From: The Centre for Newsgroup Research
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Feb 20 11:29:29 2005
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:29:29 +0000 (GMT)
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 13 Feb 2005 11:36:23 GMT and ending at
20 Feb 2005 10:59:22 GMT.
Notes
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- A line in the body of a post is considered to be original if it
does *not* match the regular expression /^\s{0,3}(?:>|:|\S+>|\+\+)/.
- All text after the last cut line (/^-- $/) in the body is
considered to be the author's signature.
in determining the "real" e-mail address and name.
- Original Content Rating (OCR) is the ratio of the original content
volume to the total body volume.
- When no crossposting has taken place during the period of the stats
people with 0 crossposts will reach the top ten crossposters.
- The stats are generated automatically every Sunday morning by a
Cron script. The script is a modified version of the news-scan
script available on CPAN and runs on a GNU/linux machine with
Leafnode. It can also be used on a Windows machine with Cygwin
and Hamster.
- Please send all comments or requests for copies of the script to
Jonathan Bryce (jonathan at jbryce dot org dot uk).
Excluded Posters
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see\@reply.to
not\@home.com
test\@test.test
indiantravelcompany\@yahoo.co.uk
bablebridge\@rediffmail.com
asdlk\@aldk.com
paranoidandroid\@donetreply.com
goldengun\@yahoo.co.uk
trash\@mbott.freeserve.co.uk
\;alisjd\@alkdjf.com
G.Gun\@yahoo.co.uk
don'trep\@yahoo.com
alisjd\@alkdjf.com
qwelkrj\@yahoo.com
mrgoldengunn\@hotmail.com
theman\@goldengun.com
harvery\@barvery.com
quentinjone60\@hotmail.donotreply.com
quentin60\@excite.co.uk
noreply\@nomail.com
cutbert_higginbottom70\@hotmail.com
cuthbert\@donotreply.com
Cuthbert\@Spam.donotreply.com
cuthbert\@spamtrap.com
harvey\@yahoo.com
Harvey\@barvey.co.uk
internet\@profile.ndo.co.uk
quentin_jones60\@hotmailSPAM.com
Harvey\@barvey.com
harry_grims59\@hotmailSPAMTRAP.com
glorybox\@thisisnotused.com
glorbybox\@dontreply.com
glorybox\@donotrespond.com
moonface\@donotreply.com
Jhamilton_59\@hotmail.com
tinypost\@nobody.com
LhB\@l8vLNKcm.com
Totals
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Posters: 108
Articles: 244 (67 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 69
Volume generated: 440.7 kb
- headers: 202.9 kb (4,034 lines)
- bodies: 233.6 kb (6,119 lines)
- original: 127.8 kb (3,517 lines)
- signatures: 3.9 kb (199 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.547
Averages
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Posts per poster: 2.3
median: 1.0 post
mode: 1 post - 64 posters
s: 2.8 posts
Posts per thread: 3.5
median: 2 posts
mode: 1 post - 24 threads
s: 4.2 posts
Message size: 1849.5 bytes
- header: 851.5 bytes (16.5 lines)
- body: 980.5 bytes (25.1 lines)
- original: 536.3 bytes (14.4 lines)
- signature: 16.5 bytes (0.8 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
----- -------------------------- -------
16 30.9 ( 16.1/ 14.6/ 7.3) john boyle
12 18.9 ( 11.9/ 7.0/ 2.5) "Tim"
11 17.4 ( 7.4/ 9.6/ 3.7) "Doug Ramage"
9 17.3 ( 8.6/ 7.9/ 4.3) Jon Green
8 35.9 ( 4.9/ 30.9/ 29.1) Biwah
8 11.4 ( 5.6/ 5.8/ 2.5) "Alex"
7 12.2 ( 6.4/ 5.8/ 4.4) "John Redman"
6 15.9 ( 6.8/ 9.1/ 3.9) Ronald Raygun
6 12.4 ( 6.3/ 6.1/ 1.3) "mrcheerful ."
6 9.1 ( 3.9/ 5.3/ 2.5) me@privacy.net
These posters accounted for 36.5% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
-------------------------- ----- -------
35.9 ( 4.9/ 30.9/ 29.1) 8 Biwah
30.9 ( 16.1/ 14.6/ 7.3) 16 john boyle
18.9 ( 11.9/ 7.0/ 2.5) 12 "Tim"
17.4 ( 7.4/ 9.6/ 3.7) 11 "Doug Ramage"
17.3 ( 8.6/ 7.9/ 4.3) 9 Jon Green
15.9 ( 6.8/ 9.1/ 3.9) 6 Ronald Raygun
12.4 ( 6.3/ 6.1/ 1.3) 6 "mrcheerful ."
