Monthly Poster Statistics for July 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.% 809 17051 1460670 21.1 13.75 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 13.75 601 11433 991297 19.0 10.22 Rabbit 2 23.97 464 9538 1307838 20.6 7.89 wtwjgc (Joe) 3 31.85 357 6657 538844 18.6 6.07 Pam the goose 4 37.92 305 5836 481944 19.1 5.18 Michaelangelo 5 43.11 211 3114 397278 14.8 3.59 MCC 6 46.69 206 7148 481356 34.7 3.50 Derek F 7 50.20 196 3350 327644 17.1 3.33 Bunny Hare 8 53.53 191 2704 358643 14.2 3.25 Goromoff 9 56.77 146 2352 235588 16.1 2.48 Foxy 10 59.26 142 3367 219086 23.7 2.41 Smokey 11 61.67 116 2994 219971 25.8 1.97 Ali 12 63.64 101 2368 258457 23.4 1.72 Jackie 13 65.36 101 1672 200792 16.6 1.72 AriesVal 13 67.07 99 1619 189735 16.4 1.68 §ireßird 15 68.76 91 1362 163062 15.0 1.55 PeterT 16 70.30 88 1645 165531 18.7 1.50 Wally 17 71.80 83 910 97229 11.0 1.41 Bill P 18 73.21 76 1397 141677 18.4 1.29 Wrinklie One 19 74.50 76 1057 113776 13.9 1.29 JoeH 19 75.79 75 1527 114597 20.4 1.27 Pete C 21 77.07 73 2107 169371 28.9 1.24 JF 22 78.31 68 1892 163323 27.8 1.16 The Brownie 23 79.47 67 1444 140351 21.6 1.14 Splodge 24 80.61 57 859 129601 15.1 0.97 John the R-T 25 81.57 55 1139 79078 20.7 0.93 Bram 26 82.51 54 1317 95270 24.4 0.92 Tickettyߺº 27 83.43 52 831 94726 16.0 0.88 Mick the Merciless 28 84.31 50 1146 80979 22.9 0.85 Anita 29 85.16 50 383 62202 7.7 0.85 gruffydd 29 86.01 50 812 93132 16.2 0.85 Frederick Williams 29 86.86 46 1161 101406 25.2 0.78 Noreen 32 87.64 46 1056 104955 23.0 0.78 jackie green 32 88.42 46 816 91866 17.7 0.78 John #8 32 89.21 43 788 133927 18.3 0.73 Gareth 35 89.94 41 652 66510 15.9 0.70 Troy's Human 36 90.63 40 602 62490 15.1 0.68 frogman 37 91.31 36 690 70388 19.2 0.61 Jeff Gaines 38 91.93 28 629 47500 22.5 0.48 Linedancer 39 92.40 26 599 48067 23.0 0.44 Peter Grange 40 92.84 25 444 48688 17.8 0.42 ~~Linda~~ 41 93.27 24 431 33880 18.0 0.41 Parrotfish 42 93.68 22 619 40556 28.1 0.37 ned 43 94.05 20 298 27350 14.9 0.34 jamps 44 94.39 20 395 29431 19.8 0.34 Bernadette 44 94.73 19 475 44538 25.0 0.32 zed 46 95.05 17 226 35969 13.3 0.29 Graham 47 95.34 17 487 31408 28.6 0.29 Geoff Hayward 47 95.63 17 343 37054 20.2 0.29 Harold 47 95.92 16 315 32779 19.7 0.27 ~~seadancer~~ 50 96.19 16 164 29589 10.3 0.27 Saxman 50 96.46 13 13 19540 1.0 0.22 Mad 52 96.69 12 214 25012 17.8 0.20 sam 53 96.89 12 220 18848 18.3 0.20 Gander 53 97.09 11 441 30167 40.1 0.19 Spammer 55 97.28 11 284 29411 25.8 0.19 Rob 55 97.47 10 179 22659 17.9 0.17 Peter Parry 57 97.64 10 171 16407 17.1 0.17 §håz 57 97.81 10 215 17676 21.5 0.17 Old Grizzly 57 97.98 10 165 16590 16.5 0.17 Jaygee 57 98.15 9 156 21121 17.3 0.15 Pandamonium 61 98.30 8 176 20504 22.0 0.14 Faolan 62 98.44 8 109 11422 13.6 0.14 $ir Vivor 62 98.57 8 135 17303 16.9 0.14 John Nice 62 98.71 7 143 16251 20.4 0.12 CJB 65 98.83 7 118 15949 16.9 0.12 Ergo 65 98.95 5 83 6354 16.6 0.08 Robin T Cox 67 99.03 5 83 7869 16.6 0.08 A Barker 67 99.12 5 112 8384 22.4 0.08 alan holmes 67 99.20 4 54 5789 13.5 0.07 The Barsteward 