Monthly Poster Statistics for December 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.% 842 16100 1448926 19.1 11.78 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.78 584 13315 1685133 22.8 8.17 wtwjgc (Joe) 2 19.96 543 11715 917388 21.6 7.60 Pam the goose 3 27.56 541 10499 923927 19.4 7.57 Rabbit 4 35.13 333 5265 560159 15.8 4.66 Bunny Hare 5 39.79 324 7404 544650 22.9 4.53 Tickettyߺº 6 44.32 286 5552 503542 19.4 4.00 MCC 7 48.33 253 5204 416122 20.6 3.54 Bram 8 51.87 207 2847 392692 13.8 2.90 AriesVal 9 54.77 201 3719 305074 18.5 2.81 Pete C 10 57.58 196 5492 327937 28.0 2.74 Smokey 11 60.32 192 4453 334276 23.2 2.69 Ali 12 63.01 185 4275 384081 23.1 2.59 Jackie 13 65.60 143 1751 209829 12.2 2.00 JoeH 14 67.60 140 2129 258734 15.2 1.96 Goromoff 15 69.56 130 2787 224382 21.4 1.82 §håz 16 71.38 125 2692 207026 21.5 1.75 Pingu 17 73.13 111 2180 236137 19.6 1.55 John #8 18 74.68 110 1888 184320 17.2 1.54 Foxy 19 76.22 108 2058 210600 19.1 1.51 Wrinklie One 20 77.73 106 1476 193399 13.9 1.48 Peter T 21 79.22 99 3066 227893 31.0 1.39 Derek F 22 80.60 76 2155 154254 28.4 1.06 r@y 23 81.67 74 1951 130930 26.4 1.04 Anita 24 82.70 65 1278 147805 19.7 0.91 John the R-T 25 83.61 62 2577 172122 41.6 0.87 Trespasser 26 84.48 61 1163 117119 19.1 0.85 ~~Linda~~ 27 85.33 57 1384 131777 24.3 0.80 The Brownie 28 86.13 56 1190 89247 21.3 0.78 Splodge 29 86.91 52 861 95130 16.6 0.73 ~~seadancer~~ 30 87.64 49 1239 88901 25.3 0.69 Noreen 31 88.33 49 568 75056 11.6 0.69 §ireßird 31 89.01 48 579 93714 12.1 0.67 Saxman 33 89.69 47 1044 76974 22.2 0.66 Madge 34 90.34 39 682 73684 17.5 0.55 Jeff Gaines 35 90.89 37 815 65536 22.0 0.52 jackie green 36 91.41 35 1089 70249 31.1 0.49 ned 37 91.90 34 1149 90570 33.8 0.48 jammyface 38 92.37 34 1028 62248 30.2 0.48 Tyke 38 92.85 32 631 69058 19.7 0.45 Harold 40 93.30 28 606 55734 21.6 0.39 Wally 41 93.69 28 433 38833 15.5 0.39 Bill P 41 94.08 27 389 35149 14.4 0.38 jamps 43 94.46 24 150 30290 6.3 0.34 gruffydd 44 94.79 24 688 60324 28.7 0.34 JF 44 95.13 21 520 37873 24.8 0.29 Nor 46 95.42 21 446 30827 21.2 0.29 Robin T Cox 46 95.72 18 300 45028 16.7 0.25 Gareth 48 95.97 16 382 30169 23.9 0.22 Frederick Williams 49 96.19 16 284 23931 17.8 0.22 Lin 49 96.42 14 482 43671 34.4 0.20 Peter Parry 51 96.61 12 160 18523 13.3 0.17 frogman 52 96.78 12 137 20893 11.4 0.17 sam 52 96.95 11 180 17847 16.4 0.15 Troy's Human 54 97.10 11 207 16923 18.8 0.15 NC 54 97.26 11 203 16012 18.5 0.15 Parrotfish 54 97.41 10 151 18184 15.1 0.14 Weatherman 57 97.55 10 257 20449 25.7 0.14 Bernard Peek 57 97.69 9 155 15337 17.2 0.13 Bucko 59 97.82 8 217 14964 27.1 0.11 Jayne 60 97.93 8 523 29210 65.4 0.11 Bigbazza 60 98.04 8 208 20975 26.0 0.11 Pandamonium 60 98.15 8 175 12304 21.9 0.11 Geoff Hayward 60 98.26 8 225 20275 28.1 0.11 Jerry Atric 60 98.38 7 473 34407 67.6 0.10 Spammer 65 98.47 7 127 15023 18.1 0.10 uker 65 98.57 7 96 15032 13.7 0.10 Faolan 65 98.67 7 92 8813 13.1 0.10 Fergal 65 98.77 7 148 10366 21.1 0.10 Bernadette 65 98.87 6 72 13301 12.0 0.08 Graham 70 98.95 6 153 14314 25.5 0.08 zed 70 99.03 6 134 10826 22.3 0.08 Gander 70 99.12 5 76 8184 15.2 0.07 Old Grizzly 73 99.19 4 35 5123 8.8 0.06 elaich 74 99.24 4 136 9023 34.0 0.06 Harry 74 99.30 4 72 8466 18.0 0.06 John Nice 74 99.36 3 