Monthly Poster Statistics for November 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.% 489 10951 851628 22.4 8.76 Rabbit 1 8.76 412 9419 790829 22.9 7.38 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 16.14 363 7753 800662 21.4 6.50 Derek F 3 22.65 306 6792 581540 22.2 5.48 Pam the goose 4 28.13 299 5216 439539 17.4 5.36 MCC 5 33.49 282 6479 562530 23.0 5.05 Gordon H 6 38.54 262 5440 408039 20.8 4.69 Michaelangelo 7 43.24 191 5570 441781 29.2 3.42 Bob Henson 8 46.66 172 2718 309129 15.8 3.08 Goromoff 9 49.74 169 3147 275574 18.6 3.03 Foxy 10 52.77 164 3901 286860 23.8 2.94 Tickettyߺº 11 55.71 143 2700 336898 18.9 2.56 AriesVal 12 58.27 128 2159 213116 16.9 2.29 Jeff Gaines 13 60.56 124 3402 241506 27.4 2.22 Nick Spalding 14 62.78 118 2692 235358 22.8 2.11 wtwjgc (Joe) 15 64.90 113 1439 192322 12.7 2.02 Bunny Hare 16 66.92 113 2935 178754 26.0 2.02 Smokey 16 68.95 105 1516 178391 14.4 1.88 JoeH 18 70.83 100 2067 186538 20.7 1.79 Wally 19 72.62 83 1261 138376 15.2 1.49 Frederick Williams 20 74.11 82 2001 179824 24.4 1.47 JF 21 75.58 78 1859 167684 23.8 1.40 Wrinklie One 22 76.98 76 539 131735 7.1 1.36 griffin 23 78.34 69 1129 117443 16.4 1.24 Troy's Human 24 79.57 60 988 138367 16.5 1.08 John the R-T 25 80.65 59 1363 107448 23.1 1.06 Bram 26 81.71 58 1131 108267 19.5 1.04 Splodge 27 82.75 56 967 90217 17.3 1.00 §ireßird 28 83.75 50 1435 94977 28.7 0.90 Anita 29 84.64 49 1288 87386 26.3 0.88 ned 30 85.52 48 1238 104628 25.8 0.86 The Brownie 31 86.38 42 636 73737 15.1 0.75 PeterT 32 87.13 39 466 79714 11.9 0.70 Saxman 33 87.83 37 550 74186 14.9 0.66 Graham 34 88.50 36 616 52951 17.1 0.65 Geoff Hayward 35 89.14 34 860 66702 25.3 0.61 charles 36 89.75 34 680 55084 20.0 0.61 Linedancer 36 90.36 31 977 69396 31.5 0.56 r@y 38 90.92 30 827 60751 27.6 0.54 Oliver 39 91.45 28 390 33518 13.9 0.50 Bill P 40 91.95 21 503 43652 24.0 0.38 Peter Grange 41 92.33 21 598 41374 28.5 0.38 Ali 41 92.71 20 544 42879 27.2 0.36 Noreen 43 93.07 20 336 39023 16.8 0.36 jackie green 43 93.42 19 486 40932 25.6 0.34 officeworker 45 93.76 17 308 26020 18.1 0.30 frogman 46 94.07 17 417 38470 24.5 0.30 Bernadette 46 94.37 16 285 35012 17.8 0.29 UnsteadyKen 48 94.66 15 255 27161 17.0 0.27 Bri 49 94.93 14 233 24546 16.6 0.25 ~~Linda~~ 50 95.18 13 315 33705 24.2 0.23 Jackie 51 95.41 13 200 19376 15.4 0.23 Parrotfish 51 95.65 12 209 17670 17.4 0.22 §håz 53 95.86 11 257 21053 23.4 0.20 Old Grizzly 54 96.06 11 321 21025 29.2 0.20 Bigbazza 54 96.26 11 258 20578 23.5 0.20 Gander 54 96.45 11 188 16199 17.1 0.20 Mick the Merciless 54 96.65 10 205 14285 20.5 0.18 Pete C 58 96.83 9 164 17567 18.2 0.16 ~~seadancer~~ 59 96.99 8 102 9641 12.8 0.14 jamps 60 97.13 8 165 21179 20.6 0.14 Geordie 60 97.28 7 184 14974 26.3 0.13 Alma 62 97.40 7 204 18502 29.1 0.13 Gil J 62 97.53 7 175 15343 25.0 