Monthly Poster Statistics for January 2011 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.% 379 8723 724217 23.0 7.90 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 7.90 309 6778 593467 21.9 6.44 Gordon H 2 14.34 284 6097 479182 21.5 5.92 Rabbit 3 20.26 252 5376 472452 21.3 5.25 Pam the goose 4 25.51 229 3679 337474 16.1 4.77 Foxy 5 30.28 212 4026 312652 19.0 4.42 Michaelangelo 6 34.70 195 2276 309028 11.7 4.06 Bunny Hare 7 38.77 184 5194 425150 28.2 3.83 Bob Henson 8 42.60 179 2979 281499 16.6 3.73 leevan 9 46.33 177 4831 280810 27.3 3.69 Smokey 10 50.02 166 3023 308817 18.2 3.46 Goromoff 11 53.48 156 2342 201008 15.0 3.25 MCC 12 56.73 146 2923 266386 20.0 3.04 wtwjgc (Joe) 13 59.77 120 1891 261009 15.8 2.50 AriesVal 14 62.28 119 2489 258966 20.9 2.48 Derek F 15 64.76 85 1798 167674 21.2 1.77 Splodge 16 66.53 84 1724 132298 20.5 1.75 Tickettyߺº 17 68.28 83 2462 173194 29.7 1.73 Ali 18 70.01 80 799 144085 10.0 1.67 griffin 19 71.68 75 1316 127534 17.5 1.56 Jeff Gaines 20 73.24 73 887 110155 12.2 1.52 JoeH 21 74.76 59 1707 124306 28.9 1.23 r@y 22 75.99 55 1218 106901 22.1 1.15 Peter Grange 23 77.14 53 945 101650 17.8 1.10 Frederick Williams 24 78.24 44 645 73987 14.7 0.92 PeterT 25 79.16 44 915 72648 20.8 0.92 Mick the Merciless 25 80.08 39 859 59501 22.0 0.81 Anita 27 80.89 37 728 62082 19.7 0.77 Oliver 28 81.66 37 448 75588 12.1 0.77 Saxman 28 82.43 36 707 60853 19.6 0.75 Bram 30 83.18 36 691 62870 19.2 0.75 Wally 30 83.93 32 350 47406 10.9 0.67 PetrolHead 32 84.60 32 993 77717 31.0 0.67 The Brownie 32 85.26 30 627 65340 20.9 0.63 jackie green 34 85.89 30 542 69506 18.1 0.63 John the R-T 34 86.52 30 599 53210 20.0 0.63 Patrick 34 87.14 29 981 76589 33.8 0.60 Peter Hawkins 37 87.74 29 535 53130 18.4 0.60 Wrinklie One 37 88.35 28 828 54360 29.6 0.58 ned 39 88.93 25 427 41850 17.1 0.52 Troy's Human 40 89.45 24 715 50850 29.8 0.50 bod 41 89.95 23 27 43256 1.2 0.48 Alma 42 90.43 22 339 27667 15.4 0.46 Bill P 43 90.89 21 391 37509 18.6 0.44 Noreen 44 91.33 19 299 41533 15.7 0.40 Ascii Art 45 91.73 17 322 23241 18.9 0.35 Nick Spalding 46 92.08 16 322 36686 20.1 0.33 Jackie 47 92.41 16 308 30262 19.3 0.33 ~~Linda~~ 47 92.75 16 247 23350 15.4 0.33 Parrotfish 47 93.08 15 369 30304 24.6 0.31 §håz 50 93.39 15 232 20398 15.5 0.31 Geoff Hayward 50 93.71 14 240 23210 17.1 0.29 Nor 52 94.00 14 294 23951 21.0 0.29 Bobbie 52 94.29 14 236 20312 16.9 0.29 uker 52 94.58 14 202 20201 14.4 0.29 frogman 52 94.87 14 254 19619 18.1 0.29 Pete C 52 95.16 13 142 21682 10.9 0.27 ~~seadancer~~ 57 95.44 11 240 19355 21.8 0.23 Bernard Peek 58 95.66 11 235 18933 21.4 0.23 Gander 58 95.89 11 249 19105 22.6 0.23 Phil Kyle 58 96.12 11 168 24566 15.3 0.23 Twm o'r Nant 58 96.35 10 