Monthly Poster Statistics for August 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.% 347 6899 546153 19.9 9.02 Rabbit 1 9.02 308 6117 542588 19.9 8.01 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 17.04 251 5240 429419 20.9 6.53 Gordon H 3 23.56 230 4873 357125 21.2 5.98 Michaelangelo 4 29.54 207 3049 271766 14.7 5.38 MCC 5 34.93 166 2727 312047 16.4 4.32 AriesVal 6 39.25 162 3510 355342 21.7 4.21 Derek F 7 43.46 152 2661 234737 17.5 3.95 Foxy 8 47.41 139 2530 209598 18.2 3.62 Pam the goose 9 51.03 121 1873 214243 15.5 3.15 Goromoff 10 54.17 101 1676 176107 16.6 2.63 Jeff Gaines 11 56.80 81 1118 142627 13.8 2.11 Bunny Hare 12 58.91 81 2129 134087 26.3 2.11 Smokey 12 61.01 78 922 116261 11.8 2.03 JoeH 14 63.04 74 1721 119566 23.3 1.92 Anita 15 64.97 74 2797 163876 37.8 1.92 Bob Henson 15 66.89 72 886 106630 12.3 1.87 PetrolHead 17 68.76 72 1555 123503 21.6 1.87 Ali 17 70.64 70 1363 112147 19.5 1.82 Mick the Merciless 19 72.46 65 1095 113724 16.8 1.69 Frederick Williams 20 74.15 63 1624 123443 25.8 1.64 r@y 21 75.79 59 1140 119210 19.3 1.53 jackie green 22 77.32 54 1363 99425 25.2 1.40 Tickettyߺº 23 78.73 48 548 74875 11.4 1.25 colin 24 79.97 47 1008 92044 21.4 1.22 Splodge 25 81.20 46 1769 129232 38.5 1.20 JF 26 82.39 42 739 75596 17.6 1.09 Wrinklie One 27 83.49 31 541 55065 17.5 0.81 ~~Linda~~ 28 84.29 30 914 69537 30.5 0.78 The Brownie 29 85.07 28 492 38785 17.6 0.73 Bram 30 85.80 26 576 50266 22.2 0.68 Wally 31 86.48 25 355 40604 14.2 0.65 §ireßird 32 87.13 24 445 59884 18.5 0.62 Sn!pe 33 87.75 24 382 35098 15.9 0.62 Parrotfish 33 88.37 23 548 38075 23.8 0.60 kat 35 88.97 21 356 47635 17.0 0.55 John the R-T 36 89.52 20 269 40005 13.4 0.52 Saxman 37 90.04 19 456 30518 24.0 0.49 charles 38 90.53 17 665 47761 39.1 0.44 james 39 90.98 17 244 20177 14.4 0.44 Bill P 39 91.42 16 223 25058 13.9 0.42 Troy's Human 41 91.83 16 219 27421 13.7 0.42 John #8 41 92.25 15 221 24398 14.7 0.39 PeterT 43 92.64 15 370 24292 24.7 0.39 ned 43 93.03 13 220 20202 16.9 0.34 Old Grizzly 45 93.37 13 239 20746 18.4 0.34 Bernadette 45 93.71 12 274 28822 22.8 0.31 UnsteadyKen 47 94.02 12 200 18646 16.7 0.31 wtwjgc (Joe) 47 94.33 12 93 18530 7.8 0.31 uker 47 94.64 12 257 28026 21.4 0.31 John Nice 47 94.95 12 239 17559 19.9 0.31 Pete C 47 95.27 11 165 16855 15.0 0.29 Peter Grange 52 95.55 10 189 17707 18.9 0.26 Noreen 53 95.81 10 160 21296 16.0 0.26 Graham 53 96.07 10 143 13625 14.3 0.26 Linedancer 53 96.33 9 187 13985 20.8 0.23 Gander 56 96.57 8 74 11792 9.3 0.21 ~~seadancer~~ 57 96.78 8 175 19707 21.9 0.21 Geordie 57 96.98 8 173 14247 21.6 0.21 Geoff Hayward 57 97.19 7 256 20775 36.6 0.18 Man at B&Q[X] 60 97.37 7 82 9423 11.7 0.18 frogman 60 97.56 6 178 11384 29.7 0.16 §håz 62 97.71 6 136 11746 22.7 0.16 Bernard Peek 62 97.87 5 88 11103 17.6 0.13 Jackie 64 98.00 5 131 12023 26.2 0.13 Jayne 64 98.13 5 96 7918 19.2 0.13 Steve Baker 64 98.26 5 47 7388 9.4 0.13 Bucko 64 98.39 4 48 6773 12.0 0.10 Gil J 68 98.49 4 94 8791 23.5 0.10 Martin 68 98.60 4 138 9692 34.5 0.10 geoff[X] 68 98.70 3 45 5589 15.0 0.08 Peter Parry 71 98.78 3 50 5665 16.7 0.08 CJB 71 98.86 3 70 5000 23.3 0.08 someone 71 98.93 3 60 6647 20.0 0.08 zed 71 99.01 3 36 6260 12.0 0.08 J G Miller[X] 71 99.09 2 50 4971 25.0 0.05 The Natural Philosopher[X] 76 99.14 2 32 2840 