Monthly Poster Statistics for September 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.% 533 10422 927600 19.6 16.09 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 16.09 412 7701 674301 18.7 12.44 Rabbit 2 28.52 151 2366 251719 15.7 4.56 MCC 3 33.08 137 2273 226771 16.6 4.14 Bunny Hare 4 37.22 128 2450 197567 19.1 3.86 Pam the goose 5 41.08 121 2123 198128 17.5 3.65 Foxy 6 44.73 103 2186 177482 21.2 3.11 Michaelangelo 7 47.84 99 1937 273590 19.6 2.99 wtwjgc (Joe) 8 50.83 90 1979 160105 22.0 2.72 r@y 9 53.55 85 2105 155668 24.8 2.57 Tickettyߺº 10 56.11 81 1055 124808 13.0 2.44 JoeH 11 58.56 63 1571 142146 24.9 1.90 Splodge 12 60.46 62 999 127436 16.1 1.87 AriesVal 13 62.33 61 788 110684 12.9 1.84 Goromoff 14 64.17 57 1106 82662 19.4 1.72 Bram 15 65.89 57 1612 100866 28.3 1.72 Smokey 15 67.61 54 735 85566 13.6 1.63 Troy's Human 17 69.24 53 1675 132047 31.6 1.60 JF 18 70.84 53 1245 98371 23.5 1.60 Ali 18 72.44 51 1107 80118 21.7 1.54 Pete C 20 73.98 50 941 97714 18.8 1.51 Jeff Gaines 21 75.49 41 602 67167 14.7 1.24 frogman 22 76.73 41 533 51889 13.0 1.24 Bill P 22 77.97 36 1280 86228 35.6 1.09 Derek F 24 79.05 33 489 74311 14.8 1.00 John the R-T 25 80.05 31 578 62620 18.6 0.94 jackie green 26 80.98 30 484 60240 16.1 0.91 ~~seadancer~~ 27 81.89 29 558 54614 19.2 0.88 Wally 28 82.76 27 541 53601 20.0 0.81 Frederick Williams 29 83.58 24 385 44286 16.0 0.72 PeterT 30 84.30 24 847 65353 35.3 0.72 The Brownie 30 85.03 23 606 46427 26.3 0.69 Peter Grange 32 85.72 19 447 31412 23.5 0.57 Anita 33 86.30 19 287 34291 15.1 0.57 Bri 33 86.87 19 352 35872 18.5 0.57 Wrinklie One 33 87.44 17 341 36589 20.1 0.51 John #8 36 87.96 16 286 33040 17.9 0.48 Harold 37 88.44 15 180 29066 12.0 0.45 Saxman 38 88.89 15 560 33123 37.3 0.45 Bernadette 38 89.35 14 426 27484 30.4 0.42 ned 40 89.77 13 160 18448 12.3 0.39 gruffydd 41 90.16 13 120 19714 9.2 0.39 §ireßird 41 90.55 13 224 19819 17.2 0.39 Parrotfish 41 90.94 12 130 24228 10.8 0.36 Faolan 44 91.31 11 212 18142 19.3 0.33 Nor 45 91.64 11 269 27594 24.5 0.33 Jackie 45 91.97 11 141 22226 12.8 0.33 J G Miller[X] 45 92.30 10 195 16587 19.5 0.30 Noreen 48 92.60 10 245 16812 24.5 0.30 jamps 48 92.91 9 178 23595 19.8 0.27 Dave Plowman (News)[X] 50 93.18 9 251 25586 27.9 0.27 J P Gilliver (John)[X] 50 93.45 8 127 23069 15.9 0.24 Gareth 52 93.69 8 73 14195 9.1 0.24 uker 52 93.93 7 135 16973 19.3 0.21 Bill Wright[X] 54 94.14 7 132 12401 18.9 0.21 §håz 54 94.36 7 168 14214 24.0 0.21 Max Demian[X] 54 94.57 7 219 20338 31.3 0.21 dennis@home[X] 54 94.78 7 269 23367 38.4 0.21 Java Jive[X] 54 94.99 7 205 16244 29.3 0.21 geoff[X] 54 95.20 6 201 14217 33.5 0.18 Brian Gaff[X] 60 95.38 6 112 14143 18.7 0.18 UnsteadyKen 60 95.56 6 159 15441 26.5 0.18 Plusnet Support Team 60 95.74 6 154 11699 25.7 0.18 Bernard Peek 60 95.93 6 129 8577 21.5 0.18 Tyke 60 96.11 6 112 9334 18.7 0.18 Alma 60 96.29 6 121 13652 20.2 