242 20009 24.2 0.21 officeworker 62 96.56 9 240 21783 26.7 0.19 UnsteadyKen 63 96.75 8 287 17379 35.9 0.17 Mr Pounder 64 96.92 8 150 14701 18.8 0.17 Bernadette 64 97.08 7 183 12846 26.1 0.15 charles 66 97.23 7 131 12394 18.7 0.15 JF 66 97.37 6 73 9853 12.2 0.13 John #8 68 97.50 5 67 10449 13.4 0.10 Faolan 69 97.60 5 121 10459 24.2 0.10 Bri 69 97.71 5 145 11280 29.0 0.10 Rod Speed[X] 69 97.81 5 192 12187 38.4 0.10 Mo 69 97.92 4 48 7239 12.0 0.08 Gil J 73 98.00 4 71 5303 17.8 0.08 biffo 73 98.08 4 92 7599 23.0 0.08 Amethyst Deceiver[X] 73 98.17 4 86 8454 21.5 0.08 Phian 73 98.25 4 63 6873 15.8 0.08 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 73 98.33 4 68 8379 17.0 0.08 John Nice 73 98.42 4 101 7151 25.3 0.08 Linedancer 73 98.50 3 40 4772 13.3 0.06 Richard Tobin[X] 80 98.56 3 73 7664 24.3 0.06 Bioboffin 80 98.62 3 77 6798 25.7 0.06 john brook[X] 80 98.69 3 27 4374 9.0 0.06 Bucko 80 98.75 3 35 6303 11.7 0.06 Andy Dingley[X] 80 98.81 3 88 9095 29.3 0.06 John Rumm[X] 80 98.87 3 82 5317 27.3 0.06 Steve 80 98.94 2 27 3888 13.5 0.04 Peter Parry 87 98.98 2 91 5219 45.5 0.04 michael adams[X] 87 99.02 2 35 3939 17.5 0.04 Harold 87 99.06 2 32 4838 16.0 0.04 Geordie 87 99.10 2 26 2773 13.0 0.04 Herbie 87 99.15 2 67 4690 33.5 0.04 zed 87 99.19 2 46 4058 23.0 0.04 Pandamonium 87 99.23 2 83 6990 41.5 0.04 Tim Streater[X] 87 99.27 2 88 6847 44.0 0.04 Ret[X] 87 99.31 2 26 2892 13.0 0.04 Adrian[X] 87 99.35 2 29 3272 14.5 0.04 Skipweasel[X] 87 99.40 1 009 02069 9.0 0.02 Matty F[X] 98 99.42 1 006 01509 6.0 0.02 CJB 98 99.44 1 029 02962 29.0 0.02 Dave Starling[X] 98 99.46 1 009 01392 9.0 0.02 somecats@gmail com 98 99.48 1 012 01284 12.0 0.02 jamps 98 99.50 1 018 01919 18.0 0.02 John Park 98 99.52 1 021 02524 21.0 0.02 harry[X] 98 99.54 1 040 03292 40.0 0.02 Frank Erskine[X] 98 99.56 1 019 02440 19.0 0.02 Andy Burns[X] 98 99.58 1 018 01315 18.0 0.02 Robin Bignall 98 99.60 1 013 01715 13.0 0.02 Tony Bryer[X] 98 99.62 1 027 01967 27.0 0.02 John Williamson[X] 98 99.65 1 007 01095 7.0 0.02 Old Grizzly 98 99.67 1 026 02109 26.0 0.02 Ronald Raygun[X] 98 99.69 1 010 01572 10.0 0.02 The Natural Philosopher[X] 98 99.71 1 064 04102 64.0 0.02 Midge[X] 98 99.73 1 008 01646 8.0 0.02 Doug 98 99.75 1 022 02598 22.0 0.02 Tabby[X] 98 99.77 1 167 07606 167.0 0.02 Bigbazza 98 99.79 1 032 02013 32.0 0.02 sqool 98 99.81 1 036 02542 36.0 0.02 john eastwood 98 99.83 1 013 01895 13.0 0.02 wmm 98 99.85 1 023 01593 23.0 0.02 Steve Baker 98 99.87 1 024 02675 24.0 0.02 John MacLeod[X] 98 99.90 1 038 01791 38.0 0.02 Tyke 98 99.92 1 048 03548 48.0 0.02 alexander keys1[X] 98 99.94 1 021 01654 21.0 0.02 D M Chapman[X] 98 99.96 1 020 01659 20.0 0.02 FarmI 98 99.98 1 037 03368 37.0 0.02 SB 98 