Monthly Poster Statistics for February 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.% 722 15129 1310296 21.0 11.97 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.97 433 7015 1334118 16.2 7.18 Gareth 2 19.15 402 7644 691006 19.0 6.66 Rabbit 3 25.81 371 7564 604660 20.4 6.15 Pam the goose 4 31.96 366 6062 750247 16.6 6.07 AriesVal 5 38.03 274 4094 468395 14.9 4.54 Bunny Hare 6 42.57 263 4648 450794 17.7 4.36 MCC 7 46.93 261 4213 431495 16.1 4.33 Foxy 8 51.26 221 4535 618348 20.5 3.66 wtwjgc (Joe) 9 54.92 212 5561 471379 26.2 3.51 Jackie 10 58.44 178 3861 283099 21.7 2.95 Pete C 11 61.39 138 2641 222187 19.1 2.29 Ali 12 63.68 127 2613 199996 20.6 2.11 Pingu 13 65.78 119 2410 232771 20.3 1.97 Mick the Merciless 14 67.76 118 3262 256818 27.6 1.96 Derek F 15 69.71 107 2582 189138 24.1 1.77 Noreen 16 71.49 107 2847 181603 26.6 1.77 Smokey 16 73.26 106 1523 195679 14.4 1.76 Goromoff 18 75.02 98 2239 164731 22.8 1.62 Splodge 19 76.64 91 2322 173892 25.5 1.51 Tickettyߺº 20 78.15 88 1049 132758 11.9 1.46 JoeH 21 79.61 83 2053 175909 24.7 1.38 Wally 22 80.98 69 1275 131041 18.5 1.14 ~~seadancer~~ 23 82.13 58 1085 122652 18.7 0.96 John #8 24 83.09 55 769 98013 14.0 0.91 PeterT 25 84.00 54 1252 110082 23.2 0.90 Wrinklie One 26 84.90 51 782 110853 15.3 0.85 John the R-T 27 85.74 48 979 65518 20.4 0.80 Bram 28 86.54 46 1135 90739 24.7 0.76 Bioboffin 29 87.30 45 975 73082 21.7 0.75 Anita 30 88.05 42 562 68172 13.4 0.70 §ireßird 31 88.74 41 1169 85777 28.5 0.68 r@y 32 89.42 37 518 62860 14.0 0.61 Troy's Human 33 90.04 36 941 84341 26.1 0.60 The Brownie 34 90.63 32 546 60637 17.1 0.53 Jeff Gaines 35 91.16 30 910 58071 30.3 0.50 ned 36 91.66 30 447 39828 14.9 0.50 Bill P 36 92.16 24 649 62638 27.0 0.40 JF 38 92.56 24 1216 75499 50.7 0.40 Trespasser 38 92.95 23 341 39556 14.8 0.38 Frederick Williams 40 93.34 23 394 37042 17.1 0.38 Old Grizzly 40 93.72 21 219 40123 10.4 0.35 Saxman 42 94.06 20 906 47880 45.3 0.33 Tyke 43 94.40 19 525 35803 27.6 0.31 Geoff Hayward 44 94.71 18 557 34498 30.9 0.30 Bigbazza 45 95.01 17 302 23433 17.8 0.28 Robin T Cox 46 95.29 16 379 41695 23.7 0.27 Ginge 47 95.56 16 104 19470 6.5 0.27 gruffydd 47 95.82 16 323 26115 20.2 0.27 jackie green 47 96.09 14 247 23228 17.6 0.23 frogman 50 96.32 12 342 28630 28.5 0.20 jammyface 51 96.52 11 162 21044 14.7 0.18 ~~Linda~~ 52 96.70 10 237 17458 23.7 0.17 Jayne 53 96.87 10 111 18227 11.1 0.17 uker 53 97.03 10 219 22785 21.9 0.17 Harold 53 97.20 9 166 16329 18.4 0.15 §håz 56 97.35 9 124 16577 13.8 0.15 sam 56 97.50 9 155 13805 17.2 0.15 Gander 56 97.65 8 87 