Monthly Poster Statistics for November 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.% 844 18889 1679557 22.4 15.14 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 15.14 613 11717 1061171 19.1 11.00 Rabbit 2 26.14 384 7047 610487 18.4 6.89 Pam the goose 3 33.03 258 4434 430922 17.2 4.63 MCC 4 37.66 244 4306 524818 17.6 4.38 AriesVal 5 42.04 209 4249 359764 20.3 3.75 Michaelangelo 6 45.79 184 3239 326640 17.6 3.30 Foxy 7 49.09 169 3054 360161 18.1 3.03 Goromoff 8 52.13 156 3931 304222 25.2 2.80 Ali 9 54.93 139 3348 351026 24.1 2.49 Jackie 10 57.42 113 2371 194419 21.0 2.03 Tickettyߺº 11 59.45 111 1421 175139 12.8 1.99 JoeH 12 61.44 106 2181 223547 20.6 1.90 Splodge 13 63.34 101 2946 189219 29.2 1.81 Smokey 14 65.15 97 1807 316580 18.6 1.74 Gareth 15 66.89 95 1645 169874 17.3 1.70 Bunny Hare 16 68.60 93 2419 204078 26.0 1.67 JF 17 70.27 83 911 104659 11.0 1.49 Bill P 18 71.76 75 1193 148936 15.9 1.35 PeterT 19 73.10 72 1014 121200 14.1 1.29 Troy's Human 20 74.39 71 1196 139801 16.8 1.27 Mick the Merciless 21 75.67 66 1238 131150 18.8 1.18 Frederick Williams 22 76.85 65 1542 140088 23.7 1.17 Wally 23 78.02 64 1820 133507 28.4 1.15 Anita 24 79.17 62 1444 103020 23.3 1.11 Pete C 25 80.28 57 1039 120086 18.2 1.02 John #8 26 81.30 55 1345 129372 24.5 0.99 Derek F 27 82.29 53 1180 123824 22.3 0.95 jackie green 28 83.24 49 1255 101304 25.6 0.88 r@y 29 84.12 46 804 86249 17.5 0.83 ~~seadancer~~ 30 84.95 43 386 59597 9.0 0.77 gruffydd 31 85.72 42 512 88902 12.2 0.75 Saxman 32 86.47 41 432 67974 10.5 0.74 Bri 33 87.21 41 906 79729 22.1 0.74 Linedancer 33 87.94 40 747 77603 18.7 0.72 Jeff Gaines 35 88.66 38 579 87917 15.2 0.68 John the R-T 36 89.34 37 960 90744 25.9 0.66 Harold 37 90.01 36 804 57772 22.3 0.65 Bram 38 90.65 36 1000 68837 27.8 0.65 ned 38 91.30 35 559 55951 16.0 0.63 Parrotfish 40 91.93 34 1055 89739 31.0 0.61 The Brownie 41 92.54 28 533 57754 19.0 0.50 ~~Linda~~ 42 93.04 28 584 58854 20.9 0.50 Wrinklie One 42 93.54 27 723 59055 26.8 0.48 Noreen 44 94.02 26 829 57551 31.9 0.47 Peter Grange 45 94.49 25 761 54060 30.4 0.45 kat 46 94.94 22 536 46698 24.4 0.39 Steve 47 95.33 20 392 34994 19.6 0.36 §håz 48 95.69 15 314 34929 20.9 0.27 UnsteadyKen 49 95.96 15 144 18079 9.6 0.27 jamps 49 96.23 15 326 26220 21.7 0.27 Bernadette 49 96.50 14 177 22884 12.6 0.25 frogman 52 96.75 13 261 22370 20.1 0.23 Alma 53 96.99 11 238 19105 21.6 0.20 Geoff Hayward 54 97.18 10 188 19859 18.8 0.18 Geordie 55 97.36 10 239 20327 23.9 0.18 Bernard Peek 55 97.54 10 138 18790 13.8 0.18 sam 55 97.72 9 156 20197 17.3 0.16 Peter Parry 58 97.88 8 149 12825 18.6 0.14 Gander 59 98.03 7 233 19763 33.3 0.13 jammyface 60 98.15 5 252 16860 50.4 0.09 Mrs G 61 98.24 5 97 10693 19.4 0.09 Glen 61 98.33 5 139 13262 27.8 0.09 John Nice 61 98.42 5 108 10253 21.6 0.09 Jaygee 61 98.51 5 372 16932 74.4 0.09 Tyke 61 98.60 4 141 11038 35.3 0.07 Gil J 66 98.67 4 4 8303 1.0 0.07 Bioboffin 66 98.74 4 144 11393 36.0 0.07 Mo 66 98.82 4 63 7609 15.8 0.07 Jerry Atric 66 98.89 4 100 8404 25.0 0.07 andy 66 98.96 4 84 6887 21.0 0.07 **abs 66 99.03 3 135 11032 45.0 0.05 CJB 72 99.08 3 57 7549 19.0 0.05 Graham 72 99.14 3 96 6099 32.0 0.05 Coats 72 99.19 2 309 16513 154.5 0.04 Troll 75 99.23 2 32 3365 16.0 0.04 Oliver 75 99.26 2 306 15933 153.0 0.04 someone 75 99.30 2 37 4407 18.5 0.04 Edward J Milan 75 99.34 2 7 2178 3.5 0.04 uker 75 99.37 2 25 3208 12.5 0.04 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 75 99.41 2 65 5277 32.5 0.04 <> Mary MaC <> 75 99.44 2 933 43202 466.5 0.04 Bill the Badger 75 99.48 2 33 2966 16.5 0.04 alan holmes 75 99.52 1 017 01914 17.0 0.02 gloria p[X] 84 99.53 1 020 02090 20.0 0.02 Lenie 84 99.55 