Monthly Poster Statistics for November 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.% 734 13684 1213584 18.6 13.79 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 13.79 502 10007 793448 19.9 9.43 Pam the goose 2 23.22 430 8901 1200923 20.7 8.08 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 31.30 400 7504 670406 18.8 7.52 Rabbit 4 38.82 235 7635 590830 32.5 4.42 Derek F 5 43.24 200 3199 325037 16.0 3.76 MCC 6 46.99 196 3441 409567 17.6 3.68 AriesVal 7 50.68 178 5241 439342 29.4 3.34 Jackie 8 54.02 144 2248 247755 15.6 2.71 Bunny Hare 9 56.73 143 2264 239252 15.8 2.69 Foxy 10 59.41 137 2887 236325 21.1 2.57 Pingu 11 61.99 114 2419 192934 21.2 2.14 Tickettyߺº 12 64.13 101 2320 179006 23.0 1.90 Ali 13 66.03 98 1242 172435 12.7 1.84 Goromoff 14 67.87 95 2247 162564 23.7 1.79 Splodge 15 69.65 90 1842 202572 20.5 1.69 John #8 16 71.35 81 2023 132933 25.0 1.52 Smokey 17 72.87 75 869 110588 11.6 1.41 JoeH 18 74.28 71 1283 131678 18.1 1.33 Wrinklie One 19 75.61 68 1182 132800 17.4 1.28 ~~seadancer~~ 20 76.89 67 951 124266 14.2 1.26 Peter T 21 78.15 65 1122 99911 17.3 1.22 Pete C 22 79.37 56 982 104818 17.5 1.05 §ireßird 23 80.42 56 823 118477 14.7 1.05 John the R-T 23 81.47 52 1345 122791 25.9 0.98 May 25 82.45 48 1014 81514 21.1 0.90 Bram 26 83.35 48 1118 90828 23.3 0.90 jackie green 26 84.25 47 1003 86160 21.3 0.88 §håz 28 85.14 40 781 70461 19.5 0.75 Frederick Williams 29 85.89 38 1060 77363 27.9 0.71 r@y 30 86.60 37 861 61130 23.3 0.70 Anita 31 87.30 35 553 58852 15.8 0.66 Troy's Human 32 87.96 34 718 55587 21.1 0.64 Madge 33 88.59 33 820 60037 24.8 0.62 ned 34 89.21 31 504 56576 16.3 0.58 Jeff Gaines 35 89.80 30 725 66654 24.2 0.56 JF 36 90.36 26 529 50591 20.3 0.49 Bucko 37 90.85 23 387 33390 16.8 0.43 jamps 38 91.28 23 506 46259 22.0 0.43 Cerumen 38 91.71 23 302 37186 13.1 0.43 frogman 38 92.15 21 245 32524 11.7 0.39 Bri 41 92.54 21 375 31519 17.9 0.39 Bill P 41 92.93 20 407 38924 20.4 0.38 Wally 43 93.31 20 517 32781 25.9 0.38 Tyke 43 93.69 19 139 26785 7.3 0.36 gruffydd 45 94.04 19 455 33481 23.9 0.36 NC 45 94.40 18 392 30338 21.8 0.34 Noreen 47 94.74 18 789 54008 43.8 0.34 Trespasser 47 95.08 17 439 28223 25.8 0.32 Bernadette 49 95.40 14 258 27781 18.4 0.26 uker 50 95.66 14 244 29674 17.4 0.26 Harold 50 95.92 13 170 26272 13.1 0.24 Saxman 52 96.17 11 393 31147 35.7 0.21 John E 53 96.37 11 584 40318 53.1 0.21 **markzoom 53 96.58 11 219 20296 19.9 0.21 Fergal 53 96.79 10 159 13864 15.9 0.19 Parrotfish 56 96.97 9 120 10488 13.3 0.17 Robin T Cox 57 97.14 9 251 16555 27.9 0.17 Geoff Hayward 57 97.31 9 194 16200 21.6 0.17 alan holmes 57 97.48 9 241 14810 26.8 0.17 Coats 57 97.65 8 143 16369 17.9 0.15 sam 61 97.80 7 104 12861 14.9 0.13 Jerry Atric 62 97.93 7 103 12660 14.7 0.13 biggeordie 62 98.06 5 100 8226 20.0 0.09 Bernard Peek 64 98.16 5 90 7867 18.0 0.09 Bigbazza 64 98.25 5 105 11600 21.0 0.09 John Nice 64 98.35 5 113 9135 22.6 0.09 Gander 64 98.44 4 74 5770 18.5 0.08 Lin 68 98.52 4 173 10813 43.3 0.08 Spammer 68 98.59 4 72 6879 18.0 0.08 elaich 68 98.67 4 92 7058 23.0 0.08 Harry 68 98.74 4 50 5851 12.5 0.08 $ir Vivor 68 98.82 4 39 4980 9.8 0.08 Mo 68 98.89 3 70 4437 23.3 0.06 DB001 74 98.95 3 86 7301 28.7 0.06 Weatherman 74 99.00 3 57 5208 19.0 0.06 The Barsteward 74 99.06 3 60 6151 20.0 0.06 jammyface 74 99.12 3 19 4895 6.3 0.06 Pandamonium 74 99.17 3 48 6985 16.0 0.06 Ascii Art 74 99.23 2 70 5295 35.0 0.04 Gil J 80 99.27 2 41 4671 20.5 0.04 Peter Parry 80 99.30 2 37 3351 18.5 0.04 Nor 80 99.34 2 30 3678 15.0 0.04 ~~Linda~~ 80 99.38 2 45 4351 22.5 0.04 Edward J Milan 80 99.42 2 85 6348 42.5 0.04 Jim Scott 80 99.46 2 76 6676 38.0 0.04 gazz[X] 80 99.49 2 57 5004 28.5 0.04 ian field[X] 80 99.53 2 17 2310 8.5 0.04 Alma 80 99.57 2 26 2813 13.0 0.04 Steve 80 99.61 1 005 00995 5.0 0.02 wellnice 90 99.62 1 051 03059 51.0 0.02 Brian Gaff[X] 90 99.64 1 024 01952 24.0 0.02 BigWallop[X] 90 99.66 1 053 03944 53.0 0.02 ALAN[X] 90 99.68 1 019 02677 19.0 0.02 John Whitworth[X] 90 99.70 1 013 01553 13.0 0.02 Neil 90 99.72 1 023 01705 23.0 0.02 Dickey 90 99.74 1 025 02181 25.0 0.02 Judy 90 99.76 1 022 02486 22.0 0.02 SueG 90 99.77 1 039 03247 39.0 0.02 Mrs G 90 99.79 1 020 01942 20.0 0.02 Fan 90 99.81 1 020 03027 20.0 0.02 Ret[X] 90 99.83 1 017 02261 17.0 0.02 Kevin F Stubbs[X] 90 99.85 1 024 02307 24.0 0.02 Adrian C[X] 90 99.87 1 022 01241 22.0 0.02 Siegfried Sassoon 90 99.89 1 001 00817 1.0 0.02 **richard christopher 90 99.91 1 023 01812 23.0 0.02 FieryFeenix 90 99.92 1 044 03788 44.0 0.02 Ron O'Brien[X] 90 99.94 1 029 02862 29.0 0.02 Don[X] 90 99.96 1 015 02252 15.0 0.02 Harry Stottle[X] 90 99.98 1 005 01409 5.0 0.02 tfc 90 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 121 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 34 Goromoff 2 32 Pam the goose 3 28 MCC 4 21 Derek F 5 14 John #8 6 13 wtwjgc (Joe) 7 13 Wrinklie One 7 11 Pete C 9 10 Wally 10 10 Splodge 10 10 Rabbit 10 9 Peter T 13 9 AriesVal 13 8 r@y 15 7 Pingu 16 7 Tickettyߺº 16 7 Bunny Hare 16 6 May 19 6 Bucko 19 5 Troy's Human 21 5 Ali 21 5 uker 21 5 Foxy 21 4 jamps 25 4 JF 25 4 §håz 25 4 ned 25 4 Spammer 25 4 John the R-T 25 4 frogman 25 4 sam 25 3 Bram 33 3 Anita 33 3 gruffydd 33 3 §ireßird 33 3 jackie green 33 3 Jeff Gaines 33 3 Bigbazza 33 3 NC 33 3 Madge 33 2 ~~seadancer~~ 42 2 Jackie 42 2 Smokey 42 2 Saxman 42 2 Parrotfish 42 2 Mo 42 2 Tyke 42 1 Gil J 49 1 wellnice 49 1 Noreen 49 1 DB001 49 1 Frederick Williams 49 1 ALAN[X] 49 1 elaich 49 1 Robin T Cox 49 1 Harry 49 1 Pandamonium 49 1 Jim Scott 49 1 $ir Vivor 49 1 Bri 49 1 Siegfried Sassoon 49 1 Harold 49 1 John Nice 49 1 Gander 49 1 Bill P 49 1 Coats 49 1 Bernadette 49 1 tfc 49 1 JoeH 49 0 Brian Gaff[X] 71 0 Peter Parry 71 0 Nor 71 0 BigWallop[X] 71 0 Lin 71 0 Weatherman 71 0 The Barsteward 71 0 John Whitworth[X] 71 0 Neil 71 0 ~~Linda~~ 71 0 Dickey 71 0 Bernard Peek 71 0 Edward J Milan 71 0 Cerumen 71 0 Judy 71 0 jammyface 71 0 gazz[X] 71 0 SueG 71 0 John E 71 0 Mrs G 71 0 ian field[X] 71 0 Fan 71 0 Trespasser 71 0 Ret[X] 71 0 Kevin F Stubbs[X] 71 0 Geoff Hayward 71 0 Adrian C[X] 71 0 **richard christopher 71 0 FieryFeenix 71 0 **markzoom 71 0 Jerry Atric 71 0 Alma 71 0 biggeordie 71 0 Ron O'Brien[X] 71 0 Ascii Art 71 0 Fergal 71 0 Don[X] 71 0 alan holmes 71 0 Harry Stottle[X] 71 0 Steve 71

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 21 2 10 3 6 4 6 5 4 6 0 7 2 8 1 9 4 10+ 56

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 43.8 Trespasser 1 32.5 Derek F 2 29.4 Jackie 3 27.9 r@y 4 25.9 May 5 25.9 Tyke 6 25.8 Bernadette 7 25.0 Smokey 8 24.8 ned 9 24.2 JF 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.3 gruffydd 1 11.6 JoeH 2 11.7 Bri 3 12.7 Goromoff 4 13.1 frogman 5 14.2 Peter T 6 14.7 John the R-T 7 15.6 Bunny Hare 8 15.8 Troy's Human 9 15.8 Foxy 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

1 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
14	alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains free.uk.diy.home uk.people.consumers

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