12466 10.9 0.13 Spammer 59 97.78 8 250 16893 31.3 0.13 Bernard Peek 59 97.91 8 180 14614 22.5 0.13 Vaidd 59 98.04 7 147 15539 21.0 0.12 Weatherman 62 98.16 7 111 12134 15.9 0.12 Bucko 62 98.28 6 129 10825 21.5 0.10 Linedancer 64 98.38 5 99 12145 19.8 0.08 Faolan 65 98.46 5 196 15127 39.2 0.08 John Nice 65 98.54 5 69 6688 13.8 0.08 Parrotfish 65 98.62 5 106 11959 21.2 0.08 Jerry Atric 65 98.71 4 50 5463 12.5 0.07 Nor 69 98.77 4 49 7747 12.3 0.07 SueG 69 98.84 3 54 6243 18.0 0.05 Geordie 71 98.89 3 82 7177 27.3 0.05 zed 71 98.94 3 31 3965 10.3 0.05 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 71 98.99 3 32 4048 10.7 0.05 $ir Vivor 71 99.04 2 22 3560 11.0 0.03 Peter Parry 75 99.07 2 47 3915 23.5 0.03 Carillion 75 99.10 2 43 4561 21.5 0.03 John in Cornwall 75 99.14 2 26 3526 13.0 0.03 Sam Nelson[X] 75 99.17 2 50 4952 25.0 0.03 _[X] 75 99.20 2 26 2659 13.0 0.03 Lin 75 99.24 2 46 4485 23.0 0.03 Quantum of Sausage[X] 75 99.27 2 16 2491 8.0 0.03 elaich 75 99.30 2 98 7249 49.0 0.03 **fictitious[X] 75 99.34 2 28 3345 14.0 0.03 MiniMeToo 75 99.37 2 52 4626 26.0 0.03 Mrs G 75 99.40 2 33 2940 16.5 0.03 Bri 75 99.44 2 29 4635 14.5 0.03 Ascii Art 75 99.47 2 28 2404 14.0 0.03 Bernadette 75 99.50 2 19 3179 9.5 0.03 Once a regular poster to ups 75 99.54 1 015 01725 15.0 0.02 wellnice 90 99.55 1 013 01196 13.0 0.02 Michael David 90 99.57 1 019 01685 19.0 0.02 Les 90 99.59 1 060 04569 60.0 0.02 CJB[X] 90 99.60 1 011 01233 11.0 0.02 jamps 90 99.62 1 018 02466 18.0 0.02 peterwn[X] 90 99.64 1 010 01665 10.0 0.02 Mandocks[X] 90 99.65 1 012 02121 12.0 0.02 Graham 90 99.67 1 018 01993 18.0 0.02 Edward J Milan 90 99.69 1 062 04469 62.0 0.02 Robert Carnegie[X] 90 99.70 1 011 02013 11.0 0.02 Pandamonium 90 99.72 1 020 02639 20.0 0.02 Dave (Sgt Pepper)[X] 90 99.73 1 011 01228 11.0 0.02 Arthur Fallowfield 90 99.75 1 042 03245 42.0 0.02 Bass[X] 90 99.77 1 038 02852 38.0 0.02 Big Les Wade[X] 90 99.78 1 015 01212 15.0 0.02 Clive Sinclair 90 99.80 1 013 01101 13.0 0.02 **A voice from the grave 90 99.82 1 032 03135 32.0 0.02 Tiddy Ogg[X] 90 99.83 1 035 02640 35.0 0.02 Mo 90 99.85 1 009 01199 9.0 0.02 GREY SQUIRREL 90 99.87 1 039 03727 39.0 0.02 Pam Ayres 90 99.88 1 024 02649 24.0 0.02 Steve Terry[X] 90 99.90 1 026 02506 26.0 0.02 Whoisit[X] 90 99.92 1 046 02385 46.0 0.02 Fergal 90 99.93 1 038 03349 38.0 0.02 Tony Dragon[X] 90 99.95 1 023 01910 23.0 0.02 Madge 90 99.97 1 035 02837 35.0 0.02 SB 90 99.98 1 012 01692 12.0 0.02 Steve 90 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 81 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 44 