Monthly Poster Statistics for August 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.% 265 5646 476880 21.3 8.55 9.45 Flyiñg Ñuñ 1 9.45 252 5206 410936 20.7 8.13 8.98 Rabbit 2 18.43 220 4467 330793 20.3 7.10 7.84 Michaelangelo 3 26.27 161 2479 276460 15.4 5.19 5.74 Pam the goose 4 32.01 156 2434 234863 15.6 5.03 5.56 Peter T 5 37.58 146 2092 189741 14.3 4.71 5.20 MCC 6 42.78 111 1293 169087 11.6 3.58 3.96 frogman 7 46.74 106 2047 188413 19.3 3.42 3.78 Gordon H 8 50.52 105 1328 169547 12.6 3.39 3.74 Bunny Hare 9 54.26 98 1322 163631 13.5 3.16 3.49 Goromoff 10 57.75 96 1841 148108 19.2 3.10 3.42 Tickettyߺº 11 61.18 82 2533 180199 30.9 2.65 2.92 Bob Henson 12 64.10 76 1415 131897 18.6 2.45 2.71 Frederick Williams 13 66.81 67 1137 83189 17.0 2.16 2.39 biffo 14 69.20 49 1187 91021 24.2 1.58 1.75 r@y 15 70.94 47 1447 118076 30.8 1.52 1.68 Peter Hawkins 16 72.62 45 738 73147 16.4 1.45 1.60 AriesVal 17 74.22 44 1151 95139 26.2 1.42 1.57 The Brownie 18 75.79 43 749 85006 17.4 1.39 1.53 wtwjgc (Joe) 19 77.33 35 470 54581 13.4 1.13 1.25 JoeH 20 78.57 30 568 53354 18.9 0.97 1.07 Wally 21 79.64 29 293 46619 10.1 0.94 1.03 griffin 22 80.68 28 841 54453 30.0 0.90 1.00 Mr Pounder 23 81.68 28 523 52138 18.7 0.90 1.00 Wrinklie One 23 82.67 26 438 37273 16.8 0.84 0.93 Anita 25 83.60 26 415 45037 16.0 0.84 0.93 Jeff Gaines 25 84.53 26 335 36172 12.9 0.84 0.93 Bill P 25 85.45 24 333 34544 13.9 0.77 0.86 Bram 28 86.31 22 661 45198 30.0 0.71 0.78 ned 29 87.09 21 372 42642 17.7 0.68 0.75 Graham 30 87.84 21 366 40436 17.4 0.68 0.75 Pete C 30 88.59 20 281 28121 14.1 0.65 0.71 Troy's Human 32 89.30 19 365 35281 19.2 0.61 0.68 Saxman 33 89.98 18 480 45120 26.7 0.58 0.64 John Nice 34 90.62 17 284 29239 16.7 0.55 0.61 Splodge 35 91.23 15 226 31078 15.1 0.48 0.53 UnsteadyKen 36 91.76 15 334 28236 22.3 0.48 0.53 Oliver 36 92.30 13 391 26420 30.1 0.42 0.46 charles 38 92.76 13 214 16257 16.5 0.42 0.46 Smokey 38 93.23 11 154 21668 14.0 0.35 0.39 Dingo 40 93.62 11 255 20888 23.2 0.35 0.39 Peter Grange 40 94.01 11 225 23379 20.5 0.35 0.39 Bernadette 40 94.40 10 290 21631 29.0 0.32 0.36 JF 43 94.76 9 118 11801 13.1 0.29 0.32 Gander 44 95.08 8 195 14102 24.4 0.26 0.29 kat 45 95.37 7 87 12618 12.4 0.23 0.25 Gilly 46 95.61 7 103 12730 14.7 0.23 0.25 Bri 46 95.86 7 97 9932 13.9 0.23 0.25 Parrotfish 46 96.11 6 116 14187 19.3 0.19 0.21 Lyndon 49 96.33 6 40 7897 6.7 0.19 0.21 uker 49 96.54 5 85 9035 17.0 0.16 0.18 CJB 51 96.72 5 66 8055 13.2 0.16 0.18 Noreen 51 96.90 5 191 12950 38.2 0.16 0.18 tim[X] 51 97.08 4 71 7976 17.8 0.13 0.14 Tahi 54 97.22 4 41 6230 10.3 0.13 0.14 ~~seadancer~~ 54 97.36 4 88 7782 22.0 0.13 0.14 Edward J Milan 54 97.50 4 193 12608 48.3 0.13 0.14 anonymous[X] 54 97.65 3 42 3722 14.0 0.10 0.11 Ben the Black Lab 58 97.75 3 34 5196 11.3 0.10 0.11 David Woolley[X] 58 97.86 3 57 8864 19.0 0.10 0.11 Gareth 58 97.97 3 90 6280 30.0 0.10 0.11 Ali 58 98.07 3 52 4524 17.3 0.10 0.11 §ireßird 58 98.18 3 141 9942 47.0 0.10 0.11 peterwn[X] 58 98.29 3 59 5141 19.7 0.10 0.11 Bernard Peek 58 98.40 3 66 4653 22.0 0.10 0.11 Big Bazza 58 98.50 3 72 7248 24.0 0.10 0.11 Cynic[X] 58 98.61 2 35 2766 17.5 0.06 0.07 wellnice 67 98.68 2 67 5441 33.5 0.06 0.07 Harry Davis 67 98.75 2 53 4802 26.5 0.06 0.07 Phian 67 98.82 2 87 5331 43.5 0.06 0.07 Herbie 67 98.89 2 36 4110 18.0 0.06 