Monthly Poster Statistics for February 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.% 454 8640 857605 19.0 11.40 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 11.40 428 8188 736906 19.1 10.74 Rabbit 2 22.14 224 4293 361837 19.2 5.62 Michaelangelo 3 27.76 209 4490 392445 21.5 5.25 Gordon H 4 33.01 190 3142 292053 16.5 4.77 Pam the goose 5 37.78 189 3411 335808 18.0 4.74 Foxy 6 42.52 157 2774 272436 17.7 3.94 Bunny Hare 7 46.46 155 2384 315101 15.4 3.89 AriesVal 8 50.35 131 1880 187636 14.4 3.29 MCC 9 53.64 128 2692 224278 21.0 3.21 Ali 10 56.85 103 1475 196859 14.3 2.59 Goromoff 11 59.44 96 3255 252910 33.9 2.41 JF 12 61.85 85 1580 171567 18.6 2.13 Frederick Williams 13 63.98 81 1554 163476 19.2 2.03 gruffydd 14 66.01 80 2147 139376 26.8 2.01 Smokey 15 68.02 76 1487 158122 19.6 1.91 Splodge 16 69.93 74 940 119492 12.7 1.86 JoeH 17 71.79 73 1670 153161 22.9 1.83 Wally 18 73.62 66 1315 159232 19.9 1.66 Jackie 19 75.28 47 970 88511 20.6 1.18 Peter Grange 20 76.46 42 828 60413 19.7 1.05 Bram 21 77.51 42 742 87220 17.7 1.05 jackie green 21 78.56 39 961 70782 24.6 0.98 Anita 23 79.54 38 545 69956 14.3 0.95 PeterT 24 80.50 38 659 80789 17.3 0.95 ~~seadancer~~ 24 81.45 38 586 70039 15.4 0.95 Jeff Gaines 24 82.40 36 906 79493 25.2 0.90 Noreen 27 83.31 35 668 54784 19.1 0.88 Bill P 28 84.19 32 1308 80280 40.9 0.80 Bigbazza 29 84.99 28 420 49487 15.0 0.70 Troy's Human 30 85.69 28 558 47757 19.9 0.70 Old Grizzly 30 86.40 27 591 50805 21.9 0.68 Linedancer 32 87.07 27 590 43253 21.9 0.68 Pete C 32 87.75 26 635 46720 24.4 0.65 ned 34 88.40 26 398 50736 15.3 0.65 John #8 34 89.06 25 412 43971 16.5 0.63 Mick the Merciless 36 89.68 21 570 44568 27.1 0.53 §håz 37 90.21 20 412 35875 20.6 0.50 Tickettyߺº 38 90.71 20 562 49202 28.1 0.50 The Brownie 38 91.21 18 225 29629 12.5 0.45 Bri 40 91.67 17 290 40716 17.1 0.43 John the R-T 41 92.09 16 274 26344 17.1 0.40 frogman 42 92.49 16 225 28501 14.1 0.40 Wrinklie One 42 92.90 14 264 33417 18.9 0.35 UnsteadyKen 44 93.25 13 267 26967 20.5 0.33 ~~Linda~~ 45 93.57 13 222 26147 17.1 0.33 Derek F 45 93.90 12 273 24182 22.8 0.30 Mo 47 94.20 12 333 21728 27.8 0.30 Bernadette 47 94.50 11 232 25401 21.1 0.28 Harold 49 94.78 11 214 17945 19.5 0.28 Gander 49 95.06 10 1902 109878 190.2 0.25 Troll 51 95.31 10 210 32788 21.0 0.25 Gareth 51 95.56 10 239 20866 23.9 0.25 Bernard Peek 51 95.81 9 225 19203 25.0 0.23 Ian 54 96.03 8 210 16960 26.3 0.20 ®óñ© 55 96.23 8 279 22151 34.9 0.20 Old Guy 55 96.44 8 232 15717 29.0 0.20 Henry Bogdonovitch 55 96.64 8 139 18539 17.4 0.20 Ascii Art 55 96.84 7 38 10381 5.4 0.18 uker 59 97.01 7 225 18189 32.1 0.18 Harold Hill 59 97.19 7 132 13561 18.9 0.18 sam 59 97.36 7 155 11861 22.1 0.18 Parrotfish 59 97.54 7 184 11231 26.3 0.18 Tyke 59 97.72 6 61 10856 10.2 0.15 Gil J 64 97.87 5 77 6807 15.4 0.13 jamps 65 97.99 5 125 11724 25.0 0.13 Geordie 65 98.12 5 116 12370 23.2 0.13 richard christopher 65 98.24 5 98 9074 19.6 0.13 exntluser 65 98.37 4 64 8516 16.0 0.10 Weatherman 69 98.47 4 66 7509 16.5 0.10 wtwjgc (Joe) 69 98.57 4 46 8853 11.5 0.10 Faolan 69 98.67 4 189 13795 47.3 0.10 A Doctor writes 69 98.77 4 77 5968 19.3 0.10 Geoff Hayward 69 98.87 4 68 6229 17.0 0.10 Alma 69 98.97 3 72 7707 24.0 0.08 Peter Parry 75 99.05 2 30 2911 15.0 0.05 aa 76 99.10 2 29 3052 14.5 0.05 Nor 76 99.15 2 53 4433 26.5 0.05 Zed 76 99.20 2 28 2985 