Monthly Poster Statistics for May 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.% 310 8373 683758 27.0 9.74 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 9.74 310 6878 535989 22.2 9.74 Rabbit 1 19.47 255 5523 475965 21.7 8.01 Pam the goose 3 27.48 168 4150 410150 24.7 5.28 Derek F 4 32.76 156 3311 292624 21.2 4.90 Gordon H 5 37.66 128 2992 241955 23.4 4.02 Goromoff 6 41.68 123 1458 191920 11.9 3.86 Bunny Hare 7 45.54 122 1753 178839 14.4 3.83 Peter T 8 49.37 115 3234 261917 28.1 3.61 The Brownie 9 52.98 83 1682 127147 20.3 2.61 Michaelangelo 10 55.59 82 1818 119011 22.2 2.58 Smokey 11 58.17 69 1090 108376 15.8 2.17 Jeff Gaines 12 60.33 67 1335 106745 19.9 2.10 Tickettyߺº 13 62.44 67 1346 157697 20.1 2.10 griffin 13 64.54 67 1442 136689 21.5 2.10 Wrinklie One 13 66.65 62 1670 125991 26.9 1.95 Ali 16 68.59 53 920 116256 17.4 1.66 AriesVal 17 70.26 51 1205 105769 23.6 1.60 Splodge 18 71.86 49 942 81761 19.2 1.54 Oliver 19 73.40 49 1238 101718 25.3 1.54 Bob Henson 19 74.94 48 1193 110583 24.9 1.51 Peter Hawkins 21 76.44 46 1185 116063 25.8 1.44 Dingo 22 77.89 46 1016 143743 22.1 1.44 Gareth 22 79.33 46 794 67081 17.3 1.44 MCC 22 80.78 39 797 72347 20.4 1.22 Wally 25 82.00 37 751 67787 20.3 1.16 Noreen 26 83.17 34 550 57959 16.2 1.07 §ireßird 27 84.23 34 552 46844 16.2 1.07 Mick the Merciless 27 85.30 31 504 69666 16.3 0.97 John the R-T 29 86.28 31 674 57157 21.7 0.97 r@y 29 87.25 30 791 57409 26.4 0.94 ned 31 88.19 26 510 51817 19.6 0.82 Pete C 32 89.01 24 354 38998 14.8 0.75 Troy's Human 33 89.76 22 359 38395 16.3 0.69 ~~Linda~~ 34 90.45 20 318 38558 15.9 0.63 ~~seadancer~~ 35 91.08 20 468 44602 23.4 0.63 jackie green 35 91.71 19 260 30160 13.7 0.60 JoeH 37 92.31 18 409 28273 22.7 0.57 Anita 38 92.87 15 404 27493 26.9 0.47 charles 39 93.34 13 225 20336 17.3 0.41 Bram 40 93.75 13 270 21783 20.8 0.41 Linedancer 40 94.16 11 642 40879 58.4 0.35 Mr Pounder 42 94.50 11 189 16567 17.2 0.35 Geoff Hayward 42 94.85 11 195 17054 17.7 0.35 Gander 42 95.19 10 193 16659 19.3 0.31 Steve Baker 45 95.51 9 226 18561 25.1 0.28 Patrick 46 95.79 8 189 19251 23.6 0.25 Harold 47 96.04 8 57 9641 7.1 0.25 uker 47 96.29 7 130 15037 18.6 0.22 UnsteadyKen 49 96.51 7 144 12292 20.6 0.22 Bernard Peek 49 96.73 7 88 12501 12.6 0.22 frogman 49 96.95 7 66 8814 9.4 0.22 Bill P 49 97.17 6 44 8747 7.3 0.19 JF 53 97.36 6 92 8843 15.3 0.19 bod 53 97.55 5 104 9287 20.8 0.16 §håz 55 97.71 5 78 10897 15.6 0.16 Faolan 55 97.86 5 56 8457 11.2 0.16 John #8 55 98.02 4 66 8150 16.5 0.13 Peter Parry 58 98.15 4 59 7833 14.8 0.13 Robin T Cox 58 98.27 4 97 7626 24.3 0.13 Parrotfish 58 98.40 4 88 9699 22.0 0.13 Ascii Art 58 98.52 3 43 3517 14.3 0.09 biffo 62 98.62 3 60 5678 20.0 0.09 Groove 62 98.71 3 93 7702 31.0 0.09 CJB 62 98.81 3 56 5295 18.7 0.09 Saxman 62 98.90 3 63 7088 21.0 0.09 wmm 62 98.99 3 54 5558 18.0 0.09 Bernadette 62 99.09 2 78 5461 39.0 0.06 Ross[X] 68 99.15 2 49 3452 24.5 0.06 Herbie 68 99.21 2 30 3633 15.0 0.06 Bri 68 99.28 2 25 3566 