Total Poster Statistics for 2009 in ups.

Posters sorted … by posts made Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% 8012 166201 14554010 20.7 12.73 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 12.73 5885 110962 9859126 18.9 9.35 Rabbit 2 22.07 3870 75071 6124455 19.4 6.15 Pam the goose 3 28.22 2963 62014 8255623 20.9 4.71 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 32.93 2703 44341 4833429 16.4 4.29 MCC 5 37.22 2295 36835 3898225 16.1 3.65 Bunny Hare 6 40.86 2036 32609 4101459 16.0 3.23 AriesVal 7 44.10 1876 31965 3176371 17.0 2.98 Foxy 8 47.08 1681 33424 2806619 19.9 2.67 Michaelangelo 9 49.75 1647 37684 3806548 22.9 2.62 Jackie 10 52.36 1583 22870 3002709 14.4 2.51 Goromoff 11 54.88 1505 39668 2525099 26.4 2.39 Smokey 12 57.27 1430 32574 2576083 22.8 2.27 Ali 13 59.54 1367 41028 3050513 30.0 2.17 Derek F 14 61.71 1357 16803 2057009 12.4 2.16 JoeH 15 63.86 1234 22353 3879551 18.1 1.96 Gareth 16 65.82 1126 24866 2227733 22.1 1.79 Splodge 17 67.61 1102 22956 1721654 20.8 1.75 Pete C 18 69.36 969 22181 1712388 22.9 1.54 Tickettyߺº 19 70.90 753 10059 977570 13.4 1.20 Bill P 20 72.10 731 20267 1713598 27.7 1.16 JF 21 73.26 718 14396 1023289 20.1 1.14 Bram 22 74.40 718 10250 1304775 14.3 1.14 PeterT 22 75.54 648 11981 1177556 18.5 1.03 Mick the Merciless 24 76.57 620 17592 1517495 28.4 0.98 The Brownie 25 77.55 619 14668 1163853 23.7 0.98 ÑórèèÑ 26 78.54 613 13673 1236387 22.3 0.97 Wally 27 79.51 601 8920 991999 14.8 0.95 Troy's Human 28 80.47 571 10711 1083342 18.8 0.91 Wrinklie One 29 81.37 569 12637 1192236 22.2 0.90 jackie green 30 82.28 559 13185 957695 23.6 0.89 Anita 31 83.16 519 11085 851367 21.4 0.82 Pingu 32 83.99 501 9059 1044884 18.1 0.80 John #8 33 84.78 494 8573 951348 17.4 0.78 ~~seadancer~~ 34 85.57 493 7119 865196 14.4 0.78 §ireßird 35 86.35 477 7280 1060365 15.3 0.76 John the R-T 36 87.11 463 6023 735768 13.0 0.74 frogman 37 87.84 458 8501 872801 18.6 0.73 Frederick Williams 38 88.57 399 10365 811910 26.0 0.63 r@y 39 89.21 385 3872 518233 10.1 0.61 gruffydd 40 89.82 361 6808 701649 18.9 0.57 Jeff Gaines 41 90.39 342 9547 643534 27.9 0.54 ned 42 90.93 292 5815 600071 19.9 0.46 ~~Linda~~ 43 91.40 279 5037 422573 18.1 0.44 Parrotfish 44 91.84 246 6586 501061 26.8 0.39 Peter Grange 45 92.23 245 2622 480888 10.7 0.39 Saxman 46 92.62 228 4967 515949 21.8 0.36 Harold 47 92.98 207 4028 353225 19.5 0.33 Old Grizzly 48 93.31 197 3923 332735 19.9 0.31 Linedancer 49 93.62 191 3712 329363 19.4 0.30 §håz 50 93.93 179 4215 298121 23.5 0.28 Bernadette 51 94.21 148 3869 265377 26.1 0.24 Geoff Hayward 52 94.45 147 2295 286270 15.6 0.23 sam 53 94.68 138 1697 197979 12.3 0.22 M í k e 54 94.90 138 1738 234796 12.6 0.22 Bri 54 95.12 117 2435 194318 20.8 0.19 Gander 56 95.31 112 1150 188099 10.3 0.18 uker 57 95.48 111 5383 340404 48.5 0.18 Trespasser 58 95.66 108 3548 204719 32.9 0.17 Tyke 59 95.83 94 1359 126869 14.5 0.15 jamps 60 95.98 89 1630 160680 18.3 0.14 Steve 61 96.12 87 2813 179927 32.3 0.14 Bigbazza 62 96.26 84 1561 117787 18.6 0.13 Robin T Cox 63 96.39 80 1624 133015 20.3 0.13 Alma 64 96.52 79 1248 178393 15.8 0.13 Faolan 65 96.65 72 1700 162756 23.6 0.11 Spammer 66 96.76 70 1561 140431 22.3 0.11 Bioboffin 67 96.87 69 1274 139248 18.5 0.11 Geordie 68 96.98 67 1488 160313 22.2 