Monthly Poster Statistics for April 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.% 672 14100 1217191 21.0 11.59 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.59 484 9758 788085 20.2 8.34 Pam the goose 2 19.93 468 8819 782642 18.8 8.07 Rabbit 3 28.00 438 9316 1119570 21.3 7.55 wtwjgc (Joe) 4 35.55 303 5020 570668 16.6 5.22 MCC 5 40.78 273 8293 593488 30.4 4.71 Derek F 6 45.48 222 3324 428374 15.0 3.83 AriesVal 7 49.31 209 3154 343364 15.1 3.60 Bunny Hare 8 52.91 187 4909 304788 26.3 3.22 Smokey 9 56.14 151 3281 336190 21.7 2.60 Jackie 10 58.74 147 2121 279030 14.4 2.53 Goromoff 11 61.28 144 3034 234579 21.1 2.48 Pingu 12 63.76 139 1569 202786 11.3 2.40 JoeH 13 66.16 102 2218 203761 21.7 1.76 Splodge 14 67.91 97 2222 177098 22.9 1.67 Noreen 15 69.59 96 1731 168018 18.0 1.66 Foxy 16 71.24 93 1963 156344 21.1 1.60 Tickettyߺº 17 72.84 77 1932 128917 25.1 1.33 Anita 18 74.17 76 1545 158328 20.3 1.31 ~~Linda~~ 19 75.48 72 1529 126301 21.2 1.24 Ali 20 76.72 67 1532 111906 22.9 1.16 Pete C 21 77.88 64 978 106117 15.3 1.10 Troy's Human 22 78.98 61 1197 85703 19.6 1.05 Bram 23 80.03 56 1834 140065 32.8 0.97 The Brownie 24 81.00 50 696 89032 13.9 0.86 PeterT 25 81.86 48 692 139697 14.4 0.83 Gareth 26 82.69 48 898 102397 18.7 0.83 John #8 26 83.52 47 780 82711 16.6 0.81 Wrinklie One 28 84.33 46 645 79224 14.0 0.79 ~~seadancer~~ 29 85.12 42 600 69277 14.3 0.72 frogman 30 85.84 39 771 65506 19.8 0.67 Mick the Merciless 31 86.52 38 427 49785 11.2 0.66 M í k e 32 87.17 38 565 50022 14.9 0.66 Bill P 32 87.83 37 925 74499 25.0 0.64 Peter Grange 34 88.47 36 860 65869 23.9 0.62 jackie green 35 89.09 34 563 71413 16.6 0.59 John the R-T 36 89.67 31 574 51143 18.5 0.53 Old Grizzly 37 90.21 30 548 61082 18.3 0.52 sam 38 90.72 29 811 76946 28.0 0.50 JF 39 91.22 28 604 54756 21.6 0.48 Wally 40 91.71 26 229 35149 8.8 0.45 gruffydd 41 92.16 24 1070 73242 44.6 0.41 Trespasser 42 92.57 19 336 24865 17.7 0.33 Robin T Cox 43 92.90 19 225 36706 11.8 0.33 Saxman 43 93.22 19 511 34700 26.9 0.33 Geoff Hayward 43 93.55 19 485 35859 25.5 0.33 Alma 43 93.88 18 209 22744 11.6 0.31 Steve 47 94.19 17 205 26876 12.1 0.29 §ireßird 48 94.48 16 473 29794 29.6 0.28 ned 49 94.76 16 563 34540 35.2 0.28 Bigbazza 49 95.03 16 247 21030 15.4 0.28 Parrotfish 49 95.31 13 249 23892 19.2 0.22 Frederick Williams 52 95.53 12 401 28330 33.4 0.21 Bernard Peek 53 95.74 12 41 18211 3.4 0.21 uker 53 95.95 11 283 29065 25.7 0.19 Peter Parry 55 96.14 11 194 18598 17.6 0.19 §håz 55 96.33 11 359 31466 32.6 0.19 Spammer 55 96.52 11 260 21970 23.6 0.19 Jayne 55 96.71 11 278 20086 25.3 0.19 Fergal 55 96.90 10 153 17739 15.3 0.17 Weatherman 60 97.07 10 212 24114 21.2 0.17 John Nice 60 97.24 10 275 17057 27.5 0.17 Tyke 60 97.41 10 149 14129 14.9 0.17 Bernadette 60 97.59 9 200 18669 22.2 0.16 MiniMeToo 64 97.74 9 81 11926 9.0 0.16 Gilly (Froggies dog) 64 97.90 8 173 18263 21.6 0.14 Jerry Atric 66 98.03 7 209 14417 29.9 0.12 Bioboffin 67 98.16 7 185 13719 26.4 0.12 Vaidd 67 98.28 7 92 8953 13.1 0.12 Linedancer 67 98.40 6 175 16731 29.2 0.10 CJB 70 98.50 6 87 10555 14.5 0.10 John in Cornwall 70 98.60 6 220 16074 36.7 0.10 DaveT 70 98.71 5 98 10596 19.6 0.09 Geordie 73 98.79 5 98 10628 19.6 0.09 Harold 73 98.88 4 77 7192 19.3 0.07 Jim Scott 75 98.95 4 58 6466 14.5 0.07 A Barker 75 99.02 4 81 6965 20.3 0.07 Bucko 75 99.09 4 70 5846 17.5 0.07 Gander 75 99.16 4 46 5155 11.5 0.07 pedant 75 99.22 3 37 5693 12.3 0.05 Faolan 80 99.28 3 13 5491 4.3 0.05 kp 80 99.33 2 108 7168 54.0 0.03 Brian Gaff[X] 82 99.36 2 42 4291 21.0 0.03 **kazbutlins 82 99.40 2 17 3192 8.5 0.03 elaich 82 99.43 2 117 9325 58.5 0.03 Morton 82 99.47 