Monthly Poster Statistics for March 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.% 367 8042 612979 21.9 11.84 8.96 Rabbit 1 8.96 244 4722 372781 19.4 7.87 5.96 Michaelangelo 2 14.92 244 5158 427986 21.1 7.87 5.96 Pam the goose 2 20.87 220 4495 395780 20.4 7.10 5.37 Flyiñg Ñuñ 4 26.25 203 4227 380347 20.8 6.55 4.96 Gordon H 5 31.20 183 2787 246543 15.2 5.90 4.47 MCC 6 35.67 157 3231 308584 20.6 5.06 3.83 Frederick Williams 7 39.50 154 2578 266695 16.7 4.97 3.76 Peter T 8 43.26 153 1584 292652 10.4 4.94 3.74 griffin 9 47.00 132 1491 202155 11.3 4.26 3.22 Bunny Hare 10 50.22 116 1964 182851 16.9 3.74 2.83 AriesVal 11 53.05 112 2706 211495 24.2 3.61 2.73 Ali 12 55.79 111 1917 161349 17.3 3.58 2.71 Tickettyߺº 13 58.50 110 1210 161037 11.0 3.55 2.69 frogman 14 61.18 102 2930 235718 28.7 3.29 2.49 The Brownie 15 63.67 95 2392 152701 25.2 3.06 2.32 Anita 16 65.99 89 1664 152670 18.7 2.87 2.17 Goromoff 17 68.16 81 1432 168689 17.7 2.61 1.98 wtwjgc (Joe) 18 70.14 67 1046 102039 15.6 2.16 1.64 §ireßird 19 71.78 60 1387 119130 23.1 1.94 1.46 Splodge 20 73.24 59 1129 123910 19.1 1.90 1.44 Gareth 21 74.68 52 1006 104908 19.3 1.68 1.27 Peter Hawkins 22 75.95 50 1346 101954 26.9 1.61 1.22 Bob Henson 23 77.17 49 958 82969 19.6 1.58 1.20 Wally 24 78.37 41 766 96491 18.7 1.32 1.00 Lyndon 25 79.37 41 837 76071 20.4 1.32 1.00 Oliver 25 80.37 40 741 92829 18.5 1.29 0.98 Ascii Art 27 81.35 38 647 73894 17.0 1.23 0.93 Pete C 28 82.28 37 553 78110 14.9 1.19 0.90 John the R-T 29 83.18 37 657 47579 17.8 1.19 0.90 Smokey 29 84.08 36 592 45776 16.4 1.16 0.88 biffo 31 84.96 34 834 61928 24.5 1.10 0.83 ned 32 85.79 32 670 67106 20.9 1.03 0.78 jackie green 33 86.57 31 512 55576 16.5 1.00 0.76 Jeff Gaines 34 87.33 30 608 49331 20.3 0.97 0.73 r@y 35 88.06 25 613 55654 24.5 0.81 0.61 Brian Watson 36 88.67 25 582 51800 23.3 0.81 0.61 Wrinklie One 36 89.28 24 345 39734 14.4 0.77 0.59 Bri 38 89.87 22 579 55159 26.3 0.71 0.54 Dingo 39 90.41 22 358 38522 16.3 0.71 0.54 Nor 39 90.94 22 314 34078 14.3 0.71 0.54 JoeH 39 91.48 18 317 29194 17.6 0.58 0.44 Bram 42 91.92 18 423 30404 23.5 0.58 0.44 Gander 42 92.36 16 305 24095 19.1 0.52 0.39 Herbie 44 92.75 16 358 32763 22.4 0.52 0.39 ~~Linda~~ 44 93.14 16 282 30573 17.6 0.52 0.39 John #8 44 93.53 15 348 23752 23.2 0.48 0.37 charles 47 93.90 13 336 32869 25.8 0.42 0.32 UnsteadyKen 48 94.21 13 178 17561 13.7 0.42 0.32 Bill P 48 94.53 12 188 23873 15.7 0.39 0.29 Geordie 50 94.82 10 133 13583 13.3 0.32 0.24 Troy's