0.11 John Nice 69 97.09 67 1418 161075 21.2 0.11 Peter Parry 69 97.19 66 1685 142384 25.5 0.10 jammyface 71 97.30 64 1776 134694 27.8 0.10 Bernard Peek 72 97.40 64 1096 127590 17.1 0.10 Weatherman 72 97.50 51 738 110907 14.5 0.08 Graham 74 97.58 50 1476 102407 29.5 0.08 Fergal 75 97.66 49 994 82982 20.3 0.08 Nor 76 97.74 47 877 105437 18.7 0.07 UnsteadyKen 77 97.81 46 1136 108290 24.7 0.07 zed 78 97.89 44 835 103915 19.0 0.07 Pandamonium 79 97.96 43 953 75079 22.2 0.07 Jayne 80 98.03 41 728 74878 17.8 0.07 Bucko 81 98.09 38 673 66785 17.7 0.06 Jaygee 82 98.15 36 845 89587 23.5 0.06 Ginge 83 98.21 35 802 81842 22.9 0.06 Jerry Atric 84 98.26 35 46 59784 1.3 0.06 Mad 84 98.32 32 899 64366 28.1 0.05 kat 86 98.37 27 604 45909 22.4 0.04 Only 27 posts 87 98.41 50 755 103353 15.1 0.08 Only 25 posts 88 98.49 24 716 66683 29.8 0.04 Only 24 posts 89 98.53 46 1273 122622 27.7 0.07 Only 23 posts 90 98.60 44 1059 76261 24.1 0.07 Only 22 posts 91 98.67 21 1877 121219 89.4 0.03 Only 21 posts 92 98.71 40 798 80786 19.9 0.06 Only 20 posts 93 98.77 19 357 29438 18.8 0.03 Only 19 posts 94 98.80 18 501 46880 27.8 0.03 Only 18 posts 95 98.83 17 399 43331 23.5 0.03 Only 17 posts 96 98.86 32 668 57353 20.9 0.05 Only 16 posts 97 98.91 15 281 35742 18.7 0.02 Only 15 posts 98 98.93 28 504 51817 18.0 0.04 Only 14 posts 99 98.98 26 540 54132 20.8 0.04 Only 13 posts 100 99.02 24 671 53797 28.0 0.04 Only 12 posts 101 99.05 33 681 61062 20.6 0.05 Only 11 posts 102 99.11 40 1097 93122 27.4 0.06 Only 10 posts 103 99.17 54 1416 124554 26.2 0.09 Only 9 posts 104 99.26 40 1003 100019 25.1 0.06 Only 8 posts 105 99.32 28 450 58390 16.1 0.04 Only 7 posts 106 99.36 42 1296 112765 30.9 0.07 Only 6 posts 107 99.43 20 1054 71486 52.7 0.03 Only 5 posts 108 99.46 60 1037 103436 17.3 0.10 Only 4 posts 109 99.56 51 1356 117040 26.6 0.08 Only 3 posts 110 99.64 98 2985 248018 30.5 0.16 Only 2 posts 111 99.80 129 3162 292525 24.5 0.20 Only 1 posts 112 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 930 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 551 Goromoff 2 376 MCC 3 245 Wally 4 225 Pam the goose 5 198 wtwjgc (Joe) 6 189 Rabbit 7 138 Derek F 8 138 Splodge 8 129 Pete C 10 127 Foxy 11 126 AriesVal 12 117 Wrinklie One 13 110 Bunny Hare 14 107 The Brownie 15 107 r@y 15 102 Michaelangelo 17 97 Gareth 18 97 Smokey 18 94 PeterT 20 92 gruffydd 21 78 Tickettyߺº 22 78 John #8 22 72 Pingu 24 72 Troy's Human 24 70 Bill P 26 67 Spammer 27 49 Ali 28 46 JF 29 45 sam 30 44 Saxman 31 43 Parrotfish 32 43 frogman 32 43 Bigbazza 32 42 JoeH 35 41 jackie green 36 40 Jeff Gaines 37 37 Bram 38 36 §ireßird 39 35 Old Grizzly 40 35 Jackie 40 33 Linedancer 42 31 ned 43 31 John the R-T 43 29 ÑórèèÑ 45 29 Mick the Merciless 45 28 Frederick Williams 47 28 Gander 47 25 §håz 49 25 uker 49 23 Anita 51 22 ~~seadancer~~ 52 18 Alma 53 17 Harold 54 14 ~~Linda~~ 55 13 Tyke 56 12 Trespasser 57 12 Mad 57 10 Geoff Hayward 59 10 Steve 59 9 Ginge 61 9 Peter Grange 61 9 John Nice 61 9 jamps 61 8 Jerry Atric 65 8 zed 65 7 Graham 67 6 Bucko 68 5 Faolan 69 4 jammyface 70 4 Nor 70 4 Pandamonium 70 4 Weatherman 70 3 Geordie 74 3 Jaygee 74 3 Fergal 74 3 Bri 74 3 Bernadette 74 2 Bioboffin 79 1 M í k e 80 1 Bernard Peek 80 1 kat 80 0 Robin T Cox 83 0 Peter Parry 83 0 UnsteadyKen 83 0 Jayne 83