12.5 0.06 John Nice 68 99.34 2 45 3699 22.5 0.06 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 68 99.40 1 020 02364 20.0 0.03 Phian 73 99.43 1 019 01457 19.0 0.03 aa 73 99.47 1 017 01493 17.0 0.03 jamps 73 99.50 1 002 01252 2.0 0.03 Nor 73 99.53 1 013 02209 13.0 0.03 ian batten[X] 73 99.56 1 015 01670 15.0 0.03 Jeff 73 99.59 1 017 02216 17.0 0.03 Jackie 73 99.62 1 031 02806 31.0 0.03 Tim Fenton[X] 73 99.65 1 018 01500 18.0 0.03 zed 73 99.69 1 020 02237 20.0 0.03 Webrex 73 99.72 1 023 02003 23.0 0.03 Peter Grange 73 99.75 1 016 01790 16.0 0.03 Jim Scott 73 99.78 1 001 01858 1.0 0.03 Bioboffin 73 99.81 1 011 02227 11.0 0.03 Paul Scott[X] 73 99.84 1 018 02250 18.0 0.03 Jonathan Morton[X] 73 99.87 1 015 01673 15.0 0.03 Mo 73 99.91 1 066 04360 66.0 0.03 alexander keys1[X] 73 99.94 1 029 02349 29.0 0.03 Auron 73 99.97 1 007 01797 7.0 0.03 Railsigns co uk[X] 73 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 53 Goromoff 1 24 griffin 2 21 Wally 3 21 Flyiñg Ñuñ 3 20 Pam the goose 5 20 The Brownie 5 19 Peter T 7 13 Wrinklie One 8 12 Jeff Gaines 9 10 Dingo 10 10 Derek F 10 9 Bunny Hare 12 9 Smokey 12 8 Splodge 14 7 Peter Hawkins 15 6 Michaelangelo 16 6 JF 16 6 Gareth 16 5 jackie green 19 5 MCC 19 5 Gordon H 19 5 AriesVal 19 5 r@y 19 5 Bob Henson 19 5 Mick the Merciless 19 4 Troy's Human 26 4 §ireßird 26 4 Tickettyߺº 26 4 Pete C 26 4 Rabbit 26 3 Oliver 31 3 Steve Baker 31 3 John #8 31 3 Gander 31 2 ~~Linda~~ 35 2 uker 35 2 Linedancer 35 1 Bram 38 1 biffo 38 1 Anita 38 1 CJB 38 1 Harold 38 1 Nor 38 1 Ali 38 1 §håz 38 1 ~~seadancer~~ 38 1 Herbie 38 1 Webrex 38 1 Patrick 38 1 Geoff Hayward 38 1 John Nice 38 1 Parrotfish 38 1 Rex J Atkins AMIBE 38 1 Bill P 38 0 Ross[X] 55 0 Groove 55 0 Peter Parry 55 0 charles 55 0 UnsteadyKen 55 0 Phian 55 0 Noreen 55 0 aa 55 0 jamps 55 0 ian batten[X] 55 0 Jeff 55 0 ned 55 0 Jackie 55 0 Tim Fenton[X] 55 0 Robin T Cox 55 0 John the R-T 55 0 Bernard Peek 55 0 zed 55 0 bod 55 0 Peter Grange 55 0 Jim Scott 55 0 Bioboffin 55 0 Faolan 55 0 Paul Scott[X] 55 0 Bri 55 0 Saxman 55 0 Mr Pounder 55 0 frogman 55 0 wmm 55 0 Jonathan Morton[X] 55 0 Mo 55 0 alexander keys1[X] 55 0 Ascii Art 55 0 Auron 55 0 Railsigns co uk[X] 55 0 Bernadette 55 0 JoeH 55

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 19 2 5 3 6 4 4 5 3 6 2 7 4 8 2 9 1 10+ 45

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 28.1 The Brownie 1 27.0 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 26.9 Ali 3 26.9 charles 4 26.4 ned 5 25.8 Dingo 6 25.3 Bob Henson 7 24.9 Peter Hawkins 8 24.7 Derek F 9 23.6 Splodge 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 11.9 Bunny Hare 1 13.7 JoeH 2 14.4 Peter T 3 14.8 Troy's Human 4 15.8 Jeff Gaines 5 15.9 ~~seadancer~~ 6 16.2 §ireßird 7 16.2 Mick the Merciless 8 16.3 John the R-T 9 16.3 ~~Linda~~ 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

1 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
10	uk.railway

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