Total Poster Statistics for 2011 in ups.

Posters sorted … by posts made Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% Posts Lines bytes Lines /post Percent posts Author Rank Cum.% 3937 86340 6648515 21.9 8.12 Rabbit 1 8.12 3717 86013 7273706 23.1 7.67 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 15.79 3387 72112 6287814 21.3 6.99 Pam the goose 3 22.77 2115 46419 4067824 21.9 4.36 Gordon H 4 27.14 2077 40135 3125404 19.3 4.28 Michaelangelo 5 31.42 1796 27571 2411217 15.4 3.70 MCC 6 35.12 1783 39621 3863311 22.2 3.68 Derek F 7 38.80 1657 19670 2606348 11.9 3.42 Bunny Hare 8 42.22 1655 24999 2530350 15.1 3.41 Peter T 9 45.63 1524 27983 3018256 18.4 3.14 AriesVal 10 48.78 1376 27729 2452440 20.2 2.84 Goromoff 11 51.61 1296 37658 3092184 29.1 2.67 Bob Henson 12 54.29 1256 35203 2856709 28.0 2.59 The Brownie 13 56.88 1247 29494 1841955 23.7 2.57 Smokey 14 59.45 1127 22942 1790328 20.4 2.32 Tickettyߺº 15 61.77 1085 21980 2162429 20.3 2.24 wtwjgc (Joe) 16 64.01 938 24214 1832999 25.8 1.93 Ali 17 65.95 863 10725 1712474 12.4 1.78 griffin 18 67.73 840 13846 1430857 16.5 1.73 Jeff Gaines 19 69.46 816 14663 1437144 18.0 1.68 §ireßird 20 71.14 803 17734 1601438 22.1 1.66 Splodge 21 72.80 632 8371 991754 13.2 1.30 JoeH 22 74.10 591 15563 1414936 26.3 1.22 Peter Hawkins 23 75.32 504 9606 811248 19.1 1.04 leevan 24 76.36 487 8627 1084567 17.7 1.00 John the R-T 25 77.37 484 10995 758463 22.7 1.00 Anita 26 78.36 476 11357 914736 23.9 0.98 r@y 27 79.35 473 7996 729536 16.9 0.98 Foxy 28 80.32 466 10464 876959 22.5 0.96 Wally 29 81.28 446 5917 666906 13.3 0.92 frogman 30 82.20 429 8546 836379 19.9 0.88 Wrinklie One 31 83.09 395 8906 693827 22.5 0.81 Mick the Merciless 32 83.90 387 7551 720408 19.5 0.80 ~~Linda~~ 33 84.70 386 7628 640746 19.8 0.80 Bram 34 85.50 386 8387 704580 21.7 0.80 Oliver 34 86.29 316 4649 496248 14.7 0.65 Troy's Human 36 86.94 287 6000 557841 20.9 0.59 Pete C 37 87.54 281 7594 536173 27.0 0.58 ned 38 88.12 266 6600 647539 24.8 0.55 Dingo 39 88.66 215 2746 286236 12.8 0.44 Bill P 40 89.11 207 5583 376518 27.0 0.43 charles 41 89.53 207 4104 437605 19.8 0.43 jackie green 41 89.96 181 3280 282550 18.1 0.37 Geoff Hayward 43 90.33 167 3656 325516 21.9 0.34 Peter Grange 44 90.68 163 3444 511051 21.1 0.34 Gareth 45 91.02 153 3421 270918 22.4 0.32 Gander 46 91.33 149 3326 339162 22.3 0.31 Harold 47 91.64 146 3152 274080 21.6 0.30 ÑórèèÑ 48 91.94 145 2508 224549 17.3 0.30 Parrotfish 49 92.24 142 2380 264309 16.8 0.29 John #8 50 92.53 136 4840 290440 35.6 0.28 Big Bazza 51 92.81 134 1792 237958 13.4 0.28 ~~seadancer~~ 52 93.09 133 1940 245771 14.6 0.27 Saxman 53 93.36 132 3084 248725 23.4 0.27 Bernard Peek 54 93.63 127 2822 311153 22.2 0.26 Jackie 55 93.90 125 2055 224447 16.4 0.26 Frederick Williams 56 94.15 117 2322 202865 19.8 0.24 Patrick 57 94.40 116 2941 275712 25.4 0.24 Robin T Cox 58 94.64 114 2183 178576 19.1 0.24 Linedancer 59 94.87 111 2007 229272 18.1 0.23 UnsteadyKen 60 95.10 108 263 203991 2.4 0.22 Alma 61 95.32 102 1932 131797 18.9 0.21 biffo 62 95.53 99 967 125286 9.8 0.20 uker 63 95.74 98 1494 191205 15.2 0.20 Graham 64 95.94 97 1357 163782 14.0 0.20 Bri 65 96.14 90 1257 191458 14.0 0.19 Faolan 66 96.32 89 1772 168167 19.9 0.18 Bernadette 67 96.51 88 2078 183962 23.6 0.18 JF 68 96.69 77 1888 147689 24.5 0.16 Steve Baker 69 96.85 77 1292 168174 16.8 0.16 Ascii Art 69 97.01 76 2132 187394 28.1 0.16 Triffid 71 97.16 67 1583 135178 23.6 0.14 §håz 72 97.30 63 1473 144422 23.4 0.13 John Nice 73 97.43 57 738 92490 12.9 0.12 PetrolHead 74 97.55 49 1304 131917 26.6 0.10 wmm 75 97.65 47 1266 92493 26.9 0.10 Phil Kyle 76 97.75 46 1161 89761 25.2 0.09 bod 77 97.84 44 1766 115697 40.1 0.09 Mr Pounder 78 97.93 42 768 77966 18.3 0.09 Groove 79 98.02 37 1002 63903 27.1 0.08 kat 80 98.10 36 608 76463 16.9 0.07 Geordie 81 98.17 34 1055 71821 31.0 0.07 zed 82 98.24 32 797 56276 24.9 0.07 Mo 83 98.31 30 496 60962 16.5 0.06 Peter Parry 84 98.37 29 652 53970 22.5 0.06 Only 29 posts 85 98.43 28 664 50784 23.7 0.06 Only 28 posts 86 98.49 26 608 42504 23.4 0.05 Only 26 posts 87 98.54 75 2106 159681 28.1 0.15 Only 25 posts 88 98.69 63 1451 131614 23.0 0.13 Only 21 posts 89 98.82 57 1393 120211 24.4 0.12 Only 19 posts 90 98.94 36 543 65934 15.1 0.07 Only 18 posts 91 99.02 17 322 23241 18.9 0.04 Only 17 posts 92 99.05 32 633 77765 19.8 0.07 Only 16 posts 93 99.12 98 1469 180341 15.0 0.20 Only 14 posts 94 99.32 13 555 38940 42.7 0.03 Only 13 posts 95 99.35 11 369 36278 33.5 0.02 Only 11 posts 96 99.37 40 525 73819 13.1 0.08 Only 10 posts 97 99.45 18 571 42803 31.7 0.04 Only 9 posts 98 99.49 8 206 16397 25.8 0.02 Only 8 posts 99 99.50 14 548 39496 39.1 0.03 Only 7 posts 100 99.53 30 951 75807 31.7 0.06 Only 6 posts 101 99.60 15 346 26798 23.1 0.03 Only 5 posts 102 99.63 16 408 33233 25.5 0.03 Only 4 posts 103 99.66 33 709 68457 21.5 0.07 Only 3 posts 104 99.73 46 1391 111701 30.2 0.09 Only 2 posts 105 99.82 86 2092 196012 24.3 0.18 Only 1 posts 106 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 560 Goromoff 1 273 Pam the goose 2 238 griffin 3 216 MCC 4 212 Flyiñg Ñuñ 5 196 Peter T 6 171 Wally 7 163 Derek F 8 155 The Brownie 9 142 AriesVal 10 132 Splodge 11 123 Michaelangelo 12 99 Jeff Gaines 13 90 Smokey 14 84 Tickettyߺº 15 79 Gordon H 16 77 Wrinklie One 17 76 Bunny Hare 18 61 r@y 19 61 Bob Henson 19 57 frogman 21 56 §ireßird 22 56 Peter Hawkins 22 55 wtwjgc (Joe) 24 52 Foxy 25 51 Rabbit 26 44 Pete C 27 41 Dingo 28 41 Mick the Merciless 28 38 Bram 30 38 John #8 30 33 Troy's Human 32 32 uker 33 31 Parrotfish 34 29 Bill P 35 28 Ali 36 28 John the R-T 36 25 JF 38 24 ned 39 23 jackie green 40 22 Alma 41 22 Anita 41 22 Big Bazza 41 21 Linedancer 44 21 Gander 44 20 ~~Linda~~ 46 19 Saxman 47 16 leevan 48 15 Gareth 49 14 Graham 50 12 John Nice 51 11 Frederick Williams 52 11 Harold 52 11 Ascii Art 52 10 Mo 55 10 JoeH 55 9 §håz 57 9 Peter Grange 57 9 Triffid 57 9 Oliver 57 9 Patrick 57 9 Faolan 57 8 Jackie 63 8 Geoff Hayward 63 6 ÑórèèÑ 65 6 Steve Baker 65 5 ~~seadancer~~ 67 5 Robin T Cox 67 4 Bri 69 3 biffo 70 2 UnsteadyKen 71 2 zed 71 2 wmm 71 1 charles 74 1 Geordie 74 1 bod 74 1 kat 74 1 Phil Kyle 74 0 Groove 79 0 PetrolHead 79 0 Bernard Peek 79 0 Peter Parry 79 0 Mr Pounder 79 0 Bernadette 79