14.0 0.05 Herbie 76 99.25 2 54 4163 27.0 0.05 Lin 76 99.30 2 54 4703 27.0 0.05 jammyface 76 99.35 2 3 3564 1.5 0.05 Bioboffin 76 99.40 2 66 5417 33.0 0.05 Saxman 76 99.45 2 60 3473 30.0 0.05 Coats 76 99.50 1 019 01961 19.0 0.03 Wilbur 85 99.52 1 019 01838 19.0 0.03 Richard Tobin[X] 85 99.55 1 042 04017 42.0 0.03 Dave 85 99.57 1 007 01343 7.0 0.03 thomas[X] 85 99.60 1 008 01653 8.0 0.03 Grimly Curmudgeon[X] 85 99.62 1 025 01832 25.0 0.03 Neil 85 99.65 1 012 01312 12.0 0.03 Robin T Cox 85 99.67 1 040 03925 40.0 0.03 Mike[X] 85 99.70 1 001 01626 1.0 0.03 Mad 85 99.72 1 027 02576 27.0 0.03 Edward J Milan 85 99.75 1 012 01269 12.0 0.03 Harry 85 99.77 1 035 02637 35.0 0.03 Mog 85 99.80 1 011 02050 11.0 0.03 Fevric J Glandules[X] 85 99.82 1 042 03292 42.0 0.03 r@y 85 99.85 1 022 02202 22.0 0.03 John Nice 85 99.87 1 007 02045 7.0 0.03 Margo 85 99.90 1 025 02206 25.0 0.03 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 85 99.92 1 029 02089 29.0 0.03 Bertie Doe 85 99.95 1 013 02337 13.0 0.03 Archie 85 99.97 1 020 01720 20.0 0.03 geoff[X] 85 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 37 Goromoff 1 32 Wally 2 28 Flyiñg Ñuñ 3 27 Pam the goose 4 26 gruffydd 5 20 Michaelangelo 6 19 MCC 7 15 Foxy 8 13 JF 9 13 Splodge 9 11 Bigbazza 11 11 AriesVal 11 9 Bunny Hare 13 8 Smokey 14 8 Rabbit 14 8 Wrinklie One 14 6 Old Grizzly 17 6 John #8 17 6 Bill P 17 5 Troll 20 5 PeterT 20 5 Frederick Williams 20 5 jackie green 20 5 Jeff Gaines 20 5 Linedancer 20 4 Bram 26 4 Ali 26 4 sam 26 3 Gil J 29 3 ~~seadancer~~ 29 3 Jackie 29 3 uker 29 3 The Brownie 29 3 Derek F 29 3 Mo 29 2 Troy's Human 36 2 Gareth 36 2 ned 36 2 Gordon H 36 2 Peter Grange 36 2 frogman 36 2 Harold 36 2 Parrotfish 36 2 Gander 36 2 Coats 36 2 Mick the Merciless 36 1 Noreen 47 1 Nor 47 1 §håz 47 1 Zed 47 1 wtwjgc (Joe) 47 1 ~~Linda~~ 47 1 John the R-T 47 1 Harry 47 1 Faolan 47 1 A Doctor writes 47 1 Harold Hill 47 1 r@y 47 1 Ian 47 1 Tyke 47 1 Pete C 47 1 Bernadette 47 0 Peter Parry 63 0 Anita 63 0 UnsteadyKen 63 0 aa 63 0 jamps 63 0 Wilbur 63 0 Richard Tobin[X] 63 0 Geordie 63 0 ®óñ© 63 0 Tickettyߺº 63 0 Herbie 63 0 Dave 63 0 Lin 63 0 Weatherman 63 0 thomas[X] 63 0 Grimly Curmudgeon[X] 63 0 Neil 63 0 Robin T Cox 63 0 Old Guy 63 0 Bernard Peek 63 0 Mike[X] 63 0 Mad 63 0 Edward J Milan 63 0 jammyface 63 0 Bioboffin 63 0 richard christopher 63 0 Mog 63 0 Saxman 63 0 Bri 63 0 Fevric J Glandules[X] 63 0 Geoff Hayward 63 0 John Nice 63 0 Margo 63 0 Alma 63 0 Henry Bogdonovitch 63 0 Ascii Art 63 0 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 63 0 Bertie Doe 63 0 Archie 63 0 exntluser 63 0 geoff[X] 63 0 JoeH 63

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

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 40.9 Bigbazza 1 33.9 JF 2 28.1 The Brownie 3 27.1 §håz 4 26.8 Smokey 5 25.2 Noreen 6 24.6 Anita 7 24.4 ned 8 22.9 Wally 9 21.9 Linedancer 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 12.5 Bri 1 12.7 JoeH 2 14.1 Wrinklie One 3 14.3 Goromoff 4 14.3 PeterT 5 14.4 MCC 6 15.0 Troy's Human 7 15.3 John #8 8 15.4 AriesVal 9 15.4 Jeff Gaines 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

6 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
10	uk.misc
3	uk.d-i-y
2	uk.media.tv.misc
1	uk.local.glasgow
1	uk.media.radio.bbc-r4
1	uk.local.surrey uk.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