Monthly Poster Statistics for October 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.% 259 5209 407736 20.1 8.35 8.78 Rabbit 1 8.78 213 4687 375336 22.0 6.87 7.22 Flyiñg Ñuñ 2 15.99 175 2894 309205 16.5 5.65 5.93 Pam the goose 3 21.92 170 2817 284697 16.6 5.48 5.76 Peter T 4 27.69 168 3338 251886 19.9 5.42 5.69 Michaelangelo 5 33.38 161 2196 203524 13.6 5.19 5.46 MCC 6 38.83 127 1568 201262 12.3 4.10 4.30 Bunny Hare 7 43.14 113 1412 182592 12.5 3.65 3.83 Goromoff 8 46.97 97 3128 214440 32.2 3.13 3.29 Bob Henson 9 50.25 89 1813 168189 20.4 2.87 3.02 Splodge 10 53.27 76 1334 147014 17.6 2.45 2.58 wtwjgc (Joe) 11 55.85 74 1390 129398 18.8 2.39 2.51 Gordon H 12 58.35 72 1231 110318 17.1 2.32 2.44 AriesVal 13 60.79 70 896 109846 12.8 2.26 2.37 frogman 14 63.17 67 1285 123706 19.2 2.16 2.27 Frederick Williams 15 65.44 61 1166 107350 19.1 1.97 2.07 Wally 16 67.50 58 1461 131705 25.2 1.87 1.97 Peter Hawkins 17 69.47 58 1156 120570 19.9 1.87 1.97 Pete C 17 71.43 56 1655 117915 29.6 1.81 1.90 r@y 19 73.33 52 912 65448 17.5 1.68 1.76 biffo 20 75.09 50 828 77247 16.6 1.61 1.69 Bram 21 76.79 49 613 68031 12.5 1.58 1.66 Bill P 22 78.45 48 1138 85208 23.7 1.55 1.63 Tickettyߺº 23 80.07 41 1118 83288 27.3 1.32 1.39 Ali 24 81.46 41 620 87799 15.1 1.32 1.39 John the R-T 24 82.85 35 418 57859 11.9 1.13 1.19 Saxman 26 84.04 32 554 55511 17.3 1.03 1.08 Jeff Gaines 27 85.12 32 935 73737 29.2 1.03 1.08 The Brownie 27 86.21 30 702 57865 23.4 0.97 1.02 JF 29 87.22 30 822 63130 27.4 0.97 1.02 Oliver 29 88.24 23 505 38050 22.0 0.74 0.78 ned 31 89.02 22 222 35921 10.1 0.71 0.75 griffin 32 89.77 20 550 61963 27.5 0.65 0.68 Gareth 33 90.44 20 413 35040 20.6 0.65 0.68 mac 33 91.12 19 482 31364 25.4 0.61 0.64 charles 35 91.77 17 230 32813 13.5 0.55 0.58 Graham 36 92.34 17 259 27125 15.2 0.55 0.58 JoeH 36 92.92 16 317 25301 19.8 0.52 0.54 Anita 38 93.46 14 231 21331 16.5 0.45 0.47 §ireßird 39 93.93 14 261 23607 18.6 0.45 0.47 Mick the Merciless 39 94.41 12 205 25146 17.1 0.39 0.41 Dingo 41 94.82 12 223 22455 18.6 0.39 0.41 Wrinklie One 41 95.22 11 206 14657 18.7 0.35 0.37 Smokey 43 95.59 10 184 20870 18.4 0.32 0.34 John Nice 44 95.93 8 130 12553 16.3 0.26 0.27 Troy's Human 45 96.20 8 196 13951 24.5 0.26 0.27 Gander 45 96.48 7 168 14948 24.0 0.23 0.24 Phian 47 96.71 7 113 9463 16.1 0.23 0.24 Jerry Atric 47 96.95 6 141 14029 23.5 0.19 0.20 Peter Parry 49 97.15 6 122 10208 20.3 0.19 0.20 Bernard Peek 49 97.36 6 23 6975 3.8 0.19 0.20 uker 49 97.56 6 96 10327 16.0 0.19 0.20 Bri 49 97.76 6 86 8401 14.3 0.19 0.20 Parrotfish 49 97.97 6 81 12391 13.5 0.19 0.20 Ascii Art 49 98.17 5 106 10178 21.2 0.16 0.17 Jim Scott 55 98.34 5 104 10616 20.8 0.16 0.17 Harold 55 98.51 4 71 8190 17.8 0.13 0.14 Gil J 57 98.64 3 68 6554 22.7 0.10 0.10 UnsteadyKen 58 98.75 3 55 6860 18.3 0.10 0.10 Jackie 58 98.85 3 3 5085 1.0 0.10 0.10 Alma 58 98.95 3 79 6313 26.3 0.10 0.10 fred 58 99.05 3 62 7500 20.7 0.10 0.10 Bernadette 58 99.15 2 24 2652 12.0 0.06 0.07 geoffhay 63 99.22 2 19 3322 9.5 0.06 0.07 ~~seadancer~~ 63 99.29 2 26 4394 13.0 0.06 0.07 Faolan 63 99.36 2 16 3104 8.0 0.06 0.07 John #8 63 99.42 1 032 02946 32.0 0.03 0.03 Tahi 67 99.46 1 014 01301 14.0 0.03 0.03 Ben the Black Lab 67 99.49 1 024 01552 24.0 0.03 0.03 Herbie 67 99.53 1 032 02771 32.0 0.03 0.03 Lieutenant Scott 67 99.56 1 016 01276 16.0 0.03 0.03 Harry 67 99.59 1 005 01375 5.0 0.03 0.03 jammyface 67 99.63 1 010 01338 10.0 0.03 0.03 Peter Grange 67 99.66 1 001 01502 1.0 0.03 0.03 **wrooney253 67 99.70 1 014 01357 14.0 0.03 0.03 Gilly 67 99.73 1 001 02080 1.0 0.03 0.03 MJP 67 99.76 1 011 01910 11.0 0.03 0.03 Sn!pe[X] 67 99.80 1 017 01439 17.0 0.03 0.03 Mr Pounder 67 99.83 1 037 02668 37.0 0.03 0.03 Steve Baker 67 99.86 1 005 00873 5.0 0.03 0.03 Ian 67 99.90 1 027 02632 27.0 0.03 0.03 the_constructor[X] 67 99.93 1 028 02194 28.0 0.03 0.03 Steve Terry[X] 67 99.97 1 022 01580 22.0 0.03 0.03 Big Bazza 67 100.00