'Only n posts' totals all the posts from authors who only posted the specified number of post during the year.

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 86 2 23 3 11 4 4 5 3 6 5 7 2 8 1 9 2 10+ 114

10 most verbose posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 40.1 Mr Pounder 1 35.6 Big Bazza 2 31.0 zed 3 29.1 Bob Henson 4 28.1 Triffid 5 28.0 The Brownie 6 27.1 kat 7 27.0 ned 8 27.0 charles 9 26.9 Phil Kyle 10

Top 10 concise posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 2.4 Alma 1 9.8 uker 2 11.9 Bunny Hare 3 12.4 griffin 4 12.8 Bill P 5 12.9 PetrolHead 6 13.2 JoeH 7 13.3 frogman 8 13.4 ~~seadancer~~ 9 14.0 Faolan 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

14 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
64	free.uk.diy.home uk.d-i-y uk.misc misc.consumers.frugal-living
50	alt.support.diabetes.uk
36	alt.happy.valley
27	uk.legal 24hoursupport.helpdesk uk.tech.digital-tv
14	uk.legal uk.misc uk.transport uk.gov.local
10	uk.railway
9	uk.comp.sys.mac
8	uk.misc uk.local.surrey
3	alt.usage.english alt.english.usage alt.religion.kibology alt.religion
2	alt.usage.english alt.religion.kibology alt.religion
1	uk.misc
1	alt.politics.usa
1	comp.os.linux.advocacy
1	alt.devilbunnies

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