70 99.27 4 110 8474 27.5 0.07 Bernard Peek 70 99.34 4 147 7844 36.8 0.07 Tyke 70 99.41 3 98 6923 32.7 0.05 Hawkeye23 73 99.46 3 143 11376 47.7 0.05 elaich 73 99.51 3 58 5581 19.3 0.05 jammyface 73 99.56 3 24 5477 8.0 0.05 uker 73 99.61 3 46 5631 15.3 0.05 Steve 73 99.66 2 11 4018 5.5 0.03 kp 78 99.69 2 51 4808 25.5 0.03 Bri 78 99.73 2 63 4674 31.5 0.03 Coats 78 99.76 1 028 01938 28.0 0.02 Les 81 99.78 1 016 02254 16.0 0.02 Troll 81 99.80 1 015 01673 15.0 0.02 Billy 81 99.81 1 013 01435 13.0 0.02 Nor 81 99.83 1 005 01363 5.0 0.02 Wendy Fanner 81 99.85 1 030 02322 30.0 0.02 Sprockets 81 99.86 1 026 02789 26.0 0.02 goactivemobility[X] 81 99.88 1 023 01807 23.0 0.02 Harry 81 99.90 1 017 01491 17.0 0.02 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 81 99.92 1 011 01555 11.0 0.02 Bucko 81 99.93 1 011 01430 11.0 0.02 Ian 81 99.95 1 018 01661 18.0 0.02 Neil Barker 81 99.97 1 032 01779 32.0 0.02 Fergal 81 99.98 1 023 02208 23.0 0.02 John 81 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 94 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 52 Goromoff 2 34 Wally 3 34 MCC 3 31 wtwjgc (Joe) 5 26 Derek F 6 20 Rabbit 7 17 Michaelangelo 8 17 Wrinklie One 8 16 Pam the goose 10 13 gruffydd 11 13 Bill P 11 11 Spammer 13 10 PeterT 14 10 Bunny Hare 14 10 The Brownie 14 9 Smokey 17 8 §ireßird 18 8 Pete C 18 7 JF 20 7 Splodge 20 7 Mick the Merciless 20 6 Anita 23 6 Noreen 23 6 Mad 23 6 AriesVal 23 5 John #8 27 5 Parrotfish 27 5 Gander 27 5 Linedancer 27 4 Troy's Human 31 4 CJB 31 4 Gareth 31 4 Ergo 31 4 John the R-T 31 4 Jeff Gaines 31 4 Saxman 31 3 jamps 38 3 Frederick Williams 38 3 Tickettyߺº 38 3 ned 38 3 jackie green 38 3 Jackie 38 3 zed 38 2 Ali 45 2 §håz 45 2 Graham 45 2 uker 45 2 frogman 45 2 sam 45 2 Geoff Hayward 45 2 Harold 45 2 Foxy 45 2 JoeH 45 1 Bram 55 1 Troll 55 1 Hawkeye23 55 1 The Barsteward 55 1 Old Grizzly 55 1 Pandamonium 55 1 Faolan 55 1 $ir Vivor 55 1 John Nice 55 1 Bernadette 55 1 Steve 55 0 Peter Parry 66 0 Les 66 0 Billy 66 0 Nor 66 0 ~~seadancer~~ 66 0 Wendy Fanner 66 0 Sprockets 66 0 elaich 66 0 ~~Linda~~ 66 0 Robin T Cox 66 0 Bernard Peek 66 0 goactivemobility[X] 66 0 Harry 66 0 jammyface 66 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 66 0 Peter Grange 66 0 kp 66 0 A Barker 66 0 Bri 66 0 Bucko 66 0 Ian 66 0 Neil Barker 66 0 Jaygee 66 0 Tyke 66 0 Fergal 66 0 Rob 66 0 alan holmes 66 0 Coats 66 0 John 66

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 14 2 3 3 5 4 3 5 3 6 0 7 2 8 3 9 1 10+ 60

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 34.7 Derek F 1 28.9 JF 2 28.6 Geoff Hayward 3 28.1 ned 4 27.8 The Brownie 5 25.8 Ali 6 25.2 Noreen 7 25.0 zed 8 24.4 Ticketty᧧ 9 23.7 Smokey 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.7 gruffydd 1 10.3 Saxman 2 11.0 Bill P 3 13.3 Graham 4 13.9 JoeH 5 14.2 Goromoff 6 14.8 MCC 7 14.9 jamps 8 15.0 PeterT 9 15.1 frogman 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
14	alt.shenanigans
10	alt.happy.valley
9	uk.people.disability

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