0.18 Steve 60 96.47 5 502 31689 100.4 0.15 bando?ers@gmail[X] 67 96.62 5 154 13844 30.8 0.15 zed 67 96.77 5 164 13815 32.8 0.15 tony sayer[X] 67 96.92 5 124 10202 24.8 0.15 Peter Duncanson[X] 67 97.07 5 170 10823 34.0 0.15 Gander 67 97.22 4 43 6559 10.8 0.12 Spammer 72 97.34 4 112 8422 28.0 0.12 alan holmes 72 97.46 4 55 5039 13.8 0.12 Mick the Merciless 72 97.59 3 104 9578 34.7 0.09 Peter Parry 75 97.68 3 69 6974 23.0 0.09 Neil Ellwood 75 97.77 3 48 4221 16.0 0.09 Herbie 75 97.86 3 33 6302 11.0 0.09 Grimly Curmudgeon[X] 75 97.95 3 65 7200 21.7 0.09 Roderick Stewart[X] 75 98.04 3 36 6425 12.0 0.09 Andy Champ[X] 75 98.13 3 41 5457 13.7 0.09 Lonestar 75 98.22 3 70 4751 23.3 0.09 Geoff Hayward 75 98.31 3 69 4739 23.0 0.09 Coats 75 98.40 2 95 5850 47.5 0.06 Les 84 98.46 2 50 4436 25.0 0.06 Zimmy[X] 84 98.52 2 78 5201 39.0 0.06 Derek Geldard[X] 84 98.58 2 33 2679 16.5 0.06 Toyboy 84 98.64 2 16 3808 8.0 0.06 atruelove[X] 84 98.70 2 29 3877 14.5 0.06 sam 84 98.76 2 35 3394 17.5 0.06 Zero Tolerance[X] 84 98.82 2 22 3979 11.0 0.06 Adrian[X] 84 98.88 2 39 4992 19.5 0.06 Clive George[X] 84 98.94 2 47 4396 23.5 0.06 SpamTrapSeeSig[X] 84 99.00 2 27 4218 13.5 0.06 Ascii Art 84 99.06 2 26 4274 13.0 0.06 Paul Ratcliffe[X] 84 99.12 2 42 4144 21.0 0.06 brightside S9[X] 84 99.19 2 40 3179 20.0 0.06 exntluser 84 99.25 2 100 5781 50.0 0.06 Terry Casey[X] 84 99.31 1 014 02180 14.0 0.03 Ivan[X] 99 99.34 1 014 02304 14.0 0.03 Owain[X] 99 99.37 1 035 03844 35.0 0.03 **stephen hull[X] 99 99.40 1 016 01892 16.0 0.03 Geordie 99 99.43 1 029 02501 29.0 0.03 Just Me 99 99.46 1 011 01825 11.0 0.03 The Barsteward 99 99.49 1 006 01423 6.0 0.03 Usenet Nutter[X] 99 99.52 1 022 03190 22.0 0.03 Andrew Hodgson[X] 99 99.55 1 007 01510 7.0 0.03 Ken[X] 99 99.58 1 035 02884 35.0 0.03 Edward J Milan 99 99.61 1 023 02391 23.0 0.03 PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLL[X] 99 99.64 1 020 01989 20.0 0.03 Stuart Noble[X] 99 99.67 1 033 03046 33.0 0.03 Kráftéé[X] 99 99.70 1 014 01416 14.0 0.03 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 99 99.73 1 019 01834 19.0 0.03 Bigbazza 99 99.76 1 009 01509 9.0 0.03 Jim Scott 99 99.79 1 031 02678 31.0 0.03 Clot[X] 99 99.82 1 020 02119 20.0 0.03 zymurgy[X] 99 99.85 1 021 02884 21.0 0.03 Tiddy Ogg[X] 99 99.88 1 020 02434 20.0 0.03 John Nice 99 99.91 1 022 02337 22.0 0.03 Steve Terry[X] 99 99.94 1 013 01839 13.0 0.03 Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)[X] 99 99.97 1 058 03387 58.0 0.03 jfk 99 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 77 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 36 r@y 2 30 Goromoff 3 18 MCC 4 14 Wally 5 11 Pam the goose 6 11 Splodge 6 11 Rabbit 6 8 Tickettyߺº 9 7 Bram 10 7 Troy's Human 10 7 wtwjgc (Joe) 10 6 AriesVal 13 6 Pete C 13 5 Michaelangelo 15 5 gruffydd 15 5 PeterT 15 5 Jeff Gaines 15 5 Bunny Hare 15 5 JoeH 15 4 jackie green 21 4 Spammer 21 