Monthly Poster Statistics for January 2009 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.% 649 13418 1165287 20.7 10.91 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 10.91 468 9905 786614 21.2 7.87 Pam the goose 2 18.77 450 8692 782129 19.3 7.56 Rabbit 3 26.34 369 7557 1032991 20.5 6.20 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 32.54 225 3582 395809 15.9 3.78 Bunny Hare 5 36.32 225 6814 419800 30.3 3.78 Smokey 5 40.10 220 3694 383243 16.8 3.70 MCC 7 43.80 201 3304 415485 16.4 3.38 AriesVal 8 47.18 196 4072 312691 20.8 3.29 Pete C 9 50.47 179 4324 398208 24.2 3.01 Jackie 10 53.48 176 3951 309853 22.4 2.96 Ali 11 56.44 168 2949 295124 17.6 2.82 Foxy 12 59.26 141 3196 246905 22.7 2.37 Tickettyߺº 13 61.63 129 2671 212659 20.7 2.17 Pingu 14 63.80 129 2326 236076 18.0 2.17 Mick the Merciless 14 65.97 127 1424 185321 11.2 2.13 JoeH 16 68.10 119 2498 190535 21.0 2.00 Splodge 17 70.10 87 1219 160636 14.0 1.46 Goromoff 18 71.56 87 2237 179010 25.7 1.46 jackie green 18 73.03 83 1813 139104 21.8 1.39 Noreen 20 74.42 80 2071 161440 25.9 1.34 r@y 21 75.76 66 1217 90948 18.4 1.11 Bram 22 76.87 65 878 119313 13.5 1.09 PeterT 23 77.97 60 951 116530 15.9 1.01 ~~seadancer~~ 24 78.97 59 1718 140730 29.1 0.99 Derek F 25 79.97 56 780 100263 13.9 0.94 §ireßird 26 80.91 53 1091 104148 20.6 0.89 Wrinklie One 27 81.80 49 1300 90811 26.5 0.82 ned 28 82.62 48 626 62865 13.0 0.81 Bill P 29 83.43 45 894 98421 19.9 0.76 The Brownie 30 84.18 44 1067 79207 24.3 0.74 Anita 31 84.92 43 846 83573 19.7 0.72 Wally 32 85.65 42 585 68797 13.9 0.71 Troy's Human 33 86.35 41 574 88094 14.0 0.69 John the R-T 34 87.04 40 872 76963 21.8 0.67 Old Grizzly 35 87.71 36 648 65589 18.0 0.61 Frederick Williams 36 88.32 35 583 69912 16.7 0.59 Weatherman 37 88.91 34 679 106844 20.0 0.57 Gareth 38 89.48 34 819 74801 24.1 0.57 ~~Linda~~ 38 90.05 34 1587 101953 46.7 0.57 Trespasser 38 90.62 31 613 68026 19.8 0.52 JF 41 91.14 31 597 69200 19.3 0.52 John #8 41 91.66 30 482 55250 16.1 0.50 Jeff Gaines 43 92.17 26 615 50338 23.7 0.44 §håz 44 92.61 25 587 45468 23.5 0.42 Nor 45 93.03 24 168 30449 7.0 0.40 gruffydd 46 93.43 21 243 37652 11.6 0.35 sam 47 93.78 20 403 30468 20.1 0.34 Parrotfish 48 94.12 20 518 33434 25.9 0.34 Tyke 48 94.45 19 394 29052 20.7 0.32 Robin T Cox 50 94.77 19 376 37333 19.8 0.32 Bucko 50 95.09 18 440 44249 24.4 0.30 Ginge 52 95.39 18 270 28485 15.0 0.30 frogman 52 95.70 17 321 30751 18.9 0.29 uker 54 95.98 16 125 28822 7.8 0.27 Saxman 55 96.25 13 125 25449 9.6 0.22 Faolan 56 96.47 13 244 27946 18.8 0.22 Harold 56 96.69 13 192 27128 14.8 0.22 Ascii Art 56 96.91 12 235 18757 19.6 0.20 Gander 59 97.11 9 242 23102 26.9 0.15 Spammer 60 97.26 9 127 13066 14.1 0.15 Steve 60 97.41 8 166 13552 20.8 0.13 Lin 62 97.55 8 182 13823 22.8 0.13 Jayne 62 97.68 8 227 16432 28.4 0.13 jammyface 62 97.82 8 128 10394 16.0 0.13 Madge 62 97.95 7 162 13729 23.1 0.12 Bernard Peek 66 98.07 7 169 11465 24.1 0.12 Vaidd 66 98.18 6 83 8267 13.8 0.10 jamps 68 98.29 6 102 14559 17.0 0.10 Ergo 68 98.39 6 133 10619 22.2 0.10 Cerumen 68 98.49 6 185 12710 30.8 0.10 Geoff Hayward 68 98.59 6 115 13120 19.2 0.10 John Nice 68 98.69 6 373 31012 62.2 0.10 **westom1 68 98.79 6 168 12074 28.0 0.10 Fergal 68 98.89 5 387 25324 77.4 0.08 bud-- 75 98.97 5 161 11368 32.2 0.08 Bigbazza 75 99.06 4 90 9368 22.5 0.07 zed 77 99.13 4 73 5959 18.3 0.07 Huge 77 99.19 3 107 7635 35.7 0.05 someone 79 99.24 3 42 6494 14.0 0.05 Graham 79 99.29 3 82 6036 27.3 0.05 Bioboffin 79 99.34 2 29 4127 14.5 0.03 Peter Parry 82 99.38 2 70 5472 35.0 0.03 Rupert 82 99.41 2 24 3131 12.0 0.03 Lou Ravi[X] 82 99.45 2 25 2676 12.5 