Monthly Poster Statistics for January 2010 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.% 451 10047 894132 22.3 10.62 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 10.62 379 7130 639018 18.8 8.92 Rabbit 2 19.54 257 7382 469275 28.7 6.05 Smokey 3 25.59 212 3421 333419 16.1 4.99 MCC 4 30.59 204 3379 435654 16.6 4.80 AriesVal 5 35.39 191 3620 350296 19.0 4.50 Foxy 6 39.89 148 2016 279791 13.6 3.48 Goromoff 7 43.37 141 2938 275387 20.8 3.32 Michaelangelo 8 46.69 124 2797 315218 22.6 2.92 Jackie 9 49.61 118 1572 195510 13.3 2.78 JoeH 10 52.39 116 2386 240377 20.6 2.73 Splodge 11 55.12 109 1625 151527 14.9 2.57 Pam the goose 12 57.69 102 2417 193413 23.7 2.40 Ali 13 60.09 101 2066 208606 20.5 2.38 Derek F 14 62.47 83 1837 133949 22.1 1.95 Pete C 15 64.42 76 2180 184175 28.7 1.79 JF 16 66.21 76 998 102392 13.1 1.79 Bill P 16 68.00 71 1182 122519 16.6 1.67 Bunny Hare 18 69.67 66 1284 145839 19.5 1.55 jackie green 19 71.23 59 2061 142658 34.9 1.39 Troy's Human 20 72.62 59 1160 187771 19.7 1.39 Gareth 20 74.01 58 1235 110843 21.3 1.37 Noreen 22 75.37 56 1383 101055 24.7 1.32 Anita 23 76.69 53 906 102368 17.1 1.25 gruffydd 24 77.94 48 1124 98720 23.4 1.13 Wally 25 79.07 46 688 87156 15.0 1.08 PeterT 26 80.15 46 954 97527 20.7 1.08 Wrinklie One 26 81.23 43 1266 107831 29.4 1.01 The Brownie 28 82.25 41 740 78806 18.0 0.97 Jeff Gaines 29 83.21 40 812 86350 20.3 0.94 John #8 30 84.15 36 772 72543 21.4 0.85 Trish 31 85.00 33 714 51900 21.6 0.78 Bram 32 85.78 33 587 64479 17.8 0.78 Frederick Williams 32 86.56 33 556 55502 16.8 0.78 Parrotfish 32 87.33 32 613 70227 19.2 0.75 ~~seadancer~~ 35 88.09 26 1441 81492 55.4 0.61 Bigbazza 36 88.70 25 704 56143 28.2 0.59 Peter Grange 37 89.29 21 404 44067 19.2 0.49 ~~Linda~~ 38 89.78 21 334 47993 15.9 0.49 John the R-T 38 90.28 20 375 35268 18.8 0.47 §håz 40 90.75 18 324 38789 18.0 0.42 Harold 41 91.17 17 295 34019 17.4 0.40 Weatherman 42 91.57 17 182 34956 10.7 0.40 Saxman 42 91.97 17 330 28412 19.4 0.40 Alma 42 92.37 15 135 31132 9.0 0.35 Faolan 45 92.72 15 385 26266 25.7 0.35 Geoff Hayward 45 93.08 14 320 33814 22.9 0.33 UnsteadyKen 47 93.41 14 313 23303 22.4 0.33 ned 47 93.74 12 368 29592 30.7 0.28 Troll 49 94.02 12 252 21297 21.0 0.28 uker 49 94.30 11 375 19644 34.1 0.26 Mick the Merciless 51 94.56 10 412 32979 41.2 0.24 CJB 52 94.80 10 107 14487 10.7 0.24 frogman 52 95.03 9 229 20221 25.4 0.21 Tickettyߺº 54 95.24 9 259 20600 28.8 0.21 Sprockets 54 95.46 9 204 14668 22.7 0.21 Old Grizzly 54 95.67 9 162 14141 18.0 0.21 Gander 54 95.88 9 178 14849 19.8 0.21 Bernadette 54 96.09 8 97 10616 12.1 0.19 jamps 59 96.28 8 134 11946 16.8 0.19 Lin 59 96.47 8 109 18200 13.6 0.19 Graham 59 96.66 8 140 16083 17.5 0.19 Bri 59 96.84 8 146 18193 18.3 0.19 John Nice 59 97.03 8 139 15211 17.4 0.19 Steve 59 97.22 7 125 13371 17.9 0.16 sam 65 97.39 7 123 12743 17.6 0.16 Bucko 65 97.55 6 66 11477 11.0 0.14 Peter Parry 67 97.69 6 170 14075 28.3 0.14 jammyface 67 97.83 6 123 10177 20.5 0.14 exntluser 67 97.98 5 124 7954 24.8 0.12 Tyke 70 98.09 5 120 9090 24.0 0.12 Coats 70 98.21 4 81 6451 20.3 0.09 Gordon H 72 98.30 4 6 10194 1.5 0.09 Bioboffin 72 98.40 4 112 11217 28.0 0.09 James Martin 72 98.49 4 118 8855 29.5 0.09 Ian 72 98.59 4 71 10195 17.8 0.09 Ascii Art 72 98.68 3 69 7829 23.0 0.07 Gil J 77 98.75 3 132 9536 44.0 0.07 Phian 77 98.82 3 60 5837 20.0 0.07 Geordie 77 98.89 3 88 6693 29.3 0.07 Mo 77 98.96 2 24 3266 12.0 0.05 wellnice 81 99.01 2 58 4678 29.0 0.05 Florian Schlichting (NIN) 81 99.06 2 31 3346 15.5 0.05 Les 81 99.11 2 77 5353 38.5 0.05 Jaf[X] 81 99.15 