Monthly Poster Statistics for January 2012 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; PpD= average Posts per Day; % = 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* PpD* % * Author Rank Cum.% Posts Lines bytes Lpp* PpD* % * Author Rank Cum.% 370 8714 658092 23.6 11.94 9.63 Rabbit 1 9.63 300 6543 564578 21.8 9.68 7.81 Pam the goose 2 17.44 183 3566 318069 19.5 5.90 4.76 Flyiñg Ñuñ 3 22.21 179 3688 291961 20.6 5.77 4.66 Tickettyߺº 4 26.87 172 3455 268962 20.1 5.55 4.48 Michaelangelo 5 31.35 168 2671 232168 15.9 5.42 4.37 MCC 6 35.72 157 3543 308208 22.6 5.06 4.09 Gordon H 7 39.81 149 3076 265363 20.6 4.81 3.88 Goromoff 8 43.69 147 4292 342079 29.2 4.74 3.83 The Brownie 9 47.51 143 1708 278840 11.9 4.61 3.72 griffin 10 51.24 138 2666 228822 19.3 4.45 3.59 AriesVal 11 54.83 132 2167 225304 16.4 4.26 3.44 Peter T 12 58.27 117 2274 257694 19.4 3.77 3.05 wtwjgc (Joe) 13 61.31 90 1496 146562 16.6 2.90 2.34 §ireßird 14 63.66 86 1082 126294 12.6 2.77 2.24 frogman 15 65.89 71 1863 172198 26.2 2.29 1.85 Peter Hawkins 16 67.74 65 1591 129085 24.5 2.10 1.69 Ali 17 69.44 59 1824 125164 30.9 1.90 1.54 ned 18 70.97 52 957 84493 18.4 1.68 1.35 Bram 19 72.32 52 1141 98210 21.9 1.68 1.35 Oliver 19 73.68 52 1202 91348 23.1 1.68 1.35 r@y 19 75.03 52 1061 97286 20.4 1.68 1.35 Splodge 19 76.39 51 904 93237 17.7 1.65 1.33 Jeff Gaines 23 77.71 51 565 77105 11.1 1.65 1.33 Bunny Hare 23 79.04 50 949 67063 19.0 1.61 1.30 biffo 25 80.34 46 581 71993 12.6 1.48 1.20 JoeH 26 81.54 42 1241 91464 29.5 1.35 1.09 Bob Henson 27 82.63 42 764 77570 18.2 1.35 1.09 Wrinklie One 27 83.73 40 1096 82119 27.4 1.29 1.04 Wally 29 84.77 35 746 51458 21.3 1.13 0.91 Anita 30 85.68 32 616 44636 19.3 1.03 0.83 Smokey 31 86.51 32 683 67884 21.3 1.03 0.83 Pete C 31 87.35 29 502 51493 17.3 0.94 0.76 ~~Linda~~ 33 88.10 25 295 31517 11.8 0.81 0.65 Bill P 34 88.75 24 667 60382 27.8 0.77 0.62 Dingo 35 89.38 24 400 46044 16.7 0.77 0.62 jackie green 35 90.00 23 373 43739 16.2 0.74 0.60 Bri 37 90.60 23 516 40066 22.4 0.74 0.60 Gander 37 91.20 22 589 40598 26.8 0.71 0.57 charles 39 91.77 20 316 42291 15.8 0.65 0.52 John the R-T 40 92.29 20 340 35986 17.0 0.65 0.52 Saxman 40 92.81 20 356 29799 17.8 0.65 0.52 Mick the Merciless 40 93.34 17 242 25199 14.2 0.55 0.44 Troy's Human 43 93.78 17 385 37042 22.6 0.55 0.44 Brian Watson 43 94.22 16 367 28760 22.9 0.52 0.42 Noreen 45 94.64 16 262 31183 16.4 0.52 0.42 Harold 45 95.05 15 304 33176 20.3 0.48 0.39 UnsteadyKen 47 95.44 12 344 25402 28.7 0.39 0.31 Bernard Peek 48 95.76 12 244 20875 20.3 0.39 0.31 Parrotfish 48 96.07 11 222 24067 20.2 0.35 0.29 Graham 50 96.36 10 356 28394 35.6 0.32 0.26 Phian 51 96.62 10 145 13947 14.5 0.32 0.26 Geoff Hayward 51 96.88 8 99 12600 12.4 0.26 0.21 Frederick Williams 53 97.08 8 161 14022 20.1 0.26 0.21 Patrick 53 97.29 8 251 15688 31.4 0.26 0.21 kat 53 97.50 7 127 9168 18.1 0.23 0.18 Ian 56 97.68 6 22 6876 3.7 0.19 0.16 uker 57 97.84 6 92 9701 15.3 0.19 0.16 SueG 57 98.00 5 113 9896 22.6 0.16 0.13 Bernadette 59 98.13 4 41 7079 10.3 0.13 0.10 Peter Parry 60 98.23 4 62 7128 15.5 0.13 0.10 Tahi 60 98.33 4 65 8221 16.3 0.13 0.10 ~~seadancer~~ 60 98.44 4 74 5397 18.5 0.13 0.10 Herbie 60 98.54 4 88 8316 22.0 0.13 0.10 Robin T Cox 60 98.65 4 79 8323 19.8 0.13 0.10 John Nice 60 98.75 4 53 8140 13.3 0.13 0.10 Ascii Art 60 98.85 3 36 3274 12.0 0.10 