Human 51 95.07 9 333 28391 37.0 0.29 0.22 Lieutenant Scott[X] 52 95.29 9 193 19400 21.4 0.29 0.22 Graham 52 95.51 9 109 14137 12.1 0.29 0.22 Saxman 52 95.73 9 187 15551 20.8 0.29 0.22 Steve Baker 52 95.95 9 132 12855 14.7 0.29 0.22 Geoff Hayward 52 96.17 9 139 16700 15.4 0.29 0.22 John Nice 52 96.39 8 178 17714 22.3 0.26 0.20 Noreen 58 96.58 8 168 14327 21.0 0.26 0.20 Bernard Peek 58 96.78 8 149 16077 18.6 0.26 0.20 Harold 58 96.97 8 251 22943 31.4 0.26 0.20 bluemangrpmainman5 58 97.17 8 35 14048 4.4 0.26 0.20 Alma 58 97.36 8 159 17471 19.9 0.26 0.20 Bernadette 58 97.56 6 88 10125 14.7 0.19 0.15 uker 64 97.71 6 194 14945 32.3 0.19 0.15 funkyoldcortina[X] 64 97.85 5 35 7819 7.0 0.16 0.12 Elf 'N' Safety 66 97.97 5 50 7792 10.0 0.16 0.12 ~~seadancer~~ 66 98.10 5 186 13709 37.2 0.16 0.12 Ian Jackson[X] 66 98.22 5 117 8375 23.4 0.16 0.12 Jeff 66 98.34 5 81 10201 16.2 0.16 0.12 Webrex 66 98.46 4 117 9459 29.3 0.13 0.10 Phian 71 98.56 4 125 10286 31.3 0.13 0.10 ARWadsworth[X] 71 98.66 4 91 7049 22.8 0.13 0.10 Mick the Merciless 71 98.75 3 26 5643 8.7 0.10 0.07 JF 74 98.83 3 75 8494 25.0 0.10 0.07 Jackie 74 98.90 3 64 5137 21.3 0.10 0.07 Parrotfish 74 98.97 3 48 4585 16.0 0.10 0.07 Linedancer 74 99.05 3 50 4614 16.7 0.10 0.07 Mavis Barne 74 99.12 2 51 5104 25.5 0.06 0.05 Peter Parry 79 99.17 2 33 3544 16.5 0.06 0.05 Bill Wright[X] 79 99.22 2 21 2814 10.5 0.06 0.05 Daisy Bumbleroot 79 99.27 2 78 5146 39.0 0.06 0.05 Tim Lamb[X] 79 99.32 2 26 3122 13.0 0.06 0.05 jammyface 79 99.37 2 19 4462 9.5 0.06 0.05 Andy Champ[X] 79 99.41 2 30 3270 15.0 0.06 0.05 Adrian C[X] 79 99.46 1 004 01468 4.0 0.03 0.02 marjoriejohn 86 99.49 1 020 01841 20.0 0.03 0.02 Les 86 99.51 1 011 01641 11.0 0.03 0.02 CJB 86 99.54 1 037 02518 37.0 0.03 0.02 Roger Mills[X] 86 99.56 1 012 01890 12.0 0.03 0.02 Joe 86 99.58 1 028 02255 28.0 0.03 0.02 John Williamson[X] 86 99.61 1 002 01267 2.0 0.03 0.02 Spammer 86 99.63 1 012 02058 12.0 0.03 0.02 The Natural Philosopher[X] 86 99.66 1 015 01771 15.0 0.03 0.02 Robin T Cox 86 99.68 1 018 01526 18.0 0.03 0.02 zed 86 99.71 1 012 01266 12.0 0.03 0.02 bod 86 99.73 1 014 01292 14.0 0.03 0.02 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 86 99.76 1 011 01309 11.0 0.03 0.02 Peter Grange 86 99.78 1 009 01535 9.0 0.03 0.02 Jim Scott 86 99.80 1 007 01394 7.0 0.03 0.02 AntonioMar 86 99.83 1 025 01696 25.0 0.03 0.02 Gilly 86 99.85 1 011 01767 11.0 0.03 0.02 Faolan 86 99.88 1 033 01842 33.0 0.03 0.02 mike 86 99.90 1 047 02687 47.0 