1 073 04881 73.0 0.02 Chris Blunt[X] 84 99.57 1 048 03599 48.0 0.02 Robbie[X] 84 99.59 1 013 01401 13.0 0.02 Ben the Black Lab 84 99.61 1 021 02447 21.0 0.02 David Woolley[X] 84 99.62 1 018 02084 18.0 0.02 Owain[X] 84 99.64 1 059 04266 59.0 0.02 mick[X] 84 99.66 1 072 04950 72.0 0.02 Ian Jackson[X] 84 99.68 1 066 04512 66.0 0.02 Max Demian[X] 84 99.69 1 027 02487 27.0 0.02 Spammer 84 99.71 1 014 01344 14.0 0.02 Toyboy 84 99.73 1 019 01728 19.0 0.02 Harry 84 99.75 1 010 01815 10.0 0.02 Mavis[X] 84 99.77 1 017 02152 17.0 0.02 Gordon[X] 84 99.78 1 041 02848 41.0 0.02 Webrex 84 99.80 1 027 03253 27.0 0.02 Careful[X] 84 99.82 1 098 05572 98.0 0.02 Mark BR[X] 84 99.84 1 001 01630 1.0 0.02 Faolan 84 99.86 1 026 02502 26.0 0.02 JonC 84 99.87 1 028 02029 28.0 0.02 Ian 84 99.89 1 009 01706 9.0 0.02 Chemo the Clown[X] 84 99.91 1 014 01785 14.0 0.02 Lou Decruss[X] 84 99.93 1 080 05341 80.0 0.02 Western Voice 84 99.95 1 017 01527 17.0 0.02 exntluser 84 99.96 1 073 05227 73.0 0.02 Herbie[X] 84 99.98 1 037 03896 37.0 0.02 Ricochet Rabbit[X] 84 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 72 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 50 Goromoff 2 33 MCC 3 30 Pam the goose 4 25 Rabbit 5 22 Wally 6 21 Foxy 7 15 r@y 8 12 Gareth 9 11 Troy's Human 10 10 gruffydd 11 9 Michaelangelo 12 9 Tickettyߺº 12 9 The Brownie 12 9 AriesVal 12 9 Splodge 12 8 Bunny Hare 17 7 PeterT 18 7 Saxman 18 7 Bill P 18 6 sam 21 5 JF 22 5 Derek F 22 5 Parrotfish 22 5 Gander 22 5 Pete C 22 4 jackie green 27 4 John the R-T 27 4 Linedancer 27 4 Wrinklie One 27 3 Frederick Williams 31 3 §håz 31 3 John #8 31 3 Harold 31 3 JoeH 31 2 Gil J 36 2 Troll 36 2 Ali 36 2 ned 36 2 frogman 36 2 Tyke 36 2 Jerry Atric 36 2 Alma 36 2 Mick the Merciless 36 1 Bram 45 1 CJB 45 1 Noreen 45 1 ~~seadancer~~ 45 1 Spammer 45 1 Toyboy 45 1 ~~Linda~~ 45 1 Bernard Peek 45 1 Edward J Milan 45 1 Jeff Gaines 45 1 uker 45 1 Webrex 45 1 Peter Grange 45 1 Smokey 45 1 <> Mary MaC <> 45 1 Geoff Hayward 45 1 John Nice 45 1 Mo 45 1 andy 45 1 Western Voice 45 1 Bernadette 45 1 Herbie[X] 45 1 Steve 45 0 gloria p[X] 68 0 Lenie 68 0 Peter Parry 68 0 Chris Blunt[X] 68 0 Anita 68 0 UnsteadyKen 68 0 Robbie[X] 68 0 Ben the Black Lab 68 0 jamps 68 0 David Woolley[X] 68 0 Owain[X] 68 0 Geordie 68 0 mick[X] 68 0 Ian Jackson[X] 68 0 Oliver 68 0 someone 68 0 Max Demian[X] 68 0 Jackie 68 0 Graham 68 0 Harry 68 0 jammyface 68 0 Mavis[X] 68 0 Gordon[X] 68 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 68 0 Careful[X] 68 0 Bioboffin 68 0 Mark BR[X] 68 0 Faolan 68 0 JonC 68 0 Mrs G 68 0 Bill the Badger 68 0 Bri 68 0 Ian 68 0 Glen 68 0 Chemo the Clown[X] 68 0 kat 68 0 Jaygee 68 0 Lou Decruss[X] 68 0 alan holmes 68 0 Coats 68 0 **abs 68 0 exntluser 68 0 Ricochet Rabbit[X] 68

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 27 2 9 3 3 4 6 5 5 6 0 7 1 8 1 9 1 10+ 57

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 31.9 Peter Grange 1 31.0 The Brownie 2 30.4 kat 3 29.2 Smokey 4 28.4 Anita 5 27.8 ned 6 26.8 Noreen 7 26.0 JF 8 25.9 Harold 9 25.6 r@y 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 9.0 gruffydd 1 9.6 jamps 2 10.5 Bri 3 11.0 Bill P 4 12.2 Saxman 5 12.8 JoeH 6 14.1 Troy's Human 7 15.2 John the R-T 8 15.9 PeterT 9 16.0 Parrotfish 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

10 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
10	uk.finance uk.legal
5	uk.local.cumbria rec.food.cooking uk.food+drink.misc
2	uk.misc
2	uk.people.ex-forces
1	alt.happy.valley
1	uk.net.news.config
1	24hoursupport.helpdesk alt.flame uk.local.devon
1	rec.food.cooking
1	uk.legal
1	uk.local.kent

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