Monthly Poster Statistics for September 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.% 301 6613 508703 22.0 10.03 10.14 Rabbit 1 10.14 234 4765 407279 20.4 7.80 7.89 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 18.03 183 3062 309769 16.7 6.10 6.17 Peter T 3 24.20 144 2906 220502 20.2 4.80 4.85 Michaelangelo 4 29.05 136 1813 174447 13.3 4.53 4.58 MCC 5 33.64 136 1747 224952 12.8 4.53 4.58 frogman 5 38.22 134 2179 240081 16.3 4.47 4.52 Pam the goose 7 42.74 115 3585 246718 31.2 3.83 3.88 Bob Henson 8 46.61 103 1965 188977 19.1 3.43 3.47 Frederick Williams 9 50.08 87 1268 148874 14.6 2.90 2.93 Goromoff 10 53.02 87 1947 165133 22.4 2.90 2.93 Gordon H 10 55.95 86 1413 130947 16.4 2.87 2.90 AriesVal 12 58.85 79 994 127343 12.6 2.63 2.66 Bunny Hare 13 61.51 73 1429 135911 19.6 2.43 2.46 Splodge 14 63.97 68 1773 140513 26.1 2.27 2.29 Oliver 15 66.26 65 1089 94249 16.8 2.17 2.19 Bill P 16 68.45 59 1033 107450 17.5 1.97 1.99 Jeff Gaines 17 70.44 50 1327 98286 26.5 1.67 1.69 r@y 18 72.13 49 1342 109386 27.4 1.63 1.65 The Brownie 19 73.78 47 755 89217 16.1 1.57 1.58 Saxman 20 75.36 46 773 58682 16.8 1.53 1.55 biffo 21 76.91 41 682 60276 16.6 1.37 1.38 JF 22 78.29 39 626 72040 16.1 1.30 1.31 wtwjgc (Joe) 23 79.61 37 784 61014 21.2 1.23 1.25 Tickettyߺº 24 80.86 37 1043 72366 28.2 1.23 1.25 ned 24 82.10 35 636 44734 18.2 1.17 1.18 Smokey 26 83.28 34 748 64332 22.0 1.13 1.15 Wally 27 84.43 34 813 65536 23.9 1.13 1.15 Ali 27 85.57 33 654 64119 19.8 1.10 1.11 Wrinklie One 29 86.69 32 480 71964 15.0 1.07 1.08 John the R-T 30 87.77 30 324 53591 10.8 1.00 1.01 griffin 31 88.78 30 728 64582 24.3 1.00 1.01 Peter Hawkins 31 89.79 25 419 49908 16.8 0.83 0.84 Graham 33 90.63 25 280 37728 11.2 0.83 0.84 JoeH 33 91.47 24 590 39339 24.6 0.80 0.81 charles 35 92.28 20 355 39417 17.8 0.67 0.67 Pete C 36 92.96 17 250 25358 14.7 0.57 0.57 Bram 37 93.53 17 242 25310 14.2 0.57 0.57 Troy's Human 37 94.10 17 270 33775 15.9 0.57 0.57 UnsteadyKen 37 94.67 16 303 25744 18.9 0.53 0.54 Anita 40 95.21 15 274 26702 18.3 0.50 0.51 Peter Grange 41 95.72 15 271 23483 18.1 0.50 0.51 Parrotfish 41 96.23 11 354 28318 32.2 0.37 0.37 Dingo 43 96.60 11 338 20737 30.7 0.37 0.37 Mr Pounder 43 96.97 8 90 10694 11.3 0.27 0.27 geoffhay 45 97.24 7 99 11864 14.1 0.23 0.24 Noreen 46 97.47 7 87 11436 12.4 0.23 0.24 Bri 46 97.71 6 135 12795 22.5 0.20 0.20 jackie green 48 97.91 5 147 10337 29.4 0.17 0.17 bod 49 98.08 4 75 11281 18.8 0.13 0.13 Gareth 50 98.21 3 138 9285 46.0 0.10 0.10 Phian 51 98.31 3 38 4329 12.7 0.10 0.10 Herbie 51 98.42 3 6 4758 2.0 0.10 0.10 **paul taylorsheff 51 98.52 3 6 3244 2.0 0.10 0.10 uker 51 98.62 3 62 6589 20.7 0.10 0.10 Harold 51 98.72 3 57 4899 19.0 0.10 0.10 Gander 51 98.82 3 25 5825 8.3 0.10 0.10 Alma 51 98.92 2 48 4938 24.0 0.07 0.07 Peter Parry 58 98.99 2 85 6524 42.5 0.07 0.07 CJB[X] 58 99.06 2 34 4394 17.0 0.07 0.07 Geordie 58 99.12 2 51 3726 25.5 0.07 0.07 