16.0 0.05 Jim Scott 76 99.19 2 83 6481 41.5 0.05 Tim Streater[X] 76 99.25 2 50 4780 25.0 0.05 Peter 76 99.30 2 45 3450 22.5 0.05 Ian 76 99.35 2 56 6141 28.0 0.05 Albert Ross[X] 76 99.40 2 25 2545 12.5 0.05 exntluser 76 99.45 2 52 5253 26.0 0.05 Steve 76 99.51 1 024 02125 24.0 0.03 Phian 84 99.53 1 008 00837 8.0 0.03 jamps 84 99.56 1 011 02087 11.0 0.03 Andy Burns[X] 84 99.58 1 023 01844 23.0 0.03 ®óñ© 84 99.61 1 001 01267 1.0 0.03 Sprockets 84 99.64 1 048 03388 48.0 0.03 Ian Jackson[X] 84 99.66 1 007 01759 7.0 0.03 Spammer 84 99.69 1 024 01544 24.0 0.03 Robin T Cox 84 99.71 1 015 01691 15.0 0.03 Mike Tomlinson[X] 84 99.74 1 012 01568 12.0 0.03 JonC 84 99.77 1 016 01964 16.0 0.03 Faolan 84 99.79 1 020 02326 20.0 0.03 Richard Robinson[X] 84 99.82 1 130 07652 130.0 0.03 Angie 84 99.84 1 019 01582 19.0 0.03 Diogenes of Sinope 84 99.87 1 007 01245 7.0 0.03 Alma 84 99.90 1 031 02782 31.0 0.03 Troll[X] 84 99.92 1 069 03601 69.0 0.03 Auron 84 99.95 1 024 02128 24.0 0.03 Alan Clifford[X] 84 99.97 1 019 01722 19.0 0.03 Herbie[X] 84 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 41 Goromoff 1 31 MCC 2 24 Flyiñg Ñuñ 3 17 Foxy 4 16 AriesVal 5 15 r@y 6 14 colin 7 12 Wally 8 12 Wrinklie One 8 11 Michaelangelo 10 11 Derek F 10 10 Pam the goose 12 10 Jeff Gaines 12 6 jackie green 14 6 John #8 14 6 Splodge 14 5 Tickettyߺº 17 5 Gordon H 17 5 Bunny Hare 17 5 Parrotfish 17 4 PetrolHead 21 4 JF 21 4 Frederick Williams 21 4 Pete C 21 3 PeterT 25 3 wtwjgc (Joe) 25 3 Smokey 25 3 Gander 25 3 Bill P 25 2 Gil J 30 2 Bram 30 2 Troy's Human 30 2 Anita 30 2 CJB 30 2 james 30 2 §ireßird 30 2 ~~Linda~~ 30 2 The Brownie 30 2 Saxman 30 2 Mick the Merciless 30 1 Noreen 41 1 Ali 41 1 Old Grizzly 41 1 ned 41 1 Spammer 41 1 John the R-T 41 1 Graham 41 1 zed 41 1 uker 41 1 Peter Grange 41 1 frogman 41 1 Bucko 41 1 Ian 41 1 Angie 41 1 kat 41 1 John Nice 41 1 Bob Henson 41 1 Alma 41 1 Linedancer 41 1 Troll[X] 41 1 Rabbit 41 1 JoeH 41 0 Peter Parry 63 0 charles 63 0 UnsteadyKen 63 0 Phian 63 0 jamps 63 0 Andy Burns[X] 63 0 ~~seadancer~~ 63 0 §håz 63 0 Geordie 63 0 ®óñ© 63 0 Sprockets 63 0 Ian Jackson[X] 63 0 Sn!pe 63 0 Man at B&Q[X] 63 0 someone 63 0 Jackie 63 0 Jayne 63 0 The Natural Philosopher[X] 63 0 Robin T Cox 63 0 Mike Tomlinson[X] 63 0 Bernard Peek 63 0 Jim Scott 63 0 Martin 63 0 JonC 63 0 Faolan 63 0 J G Miller[X] 63 0 Tim Streater[X] 63 0 Richard Robinson[X] 63 0 Peter 63 0 Steve Baker 63 0 Geoff Hayward 63 0 Albert Ross[X] 63 0 Diogenes of Sinope 63 0 Auron 63 0 Alan Clifford[X] 63 0 exntluser 63 0 Bernadette 63 0 geoff[X] 63 0 Herbie[X] 63 0 Steve 63

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 19 2 8 3 5 4 3 5 4 6 2 7 2 8 3 9 1 10+ 55

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 39.1 james 1 38.5 JF 2 37.8 Bob Henson 3 30.5 The Brownie 4 26.3 Smokey 5 25.8 r@y 6 25.2 Ticketty᧧ 7 24.7 ned 8 24.0 charles 9 23.8 kat 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 11.4 colin 1 11.8 JoeH 2 12.3 PetrolHead 3 13.4 Saxman 4 13.7 John #8 5 13.8 Bunny Hare 6 13.9 Troy's Human 7 14.2 §ireßird 8 14.4 Bill P 9 14.7 MCC 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
35	uk.local.surrey
26	uk.tech.digital-tv uk.d-i-y
6	uk.misc
3	uk.d-i-y
1	uk.local.surrey alt.dev.null

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