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 52 Goromoff 1 29 griffin 2 18 Pam the goose 3 17 Smokey 4 17 Flyiñg Ñuñ 4 16 Foxy 6 14 Wally 7 13 Michaelangelo 8 12 MCC 9 12 Derek F 9 11 Splodge 11 10 Bunny Hare 12 10 AriesVal 12 9 PeterT 14 9 Jeff Gaines 14 9 leevan 14 7 Gordon H 17 7 Saxman 17 7 Bob Henson 17 5 uker 20 5 r@y 20 5 Wrinklie One 20 4 Tickettyߺº 23 4 wtwjgc (Joe) 23 4 Peter Hawkins 23 4 John #8 23 4 Alma 23 4 Rabbit 23 3 Anita 29 3 Frederick Williams 29 3 ned 29 3 Bill P 29 2 Gil J 33 2 Troy's Human 33 2 Nor 33 2 jackie green 33 2 John the R-T 33 2 The Brownie 33 2 Parrotfish 33 2 Ascii Art 33 1 Bram 41 1 CJB 41 1 UnsteadyKen 41 1 Noreen 41 1 JF 41 1 Ali 41 1 §håz 41 1 Oliver 41 1 Jackie 41 1 Bobbie 41 1 Doug 41 1 Bigbazza 41 1 Peter Grange 41 1 Patrick 41 1 Faolan 41 1 Geoff Hayward 41 1 john brook[X] 41 1 Gander 41 1 Mo 41 1 Linedancer 41 1 Phil Kyle 41 1 Pete C 41 1 Twm o'r Nant 41 1 Mick the Merciless 41 1 JoeH 41 0 biffo 66 0 Matty F[X] 66 0 Peter Parry 66 0 Amethyst Deceiver[X] 66 0 charles 66 0 Dave Starling[X] 66 0 somecats@gmail com 66 0 michael adams[X] 66 0 PetrolHead 66 0 Phian 66 0 jamps 66 0 Harold 66 0 John Park 66 0 harry[X] 66 0 Frank Erskine[X] 66 0 Andy Burns[X] 66 0 Robin Bignall 66 0 Tony Bryer[X] 66 0 John Williamson[X] 66 0 ~~seadancer~~ 66 0 Richard Tobin[X] 66 0 Geordie 66 0 Herbie 66 0 Old Grizzly 66 0 Ronald Raygun[X] 66 0 The Natural Philosopher[X] 66 0 Midge[X] 66 0 ~~Linda~~ 66 0 Bernard Peek 66 0 zed 66 0 Nick Spalding 66 0 bod 66 0 Tabby[X] 66 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 66 0 Pandamonium 66 0 Bioboffin 66 0 sqool 66 0 john eastwood 66 0 Tim Streater[X] 66 0 officeworker 66 0 Ret[X] 66 0 Bri 66 0 Mr Pounder 66 0 frogman 66 0 wmm 66 0 Steve Baker 66 0 John MacLeod[X] 66 0 Rod Speed[X] 66 0 Bucko 66 0 John Nice 66 0 Adrian[X] 66 0 Tyke 66 0 alexander keys1[X] 66 0 Skipweasel[X] 66 0 D M Chapman[X] 66 0 Andy Dingley[X] 66 0 John Rumm[X] 66 0 FarmI 66 0 Bernadette 66 0 SB 66 0 Steve 66

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 29 2 11 3 7 4 7 5 4 6 1 7 2 8 2 9 1 10+ 62

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 33.8 Peter Hawkins 1 31.0 The Brownie 2 29.8 bod 3 29.7 Ali 4 29.6 ned 5 28.9 r@y 6 28.2 Bob Henson 7 27.3 Smokey 8 24.6 §håz 9 23.0 Flyiñg Ñuñ 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 1.2 Alma 1 10.0 griffin 2 10.9 PetrolHead 3 11.7 Bunny Hare 4 12.1 Saxman 5 12.2 JoeH 6 14.7 PeterT 7 15.0 MCC 8 15.4 Bill P 9 15.4 Parrotfish 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

2 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
64	free.uk.diy.home uk.d-i-y uk.misc misc.consumers.frugal-living
2	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