0.13 John #8 62 97.65 6 119 14159 19.8 0.11 John Nice 65 97.76 5 103 9767 20.6 0.09 Phian 66 97.85 5 111 11514 22.2 0.09 Harold 66 97.94 5 73 8295 14.6 0.09 SueG 66 98.03 5 108 8720 21.6 0.09 Mo 66 98.12 5 162 10508 32.4 0.09 Harry 66 98.21 5 22 8596 4.4 0.09 uker 66 98.30 4 96 10438 24.0 0.07 wmm 72 98.37 4 88 9633 22.0 0.07 Ascii Art 72 98.44 4 151 11223 37.8 0.07 Auron 72 98.51 3 36 4994 12.0 0.05 Robin T Cox 75 98.57 3 159 10783 53.0 0.05 john hamilton 75 98.62 3 48 4709 16.0 0.05 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 75 98.67 3 31 5694 10.3 0.05 Spammer 75 98.73 3 53 4435 17.7 0.05 zed 75 98.78 3 42 6498 14.0 0.05 Faolan 75 98.84 3 11 12158 3.7 0.05 Evelyn[X] 75 98.89 3 71 4001 23.7 0.05 Tyke 75 98.94 2 46 3340 23.0 0.04 Bernard Peek 83 98.98 2 25 3711 12.5 0.04 castellaman 83 99.01 2 20 3525 10.0 0.04 John Turner[X] 83 99.05 2 75 6272 37.5 0.04 abzorba 83 99.09 2 73 5130 36.5 0.04 Steve Baker 83 99.12 2 104 8090 52.0 0.04 rick carstone[X] 83 99.16 2 127 8719 63.5 0.04 Mark[X] 83 99.19 2 38 3438 19.0 0.04 Graeme[X] 83 99.23 2 55 4322 27.5 0.04 Nor 83 99.27 2 17 1821 8.5 0.04 **Bob 83 99.30 2 141 9960 70.5 0.04 Ste[X] 83 99.34 2 26 3091 13.0 0.04 Bucko 83 99.37 2 29 3045 14.5 0.04 Steve 83 99.41 1 019 02199 19.0 0.02 Ron Peterson[X] 96 99.43 1 007 01763 7.0 0.02 Owain[X] 96 99.44 1 019 02117 19.0 0.02 John Paton 96 99.46 1 044 03414 44.0 0.02 badgolferman[X] 96 99.48 1 051 03433 51.0 0.02 RobertL[X] 96 99.50 1 038 02955 38.0 0.02 jammyface 96 99.52 1 036 02696 36.0 0.02 Ivor Couple 96 99.53 1 007 01382 7.0 0.02 Jim Scott 96 99.55 1 025 01887 25.0 0.02 Bioboffin 96 99.57 1 015 02183 15.0 0.02 The Gardener[X] 96 99.59 1 024 02282 24.0 0.02 JonC 96 99.61 1 014 01471 14.0 0.02 mike 96 99.62 1 029 02500 29.0 0.02 Indy Jess John 96 99.64 1 040 02633 40.0 0.02 JeffRelf F-M FM[X] 96 99.66 1 026 02815 26.0 0.02 Jerry Atric 96 99.68 1 016 01500 16.0 0.02 exntluser 96 99.70 1 002 01308 2.0 0.02 JonC87 96 99.71 1 011 01635 11.0 0.02 Solo 96 99.73 1 042 02615 42.0 0.02 someone 96 99.75 1 009 01490 9.0 0.02 Rev Chain Smirker[X] 96 99.77 1 045 02627 45.0 0.02 Periander[X] 96 99.78 1 031 02486 31.0 0.02 Peaches 96 99.80 1 056 04150 56.0 0.02 Matthew L Martin[X] 96 99.82 1 011 01659 11.0 0.02 PeterLucas[X] 96 99.84 1 005 01642 5.0 0.02 kp 96 99.86 1 012 01528 12.0 0.02 Janitor of Lunacy[X] 96 99.87 1 036 02384 36.0 0.02 High Miles[X] 96 99.89 1 022 01572 22.0 0.02 Tom B 96 99.91 1 013 01838 13.0 0.02 PL away from home[X] 96 99.93 1 017 01822 17.0 0.02 Patrick Hardlentil[X] 96 99.95 1 021 01624 21.0 0.02 Coats 96 99.96 1 017 02057 17.0 0.02 Cynic[X] 96 99.98 1 036 02688 36.0 0.02 Herbie[X] 96 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 59 Goromoff 1 35 MCC 2 23 Pam the goose 3 21 Derek F 4 20 Wally 5 19 Flyiñg Ñuñ 6 19 griffin 6 14 Wrinklie