… by threads started Threads Author Rank Threads Author Rank 49 Goromoff 1 23 Wally 2 20 MCC 3 18 Peter T 4 17 Pam the goose 5 16 JF 6 14 Michaelangelo 7 11 Splodge 8 11 Flyiñg Ñuñ 8 10 Bunny Hare 10 10 r@y 10 9 Pete C 12 6 biffo 13 6 Frederick Williams 13 6 The Brownie 13 6 AriesVal 13 5 Tickettyߺº 17 5 wtwjgc (Joe) 17 5 griffin 17 5 frogman 17 5 Bill P 17 4 Bram 22 4 mac 22 3 Gil J 24 3 Gareth 24 3 Gordon H 24 3 Jeff Gaines 24 3 Jerry Atric 24 2 Anita 29 2 Graham 29 2 Peter Hawkins 29 2 Saxman 29 2 John #8 29 2 Parrotfish 29 2 Bob Henson 29 2 Wrinklie One 29 1 Troy's Human 37 1 Dingo 37 1 Ali 37 1 §ireßird 37 1 ned 37 1 John the R-T 37 1 uker 37 1 Jim Scott 37 1 Bri 37 1 Ian 37 1 John Nice 37 0 Peter Parry 48 0 charles 48 0 UnsteadyKen 48 0 Tahi 48 0 Phian 48 0 Ben the Black Lab 48 0 geoffhay 48 0 ~~seadancer~~ 48 0 Herbie 48 0 Oliver 48 0 Jackie 48 0 Lieutenant Scott 48 0 Bernard Peek 48 0 Harry 48 0 jammyface 48 0 Peter Grange 48 0 Smokey 48 0 **wrooney253 48 0 Faolan 48 0 Gilly 48 0 MJP 48 0 Sn!pe[X] 48 0 Mr Pounder 48 0 Steve Baker 48 0 Harold 48 0 Gander 48 0 the_constructor[X] 48 0 Steve Terry[X] 48 0 Alma 48 0 Big Bazza 48 0 Ascii Art 48 0 fred 48 0 Rabbit 48 0 Bernadette 48 0 Mick the Merciless 48 0 JoeH 48

Number of posters having few posts. Posts Posters 1 17 2 4 3 5 4 1 5 2 6 6 7 2 8 2 9 0 10+ 44

Top 10 verbose posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 32.2 Bob Henson 1 29.6 r@y 2 29.2 The Brownie 3 27.5 Gareth 4 27.4 Oliver 5 27.3 Ali 6 25.4 charles 7 25.2 Peter Hawkins 8 23.7 Ticketty᧧ 9 23.4 JF 10

Top 10 concise posters (over 14 posts) by average lines per post lines/post Author rank 10.1 griffin 1 11.9 Saxman 2 12.3 Bunny Hare 3 12.5 Goromoff 4 12.5 Bill P 5 12.8 frogman 6 13.5 Graham 7 13.6 MCC 8 15.1 John the R-T 9 15.2 JoeH 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
8	uk.people.disability
6	uk.local.surrey
1	free.it.writers

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