Total Poster Statistics for 2012 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.% 3841 82347 6403740 21.4 8.61 Rabbit 1 8.61 3125 64333 5531161 20.6 7.01 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 15.62 2934 58461 4464312 19.9 6.58 Michaelangelo 3 22.20 2533 47013 4462335 18.6 5.68 Pam the goose 4 27.88 2204 32672 2947217 14.8 4.94 MCC 5 32.83 1966 33269 3242417 16.9 4.41 Peter T 6 37.24 1762 36608 3296960 20.8 3.95 Gordon H 7 41.19 1667 21463 2666966 12.9 3.74 frogman 8 44.93 1425 17255 2252829 12.1 3.20 Bunny Hare 9 48.12 1338 26722 2114353 20.0 3.00 Tickettyߺº 10 51.12 1284 20048 2164672 15.6 2.88 Goromoff 11 54.00 1174 21080 1899590 18.0 2.63 AriesVal 12 56.64 1093 12550 2060461 11.5 2.45 griffin 13 59.09 966 23126 2294819 23.9 2.17 wtwjgc (Joe) 14 61.25 945 28694 2064355 30.4 2.12 Bob Henson 15 63.37 910 17489 1696952 19.2 2.04 Frederick Williams 16 65.41 748 14762 1290345 19.7 1.68 Bram 17 67.09 748 19593 1482025 26.2 1.68 Ali 17 68.77 692 13476 1412200 19.5 1.55 Pete C 19 70.32 678 17096 1545202 25.2 1.52 Peter Hawkins 20 71.84 665 13543 1267037 20.4 1.49 Splodge 21 73.33 631 17603 1422483 27.9 1.42 The Brownie 22 74.75 601 10399 795574 17.3 1.35 biffo 23 76.10 527 13036 985774 24.7 1.18 r@y 24 77.28 526 9164 861795 17.4 1.18 §ireßird 25 78.46 515 9522 687705 18.5 1.15 Smokey 26 79.61 487 12485 1039536 25.6 1.09 Oliver 27 80.70 481 10302 881968 21.4 1.08 Wally 28 81.78 464 8028 836699 17.3 1.04 Jeff Gaines 29 82.82 412 5497 639349 13.3 0.92 JoeH 30 83.75 386 8223 601454 21.3 0.87 Anita 31 84.61 384 10736 757382 28.0 0.86 ned 32 85.47 335 6640 646268 19.8 0.75 Wrinklie One 33 86.23 324 4542 449903 14.0 0.73 Bill P 34 86.95 308 4738 665581 15.4 0.69 John the R-T 35 87.64 292 4740 520896 16.2 0.65 Saxman 36 88.30 292 6043 805700 20.7 0.65 Gareth 36 88.95 285 4070 510464 14.3 0.64 Bri 38 89.59 242 4113 501132 17.0 0.54 Graham 39 90.13 227 5644 540917 24.9 0.51 Dingo 40 90.64 212 5488 369514 25.9 0.48 charles 41 91.12 186 3507 352031 18.9 0.42 ~~Linda~~ 42 91.54 176 2428 258690 13.8 0.39 Troy's Human 43 91.93 163 3517 308992 21.6 0.37 ÑórèèÑ 44 92.30 158 3025 372203 19.1 0.35 Lyndon 45 92.65 154 3128 341302 20.3 0.35 UnsteadyKen 46 93.00 134 3498 262188 26.1 0.30 Gander 47 93.30 123 2396 214183 19.5 0.28 JF 48 93.57 109 2307 236375 21.2 0.24 John Nice 49 93.82 101 2248 215289 22.3 0.23 Brian Watson 50 94.04 101 832 129742 8.2 0.23 uker 50 94.27 98 1930 201690 19.7 0.22 jackie green 52 94.49 98 1873 203192 19.1 0.22 Harold 52 94.71 95 3328 190655 35.0 0.21 Big Bazza 54 94.92 94 2035 177747 21.6 0.21 Peter Grange 55 95.13 91 1484 137863 16.3 0.20 Parrotfish 56 95.34 89 1638 140401 18.4 0.20 Herbie 57 95.54 88 2009 166753 22.8 0.20 Bernard Peek 58 95.73 85 1402 188728 16.5 0.19 Ascii Art 59 95.93 82 2382 160906 29.0 0.18 Mr Pounder 60 96.11 73 1334 118004 18.3 0.16 Geoff Hayward 61 96.27 73 1346 136922 18.4 0.16 Nor 61 96.44 70 358 122830 5.1 0.16 Alma 63 96.59 66 1093 124709 16.6 0.15 Linedancer 64 96.74 66 1817 132276 27.5 0.15 kat 64 96.89 65 1189 102131 18.3 0.15 Mick the Merciless 66 97.04 64 865 109873 13.5 0.14 ~~seadancer~~ 67 97.18 63 1088 105145 17.3 0.14 mac 68 97.32 54 945 91293 17.5 0.12 geoffhay 69 97.44 52 840 96089 16.2 0.12 John #8 70 97.56 51 978 107813 19.2 0.11 Bernadette 71 97.67 49 1022 83668 20.9 0.11 Steve Baker 72 97.78 45 1343 110735 29.8 0.10 Phian 73 97.88 40 573 71677 14.3 0.09 Geordie 74 97.97 40 974 94798 24.4 0.09 Peter Parry 74 98.06 35 1319 95867 37.7 0.08 CJB 76 98.14 30 527 47174 17.6 0.07 Patrick 77 98.21 30 536 49088 17.9 0.07 Foxy 77 98.28 58 1468 117381 25.3 0.13 Only 29 posts 79 98.41 27 311 37835 11.5 0.06 Only 27 posts 80 98.47 25 697 50444 27.9 0.06 Only 25 posts 81 98.52 24 470 43235 19.6 0.05 Only 24 posts 82 98.58 46 906 86728 19.7 0.10 Only 23 posts 83 98.68 21 392 32512 18.7 0.05 Only 21 posts 84 98.73 19 407 38541 21.4 0.04 Only 19 posts 85 98.77 36 6382 373493 177.3 0.08 Only 18 posts 86 98.85 34 1150 90592 33.8 0.08 Only 17 posts 87 98.93 32 529 58493 16.5 0.07 Only 16 posts 88 99.00 15 410 30547 27.3 0.03 Only 15 posts 89 99.03 39 524 74642 13.4 0.09 Only 13 posts 90 99.12 12 294 22005 24.5 0.03 Only 12 posts 91 99.15 11 217 26634 19.7 0.02 Only 11 posts 92 99.17 20 5042 200329 252.1 0.04 Only 10 posts 93 99.22 9 205 15817 22.8 0.02 Only 9 posts 94 99.24 14 145 23994 10.4 0.03 Only 7 posts 95 99.27 42 1170 90967 27.9 0.09 Only 6 posts 96 99.36 25 601 50076 24.0 0.06 Only 5 posts 97 99.42 52 1218 104786 23.4 0.12 Only 4 posts 98 99.53 72 1561 150536 21.7 0.16 Only 3 posts 99 99.69 50 1245 111681 24.9 0.11 Only 2 posts 100 99.81 86 1930 184017 22.4 0.19 Only 1 posts 101 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 558 Goromoff 1 291 griffin 2 267 MCC 3 201 Michaelangelo 4 195 Peter T 5 184 Pam the goose 6 178 Wally 7 177 Flyiñg Ñuñ 8 118 Tickettyߺº 9 117 frogman 10 113 AriesVal 11 100 Pete C 12 88 Splodge 13 77 r@y 14 76 The Brownie 15 68 Wrinklie One 16 68 Bunny Hare 16 64 Bram 18 64 Gordon H 18 58 Jeff Gaines 20 56 JF 21 53 Frederick Williams 22 49 Dingo 23 47 Gareth 24 47 Bill P 24 46 wtwjgc (Joe) 26 42 Anita 27 41 biffo 28 41 Peter Hawkins 28 37 Bob Henson 30 36 Rabbit 31 34 Smokey 32 31 §ireßird 33 30 ned 34 28 Saxman 35 24 Graham 36 23 Parrotfish 37 23 Ali 37 22 Gander 39 21 John the R-T 40 21 John #8 40 20 Lyndon 42 17 Alma 43 17 Big Bazza 43 16 Harold 45 15 JoeH 46 14 Oliver 47 13 uker 48 13 John Nice 48 12 ÑórèèÑ 50 12 CJB 50 12 Troy's Human 50 11 Linedancer 53 10 jackie green 54 10 ~~Linda~~ 54 9 Herbie 56 7 Ascii Art 57 6 ~~seadancer~~ 58 6 Geordie 58 6 Bri 58 4 Peter Grange 61 4 Nor 61 4 Patrick 61 4 geoffhay 61 3 Foxy 65 2 mac 66 2 Bernard Peek 66 2 Steve Baker 66 1 Phian 69 1 Geoff Hayward 69 1 Mick the Merciless 69 1 kat 69 1 UnsteadyKen 69 1 Mr Pounder 69 0 charles 75 0 Brian Watson 75 0 Peter Parry 75 0 Bernadette 75