2 33 3130 16.5 0.05 ®óñ© 81 99.20 2 17 3108 8.5 0.05 wtwjgc (Joe) 81 99.25 2 33 3902 16.5 0.05 Jayne 81 99.29 2 25 2822 12.5 0.05 Robin T Cox 81 99.34 2 25 2981 12.5 0.05 Bernard Peek 81 99.39 2 45 5944 22.5 0.05 Richard Robinson[X] 81 99.43 2 48 4430 24.0 0.05 kenos1 81 99.48 2 16 2454 8.0 0.05 r@y 81 99.53 1 017 01808 17.0 0.02 Amethyst Deceiver[X] 93 99.55 1 017 01805 17.0 0.02 Big Tone[X] 93 99.58 1 008 01427 8.0 0.02 §ireßird 93 99.60 1 007 01927 7.0 0.02 Bryan Jones 93 99.62 1 012 01434 12.0 0.02 Herbie 93 99.65 1 007 01570 7.0 0.02 RichP 93 99.67 1 012 01468 12.0 0.02 Spammer 93 99.69 1 013 01881 13.0 0.02 Matthew Vernon[X] 93 99.72 1 010 01904 10.0 0.02 Edward J Milan 93 99.74 1 041 02323 41.0 0.02 Jim Scott 93 99.76 1 022 01724 22.0 0.02 Graybeard 93 99.79 1 007 01758 7.0 0.02 Dave Budd[X] 93 99.81 1 017 01598 17.0 0.02 SueG 93 99.84 1 008 02246 8.0 0.02 Steve Firth[X] 93 99.86 1 026 02711 26.0 0.02 Steve Terry[X] 93 99.88 1 040 03224 40.0 0.02 Jerry Atric 93 99.91 1 006 01131 6.0 0.02 Linedancer 93 99.93 1 008 01270 8.0 0.02 SAMANTHA 93 99.95 1 007 02673 7.0 0.02 Ray 93 99.98 1 016 01486 16.0 0.02 geoff[X] 93 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 50 Goromoff 1 29 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 26 MCC 3 25 Pam the goose 4 20 Smokey 5 19 Wally 6 15 gruffydd 7 15 AriesVal 7 15 Splodge 7 13 Rabbit 10 13 Foxy 10 12 jackie green 12 10 Noreen 13 10 Bunny Hare 13 10 Derek F 13 10 Wrinklie One 13 8 Troy's Human 17 8 Michaelangelo 17 7 The Brownie 19 7 Pete C 19 7 Bill P 19 6 PeterT 22 6 Gareth 22 5 CJB 24 5 Bigbazza 24 5 sam 24 3 Frederick Williams 27 3 JF 27 3 Ali 27 3 Tickettyߺº 27 3 Weatherman 27 3 John the R-T 27 3 uker 27 3 Harold 27 3 Parrotfish 27 3 Alma 27 3 Steve 27 2 wellnice 38 2 Troll 38 2 jamps 38 2 ~~seadancer~~ 38 2 Jackie 38 2 ~~Linda~~ 38 2 Jeff Gaines 38 2 Faolan 38 2 Saxman 38 2 r@y 38 2 John #8 38 2 Gander 38 2 Tyke 38 2 JoeH 38 1 Bram 52 1 Gil J 52 1 Anita 52 1 §håz 52 1 §ireßird 52 1 Bryan Jones 52 1 Old Grizzly 52 1 wtwjgc (Joe) 52 1 Spammer 52 1 Graham 52 1 Bernard Peek 52 1 Bioboffin 52 1 Trish 52 1 kenos1 52 1 frogman 52 1 Bucko 52 1 John Nice 52 1 Linedancer 52 1 exntluser 52 1 Mick the Merciless 52 0 Florian Schlichting (NIN) 72 0 Peter Parry 72 0 Les 72 0 Jaf[X] 72 0 Amethyst Deceiver[X] 72 0 UnsteadyKen 72 0 Phian 72 0 Big Tone[X] 72 0 Geordie 72 0 ®óñ© 72 0 Sprockets 72 0 Herbie 72 0 Lin 72 0 RichP 72 0 ned 72 0 Matthew Vernon[X] 72 0 Jayne 72 0 Robin T Cox 72 0 Edward J Milan 72 0 Gordon H 72 0 jammyface 72 0 Peter Grange 72 0 Jim Scott 72 0 Graybeard 72 0 James Martin 72 0 Dave Budd[X] 72 0 SueG 72 0 Richard Robinson[X] 72 0 Bri 72 0 Steve Firth[X] 72 0 Geoff Hayward 72 0 Ian 72 0 Mo 72 0 Steve Terry[X] 72 0 Jerry Atric 72 0 Ascii Art 72 0 SAMANTHA 72 0 Ray 72 0 Coats 72 0 Bernadette 72 0 geoff[X] 72

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 20 2 12 3 4 4 5 5 2 6 3 7 2 8 6 9 5 10+ 53

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 55.4 Bigbazza 1 34.9 Troy's Human 2 29.4 The Brownie 3 28.7 Smokey 4 28.7 JF 5 28.2 Peter Grange 6 25.7 Geoff Hayward 7 24.7 Anita 8 23.7 Ali 9 23.4 Wally 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 9.0 Faolan 1 10.7 Saxman 2 13.1 Bill P 3 13.3 JoeH 4 13.6 Goromoff 5 14.9 Pam the goose 6 15.0 PeterT 7 15.9 John the R-T 8 16.1 MCC 9 16.6 AriesVal 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
18	uk.misc
4	uk.local.surrey uk.misc
1	alt.pub.cafe-bob alt.happy.valley free.uk.ntl.talk.outcasts
1	uk.d-i-y

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