38 4775 12.7 0.04 Gil J 77 99.40 3 92 7312 30.7 0.04 Les 77 99.44 3 80 6802 26.7 0.04 Edward J Milan 77 99.48 3 160 10776 53.3 0.04 MiniMeToo 77 99.52 3 29 4377 9.7 0.04 biggeordie 77 99.57 3 67 4625 22.3 0.04 alan holmes 77 99.61 3 74 4902 24.7 0.04 Coats 77 99.65 2 92 6424 46.0 0.03 Carillion 84 99.68 2 35 3155 17.5 0.03 The Barsteward 84 99.71 2 38 4368 19.0 0.03 John E 84 99.73 2 15 2913 7.5 0.03 Lofty 84 99.76 2 69 5790 34.5 0.03 Booette#1 84 99.79 1 005 01387 5.0 0.01 wellnice 89 99.80 1 008 01958 8.0 0.01 **HuntleighPriceAntiques 89 99.82 1 016 01666 16.0 0.01 umop ap!sdn 89 99.83 1 012 01657 12.0 0.01 **james oconner007 89 99.85 1 097 04917 97.0 0.01 **anfi 89 99.86 1 051 03603 51.0 0.01 Joe 89 99.87 1 013 01596 13.0 0.01 Annette 89 99.89 1 021 01798 21.0 0.01 someone 89 99.90 1 090 05840 90.0 0.01 Jim Scott 89 99.92 1 005 01071 5.0 0.01 $ir Vivor 89 99.93 1 028 02387 28.0 0.01 Mrs G 89 99.94 1 015 01532 15.0 0.01 Bri 89 99.96 1 005 01382 5.0 0.01 kenos1 89 99.97 1 027 01696 27.0 0.01 Christina Websell 89 99.99 1 030 01985 30.0 0.01 Alma 89 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 114 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 50 Goromoff 2 46 MCC 3 37 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 37 Pam the goose 4 33 Bram 6 29 Smokey 7 27 r@y 8 23 Tickettyߺº 9 23 Pete C 9 20 Rabbit 11 18 Wrinklie One 12 17 AriesVal 13 16 The Brownie 14 14 Wally 15 14 Bunny Hare 15 13 §håz 17 13 John #8 17 11 Peter T 19 10 Pingu 20 9 Derek F 21 7 Madge 22 7 JoeH 22 6 jamps 24 6 Saxman 24 6 Splodge 24 6 Tyke 24 5 Ali 28 5 jackie green 28 5 Bigbazza 28 4 §ireßird 31 4 Old Grizzly 31 4 John the R-T 31 4 jammyface 31 4 Jerry Atric 31 3 Anita 36 3 Troy's Human 36 3 gruffydd 36 3 Gareth 36 3 ned 36 3 Spammer 36 3 Jackie 36 3 Jeff Gaines 36 3 uker 36 3 NC 36 3 Harold 36 3 Bill P 36 2 Noreen 48 2 ~~seadancer~~ 48 2 ~~Linda~~ 48 2 Robin T Cox 48 2 Trespasser 48 2 sam 48 2 Parrotfish 48 2 Gander 48 2 Fergal 48 1 wellnice 57 1 Gil J 57 1 **HuntleighPriceAntiques 57 1 Nor 57 1 Frederick Williams 57 1 **anfi 57 1 The Barsteward 57 1 Jayne 57 1 Edward J Milan 57 1 MiniMeToo 57 1 Harry 57 1 Jim Scott 57 1 Pandamonium 57 1 Faolan 57 1 $ir Vivor 57 1 Lofty 57 1 Bri 57 1 kenos1 57 1 frogman 57 1 Geoff Hayward 57 1 biggeordie 57 1 Foxy 57 0 Peter Parry 79 0 Les 79 0 umop ap!sdn 79 0 Carillion 79 0 **james oconner007 79 0 JF 79 0 Joe 79 0 Annette 79 0 Lin 79 0 Weatherman 79 0 someone 79 0 elaich 79 0 Graham 79 0 Bernard Peek 79 0 zed 79 0 Mrs G 79 0 John E 79 0 Booette#1 79 0 Bucko 79 0 John Nice 79 0 Christina Websell 79 0 Alma 79 0 alan holmes 79 0 Coats 79 0 Bernadette 79

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 15 2 5 3 7 4 3 5 1 6 3 7 5 8 5 9 1 10+ 58

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 41.6 Trespasser 1 33.8 jammyface 2 31.1 ned 3 31.0 Derek F 4 30.2 Tyke 5 28.7 JF 6 28.4 r@y 7 28.0 Smokey 8 26.4 Anita 9 25.3 Noreen 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 6.3 gruffydd 1 11.6 §ireßird 2 12.1 Saxman 3 12.2 JoeH 4 13.8 AriesVal 5 13.9 Peter T 6 14.4 jamps 7 15.2 Goromoff 8 15.5 Bill P 9 15.8 Bunny Hare 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
1	swnet.politik soc.culture.german

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