0.03 0.02 tony sayer[X] 86 99.93 1 027 01788 27.0 0.03 0.02 Mr Pounder 86 99.95 1 016 01411 16.0 0.03 0.02 Ian 86 99.98 1 013 01316 13.0 0.03 0.02 Bertie Doe 86 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 40 Goromoff 1 33 griffin 2 21 Anita 3 21 MCC 3 20 Wally 5 16 Pam the goose 6 14 Michaelangelo 7 13 Peter T 8 13 The Brownie 8 13 AriesVal 8 13 Flyiñg Ñuñ 8 10 frogman 12 9 Tickettyߺº 13 9 Pete C 13 8 Peter Hawkins 15 7 Gareth 16 7 Lyndon 16 7 r@y 16 6 Frederick Williams 19 6 Gordon H 19 5 biffo 21 5 wtwjgc (Joe) 21 5 Bunny Hare 21 5 Gander 21 4 Elf 'N' Safety 25 4 Ali 25 4 ned 25 4 John the R-T 25 4 Wrinklie One 25 3 §ireßird 30 3 ~~Linda~~ 30 3 uker 30 3 Webrex 30 3 John #8 30 3 Harold 30 3 John Nice 30 3 Splodge 30 3 Bob Henson 30 3 Ascii Art 30 2 JF 40 2 Nor 40 2 Geordie 40 2 jackie green 40 2 Smokey 40 2 Saxman 40 2 bluemangrpmainman5 40 2 Rabbit 40 1 marjoriejohn 48 1 Troy's Human 48 1 Dingo 48 1 ~~seadancer~~ 48 1 Herbie 48 1 Spammer 48 1 Graham 48 1 Jeff Gaines 48 1 Jim Scott 48 1 AntonioMar 48 1 Bri 48 1 Steve Baker 48 1 Ian 48 1 Parrotfish 48 1 Alma 48 1 JoeH 48 1 Mavis Barne 48 0 Bram 65 0 Peter Parry 65 0 Les 65 0 charles 65 0 CJB 65 0 UnsteadyKen 65 0 Bill Wright[X] 65 0 Phian 65 0 Noreen 65 0 Roger Mills[X] 65 0 Brian Watson 65 0 Joe 65 0 John Williamson[X] 65 0 Ian Jackson[X] 65 0 Daisy Bumbleroot 65 0 Jeff 65 0 Oliver 65 0 Tim Lamb[X] 65 0 Jackie 65 0 The Natural Philosopher[X] 65 0 Robin T Cox 65 0 Lieutenant Scott[X] 65 0 Bernard Peek 65 0 zed 65 0 ARWadsworth[X] 65 0 jammyface 65 0 bod 65 0 Bobbie (Troy's little Sister) 65 0 Peter Grange 65 0 Gilly 65 0 Faolan 65 0 funkyoldcortina[X] 65 0 Andy Champ[X] 65 0 mike 65 0 tony sayer[X] 65 0 Mr Pounder 65 0 Geoff Hayward 65 0 Adrian C[X] 65 0 Linedancer 65 0 Bertie Doe 65 0 Bill P 65 0 Bernadette 65 0 Mick the Merciless 65

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 22 2 7 3 5 4 3 5 5 6 2 7 0 8 6 9 6 10+ 51

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 28.7 The Brownie 1 26.9 Bob Henson 2 26.3 Dingo 3 25.2 Anita 4 24.5 ned 5 24.5 Brian Watson 6 24.2 Ali 7 23.5 Gander 8 23.3 Wrinklie One 9 23.2 charles 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 10.4 griffin 1 11.0 frogman 2 11.3 Bunny Hare 3 14.3 JoeH 4 14.4 Bri 5 14.9 John the R-T 6 15.2 MCC 7 15.6 §ireßird 8 16.3 Nor 9 16.4 biffo 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
37	uk.d-i-y
2	uk.d-i-y uk.legal
1	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