0.08 jamps 67 98.93 3 38 4526 12.7 0.10 0.08 john east[X] 67 99.01 3 39 5146 13.0 0.10 0.08 John #8 67 99.09 3 169 8939 56.3 0.10 0.08 Big Bazza 67 99.17 2 45 3251 22.5 0.06 0.05 Dave Plowman (News)[X] 71 99.22 2 55 6703 27.5 0.06 0.05 JF 71 99.27 2 31 3761 15.5 0.06 0.05 Peter Grange 71 99.32 2 16 3507 8.0 0.06 0.05 Faolan 71 99.38 2 3 3724 1.5 0.06 0.05 MJP 71 99.43 2 36 3120 18.0 0.06 0.05 Steve Baker 71 99.48 2 18 2407 9.0 0.06 0.05 Linedancer 71 99.53 2 50 3909 25.0 0.06 0.05 bill[X] 71 99.58 1 019 02113 19.0 0.03 0.03 Surreyman[X] 79 99.61 1 020 02266 20.0 0.03 0.03 harry[X] 79 99.64 1 014 01721 14.0 0.03 0.03 Owain[X] 79 99.66 1 019 01599 19.0 0.03 0.03 Geordie 79 99.69 1 017 01533 17.0 0.03 0.03 Jeff 79 99.71 1 020 02259 20.0 0.03 0.03 The Welsh Windbag 79 99.74 1 027 02477 27.0 0.03 0.03 The Natural Philosopher[X] 79 99.77 1 011 01287 11.0 0.03 0.03 dave hamillton 79 99.79 1 012 01250 12.0 0.03 0.03 Gilly 79 99.82 1 020 02498 20.0 0.03 0.03 Carol 79 99.84 1 021 01669 21.0 0.03 0.03 Mr Pounder 79 99.87 1 016 01387 16.0 0.03 0.03 tim[X] 79 99.90 1 002 01606 2.0 0.03 0.03 graham parkes 79 99.92 1 001 01276 1.0 0.03 0.03 Alma 79 99.95 1 010 01660 10.0 0.03 0.03 Jack Campin[X] 79 99.97 1 014 01474 14.0 0.03 0.03 Wolfgang Schwanke[X] 79 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 61 Goromoff 1 37 griffin 2 25 Pam the goose 3 18 Wally 4 18 MCC 4 17 The Brownie 6 17 Flyiñg Ñuñ 6 15 AriesVal 8 13 Michaelangelo 9 12 Peter T 10 10 frogman 11 8 Bill P 12 7 Tickettyߺº 13 7 Gordon H 13 7 Splodge 13 6 ned 16 6 Jeff Gaines 16 6 Bunny Hare 16 5 Dingo 19 5 Rabbit 19 5 Wrinklie One 19 4 Bram 22 4 wtwjgc (Joe) 22 4 Saxman 22 4 Pete C 22 3 §ireßird 26 3 Herbie 26 3 Parrotfish 26 2 biffo 29 2 Troy's Human 29 2 Frederick Williams 29 2 Oliver 29 2 jackie green 29 2 john east[X] 29 2 ~~Linda~~ 29 2 John the R-T 29 2 Peter Hawkins 29 2 r@y 29 2 Harold 29 2 Bob Henson 29 2 Big Bazza 29 2 Linedancer 29 1 UnsteadyKen 43 1 Noreen 43 1 jamps 43 1 Ali 43 1 dave hamillton 43 1 uker 43 1 Smokey 43 1 Bri 43 1 graham parkes 43 1 Alma 43 1 Ascii Art 43 1 Mick the Merciless 43 0 Peter Parry 55 0 Anita 55 0 charles 55 0 Tahi 55 0 Dave Plowman (News)[X] 55 0 Phian 55 0 Surreyman[X] 55 0 harry[X] 55 0 Brian Watson 55 0 JF 55 0 Owain[X] 55 0 ~~seadancer~~ 55 0 Geordie 55 0 Jeff 55 0 The Welsh Windbag 55 0 The Natural Philosopher[X] 55 0 Robin T Cox 55 0 Graham 55 0 Bernard Peek 55 0 Peter Grange 55 0 Patrick 55 0 Faolan 55 0 Gilly 55 0 SueG 55 0 MJP 55 0 Carol 55 0 Mr Pounder 55 0 Steve Baker 55 0 Geoff Hayward 55 0 tim[X] 55 0 Ian 55 0 John #8 55 0 kat 55 0 John Nice 55 0 Gander 55 0 Jack Campin[X] 55 0 bill[X] 55 0 Wolfgang Schwanke[X] 55 0 Bernadette 55 0 JoeH 55

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 16 2 8 3 4 4 7 5 1 6 2 7 1 8 3 9 0 10+ 52

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 30.9 ned 1 29.5 Bob Henson 2 29.2 The Brownie 3 27.8 Dingo 4 27.4 Wally 5 26.8 charles 6 26.2 Peter Hawkins 7 24.5 Ali 8 23.6 Rabbit 9 23.1 r@y 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 11.1 Bunny Hare 1 11.8 Bill P 2 11.9 griffin 3 12.6 frogman 4 12.6 JoeH 5 14.2 Troy's Human 6 15.8 John the R-T 7 15.9 MCC 8 16.2 Bri 9 16.4 Harold 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
10	uk.d-i-y
9	rec.travel.europe
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