Monthly Poster Statistics for May 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.% 447 10294 838244 23.0 10.98 Gordon H 1 10.98 401 8201 621335 20.5 9.85 Rabbit 2 20.83 339 7002 580904 20.7 8.33 Flyiñg Ñuñ 3 29.16 248 4054 472593 16.3 6.09 AriesVal 4 35.25 165 3412 242231 20.7 4.05 Michaelangelo 5 39.30 164 3627 352209 22.1 4.03 Derek F 6 43.33 145 2387 224027 16.5 3.56 Pam the goose 7 46.89 144 2196 213904 15.3 3.54 Bunny Hare 8 50.43 115 1937 168649 16.8 2.82 Foxy 9 53.25 107 1845 179813 17.2 2.63 Jeff Gaines 10 55.88 104 2321 190581 22.3 2.55 Ali 11 58.44 103 2230 197818 21.7 2.53 Splodge 12 60.97 102 2534 149017 24.8 2.51 Smokey 13 63.47 99 1633 278670 16.5 2.43 Gareth 14 65.91 97 2873 219577 29.6 2.38 The Brownie 15 68.29 95 1498 125060 15.8 2.33 MCC 16 70.62 86 1242 132064 14.4 2.11 JoeH 17 72.73 83 1017 136623 12.3 2.04 Goromoff 18 74.77 75 1507 146113 20.1 1.84 jackie green 19 76.62 67 1448 128001 21.6 1.65 JF 20 78.26 60 750 94138 12.5 1.47 gruffydd 21 79.73 58 835 89599 14.4 1.42 Frederick Williams 22 81.16 53 1023 81479 19.3 1.30 Bram 23 82.46 38 719 70708 18.9 0.93 Wrinklie One 24 83.39 37 833 65288 22.5 0.91 Wally 25 84.30 37 498 49154 13.5 0.91 M í k e 25 85.21 37 687 70079 18.6 0.91 John #8 25 86.12 31 492 51885 15.9 0.76 PeterT 28 86.88 30 422 47070 14.1 0.74 Troy's Human 29 87.62 30 584 39873 19.5 0.74 Pete C 29 88.36 25 701 45082 28.0 0.61 ned 31 88.97 25 886 58847 35.4 0.61 Bob Henson 31 89.58 25 376 34747 15.0 0.61 Mick the Merciless 31 90.20 23 457 40224 19.9 0.56 Noreen 34 90.76 22 501 34209 22.8 0.54 Bernadette 35 91.30 21 419 28626 20.0 0.52 Anita 36 91.82 20 269 22151 13.4 0.49 Bill P 37 92.31 19 383 29994 20.2 0.47 Tickettyߺº 38 92.78 18 459 37076 25.5 0.44 Peter Grange 39 93.22 17 265 22951 15.6 0.42 Old Grizzly 40 93.64 17 292 36451 17.2 0.42 John the R-T 40 94.06 16 212 32734 13.3 0.39 Faolan 42 94.45 13 326 32111 25.1 0.32 Peter Parry 43 94.77 12 140 18795 11.7 0.29 ~~seadancer~~ 44 95.06 12 300 28086 25.0 0.29 John Nice 44 95.36 11 192 15313 17.5 0.27 Geoff Hayward 46 95.63 9 220 15657 24.4 0.22 Linedancer 47 95.85 8 132 16497 16.5 0.20 Jackie 48 96.05 8 116 16239 14.5 0.20 Graham 48 96.24 8 139 14230 17.4 0.20 sam 48 96.44 7 47 9888 6.7 0.17 uker 51 96.61 7 68 12563 9.7 0.17 Saxman 51 96.78 7 117 10801 16.7 0.17 Parrotfish 51 96.95 6 181 14339 30.2 0.15 Phian 54 97.10 6 125 10018 20.8 0.15 §håz 54 97.25 6 96 9083 16.0 0.15 Maxwell 54 97.40 6 96 9743 16.0 0.15 ~~Linda~~ 54 97.54 5 98 9869 19.6 0.12 Harold 58 97.67 5 59 7714 11.8 0.12 Sprockets 58 97.79 5 117 7828 23.4 0.12 Mike Cawood 58 97.91 5 161 9670 32.2 0.12 Bigbazza 58 98.03 4 43 4546 10.8 0.10 Jaf 62 98.13 4 48 4312 12.0 0.10 Robin T Cox 62 98.23 4 107 8135 26.8 0.10 Bernard Peek 62 98.33 4 49 5747 12.3 0.10 Fevric J Glandules[X] 62 98.43 3 47 3883 15.7 0.07 Herbie 66 98.50 3 88 5946 29.3 0.07 someone 66 98.58 3 34 4239 11.3 0.07 Willy Eckerslyke[X] 66 98.65 3 78 6765 26.0 0.07 Pandamonium 66 98.72 3 36 4031 12.0 0.07 Jim Scott 66 98.80 3 31 4025 10.3 0.07 Bucko 66 98.87 2 33 3770 16.5 0.05 Gil J 72 98.92 2 30 2899 15.0 0.05 bof[X] 72 98.97 2 98 6831 49.0 0.05 CJB 72 99.02 2 40 3671 20.0 0.05 zed 72 99.07 2 45 3774 22.5 0.05 jammyface 72 99.12 2 55 5638 27.5 0.05 Webrex 72 99.16 2 41 2720 20.5 0.05 Patrick 72 99.21 2 33 4349 16.5 0.05 Sn!pe[X] 72 99.26 2 35 3234 17.5 0.05 frogman 72 99.31 2 39 3093 19.5 0.05 Gander 72 99.36 2 63 5005 31.5 0.05 Steve Terry[X] 72 99.41 2 2 2587 1.0 0.05 Alma 72 99.46 1 019 02012 