12.2 ( 6.4/ 5.8/ 4.4) 7 "John Redman"
11.4 ( 5.6/ 5.8/ 2.5) 8 "Alex"
10.6 ( 4.5/ 5.9/ 1.3) 5 peter@petersaxton.co.uk
These posters accounted for 41.5% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.941 ( 29.1 / 30.9) 8 Biwah
0.753 ( 4.4 / 5.8) 7 "John Redman"
0.542 ( 4.3 / 7.9) 9 Jon Green
0.498 ( 7.3 / 14.6) 16 john boyle
0.467 ( 2.5 / 5.3) 6 me@privacy.net
0.432 ( 2.5 / 5.8) 8 "Alex"
0.432 ( 3.9 / 9.1) 6 Ronald Raygun
0.381 ( 3.7 / 9.6) 11 "Doug Ramage"
0.370 ( 1.1 / 3.1) 5 Jonathan Bryce
0.369 ( 1.0 / 2.7) 5 windymiller@windymiller.org
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.498 ( 7.3 / 14.6) 16 john boyle
0.467 ( 2.5 / 5.3) 6 me@privacy.net
0.432 ( 2.5 / 5.8) 8 "Alex"
0.432 ( 3.9 / 9.1) 6 Ronald Raygun
0.381 ( 3.7 / 9.6) 11 "Doug Ramage"
0.370 ( 1.1 / 3.1) 5 Jonathan Bryce
0.369 ( 1.0 / 2.7) 5 windymiller@windymiller.org
0.360 ( 2.5 / 7.0) 12 "Tim"
0.229 ( 1.3 / 5.9) 5 peter@petersaxton.co.uk
0.207 ( 1.3 / 6.1) 6 "mrcheerful ."
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
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Posts Subject
----- -------
19 Have the lunatics taken over the Alliance & Leicester?
12 CREDIT CARD TRANSFERS ETC
12 Am I being paranoid?
11 Mortgage - pay it off early?
9 Alternative to cahoot webcard
9 disassociated from address?
9 Times Tax warning on overseas holiday homes
8 Shares bed-and-breakfast: 30 days requirement
8 Stakeholder pensions
7 This Mortgage Can't Be For Real
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
40.0 ( 17.8/ 22.1/ 6.2) 19 Have the lunatics taken over the Alliance & Leicester?
25.9 ( 11.0/ 14.8/ 6.5) 11 Mortgage - pay it off early?
24.7 ( 9.6/ 14.6/ 8.3) 12 Am I being paranoid?
21.0 ( 8.4/ 12.6/ 10.1) 9 Times Tax warning on overseas holiday homes
16.6 ( 9.2/ 7.3/ 2.2) 12 CREDIT CARD TRANSFERS ETC
16.3 ( 4.4/ 11.8/ 9.7) 5 Trust Fund / Inheritance Tax
14.5 ( 7.0/ 7.4/ 5.0) 8 Stakeholder pensions
13.8 ( 6.9/ 6.7/ 3.3) 9 Alternative to cahoot webcard
12.5 ( 6.7/ 5.8/ 2.8) 9 disassociated from address?
12.0 ( 1.3/ 10.7/ 10.2) 2 Indep: A couple's guide to fewer rows over cash
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.918 ( 3.1/ 3.4) 4 Mortgage question
0.823 ( 9.7/ 11.8) 5 Trust Fund / Inheritance Tax
0.799 ( 10.1/ 12.6) 9 Times Tax warning on overseas holiday homes
0.779 ( 1.1/ 1.4) 4 Pensions / SIPP / emigrating
0.779 ( 2.6/ 3.4) 4 Child Trust Funds..
0.728 ( 5.1/ 7.0) 4 Ind: Beware the molten menace of inflation
0.670 ( 1.7/ 2.6) 3 Personal Loan Early Repayment
0.670 ( 5.0/ 7.4) 8 Stakeholder pensions
0.629 ( 1.5/ 2.4) 4 A bankruptcy question please
0.567 ( 8.3/ 14.6) 12 Am I being paranoid?
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.413 ( 2.2 / 5.3) 3 High yield beats high growth over 105 years
0.364 ( 1.0 / 2.7) 4 Best way to make a small funds transfer in Euros to a European bank acc?
0.345 ( 1.3 / 3.8) 8 Shares bed-and-breakfast: 30 days requirement
0.341 ( 0.6 / 1.8) 5 ISA income tax
0.341 ( 2.0 / 5.9) 6 Insolvency, tax and shares.
0.330 ( 2.3 / 7.0) 5 Redemption Statement
0.306 ( 1.0 / 3.4) 4 Ebay fraud and false bank details.
0.298 ( 2.2 / 7.3) 12 CREDIT CARD TRANSFERS ETC
0.280 ( 6.2 / 22.1) 19 Have the lunatics taken over the Alliance & Leicester?
0.230 ( 0.6 / 2.5) 3 Bank account for small club/group
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
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11 uk.business.accountancy
10 misc.invest.real-estate
7 uk.legal
5 uk.finance.stockmarket
3 uk.food+drink.misc
2 uk.games.video.xbox
2 uk.food+drink.chinese
2 uk.food+drink.real-ale
2 uk.games.video.gamecube
2 uk.games.video.misc
Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles Address
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9 creditwrench@gmail.com
7 "dave"
7 "Martin C"
5 john boyle
4 "Tim"
4 Biwah
3 "Fred"
3 "Doug Ramage"
2 "Andy Pandy"
2 Jonathan Bryce
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