2 26 3516 13.0 0.03 SueG 82 99.50 2 43 4484 21.5 0.03 **tnuch7 82 99.53 2 31 2830 15.5 0.03 alan holmes 82 99.57 2 77 5123 38.5 0.03 cocoa[X] 82 99.60 1 007 01226 7.0 0.02 wellnice 90 99.62 1 014 01710 14.0 0.02 Gil J 90 99.64 1 013 01189 13.0 0.02 Troll 90 99.66 1 014 01461 14.0 0.02 jamps 90 99.67 1 058 03676 58.0 0.02 John Williamson[X] 90 99.69 1 025 02634 25.0 0.02 Plusnet Support Team 90 99.71 1 005 01530 5.0 0.02 Banana 90 99.72 1 003 00987 3.0 0.02 hung 90 99.74 1 018 02260 18.0 0.02 DubDriver[X] 90 99.76 1 009 00910 9.0 0.02 **Bob 90 99.78 1 062 03071 62.0 0.02 Judith[X] 90 99.79 1 011 01366 11.0 0.02 Toyboy 90 99.81 1 017 01843 17.0 0.02 zed 90 99.83 1 008 01242 8.0 0.02 $ir Vivor 90 99.84 1 008 01272 8.0 0.02 Bri 90 99.86 1 045 02079 45.0 0.02 Marty[X] 90 99.88 1 022 01629 22.0 0.02 Nicky[X] 90 99.90 1 021 01860 21.0 0.02 Lombok 90 99.91 1 014 03104 14.0 0.02 Westcountryman 90 99.93 1 067 03833 67.0 0.02 Màck©®[X] 90 99.95 1 027 01520 27.0 0.02 Grim[X] 90 99.97 1 004 01311 4.0 0.02 **simratreseda 90 99.98 1 031 01816 31.0 0.02 Coats 90 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 68 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 47 Goromoff 2 41 MCC 3 25 Pam the goose 4 23 Derek F 5 22 wtwjgc (Joe) 6 17 Pingu 7 17 Splodge 7 16 AriesVal 9 14 Rabbit 10 12 Wally 11 11 Anita 12 10 Bunny Hare 13 10 Smokey 13 10 John #8 13 10 Wrinklie One 13 9 PeterT 17 8 Troy's Human 18 8 Old Grizzly 18 8 Pete C 18 7 Gareth 21 7 Spammer 21 7 Bigbazza 21 7 Foxy 21 6 gruffydd 25 6 Tickettyߺº 25 6 The Brownie 25 6 frogman 25 6 Alma 25 5 John in Cornwall 30 5 Ali 30 5 Jackie 30 5 sam 30 4 §håz 34 4 Trespasser 34 4 Saxman 34 4 Steve 34 3 CJB 38 3 Noreen 38 3 jackie green 38 3 John the R-T 38 3 Geoff Hayward 38 2 Bram 43 2 §ireßird 43 2 ned 43 2 ~~Linda~~ 43 2 Gilly (Froggies dog) 43 2 Peter Grange 43 2 Parrotfish 43 2 Bill P 43 1 wellnice 51 1 Frederick Williams 51 1 ~~seadancer~~ 51 1 Toyboy 51 1 MiniMeToo 51 1 uker 51 1 Jim Scott 51 1 Morton 51 1 SueG 51 1 Marty[X] 51 1 Bucko 51 1 John Nice 51 1 **tnuch7 51 1 Westcountryman 51 1 Tyke 51 1 **simratreseda 51 1 Coats 51 0 Gil J 68 0 Brian Gaff[X] 68 0 Peter Parry 68 0 Troll 68 0 jamps 68 0 JF 68 0 John Williamson[X] 68 0 Geordie 68 0 Plusnet Support Team 68 0 Banana 68 0 Weatherman 68 0 hung 68 0 DubDriver[X] 68 0 **Bob 68 0 **kazbutlins 68 0 elaich 68 0 Jayne 68 0 Judith[X] 68 0 Robin T Cox 68 0 Bernard Peek 68 0 zed 68 0 Bioboffin 68 0 M í k e 68 0 Faolan 68 0 $ir Vivor 68 0 A Barker 68 0 kp 68 0 Bri 68 0 Nicky[X] 68 0 Vaidd 68 0 Harold 68 0 Gander 68 0 Lombok 68 0 DaveT 68 0 Jerry Atric 68 0 Linedancer 68 0 Màck©®[X] 68 0 Grim[X] 68 0 pedant 68 0 Fergal 68 0 alan holmes 68 0 Bernadette 68 0 Mick the Merciless 68 0 JoeH 68 0 cocoa[X] 68

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 23 2 8 3 2 4 5 5 2 6 3 7 3 8 1 9 2 10+ 63

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 44.6 Trespasser 1 35.2 Bigbazza 2 32.8 The Brownie 3 30.4 Derek F 4 29.6 ned 5 28.0 JF 6 26.9 Geoff Hayward 7 26.3 Smokey 8 25.5 Alma 9 25.1 Anita 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 8.8 gruffydd 1 11.2 M í k e 2 11.3 JoeH 3 11.6 Steve 4 11.8 Saxman 5 12.1 §ireßird 6 13.9 PeterT 7 14.0 ~~seadancer~~ 8 14.3 frogman 9 14.4 Gareth 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

4 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
17	alt.support.diabetes.uk
6	uk.people.consumers
2	uk.media.tv.misc uk.food+drink.misc rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st alt.sixtyplus alt.fifty-plus.friends
1	uk.local.kent uk.local.glasgow

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