Monthly Poster Statistics for October 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.% 590 11451 1058271 19.4 13.85 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 13.85 513 9437 860306 18.4 12.04 Rabbit 2 25.89 238 4547 381497 19.1 5.59 Pam the goose 3 31.48 214 3963 385011 18.5 5.02 Foxy 4 36.50 205 3388 340717 16.5 4.81 MCC 5 41.31 197 3333 344842 16.9 4.62 Bunny Hare 6 45.94 166 2675 343580 16.1 3.90 AriesVal 7 49.84 139 2892 240542 20.8 3.26 Michaelangelo 8 53.10 106 1478 198923 13.9 2.49 Goromoff 9 55.59 90 2034 218657 22.6 2.11 Jackie 10 57.70 88 1880 184816 21.4 2.07 Splodge 11 59.77 85 1259 118804 14.8 2.00 Bill P 12 61.76 83 2306 149666 27.8 1.95 Smokey 13 63.71 80 1756 125506 21.9 1.88 Bram 14 65.59 78 2216 194998 28.4 1.83 The Brownie 15 67.42 73 929 112712 12.7 1.71 JoeH 16 69.13 68 1385 106111 20.4 1.60 Pete C 17 70.73 63 990 106777 15.7 1.48 Troy's Human 18 72.21 61 859 110797 14.1 1.43 PeterT 19 73.64 58 1153 131115 19.9 1.36 jackie green 20 75.00 56 1355 110001 24.2 1.31 r@y 21 76.31 53 1180 91899 22.3 1.24 Ali 22 77.56 51 984 141747 19.3 1.20 wtwjgc (Joe) 23 78.76 51 1035 102654 20.3 1.20 Jeff Gaines 23 79.95 49 770 111818 15.7 1.15 John the R-T 25 81.10 47 1108 85421 23.6 1.10 Tickettyߺº 26 82.21 44 975 74844 22.2 1.03 Anita 27 83.24 44 940 147277 21.4 1.03 Gareth 27 84.27 44 492 73268 11.2 1.03 Bri 27 85.31 40 1041 85078 26.0 0.94 Noreen 30 86.24 37 628 71089 17.0 0.87 ~~seadancer~~ 31 87.11 37 734 61190 19.8 0.87 Linedancer 31 87.98 35 793 71737 22.7 0.82 Wally 33 88.80 32 338 65003 10.6 0.75 Saxman 34 89.55 29 451 57493 15.6 0.68 John #8 35 90.23 27 746 52321 27.6 0.63 ned 36 90.87 26 767 61356 29.5 0.61 JF 37 91.48 24 490 42383 20.4 0.56 Parrotfish 38 92.04 23 250 30233 10.9 0.54 gruffydd 39 92.58 23 554 46503 24.1 0.54 Frederick Williams 39 93.12 22 331 33455 15.0 0.52 Mick the Merciless 41 93.64 19 378 42579 19.9 0.45 Harold 42 94.08 17 226 27062 13.3 0.40 frogman 43 94.48 16 359 35412 22.4 0.38 ~~Linda~~ 44 94.86 16 358 28708 22.4 0.38 Peter Grange 44 95.23 16 278 29930 17.4 0.38 Wrinklie One 44 95.61 15 307 30951 20.5 0.35 Geordie 47 95.96 14 458 31288 32.7 0.33 Bernadette 48 96.29 13 508 37557 39.1 0.31 Derek F 49 96.60 10 209 18094 20.9 0.23 §håz 50 96.83 10 305 17790 30.5 0.23 Tyke 50 97.07 8 139 16098 17.4 0.19 sam 52 97.25 7 37 11718 5.3 0.16 Gil J 53 97.42 7 206 18583 29.4 0.16 Neil Ellwood 53 97.58 7 156 16966 22.3 0.16 John Nice 53 97.75 6 67 8318 11.2 0.14 uker 56 97.89 6 115 13172 19.2 0.14 Steve 56 98.03 5 78 10382 15.6 0.12 Peter Parry 58 98.15 5 52 6381 10.4 0.12 jamps 58 98.26 5 89 8269 17.8 0.12 Herbie 58 98.38 5 248 21174 49.6 0.12 Faolan 58 98.50 5 106 7584 21.2 0.12 Geoff Hayward 58 98.62 4 44 5726 11.0 0.09 George 63 98.71 4 73 8773 18.3 0.09 UnsteadyKen 63 98.80 4 167 11092 41.8 0.09 jammyface 63 98.90 4 73 6612 18.3 0.09 Gander 63 98.99 3 4 6884 1.3 0.07 Bioboffin 67 99.06 3 87 6063 29.0 0.07 alan holmes 67 99.13 2 37 3154 18.5 0.05 Insp Knacker 69 99.18 2 58 4699 29.0 0.05 Bernard Peek 69 99.23 2 57 5276 28.5 0.05 Edward J Milan 69 99.27 2 45 4585 22.5 0.05 zed 69 99.32 2 29 4331 14.5 0.05 Peaches 69 99.37 2 24 2807 12.0 0.05 Alma 69 99.41 2 21 2684 10.5 0.05 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 69 99.46 