Monthly Poster Statistics for December 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.% 587 13992 1236176 23.8 12.18 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 12.18 448 7785 726191 17.4 9.29 Rabbit 2 21.47 248 4236 368816 17.1 5.14 Pam the goose 3 26.61 220 4603 388081 20.9 4.56 Michaelangelo 4 31.18 211 3363 328009 15.9 4.38 MCC 5 35.55 188 3229 327853 17.2 3.90 Foxy 6 39.45 182 2967 332348 16.3 3.78 Bunny Hare 7 43.23 174 2494 337532 14.3 3.61 Goromoff 8 46.84 161 2099 260362 13.0 3.34 JoeH 9 50.18 141 2174 277169 15.4 2.92 AriesVal 10 53.10 113 1547 203675 13.7 2.34 PeterT 11 55.44 112 2747 183324 24.5 2.32 Smokey 12 57.77 107 2468 194288 23.1 2.22 Ali 13 59.99 107 2041 254981 19.1 2.22 Jackie 13 62.21 104 2134 219071 20.5 2.16 Splodge 15 64.36 101 1848 314223 18.3 2.10 Gareth 16 66.46 85 2388 200263 28.1 1.76 JF 17 68.22 85 1572 166487 18.5 1.76 Derek F 17 69.99 80 1348 155438 16.9 1.66 Wrinklie One 19 71.64 75 1553 118324 20.7 1.56 Anita 20 73.20 75 1511 150149 20.1 1.56 Jeff Gaines 20 74.76 75 1087 104601 14.5 1.56 Bill P 20 76.31 73 1230 147627 16.8 1.51 jackie green 23 77.83 62 1770 155852 28.5 1.29 The Brownie 24 79.11 59 683 86647 11.6 1.22 gruffydd 25 80.34 56 1137 82992 20.3 1.16 Bram 26 81.50 54 1205 88644 22.3 1.12 Pete C 27 82.62 53 1262 112242 23.8 1.10 Wally 28 83.72 52 981 106140 18.9 1.08 ~~Linda~~ 29 84.80 45 772 90604 17.2 0.93 John #8 30 85.73 43 796 72022 18.5 0.89 Linedancer 31 86.62 41 639 94957 15.6 0.85 John the R-T 32 87.47 41 1304 102898 31.8 0.85 r@y 32 88.32 36 615 58695 17.1 0.75 Parrotfish 34 89.07 35 445 66088 12.7 0.73 ~~seadancer~~ 35 89.79 34 503 59104 14.8 0.71 Troy's Human 36 90.50 32 582 62705 18.2 0.66 Frederick Williams 37 91.16 30 1084 74635 36.1 0.62 Peter Grange 38 91.79 27 712 56631 26.4 0.56 Noreen 39 92.35 27 580 60833 21.5 0.56 Harold 39 92.91 24 583 42227 24.3 0.50 ned 41 93.40 22 378 47592 17.2 0.46 UnsteadyKen 42 93.86 22 349 42820 15.9 0.46 sam 42 94.32 20 225 41187 11.3 0.41 Saxman 44 94.73 19 411 32566 21.6 0.39 Gander 45 95.13 16 251 25641 15.7 0.33 §håz 46 95.46 14 410 28313 29.3 0.29 Geoff Hayward 47 95.75 12 257 22013 21.4 0.25 Tickettyߺº 48 96.00 12 121 16679 10.1 0.25 uker 48 96.25 12 137 19299 11.4 0.25 frogman 48 96.49 12 309 22903 25.8 0.25 Bernadette 48 96.74 10 289 18170 28.9 0.21 Tyke 52 96.95 9 168 20759 18.7 0.19 Peter Parry 53 97.14 9 1111 71456 123.4 0.19 Troll 53 97.32 7 107 9546 15.3 0.15 jamps 55 97.47 6 54 11756 9.0 0.12 Faolan 56 97.59 6 75 10810 12.5 0.12 Bri 56 97.72 6 109 14354 18.2 0.12 John Nice 56 97.84 6 148 11382 24.7 0.12 Mo 56 97.97 5 53 8748 10.6 0.10 Gil J 60 98.07 5 67 7207 13.4 0.10 Nor 60 98.17 5 158 8356 31.6 0.10 Mick the Merciless 60 98.28 4 92 10288 23.0 0.08 CJB 63 98.36 4 46 6311 11.5 0.08 Geordie 63 98.44 4 31 6445 7.8 0.08 wtwjgc (Joe) 63 98.53 4 80 8957 20.0 0.08 Edward J Milan 63 98.61 4 23 4685 5.8 0.08 Chic 63 98.69 4 170 12207 42.5 0.08 Mrs G 63 98.78 3 61 4934 20.3 0.06 Lin 69 98.84 3 51 4867 17.0 0.06 Jim Scott 69 98.90 3 121 5361 40.3 0.06 Fevric J Glandules[X] 69 98.96 3 56 6440 18.7 0.06 Jerry Atric 69 99.03 3 38 7304 12.7 0.06 Ascii Art 69 99.09 2 48 4107 24.0 0.04 Les 74 99.13 2 23 3298 11.5 0.04 mikeos[X] 74 99.17 2 33 3632 16.5 0.04 Oliver 74 99.21 2 73 6100 36.5 0.04 Jayne 74 99.25 2 47 3856 23.5 0.04 Harry 74 99.29 2 41 4012 20.5 0.04 jammyface 74 99.34 2 27 4027 13.5 0.04 Richard Robinson[X] 74 99.38 2 23 3893 11.5 0.04 SteveT 74 99.42 2 31 3440 15.5 0.04 FieryFeenix 74 99.46 2 17 3614 8.5 0.04 Howard 74 99.50 1 018 02058 18.0 0.02 Lou Ravi[X] 84 99.52 1 037 03279 37.0 0.02 megalith6 