Monthly Poster Statistics for February 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.% 336 7180 615978 21.4 8.19 Pam the goose 1 8.19 330 7296 618059 22.1 8.04 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 16.23 281 5480 419837 19.5 6.85 Michaelangelo 3 23.08 257 5637 433208 21.9 6.26 Rabbit 4 29.34 210 4454 397638 21.2 5.12 Gordon H 5 34.45 203 4274 444363 21.1 4.95 Derek F 6 39.40 162 3548 277276 21.9 3.95 leevan 7 43.35 145 2321 197750 16.0 3.53 MCC 8 46.88 135 3001 241443 22.2 3.29 Ali 9 50.17 135 3374 203762 25.0 3.29 Smokey 9 53.46 134 2609 241166 19.5 3.27 Goromoff 11 56.73 133 3425 301119 25.8 3.24 Bob Henson 12 59.97 109 1318 172441 12.1 2.66 Bunny Hare 13 62.62 89 1904 169710 21.4 2.17 wtwjgc (Joe) 14 64.79 87 1707 196479 19.6 2.12 AriesVal 15 66.91 72 1133 114985 15.7 1.75 Jeff Gaines 16 68.66 64 977 109101 15.3 1.56 Frederick Williams 17 70.22 58 496 100836 8.6 1.41 griffin 18 71.64 56 1709 140345 30.5 1.36 Peter Hawkins 19 73.00 53 1322 112588 24.9 1.29 The Brownie 20 74.29 53 672 81591 12.7 1.29 JoeH 20 75.58 51 1076 99861 21.1 1.24 Splodge 22 76.83 47 1303 96618 27.7 1.15 r@y 23 77.97 42 994 69331 23.7 1.02 Anita 24 79.00 42 948 83095 22.6 1.02 Peter Grange 24 80.02 38 801 67542 21.1 0.93 Oliver 26 80.95 37 715 56750 19.3 0.90 Tickettyߺº 27 81.85 36 813 69555 22.6 0.88 Wally 28 82.72 34 467 50790 13.7 0.83 Troy's Human 29 83.55 31 454 52097 14.6 0.76 PeterT 30 84.31 30 594 50587 19.8 0.73 Bram 31 85.04 30 794 54258 26.5 0.73 charles 31 85.77 28 632 45840 22.6 0.68 Linedancer 33 86.45 27 509 51337 18.9 0.66 Wrinklie One 34 87.11 25 492 40101 19.7 0.61 Geoff Hayward 35 87.72 24 435 55192 18.1 0.58 John the R-T 36 88.30 23 515 35009 22.4 0.56 ned 37 88.86 22 461 38169 21.0 0.54 Bertie Doe 38 89.40 21 258 32365 12.3 0.51 Bri 39 89.91 21 607 44262 28.9 0.51 Phil Kyle 39 90.42 19 455 44319 23.9 0.46 Dingo 41 90.89 19 410 33961 21.6 0.46 officeworker 41 91.35 19 317 26738 16.7 0.46 Mick the Merciless 41 91.81 17 278 26375 16.4 0.41 frogman 44 92.23 16 457 34191 28.6 0.39 Bernard Peek 45 92.62 15 249 30130 16.6 0.37 jackie green 46 92.98 15 313 26499 20.9 0.37 Gander 46 93.35 14 206 27134 14.7 0.34 Saxman 48 93.69 13 180 21652 13.8 0.32 John #8 49 94.01 13 145 14821 11.2 0.32 Bill P 49 94.32 12 238 17408 19.8 0.29 uker 51 94.62 12 139 24604 11.6 0.29 Faolan 51 94.91 11 171 23276 15.5 0.27 Ascii Art 53 95.18 10 455 31014 45.5 0.24 Tiger Lily[X] 54 95.42 10 199 19266 19.9 0.24 ~~Linda~~ 54 95.66 9 109 16137 12.1 0.22 Graham 56 95.88 8 98 13644 12.3 0.19 ~~seadancer~~ 57 96.08 8 160 15609 20.0 0.19 §håz 57 96.27 8 168 13715 21.0 0.19 zed 57 96.47 8 240 14506 30.0 0.19 Bigbazza 57 96.66 8 114 12080 14.3 0.19 Parrotfish 57 96.86 7 130 15043 18.6 0.17 UnsteadyKen 62 97.03 7 165 15461 23.6 0.17 Harold 62 97.20 7 121 15794 17.3 0.17 Twm o'r Nant 62 97.37 6 53 8890 8.8 0.15 Bucko 65 97.51 6 113 8760 18.8 0.15 Pete C 65 97.66 6 63 7744 10.5 0.15 Foxy 65 97.81 5 189 15712 37.8 0.12 Maya Zuiderweg[X] 68 97.93 5 138 13434 27.6 0.12 Peter Parry 68 98.05 5 90 9286 18.0 0.12 Jeff 68 98.17 5 123 12723 24.6 0.12 Jackie 68 98.29 5 105 7567 21.0 0.12 Mo 68 98.42 4 101 7877 25.3 0.10 Noreen 73 98.51 4 89 6611 22.3 0.10 bod 73 98.61 4 132 8819 33.0 0.10 Mr Pounder 73 98.71 4 77 8472 19.3 0.10 John Nice 73 98.81 4 75 7791 18.8 0.10 Bernadette 73 98.90 3 69 4481 23.0 0.07 biffo 78 98.98 3 76 7957 25.3 0.07 wmm 78 99.05 2 27 3441 13.5 0.05 Phian 80 99.10 2 33 3163 16.5 0.05 Nor 80 99.15 