One 8 11 Michaelangelo 9 11 Jeff Gaines 9 11 AriesVal 9 10 Foxy 12 9 Linedancer 13 9 Tickettyߺº 13 8 Saxman 15 8 Troy's Human 15 8 Frederick Williams 15 7 Splodge 18 7 Rabbit 18 7 Gordon H 18 7 Smokey 18 6 §ireßird 22 5 ned 23 5 r@y 23 4 wtwjgc (Joe) 25 4 Bunny Hare 25 4 Parrotfish 25 4 PeterT 25 4 JF 25 4 Gander 25 3 Bram 31 3 Bill P 31 3 Gil J 31 3 Spammer 31 3 Graham 31 3 The Brownie 31 3 frogman 31 2 Old Grizzly 38 2 Mo 38 2 Anita 38 2 John #8 38 2 John Nice 38 2 Pete C 38 2 JoeH 38 1 Jackie 45 1 Jim Scott 45 1 abzorba 45 1 Geoff Hayward 45 1 Jerry Atric 45 1 JonC87 45 1 Ali 45 1 jackie green 45 1 John the R-T 45 1 zed 45 1 Harry 45 1 Faolan 45 1 PeterLucas[X] 45 1 Bucko 45 1 Bob Henson 45 1 Steve 45 0 Ron Peterson[X] 61 0 charles 61 0 Phian 61 0 Noreen 61 0 jamps 61 0 Harold 61 0 Owain[X] 61 0 ~~seadancer~~ 61 0 §håz 61 0 Geordie 61 0 John Paton 61 0 badgolferman[X] 61 0 RobertL[X] 61 0 Robin T Cox 61 0 john hamilton 61 0 Bernard Peek 61 0 castellaman 61 0 jammyface 61 0 Ivor Couple 61 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 61 0 Bigbazza 61 0 Peter Grange 61 0 John Turner[X] 61 0 Bioboffin 61 0 The Gardener[X] 61 0 JonC 61 0 SueG 61 0 mike 61 0 Indy Jess John 61 0 officeworker 61 0 Bri 61 0 Steve Baker 61 0 rick carstone[X] 61 0 JeffRelf F-M FM[X] 61 0 Alma 61 0 Mark[X] 61 0 exntluser 61 0 UnsteadyKen 61 0 Graeme[X] 61 0 Nor 61 0 Oliver 61 0 Solo 61 0 someone 61 0 **Bob 61 0 Rev Chain Smirker[X] 61 0 Periander[X] 61 0 ~~Linda~~ 61 0 Nick Spalding 61 0 uker 61 0 Peaches 61 0 Matthew L Martin[X] 61 0 kp 61 0 Evelyn[X] 61 0 Janitor of Lunacy[X] 61 0 High Miles[X] 61 0 Ste[X] 61 0 wmm 61 0 Tom B 61 0 PL away from home[X] 61 0 Tyke 61 0 Ascii Art 61 0 Patrick Hardlentil[X] 61 0 Auron 61 0 Coats 61 0 Cynic[X] 61 0 Bernadette 61 0 Mick the Merciless 61 0 Herbie[X] 61

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 33 2 13 3 8 4 3 5 6 6 1 7 3 8 2 9 1 10+ 58

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 31.5 r@y 1 29.2 Bob Henson 2 28.7 Anita 3 28.5 Ali 4 27.6 Oliver 5 27.4 Nick Spalding 6 27.2 Noreen 7 26.3 ned 8 26.0 Smokey 9 25.8 The Brownie 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 7.1 griffin 1 11.9 Saxman 2 12.7 Bunny Hare 3 13.9 Bill P 4 14.4 JoeH 5 14.9 Graham 6 15.1 PeterT 7 15.2 Frederick Williams 8 15.8 Goromoff 9 16.4 Troy's Human 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

8 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
10	uk.legal soc.retirement
6	alt.politics.british rec.food.cooking uk.railway uk.legal
5	alt.usage.english alt.religion.kibology alt.slack alt.conspiracy
3	uk.misc uk.local.surrey
3	alt.politics.british uk.railway uk.legal
2	alt.usenet.offline-reader.xananews
2	uk.finance uk.legal soc.retirement
1	news.groups

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