84 99.54 1 022 02478 22.0 0.02 Owain[X] 84 99.56 1 004 01273 4.0 0.02 §ireßird 84 99.59 1 019 01646 19.0 0.02 someone 84 99.61 1 015 01834 15.0 0.02 thomas[X] 84 99.63 1 006 01725 6.0 0.02 Billy Shears 84 99.65 1 013 01406 13.0 0.02 Robin T Cox 84 99.67 1 024 02047 24.0 0.02 Bernard Peek 84 99.69 1 012 01400 12.0 0.02 Mike Cawood 84 99.71 1 017 01776 17.0 0.02 ARWadsworth[X] 84 99.73 1 014 01533 14.0 0.02 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 84 99.75 1 010 02065 10.0 0.02 August West[X] 84 99.77 1 013 01790 13.0 0.02 Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex 84 99.79 1 007 01042 7.0 0.02 Clive Sinclair 84 99.81 1 010 01242 10.0 0.02 Ray Shafranski 84 99.83 1 025 01672 25.0 0.02 kat 84 99.85 1 003 01446 3.0 0.02 Cressida 84 99.88 1 057 04268 57.0 0.02 Steve Terry[X] 84 99.90 1 009 01362 9.0 0.02 Alma 84 99.92 1 033 02109 33.0 0.02 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 84 99.94 1 008 01363 8.0 0.02 Joe Court 84 99.96 1 023 01699 23.0 0.02 Coats 84 99.98 1 017 01475 17.0 0.02 Steve 84 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 58 Goromoff 1 39 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 36 Pam the goose 3 30 MCC 4 28 Foxy 5 23 Rabbit 6 20 Wrinklie One 7 19 Michaelangelo 8 18 gruffydd 9 13 PeterT 10 12 Wally 11 11 The Brownie 12 11 r@y 12 11 Splodge 12 11 Pete C 12 11 JoeH 12 10 Derek F 17 10 sam 17 10 AriesVal 17 9 JF 20 9 John #8 20 7 jackie green 22 7 Jeff Gaines 22 7 Bunny Hare 22 6 Bram 25 6 Gareth 25 5 Saxman 27 5 Parrotfish 27 5 Linedancer 27 5 Bill P 27 4 Troy's Human 31 4 ned 31 4 wtwjgc (Joe) 31 4 John the R-T 31 4 Smokey 31 3 Frederick Williams 36 3 Ali 36 3 ~~Linda~~ 36 3 uker 36 3 frogman 36 3 Harold 36 2 Gil J 42 2 CJB 42 2 Troll 42 2 §håz 42 2 Geordie 42 2 Tickettyߺº 42 2 Chic 42 2 Peter Grange 42 2 Faolan 42 2 Gander 42 2 Jerry Atric 42 1 Anita 53 1 Noreen 53 1 jamps 53 1 Nor 53 1 §ireßird 53 1 Jackie 53 1 Clive Sinclair 53 1 John Nice 53 1 Cressida 53 1 Mo 53 1 Tyke 53 1 Alma 53 1 Joe Court 53 1 Steve 53 0 Peter Parry 67 0 Les 67 0 mikeos[X] 67 0 UnsteadyKen 67 0 Lou Ravi[X] 67 0 megalith6 67 0 Owain[X] 67 0 ~~seadancer~~ 67 0 Lin 67 0 Oliver 67 0 someone 67 0 thomas[X] 67 0 Jayne 67 0 Billy Shears 67 0 Robin T Cox 67 0 Bernard Peek 67 0 Edward J Milan 67 0 Mike Cawood 67 0 ARWadsworth[X] 67 0 Harry 67 0 jammyface 67 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 67 0 Jim Scott 67 0 August West[X] 67 0 Mrs G 67 0 Richard Robinson[X] 67 0 Sol-Terrasa mkfs ext4 da' Sussex 67 0 Bri 67 0 Fevric J Glandules[X] 67 0 Ray Shafranski 67 0 Geoff Hayward 67 0 SteveT 67 0 FieryFeenix 67 0 kat 67 0 Steve Terry[X] 67 0 Ascii Art 67 0 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 67 0 Coats 67 0 Howard 67 0 Bernadette 67 0 Mick the Merciless 67

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 24 2 10 3 5 4 6 5 3 6 4 7 1 8 0 9 2 10+ 52

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 36.1 Peter Grange 1 31.8 r@y 2 28.5 The Brownie 3 28.1 JF 4 26.4 Noreen 5 24.5 Smokey 6 24.3 ned 7 23.8 Flyiñg Ñuñ 8 23.8 Wally 9 23.1 Ali 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 11.3 Saxman 1 11.6 gruffydd 2 12.7 ~~seadancer~~ 3 13.0 JoeH 4 13.7 PeterT 5 14.3 Goromoff 6 14.5 Bill P 7 14.8 Troy's Human 8 15.4 AriesVal 9 15.6 John the R-T 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

5 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
18	uk.misc uk.local.surrey
2	uk.local.surrey
2	uk.local.cumbria rec.food.cooking uk.food+drink.misc
1	uk.misc
1	alt.happy.valley

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