2 29 4723 14.5 0.05 Plusnet Support Team 80 99.20 2 36 4150 18.0 0.05 Robin T Cox 80 99.24 2 61 4955 30.5 0.05 Peter T 80 99.29 2 18 2862 9.0 0.05 jammyface 80 99.34 2 74 5477 37.0 0.05 sqool 80 99.39 2 35 3211 17.5 0.05 Patrick 80 99.44 2 41 3301 20.5 0.05 Steve Baker 80 99.49 2 65 5160 32.5 0.05 john reeves[X] 80 99.54 2 10 8726 5.0 0.05 graham parkes 80 99.59 2 20 3217 10.0 0.05 Jerry Atric 80 99.63 1 041 02712 41.0 0.02 The Todal[X] 92 99.66 1 013 01378 13.0 0.02 Les 92 99.68 1 038 03137 38.0 0.02 Mothy 92 99.71 1 016 01526 16.0 0.02 Ben the Black Lab 92 99.73 1 031 03271 31.0 0.02 Colonel Edmund J Burke[X] 92 99.76 1 007 01239 7.0 0.02 Stephen Gower[X] 92 99.78 1 013 01934 13.0 0.02 freepo[X] 92 99.81 1 060 03787 60.0 0.02 Rodney Pont[X] 92 99.83 1 043 02841 43.0 0.02 mike 92 99.85 1 065 04244 65.0 0.02 Flop[X] 92 99.88 1 037 02703 37.0 0.02 Steve Terry[X] 92 99.90 1 030 02920 30.0 0.02 Clive George[X] 92 99.93 1 036 03063 36.0 0.02 mogga[X] 92 99.95 1 038 02898 38.0 0.02 Jethro[X] 92 99.98 1 027 02108 27.0 0.02 Herbie[X] 92 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 50 Goromoff 1 26 Pam the goose 2 24 MCC 3 20 Derek F 4 18 griffin 5 14 Michaelangelo 6 14 Flyiñg Ñuñ 6 12 Wally 8 11 Splodge 9 9 Smokey 10 8 The Brownie 11 7 Frederick Williams 12 7 r@y 12 7 AriesVal 12 7 Linedancer 12 6 PeterT 16 6 Gordon H 16 6 Bob Henson 16 5 Peter Hawkins 19 5 John #8 19 5 Rabbit 19 4 leevan 22 4 frogman 22 3 Ali 24 3 ned 24 3 Bunny Hare 24 3 Parrotfish 24 3 Ascii Art 24 2 Anita 29 2 Troy's Human 29 2 §håz 29 2 Jeff Gaines 29 2 uker 29 2 Saxman 29 2 Gander 29 2 Bill P 29 2 Foxy 29 1 Bram 38 1 Harold 38 1 Dingo 38 1 Tickettyߺº 38 1 jackie green 38 1 wtwjgc (Joe) 38 1 Robin T Cox 38 1 Graham 38 1 jammyface 38 1 Peter Grange 38 1 Faolan 38 1 officeworker 38 1 Geoff Hayward 38 1 Bucko 38 1 john reeves[X] 38 1 Mo 38 1 Pete C 38 1 Bertie Doe 38 1 Twm o'r Nant 38 1 Wrinklie One 38 1 Mick the Merciless 38 0 biffo 59 0 Maya Zuiderweg[X] 59 0 The Todal[X] 59 0 Peter Parry 59 0 Les 59 0 charles 59 0 Mothy 59 0 UnsteadyKen 59 0 Phian 59 0 Noreen 59 0 Ben the Black Lab 59 0 Nor 59 0 Colonel Edmund J Burke[X] 59 0 ~~seadancer~~ 59 0 Stephen Gower[X] 59 0 Plusnet Support Team 59 0 Tiger Lily[X] 59 0 freepo[X] 59 0 Jeff 59 0 Oliver 59 0 Jackie 59 0 ~~Linda~~ 59 0 John the R-T 59 0 Rodney Pont[X] 59 0 Bernard Peek 59 0 Peter T 59 0 zed 59 0 bod 59 0 Bigbazza 59 0 sqool 59 0 Patrick 59 0 mike 59 0 Bri 59 0 Mr Pounder 59 0 Flop[X] 59 0 Steve Baker 59 0 wmm 59 0 graham parkes 59 0 John Nice 59 0 Steve Terry[X] 59 0 Clive George[X] 59 0 Jerry Atric 59 0 Phil Kyle 59 0 mogga[X] 59 0 Bernadette 59 0 Jethro[X] 59 0 Herbie[X] 59 0 JoeH 59

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 15 2 12 3 2 4 5 5 5 6 3 7 3 8 5 9 1 10+ 55

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 30.5 Peter Hawkins 1 28.9 Phil Kyle 2 28.6 Bernard Peek 3 27.7 r@y 4 26.5 charles 5 25.8 Bob Henson 6 25.0 Smokey 7 24.9 The Brownie 8 23.9 Dingo 9 23.7 Anita 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 8.6 griffin 1 12.1 Bunny Hare 2 12.3 Bri 3 12.7 JoeH 4 13.7 Troy's Human 5 14.6 PeterT 6 15.3 Frederick Williams 7 15.7 Jeff Gaines 8 16.0 MCC 9 16.4 frogman 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

3 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
38	alt.support.diabetes.uk
14	uk.legal uk.misc uk.transport uk.gov.local
1	comp.os.linux.advocacy

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