Goromoff 2 35 MCC 3 34 Wally 4 34 AriesVal 4 21 Pete C 6 20 Gareth 7 16 Pingu 8 16 wtwjgc (Joe) 8 15 Derek F 10 14 Pam the goose 11 13 Splodge 12 13 Foxy 12 11 PeterT 14 11 Bigbazza 14 11 Wrinklie One 14 9 The Brownie 17 9 John #8 17 9 Rabbit 17 8 Bunny Hare 20 7 Spammer 21 6 Ali 22 6 Bill P 22 6 Mick the Merciless 22 5 Tickettyߺº 25 5 Smokey 25 5 Saxman 25 5 r@y 25 4 §ireßird 29 3 Ginge 30 3 Frederick Williams 30 3 JF 30 3 ~~seadancer~~ 30 3 ned 30 3 Jackie 30 3 ~~Linda~~ 30 3 Trespasser 30 2 Anita 38 2 Troy's Human 38 2 gruffydd 38 2 Noreen 38 2 §håz 38 2 Old Grizzly 38 2 Jeff Gaines 38 2 uker 38 2 frogman 38 2 Geoff Hayward 38 2 Parrotfish 38 2 Linedancer 38 1 wellnice 50 1 Bram 50 1 CJB[X] 50 1 John in Cornwall 50 1 Lin 50 1 jackie green 50 1 MiniMeToo 50 1 jammyface 50 1 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 50 1 Pandamonium 50 1 Bioboffin 50 1 $ir Vivor 50 1 Bucko 50 1 Harold 50 1 John Nice 50 1 Pam Ayres 50 1 Tyke 50 1 SB 50 1 JoeH 50 0 Michael David 69 0 Peter Parry 69 0 Les 69 0 Carillion 69 0 jamps 69 0 Sam Nelson[X] 69 0 Nor 69 0 Geordie 69 0 peterwn[X] 69 0 _[X] 69 0 Weatherman 69 0 Quantum of Sausage[X] 69 0 Mandocks[X] 69 0 elaich 69 0 Jayne 69 0 **fictitious[X] 69 0 Robin T Cox 69 0 John the R-T 69 0 Graham 69 0 Bernard Peek 69 0 Edward J Milan 69 0 zed 69 0 Robert Carnegie[X] 69 0 Dave (Sgt Pepper)[X] 69 0 Faolan 69 0 Arthur Fallowfield 69 0 SueG 69 0 Mrs G 69 0 Bass[X] 69 0 Big Les Wade[X] 69 0 Clive Sinclair 69 0 Bri 69 0 sam 69 0 Vaidd 69 0 **A voice from the grave 69 0 Tiddy Ogg[X] 69 0 Gander 69 0 Mo 69 0 GREY SQUIRREL 69 0 Steve Terry[X] 69 0 Jerry Atric 69 0 Ascii Art 69 0 Whoisit[X] 69 0 Fergal 69 0 Tony Dragon[X] 69 0 Madge 69 0 Bernadette 69 0 Once a regular poster to ups 69 0 Steve 69

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 28 2 15 3 4 4 2 5 4 6 1 7 2 8 3 9 3 10+ 55

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 50.7 Trespasser 1 45.3 Tyke 2 30.9 Bigbazza 3 30.3 ned 4 28.5 r@y 5 27.6 Derek F 6 27.6 Geoff Hayward 7 27.0 JF 8 26.6 Smokey 9 26.2 Jackie 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 6.5 gruffydd 1 10.4 Saxman 2 11.9 JoeH 3 13.4 §ireßird 4 14.0 PeterT 5 14.0 Troy's Human 6 14.4 Goromoff 7 14.8 Frederick Williams 8 14.9 Bill P 9 14.9 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

3 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
13	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4 uk.local.surrey uk.misc
11	uk.legal uk.finance
1	rec.humor alt.humor alt.humor.puns

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