4 Smokey 21 4 Wrinklie One 21 3 zed 25 3 uker 25 3 frogman 25 3 John #8 25 3 Bill P 25 2 Noreen 30 2 jamps 30 2 JF 30 2 Ali 30 2 Jackie 30 2 John the R-T 30 2 Derek F 30 2 Parrotfish 30 2 Alma 30 2 Foxy 30 1 Nor 40 1 §håz 40 1 §ireßird 40 1 Just Me 40 1 Bigbazza 40 1 Peter Grange 40 1 Faolan 40 1 The Brownie 40 1 Bri 40 1 sam 40 1 Harold 40 1 Gander 40 1 Tyke 40 1 Ascii Art 40 1 Coats 40 1 jfk 40 0 Brian Gaff[X] 56 0 Peter Parry 56 0 Les 56 0 Anita 56 0 UnsteadyKen 56 0 Neil Ellwood 56 0 Bill Wright[X] 56 0 Dave Plowman (News)[X] 56 0 Ivan[X] 56 0 Frederick Williams 56 0 Gareth 56 0 Owain[X] 56 0 **stephen hull[X] 56 0 ~~seadancer~~ 56 0 Geordie 56 0 Herbie 56 0 Zimmy[X] 56 0 bando?ers@gmail[X] 56 0 Plusnet Support Team 56 0 The Barsteward 56 0 ned 56 0 Max Demian[X] 56 0 Derek Geldard[X] 56 0 Usenet Nutter[X] 56 0 Grimly Curmudgeon[X] 56 0 Toyboy 56 0 Andrew Hodgson[X] 56 0 Bernard Peek 56 0 Ken[X] 56 0 Edward J Milan 56 0 PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLL[X] 56 0 Stuart Noble[X] 56 0 Roderick Stewart[X] 56 0 Kráftéé[X] 56 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 56 0 Jim Scott 56 0 J G Miller[X] 56 0 Andy Champ[X] 56 0 atruelove[X] 56 0 tony sayer[X] 56 0 Clot[X] 56 0 Lonestar 56 0 Saxman 56 0 Peter Duncanson[X] 56 0 zymurgy[X] 56 0 Geoff Hayward 56 0 dennis@home[X] 56 0 Tiddy Ogg[X] 56 0 Zero Tolerance[X] 56 0 John Nice 56 0 Adrian[X] 56 0 J P Gilliver (John)[X] 56 0 Steve Terry[X] 56 0 Clive George[X] 56 0 SpamTrapSeeSig[X] 56 0 Paul Ratcliffe[X] 56 0 brightside S9[X] 56 0 alan holmes 56 0 Java Jive[X] 56 0 exntluser 56 0 Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)[X] 56 0 Bernadette 56 0 Terry Casey[X] 56 0 geoff[X] 56 0 Mick the Merciless 56 0 Steve 56

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 23 2 15 3 9 4 3 5 5 6 7 7 6 8 2 9 2 10+ 49

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 37.3 Bernadette 1 35.6 Derek F 2 35.3 The Brownie 3 31.6 JF 4 28.3 Smokey 5 26.3 Peter Grange 6 24.9 Splodge 7 24.8 Ticketty᧧ 8 23.5 Anita 9 23.5 Ali 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 12.0 Saxman 1 12.9 Goromoff 2 13.0 Bill P 3 13.0 JoeH 4 13.6 Troy's Human 5 14.7 frogman 6 14.8 John the R-T 7 15.1 Bri 8 15.7 MCC 9 16.0 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

Low lines/post may be because the posters have nothing to say, have dense text, or because they over snip

9 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
96	uk.d-i-y uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv
33	uk.d-i-y uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv alt.comp.blind-users
5	uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv alt.comp.blind-users
3	uk.tech.broadcast uk.tech.digital-tv
3	cam.misc
2	uk.telecom uk.legal
1	alt.happy.valley
1	soc.culture.british
1	uk.telecom uk.food+drink.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