0.03 elaich 82 99.48 2 59 5887 29.5 0.03 Edward J Milan 82 99.51 2 28 3140 14.0 0.03 $ir Vivor 82 99.55 2 11 3031 5.5 0.03 mike 82 99.58 2 42 3531 21.0 0.03 kenos1 82 99.61 2 21 2881 10.5 0.03 Rob 82 99.65 1 026 01657 26.0 0.02 Brian Gaff[X] 91 99.66 1 024 01843 24.0 0.02 Les 91 99.68 1 013 01532 13.0 0.02 Jaf[X] 91 99.70 1 008 01040 8.0 0.02 Ronan Flood[X] 91 99.71 1 010 01228 10.0 0.02 Geordie 91 99.73 1 011 02078 11.0 0.02 Richard Brooks[X] 91 99.75 1 001 01505 1.0 0.02 Pandamonium 91 99.76 1 019 01225 19.0 0.02 J G Miller[X] 91 99.78 1 016 02214 16.0 0.02 Tiddy Ogg[X] 91 99.80 1 015 01516 15.0 0.02 Phil Aypee[X] 91 99.82 1 021 01783 21.0 0.02 Mo 91 99.83 1 027 02740 27.0 0.02 Steve Terry[X] 91 99.85 1 006 01009 6.0 0.02 Alma 91 99.87 1 025 02193 25.0 0.02 David C 91 99.88 1 023 02250 23.0 0.02 darby 91 99.90 1 014 01393 14.0 0.02 Linedancer 91 99.92 1 044 03032 44.0 0.02 Adrian 91 99.93 1 035 03527 35.0 0.02 Tony Dragon[X] 91 99.95 1 010 01692 10.0 0.02 niko 91 99.97 1 020 01805 20.0 0.02 Coats 91 99.98 1 010 00949 10.0 0.02 Bernadette 91 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 87 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 45 Goromoff 2 34 MCC 3 29 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 22 Pam the goose 5 22 The Brownie 5 20 Pingu 7 20 Smokey 7 16 r@y 9 15 Wally 10 13 Splodge 11 13 Pete C 11 12 Tickettyߺº 13 11 PeterT 14 11 Old Grizzly 14 10 Rabbit 16 9 Spammer 17 8 sam 18 8 AriesVal 18 8 Foxy 18 7 ned 21 7 Wrinklie One 21 6 Jackie 23 6 Bunny Hare 23 5 Ginge 25 5 gruffydd 25 5 Ali 25 5 ~~seadancer~~ 25 5 Bigbazza 25 5 Saxman 25 4 Troy's Human 31 4 Noreen 31 4 Derek F 31 4 John #8 31 4 Bill P 31 4 JoeH 31 3 Bram 37 3 Gareth 37 3 §ireßird 37 3 Weatherman 37 3 Ergo 37 3 Trespasser 37 3 Gander 37 3 Mick the Merciless 37 2 Frederick Williams 45 2 JF 45 2 Nor 45 2 §håz 45 2 jackie green 45 2 Jeff Gaines 45 2 jammyface 45 2 uker 45 2 mike 45 2 frogman 45 2 Bucko 45 2 Tyke 45 1 Anita 57 1 jamps 57 1 ~~Linda~~ 57 1 Graham 57 1 Pandamonium 57 1 kenos1 57 1 Huge 57 1 Parrotfish 57 1 John Nice 57 1 Alma 57 1 Linedancer 57 1 Ascii Art 57 1 niko 57 1 Steve 57 0 Brian Gaff[X] 71 0 Peter Parry 71 0 Les 71 0 Jaf[X] 71 0 Rupert 71 0 bud-- 71 0 Lou Ravi[X] 71 0 Ronan Flood[X] 71 0 Geordie 71 0 Lin 71 0 someone 71 0 elaich 71 0 Jayne 71 0 Richard Brooks[X] 71 0 Robin T Cox 71 0 John the R-T 71 0 Bernard Peek 71 0 Edward J Milan 71 0 Cerumen 71 0 zed 71 0 Bioboffin 71 0 Faolan 71 0 J G Miller[X] 71 0 $ir Vivor 71 0 Geoff Hayward 71 0 Vaidd 71 0 Tiddy Ogg[X] 71 0 Phil Aypee[X] 71 0 Harold 71 0 Mo 71 0 Steve Terry[X] 71 0 David C 71 0 **westom1 71 0 darby 71 0 Fergal 71 0 Rob 71 0 Adrian 71 0 Tony Dragon[X] 71 0 Coats 71 0 Madge 71 0 Bernadette 71

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 21 2 9 3 3 4 2 5 2 6 7 7 2 8 4 9 2 10+ 59

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 46.7 Trespasser 1 30.3 Smokey 2 29.1 Derek F 3 26.5 ned 4 25.9 Tyke 5 25.9 r@y 6 25.7 jackie green 7 24.4 Ginge 8 24.3 Anita 9 24.2 Jackie 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.0 gruffydd 1 7.8 Saxman 2 11.2 JoeH 3 11.6 sam 4 13.0 Bill P 5 13.5 PeterT 6 13.9 §ireßird 7 13.9 Troy's Human 7 14.0 John the R-T 9 14.0 Goromoff 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

5 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
8	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 uk.local.surrey uk.misc
5	uk.misc
5	uk.tech.digital-tv
3	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4
2	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 uk.misc

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