'Only n posts' totals all the posts from authors who only posted the specified number of post during the year.

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 129 2 49 3 17 4 15 5 4 6 7 7 4 8 5 9 6 10+ 116

10 most verbose posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 48.5 Trespasser 1 32.9 Tyke 2 32.3 Bigbazza 3 30.0 Derek F 4 29.5 Fergal 5 28.4 The Brownie 6 28.1 kat 7 27.9 ned 8 27.8 Bernard Peek 9 27.7 JF 10

Top 10 concise posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 1.3 Mad 1 10.1 gruffydd 2 10.3 uker 3 10.7 Saxman 4 12.3 M í k e 5 12.4 JoeH 6 12.6 Bri 7 13.0 frogman 8 13.4 Bill P 9 14.3 PeterT 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

45 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
119	uk.d-i-y uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv
56	alt.happy.valley
33	uk.d-i-y uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv alt.comp.blind-users
21	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 uk.local.surrey uk.misc
18	uk.misc uk.local.surrey
18	uk.misc
17	uk.food+drink.misc rec.food.cooking uk.media.tv.misc uk.tech.digital-tv uk.d-i-y
17	alt.support.diabetes.uk
16	uk.food+drink.misc rec.food.cooking soc.culture.scottish
14	alt.politics.british
14	alt.shenanigans
11	uk.legal uk.finance
11	uk.local.surrey
10	uk.finance uk.legal
9	uk.people.disability
9	uk.food+drink.misc rec.food.cooking
8	cam.misc
7	uk.local.cumbria rec.food.cooking uk.food+drink.misc
6	uk.media.tv.misc
6	uk.people.consumers
5	uk.tech.digital-tv
5	uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv alt.comp.blind-users
4	alt.sixtyplus alt.fifty-plus.friends
3	uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv
3	alt.usage.english
3	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4
3	rec.humor alt.humor alt.humor.puns
2	uk.media.tv.misc uk.food+drink.misc rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st alt.sixtyplus alt.fifty-plus.friends
2	uk.legal rec.autos.sport.f1 uk.food+drink.misc uk.misc
2	uk.telecom uk.legal
2	uk.people.ex-forces
2	england.chat uk.people.consumers.ebay
2	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 uk.misc
2	alt.usage.english sci.physics
1	uk.net.news.config
1	uk.local.kent uk.local.glasgow
1	soc.culture.british
1	rec.humor alt.humor alt.tasteless.jokes
1	rec.humor alt.humor alt.tasteless.jokes alt.humor.puns
1	uk.legal
1	uk.local.kent
1	uk.telecom uk.food+drink.misc
1	24hoursupport.helpdesk alt.flame uk.local.devon
1	alt.sixtyplus
1	rec.food.cooking

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