'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 25 3 24 4 13 5 5 6 7 7 2 8 0 9 1 10+ 101

10 most verbose posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 37.7 CJB 1 35.0 Big Bazza 2 30.4 Bob Henson 3 29.8 Phian 4 29.0 Mr Pounder 5 28.0 ned 6 27.9 The Brownie 7 27.5 kat 8 26.2 Ali 9 26.1 Gander 10

Top 10 concise posters by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 5.1 Alma 1 8.2 uker 2 11.5 griffin 3 12.1 Bunny Hare 4 12.9 frogman 5 13.3 JoeH 6 13.5 ~~seadancer~~ 7 13.8 Troy's Human 8 14.0 Bill P 9 14.3 Bri 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

19 CrossPost Targets

posts	Groups
60	uk.d-i-y
55	free.uk.ntl.talk.outcasts
50	uk.legal uk.d-i-y
33	uk.legal
26	uk.finance uk.legal
26	uk.people.disability
19	uk.local.surrey
10	uk.d-i-y uk.legal
9	rec.travel.europe
7	uk.transport.buses
6	rec.gardens
5	uk.people.health
5	soc.retirement alt.health
4	uk.music.folk
2	alt.happy.valley
1	soc.retirement
1	free.it.writers
1	alt.support.alzheimers
1	uk.local.east-anglia

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