Goromoff 2 30 MCC 3 26 Pam the goose 4 26 Bunny Hare 4 18 Wally 6 18 Derek F 6 18 AriesVal 6 16 Madge 9 15 Smokey 10 13 sam 11 11 Wrinklie One 12 10 Pete C 13 10 Foxy 13 9 Tickettyߺº 15 9 Rabbit 15 8 Pingu 17 8 ~~seadancer~~ 17 8 Bigbazza 17 8 May 17 8 r@y 17 8 Splodge 17 7 Troy's Human 23 7 Peter T 23 7 Saxman 23 6 John #8 26 6 Parrotfish 26 5 jackie green 28 5 Bucko 28 5 Bill P 28 4 wtwjgc (Joe) 31 4 Spammer 31 3 Bram 33 3 gruffydd 33 3 Frederick Williams 33 3 §ireßird 33 3 John the R-T 33 3 frogman 33 2 JF 39 2 Bryan Jones 39 2 tony bennett 39 2 Alma 39 1 Gil J 43 1 Anita 43 1 DB001 43 1 Geoff Mills 43 1 Ali 43 1 Zack 43 1 ned 43 1 ~~Linda~~ 43 1 Jeff Gaines 43 1 Pandamonium 43 1 Ollie Tabooger 43 1 TROLL[X] 43 1 Mrs G 43 1 Lofty 43 1 kat 43 1 Gander 43 1 Evi 43 1 Tyke 43 1 Ascii Art 43 1 Coats 43 1 JoeH 43 0 Brian Gaff[X] 64 0 Peter Parry 64 0 Wim Jay 64 0 Mothy 64 0 umop ap!sdn 64 0 Ben the Black Lab 64 0 jamps 64 0 §håz 64 0 Sprockets 64 0 The Doctor[X] 64 0 prinniethehamster 64 0 Weatherman 64 0 someone 64 0 Jackie 64 0 andon 64 0 <p>sychotic <c>hicken[X] 64 0 Robin T Cox 64 0 Bernard Peek 64 0 Cerumen 64 0 Judy 64 0 uker 64 0 Jim Scott 64 0 NC 64 0 Chris S 64 0 **mymail 64 0 SueG 64 0 John E 64 0 David Love 64 0 Bri 64 0 Harold 64 0 John Nice 64 0 Widnes Bloke 64 0 Raymond Schlegel 64 0 alan holmes 64 0 Bernadette 64 0 Steve 64

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 16 2 6 3 5 4 2 5 6 6 5 7 0 8 1 9 6 10+ 52

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 52.1 Derek F 1 36.1 ned 2 29.9 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 28.2 Alma 4 27.5 r@y 5 26.3 Smokey 6 24.7 Ticketty᧧ 7 24.1 jackie green 8 22.3 Cerumen 9 22.3 Ali 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 6.4 gruffydd 1 9.0 Saxman 2 10.6 JoeH 3 12.9 Bucko 4 13.7 §ireßird 5 13.7 sam 6 13.9 Goromoff 7 14.0 frogman 8 14.0 Parrotfish 9 14.1 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

3 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
9	uk.people.consumers scot.general
2	rec.arts.drwho uk.media.tv.sf.drwho
1	uk.local.kent uk.legal uk.d-i-y uk.local.birmingham

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