2 36 2841 18.0 0.05 Coats 69 99.51 2 52 4171 26.0 0.05 For example: John Smith[X] 69 99.55 1 035 02568 35.0 0.02 Les 78 99.58 1 034 02599 34.0 0.02 CJB 78 99.60 1 025 02585 25.0 0.02 Bohgosity BumaskiL[X] 78 99.62 1 022 02381 22.0 0.02 aquachimp[X] 78 99.65 1 063 04129 63.0 0.02 Judith in France 78 99.67 1 011 01279 11.0 0.02 The Barsteward 78 99.69 1 015 01381 15.0 0.02 David 78 99.72 1 025 02754 25.0 0.02 Graham 78 99.74 1 015 01613 15.0 0.02 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 78 99.77 1 022 01879 22.0 0.02 Jim Scott 78 99.79 1 004 01317 4.0 0.02 kamila aparecida soares 78 99.81 1 011 01853 11.0 0.02 Bucko 78 99.84 1 010 01644 10.0 0.02 Glen 78 99.86 1 035 03138 35.0 0.02 Androcles[X] 78 99.88 1 019 01838 19.0 0.02 Enzo Matrix[X] 78 99.91 1 020 02368 20.0 0.02 Ascii Art 78 99.93 1 013 01474 13.0 0.02 Colin[X] 78 99.95 1 018 02358 18.0 0.02 Troll[X] 78 99.98 1 027 02389 27.0 0.02 Western Voice[X] 78 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 80 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 40 Goromoff 2 28 MCC 3 26 Foxy 4 15 Rabbit 5 14 Wally 6 14 Pam the goose 6 14 Bunny Hare 6 14 r@y 6 13 Pete C 10 11 AriesVal 11 9 Michaelangelo 12 9 Linedancer 12 8 Splodge 14 7 Jeff Gaines 15 7 The Brownie 15 6 Troy's Human 17 6 John the R-T 17 6 Smokey 17 5 gruffydd 20 5 Gareth 20 5 Tickettyߺº 20 5 jackie green 20 5 Saxman 20 5 John #8 20 5 Bill P 20 5 Wrinklie One 20 4 Bram 28 4 Ali 28 3 George 30 3 Frederick Williams 30 3 wtwjgc (Joe) 30 3 frogman 30 3 Harold 30 3 Parrotfish 30 3 Tyke 30 2 PeterT 37 2 JF 37 2 ~~seadancer~~ 37 2 John Nice 37 2 Coats 37 1 Anita 42 1 CJB 42 1 Noreen 42 1 jamps 42 1 §håz 42 1 Geordie 42 1 ned 42 1 Jackie 42 1 ~~Linda~~ 42 1 Peaches 42 1 uker 42 1 sam 42 1 Bucko 42 1 Gander 42 1 Alma 42 1 Troll[X] 42 1 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 42 1 Western Voice[X] 42 1 Bernadette 42 0 Gil J 61 0 Peter Parry 61 0 Les 61 0 UnsteadyKen 61 0 Neil Ellwood 61 0 Bohgosity BumaskiL[X] 61 0 Insp Knacker 61 0 aquachimp[X] 61 0 Judith in France 61 0 Herbie 61 0 The Barsteward 61 0 David 61 0 Graham 61 0 Bernard Peek 61 0 Edward J Milan 61 0 zed 61 0 jammyface 61 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 61 0 Peter Grange 61 0 Bioboffin 61 0 Jim Scott 61 0 Faolan 61 0 kamila aparecida soares 61 0 Derek F 61 0 Bri 61 0 Geoff Hayward 61 0 Glen 61 0 Androcles[X] 61 0 Enzo Matrix[X] 61 0 Ascii Art 61 0 Colin[X] 61 0 alan holmes 61 0 For example: John Smith[X] 61 0 Mick the Merciless 61 0 JoeH 61 0 Steve 61

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 19 2 9 3 2 4 4 5 5 6 2 7 3 8 1 9 0 10+ 51

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 29.5 JF 1 28.4 The Brownie 2 27.8 Smokey 3 27.6 ned 4 26.0 Noreen 5 24.2 r@y 6 24.1 Frederick Williams 7 23.6 Ticketty᧧ 8 22.7 Wally 9 22.6 Jackie 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 10.6 Saxman 1 10.9 gruffydd 2 11.2 Bri 3 12.7 JoeH 4 13.3 frogman 5 13.9 Goromoff 6 14.1 PeterT 7 14.8 Bill P 8 15.0 Mick the Merciless 9 15.6 John #8 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
6	uk.media.tv.misc
2	england.chat uk.people.consumers.ebay
2	alt.usage.english sci.physics
2	alt.politics.british

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