0.07 Robin T Cox 67 98.97 2 25 2370 12.5 0.06 0.07 Ian 67 99.04 2 54 3551 27.0 0.06 0.07 Flying_Rat 67 99.11 2 47 3695 23.5 0.06 0.07 Alma 67 99.18 2 57 4354 28.5 0.06 0.07 Mick the Merciless 67 99.25 1 024 02204 24.0 0.03 0.04 Groove 76 99.29 1 036 03225 36.0 0.03 0.04 Brooklyn1[X] 76 99.32 1 029 02354 29.0 0.03 0.04 Turk182[X] 76 99.36 1 009 01182 9.0 0.03 0.04 geoffhay 76 99.39 1 010 01315 10.0 0.03 0.04 john woods[X] 76 99.43 1 016 01673 16.0 0.03 0.04 john turner[X] 76 99.47 1 019 01828 19.0 0.03 0.04 Graeme Wall[X] 76 99.50 1 027 02131 27.0 0.03 0.04 AlanG[X] 76 99.54 1 017 01819 17.0 0.03 0.04 Spammer 76 99.57 1 007 01572 7.0 0.03 0.04 Deux[X] 76 99.61 1 014 01618 14.0 0.03 0.04 John the R-T 76 99.64 1 018 01687 18.0 0.03 0.04 Cassandra[X] 76 99.68 1 034 02508 34.0 0.03 0.04 Higgs Boson[X] 76 99.71 1 007 00990 7.0 0.03 0.04 Steve Baker 76 99.75 1 010 01644 10.0 0.03 0.04 John #8 76 99.79 1 019 02218 19.0 0.03 0.04 Harold 76 99.82 1 001 01508 1.0 0.03 0.04 sleeco 76 99.86 1 020 01893 20.0 0.03 0.04 AndyW[X] 76 99.89 1 037 02685 37.0 0.03 0.04 Paul Corfield[X] 76 99.93 1 016 01768 16.0 0.03 0.04 Auron 76 99.96 1 044 02429 44.0 0.03 0.04 Tommobared 76 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 39 Goromoff 1 25 Peter T 2 19 Flyiñg Ñuñ 3 16 MCC 4 14 frogman 5 12 Michaelangelo 6 12 Tickettyߺº 6 11 Frederick Williams 8 10 Pam the goose 9 9 Wally 10 9 griffin 10 6 Bunny Hare 12 6 The Brownie 12 6 r@y 12 6 Wrinklie One 12 5 Anita 16 5 Dingo 16 5 wtwjgc (Joe) 16 5 Pete C 16 5 Bill P 16 4 JF 21 4 Gordon H 21 4 Jeff Gaines 21 4 Peter Hawkins 21 4 AriesVal 21 4 John Nice 21 4 Splodge 21 4 Rabbit 21 3 biffo 29 3 Parrotfish 29 2 CJB 31 2 Graham 31 2 Gander 31 2 Bob Henson 31 2 JoeH 31 1 Harry Davis 36 1 john woods[X] 36 1 john turner[X] 36 1 Lyndon 36 1 Ali 36 1 Spammer 36 1 uker 36 1 Peter Grange 36 1 Smokey 36 1 Gilly 36 1 Mr Pounder 36 1 Ian 36 1 John #8 36 1 kat 36 0 wellnice 50 0 Bram 50 0 Groove 50 0 Brooklyn1[X] 50 0 charles 50 0 Troy's Human 50 0 UnsteadyKen 50 0 Tahi 50 0 Turk182[X] 50 0 Phian 50 0 Noreen 50 0 Ben the Black Lab 50 0 geoffhay 50 0 David Woolley[X] 50 0 Gareth 50 0 ~~seadancer~~ 50 0 §ireßird 50 0 peterwn[X] 50 0 Herbie 50 0 Graeme Wall[X] 50 0 Oliver 50 0 ned 50 0 AlanG[X] 50 0 Deux[X] 50 0 Robin T Cox 50 0 John the R-T 50 0 Bernard Peek 50 0 Cassandra[X] 50 0 Edward J Milan 50 0 Higgs Boson[X] 50 0 Saxman 50 0 Bri 50 0 Steve Baker 50 0 tim[X] 50 0 Harold 50 0 Flying_Rat 50 0 sleeco 50 0 Alma 50 0 Big Bazza 50 0 AndyW[X] 50 0 Paul Corfield[X] 50 0 anonymous[X] 50 0 Auron 50 0 Tommobared 50 0 Cynic[X] 50 0 Bernadette 50 0 Mick the Merciless 50

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 21 2 9 3 9 4 4 5 3 6 2 7 3 8 1 9 1 10+ 43

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 30.9 Bob Henson 1 30.8 Peter Hawkins 2 30.0 ned 3 30.0 Mr Pounder 4 26.7 John Nice 5 26.2 The Brownie 6 24.2 r@y 7 22.3 Oliver 8 21.3 Flyiñg Ñuñ 9 20.7 Rabbit 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 10.1 griffin 1 11.6 frogman 2 12.6 Bunny Hare 3 12.9 Bill P 4 13.4 JoeH 5 13.5 Goromoff 6 13.9 Bram 7 14.1 Troy's Human 8 14.3 MCC 9 15.1 UnsteadyKen 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
26	uk.finance uk.legal
7	uk.transport.buses
6	rec.gardens

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