Monthly Poster Statistics for April 2010 in ups.

These statistics are based on posts supplied to me by Eternal September'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.% 450 9014 712150 20.0 10.43 Rabbit 1 10.43 407 8023 690515 19.7 9.43 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 19.87 240 6122 562171 25.5 5.56 Derek F 3 25.43 213 4234 327069 19.9 4.94 Michaelangelo 4 30.37 204 4401 385946 21.6 4.73 Gordon H 5 35.10 174 2687 267245 15.4 4.03 Pam the goose 6 39.13 162 4229 253246 26.1 3.76 Smokey 7 42.88 160 2358 212692 14.7 3.71 MCC 8 46.59 159 2404 294812 15.1 3.69 AriesVal 9 50.28 149 1949 220587 13.1 3.45 JoeH 10 53.73 144 2500 226279 17.4 3.34 Bunny Hare 11 57.07 143 2307 215244 16.1 3.31 Foxy 12 60.38 114 2377 221229 20.9 2.64 Splodge 13 63.03 102 2982 247029 29.2 2.36 JF 14 65.39 85 1829 157309 21.5 1.97 Ali 15 67.36 84 1174 144409 14.0 1.95 Goromoff 16 69.31 69 1242 128213 18.0 1.60 jackie green 17 70.91 64 1764 142278 27.6 1.48 The Brownie 18 72.39 61 847 100984 13.9 1.41 PeterT 19 73.81 53 1217 83139 23.0 1.23 Anita 20 75.03 50 1224 93677 24.5 1.16 Tickettyߺº 21 76.19 46 584 77862 12.7 1.07 ~~seadancer~~ 22 77.26 45 729 77571 16.2 1.04 Jeff Gaines 23 78.30 44 766 123680 17.4 1.02 Gareth 24 79.32 43 729 61328 17.0 1.00 Old Grizzly 25 80.32 41 682 70662 16.6 0.95 Wrinklie One 26 81.27 39 1445 92944 37.1 0.90 Bob Henson 27 82.17 39 318 79048 8.2 0.90 Alma 27 83.08 37 859 70215 23.2 0.86 Noreen 29 83.94 37 957 82235 25.9 0.86 GreySurfer 29 84.79 36 1034 68453 28.7 0.83 ned 31 85.63 36 599 65360 16.6 0.83 John #8 31 86.46 33 497 59993 15.1 0.76 gruffydd 33 87.23 33 940 67760 28.5 0.76 Wally 33 87.99 30 662 59211 22.1 0.70 Peter Grange 35 88.69 28 485 49957 17.3 0.65 ~~Linda~~ 36 89.34 22 192 21675 8.7 0.51 Bill P 37 89.85 21 323 34675 15.4 0.49 Troy's Human 38 90.33 20 296 27037 14.8 0.46 Bram 39 90.80 20 333 24496 16.6 0.46 Pete C 39 91.26 19 464 35687 24.4 0.44 §håz 41 91.70 17 357 35702 21.0 0.39 UnsteadyKen 42 92.10 17 129 25656 7.6 0.39 uker 42 92.49 17 228 22125 13.4 0.39 Linedancer 42 92.88 16 330 33889 20.6 0.37 Harold 45 93.25 15 260 32907 17.3 0.35 Jackie 46 93.60 14 303 30211 21.6 0.32 Pandamonium 47 93.93 14 287 22882 20.5 0.32 Parrotfish 47 94.25 13 137 16558 10.5 0.30 frogman 49 94.55 12 289 20144 24.1 0.28 ®óñ© 50 94.83 12 221 20053 18.4 0.28 Mick the Merciless 50 95.11 11 259 20047 23.5 0.25 Bernard Peek 52 95.36 11 131 22072 11.9 0.25 Faolan 52 95.62 11 124 17948 11.3 0.25 Saxman 52 95.87 11 245 17870 22.3 0.25 Geoff Hayward 52 96.13 10 234 17048 23.4 0.23 Maxwell 56 96.36 10 141 20418 14.1 0.23 John the R-T 56 96.59 9 197 12096 21.9 0.21 Tyke 58 96.80 9 256 17182 28.4 0.21 Bernadette 58 97.01 8 111 9336 13.9 0.19 jamps 60 97.20 8 142 14896 17.8 0.19 sam 60 97.38 8 148 12234 18.5 0.19 Gander 60 97.57 7 450 24637 64.3 0.16 Bigbazza 63 97.73 6 103 13918 17.2 0.14 Geordie 64 97.87 6 101 11375 16.8 0.14 Oldfart 64 98.01 5 81 8471 16.2 0.12 wtwjgc (Joe) 66 98.12 5 209 16193 41.8 0.12 John Nice 66 98.24 4 67 6500 16.8 0.09 Paul[X] 68 98.33 4 36 5506 9.0 0.09 Frederick Williams 68 98.42 4 148 12131 37.0 0.09 Mentalguy2k8[X] 68 98.52 4 108 6707 27.0 0.09 Mike Cawood 68 98.61 4 168 12633 42.0 0.09 zed 68 98.70 4 66 6447 16.5 0.09 jammyface 68 98.79 4 101 10499 25.3 0.09 Sn!pe[X] 68 98.89 3 100 7690 33.3 0.07 Carillion 75 