DerekG 58 99.19 2 16 3226 8.0 0.07 0.07 Spammer 58 99.26 2 34 3083 17.0 0.07 0.07 Jerry Atric 58 99.33 2 35 3733 17.5 0.07 0.07 Ascii Art 58 99.39 1 003 00863 3.0 0.03 0.03 wellnice 65 99.43 1 027 02304 27.0 0.03 0.03 Groove 65 99.46 1 011 01793 11.0 0.03 0.03 **pessimistic duck 65 99.49 1 061 03159 61.0 0.03 0.03 Zebedee 65 99.53 1 030 01847 30.0 0.03 0.03 someone 65 99.56 1 017 01537 17.0 0.03 0.03 Bernard Peek 65 99.60 1 033 02328 33.0 0.03 0.03 Edward J Milan 65 99.63 1 015 02035 15.0 0.03 0.03 Webrex 65 99.66 1 030 02226 30.0 0.03 0.03 Jim Scott 65 99.70 1 001 01106 1.0 0.03 0.03 **alanwilliams1 65 99.73 1 007 01067 7.0 0.03 0.03 Steve Baker 65 99.76 1 002 01322 2.0 0.03 0.03 **kennmeade 65 99.80 1 022 01570 22.0 0.03 0.03 kat 65 99.83 1 015 01899 15.0 0.03 0.03 John Nice 65 99.87 1 021 01943 21.0 0.03 0.03 Steve Terry[X] 65 99.90 1 021 01442 21.0 0.03 0.03 Big Bazza 65 99.93 1 019 01663 19.0 0.03 0.03 AC[X] 65 99.97 1 039 02942 39.0 0.03 0.03 Bernadette 65 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 39 Goromoff 1 20 MCC 2 17 Wally 3 15 Peter T 4 15 Flyiñg Ñuñ 4 14 griffin 6 13 Michaelangelo 7 13 Splodge 7 12 JF 9 12 AriesVal 9 11 frogman 11 9 Jeff Gaines 12 9 Wrinklie One 12 8 Pam the goose 14 7 The Brownie 15 7 Bill P 15 6 Frederick Williams 17 6 r@y 17 5 Dingo 19 5 Graham 19 5 Saxman 19 4 Bram 22 4 Oliver 22 4 Smokey 22 4 Bob Henson 22 4 Pete C 22 3 ned 27 3 Gordon H 27 3 Parrotfish 27 2 biffo 30 2 Gareth 30 2 Tickettyߺº 30 2 Spammer 30 2 wtwjgc (Joe) 30 2 Peter Hawkins 30 2 uker 30 2 Jerry Atric 30 2 Rabbit 30 1 wellnice 39 1 CJB[X] 39 1 geoffhay 39 1 Ali 39 1 jackie green 39 1 John the R-T 39 1 Bunny Hare 39 1 Peter Grange 39 1 **alanwilliams1 39 1 Gander 39 1 JoeH 39 0 Groove 50 0 Peter Parry 50 0 charles 50 0 Anita 50 0 Troy's Human 50 0 UnsteadyKen 50 0 Phian 50 0 Noreen 50 0 **pessimistic duck 50 0 Zebedee 50 0 Geordie 50 0 DerekG 50 0 Herbie 50 0 **paul taylorsheff 50 0 someone 50 0 Bernard Peek 50 0 Edward J Milan 50 0 bod 50 0 Webrex 50 0 Jim Scott 50 0 Bri 50 0 Mr Pounder 50 0 Steve Baker 50 0 **kennmeade 50 0 kat 50 0 Harold 50 0 John Nice 50 0 Steve Terry[X] 50 0 Alma 50 0 Big Bazza 50 0 Ascii Art 50 0 AC[X] 50 0 Bernadette 50

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 18 2 7 3 7 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 2 8 1 9 0 10+ 44

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 31.2 Bob Henson 1 28.2 ned 2 27.4 The Brownie 3 26.5 r@y 4 26.1 Oliver 5 24.6 charles 6 24.3 Peter Hawkins 7 23.9 Ali 8 22.4 Gordon H 9 22.0 Wally 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 10.8 griffin 1 11.2 JoeH 2 12.6 Bunny Hare 3 12.8 frogman 4 13.3 MCC 5 14.2 Troy's Human 6 14.6 Goromoff 7 14.7 Bram 8 15.0 John the R-T 9 15.9 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
11	uk.local.surrey
5	uk.people.health
5	uk.people.disability

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