19.0 0.02 Roger[X] 84 99.48 1 021 01799 21.0 0.02 stew 84 99.51 1 002 01182 2.0 0.02 chops 84 99.53 1 016 01382 16.0 0.02 Amethyst Deceiver[X] 84 99.56 1 016 01888 16.0 0.02 UnsteadyKen 84 99.58 1 038 02848 38.0 0.02 Omelet[X] 84 99.61 1 018 02409 18.0 0.02 Geordie 84 99.63 1 029 01861 29.0 0.02 ®óñ© 84 99.66 1 010 01647 10.0 0.02 gtr[X] 84 99.68 1 018 01506 18.0 0.02 BrianE[X] 84 99.71 1 026 01759 26.0 0.02 Huge[X] 84 99.73 1 027 02096 27.0 0.02 Spammer 84 99.75 1 014 01691 14.0 0.02 wtwjgc (Joe) 84 99.78 1 007 01326 7.0 0.02 Miriam McFar 84 99.80 1 027 01657 27.0 0.02 Mike 84 99.83 1 017 01759 17.0 0.02 Cherry Chapstick[X] 84 99.85 1 020 01418 20.0 0.02 Mo 84 99.88 1 021 01324 21.0 0.02 Tyke 84 99.90 1 027 02101 27.0 0.02 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 84 99.93 1 017 01404 17.0 0.02 Bertie Doe 84 99.95 1 022 02160 22.0 0.02 Wader of Doom[X] 84 99.98 1 005 00915 5.0 0.02 Steve 84 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 35 Goromoff 1 30 Pam the goose 2 24 Splodge 3 20 gruffydd 4 20 Wally 4 20 AriesVal 4 17 MCC 7 17 Wrinklie One 7 16 Michaelangelo 9 15 Derek F 10 13 Jeff Gaines 11 13 Bunny Hare 11 13 Smokey 11 13 Flyiñg Ñuñ 11 12 Gareth 15 11 jackie green 16 8 Gordon H 17 8 The Brownie 17 8 Rabbit 17 7 Pete C 20 6 Bram 21 5 Frederick Williams 22 5 John #8 22 4 Troy's Human 24 4 PeterT 24 4 John Nice 24 3 JF 27 3 Ali 27 3 sam 27 3 Bill P 27 2 Old Grizzly 31 2 ned 31 2 John the R-T 31 2 Jim Scott 31 2 Faolan 31 2 Saxman 31 2 Foxy 31 1 chops 38 1 CJB 38 1 Noreen 38 1 Tickettyߺº 38 1 someone 38 1 Spammer 38 1 Jackie 38 1 Miriam McFar 38 1 Graham 38 1 uker 38 1 Webrex 38 1 Bigbazza 38 1 Bucko 38 1 Gander 38 1 Alma 38 1 Linedancer 38 1 Bernadette 38 1 Mick the Merciless 38 1 Steve 38 0 Roger[X] 57 0 Gil J 57 0 stew 57 0 Peter Parry 57 0 bof[X] 57 0 Amethyst Deceiver[X] 57 0 Anita 57 0 UnsteadyKen 57 0 Phian 57 0 Omelet[X] 57 0 Harold 57 0 ~~seadancer~~ 57 0 §håz 57 0 Geordie 57 0 ®óñ© 57 0 Jaf 57 0 gtr[X] 57 0 Sprockets 57 0 Herbie 57 0 BrianE[X] 57 0 Huge[X] 57 0 wtwjgc (Joe) 57 0 Maxwell 57 0 ~~Linda~~ 57 0 Robin T Cox 57 0 Bernard Peek 57 0 Mike Cawood 57 0 zed 57 0 jammyface 57 0 Willy Eckerslyke[X] 57 0 Peter Grange 57 0 Pandamonium 57 0 Patrick 57 0 M í k e 57 0 Sn!pe[X] 57 0 Mike 57 0 frogman 57 0 Fevric J Glandules[X] 57 0 Geoff Hayward 57 0 Cherry Chapstick[X] 57 0 Parrotfish 57 0 Mo 57 0 Bob Henson 57 0 Steve Terry[X] 57 0 Tyke 57 0 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 57 0 Bertie Doe 57 0 Wader of Doom[X] 57 0 JoeH 57

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 22 2 12 3 6 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 3 8 3 9 1 10+ 46

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 35.4 Bob Henson 1 29.6 The Brownie 2 28.0 ned 3 25.5 Peter Grange 4 24.8 Smokey 5 23.0 Gordon H 6 22.8 Bernadette 7 22.5 Wally 8 22.3 Ali 9 22.1 Derek F 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 12.3 Goromoff 1 12.5 gruffydd 2 13.3 Faolan 3 13.4 Bill P 4 13.5 M í k e 5 14.1 Troy's Human 6 14.4 Frederick Williams 7 14.4 JoeH 8 15.0 Mick the Merciless 9 15.3 Bunny Hare 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
33	uk.misc uk.local.surrey
6	uk.local.surrey
2	uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.food+drink.misc
1	rec.food.cooking uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.food+drink.misc
1	uk.people.consumers.ebay uk.food+drink.misc rec.food.cooking

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