98.96 3 102 7582 34.0 0.07 Jayne 75 99.03 3 78 5402 26.0 0.07 Robin T Cox 75 99.10 3 92 6624 30.7 0.07 Steve Terry[X] 75 99.17 3 45 6291 15.0 0.07 Ascii Art 75 99.24 2 94 7498 47.0 0.05 Mothy 80 99.28 2 115 6869 57.5 0.05 CJB[X] 80 99.33 2 29 3236 14.5 0.05 aa 80 99.37 2 30 3470 15.0 0.05 nonanon[X] 80 99.42 2 32 3240 16.0 0.05 Bri 80 99.47 2 25 2437 12.5 0.05 Ian 80 99.51 2 63 3549 31.5 0.05 Mo 80 99.56 2 20 2110 10.0 0.05 Coats 80 99.61 2 35 2889 17.5 0.05 Steve 80 99.65 1 018 01820 18.0 0.02 stew 89 99.68 1 029 02078 29.0 0.02 The Todal[X] 89 99.70 1 046 03649 46.0 0.02 Peter Parry 89 99.72 1 022 02060 22.0 0.02 Nor 89 99.75 1 095 04199 95.0 0.02 Mrcheerful[X] 89 99.77 1 016 01483 16.0 0.02 John Stumbles[X] 89 99.79 1 005 01310 5.0 0.02 Sprockets 89 99.81 1 020 01879 20.0 0.02 Zack 89 99.84 1 062 02623 62.0 0.02 Spammer 89 99.86 1 008 01076 8.0 0.02 $ir Vivor 89 99.88 1 011 01414 11.0 0.02 The Trobbit 89 99.91 1 014 01360 14.0 0.02 AW[X] 89 99.93 1 022 01897 22.0 0.02 Iain[X] 89 99.95 1 013 01947 13.0 0.02 johnmids2006[X] 89 99.98 1 047 03249 47.0 0.02 Graham[X] 89 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 30 Pam the goose 1 28 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 27 MCC 3 26 Goromoff 4 17 Derek F 5 15 Michaelangelo 6 15 Wally 6 15 AriesVal 6 13 Bunny Hare 9 13 Splodge 9 13 Foxy 9 12 Smokey 12 10 Wrinklie One 13 9 PeterT 14 9 Gareth 14 9 Old Grizzly 14 9 The Brownie 14 7 gruffydd 18 7 John #8 18 7 Alma 18 7 Rabbit 18 6 JF 22 5 Pete C 23 4 Tickettyߺº 24 4 Jeff Gaines 24 4 uker 24 4 Gander 24 3 ned 28 3 Gordon H 28 3 JoeH 28 2 Noreen 31 2 CJB[X] 31 2 Ali 31 2 Oldfart 31 2 jackie green 31 2 wtwjgc (Joe) 31 2 GreySurfer 31 2 John the R-T 31 2 Bigbazza 31 2 sam 31 2 Parrotfish 31 2 Coats 31 1 Bram 43 1 Troy's Human 43 1 UnsteadyKen 43 1 Frederick Williams 43 1 §håz 43 1 Geordie 43 1 Zack 43 1 Spammer 43 1 Jackie 43 1 Maxwell 43 1 ~~Linda~~ 43 1 Peter Grange 43 1 Pandamonium 43 1 Saxman 43 1 Ian 43 1 John Nice 43 1 Tyke 43 1 Linedancer 43 1 Ascii Art 43 1 Bill P 43 0 stew 63 0 The Todal[X] 63 0 Peter Parry 63 0 Mothy 63 0 Anita 63 0 Paul[X] 63 0 Carillion 63 0 aa 63 0 jamps 63 0 Harold 63 0 nonanon[X] 63 0 Nor 63 0 Mrcheerful[X] 63 0 ~~seadancer~~ 63 0 John Stumbles[X] 63 0 ®óñ© 63 0 Sprockets 63 0 Jayne 63 0 Mentalguy2k8[X] 63 0 Robin T Cox 63 0 Bernard Peek 63 0 Mike Cawood 63 0 zed 63 0 jammyface 63 0 Faolan 63 0 $ir Vivor 63 0 The Trobbit 63 0 Bri 63 0 Sn!pe[X] 63 0 frogman 63 0 AW[X] 63 0 Geoff Hayward 63 0 Iain[X] 63 0 Bob Henson 63 0 Mo 63 0 Steve Terry[X] 63 0 johnmids2006[X] 63 0 Bernadette 63 0 Mick the Merciless 63 0 Graham[X] 63 0 Steve 63

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 15 2 9 3 5 4 7 5 2 6 2 7 1 8 3 9 2 10+ 57

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 37.1 Bob Henson 1 29.2 JF 2 28.7 ned 3 28.5 Wally 4 27.6 The Brownie 5 26.1 Smokey 6 25.9 GreySurfer 7 25.5 Derek F 8 24.5 Tickettyߺº 9 24.4 §håz 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.6 uker 1 8.2 Alma 2 8.7 Bill P 3 12.7 ~~seadancer~~ 4 13.1 JoeH 5 13.4 Linedancer 6 13.9 PeterT 7 14.0 Goromoff 8 14.7 MCC 9 14.8 Bram 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

3 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
26	uk.finance uk.legal
8	uk.local.surrey
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