From: The Centre for Newsgroup Research
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Statistics for uk.finance for week ending Sun Mar 27 04:42:34 2005
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:42:35 +0100 (BST)
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 20 Mar 2005 03:56:25 GMT and ending at
27 Mar 2005 02:56:07 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: 97
Articles: 270 (46 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 57
Volume generated: 485.6 kb
- headers: 247.6 kb (4,630 lines)
- bodies: 235.6 kb (6,547 lines)
- original: 132.0 kb (3,956 lines)
- signatures: 2.1 kb (87 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.560
Averages
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Posts per poster: 2.8
median: 1 post
mode: 1 post - 52 posters
s: 4.8 posts
Posts per thread: 4.7
median: 2 posts
mode: 1 post - 18 threads
s: 6.8 posts
Message size: 1841.6 bytes
- header: 939.1 bytes (17.1 lines)
- body: 893.4 bytes (24.2 lines)
- original: 500.5 bytes (14.7 lines)
- signature: 8.1 bytes (0.3 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
----- -------------------------- -------
32 65.4 ( 35.3/ 30.1/ 17.6) Ronald Raygun
27 50.3 ( 28.6/ 21.7/ 10.0) "Tim"
15 26.7 ( 14.3/ 12.2/ 4.7) john boyle
12 20.3 ( 10.9/ 9.4/ 4.6) Elizabeth Smith
8 8.9 ( 5.0/ 3.9/ 1.3) Jonathan Bryce
7 11.1 ( 6.8/ 4.3/ 2.3) "Rob graham"
7 7.3 ( 4.6/ 2.6/ 1.7) Spam Reporting
6 11.5 ( 5.4/ 6.0/ 2.6) Richard Faulkner
6 14.1 ( 6.7/ 7.4/ 4.8) "Wilson"
6 10.6 ( 6.5/ 4.1/ 1.7) "mrcheerful ."
These posters accounted for 46.7% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
-------------------------- ----- -------
65.4 ( 35.3/ 30.1/ 17.6) 32 Ronald Raygun
50.3 ( 28.6/ 21.7/ 10.0) 27 "Tim"
26.7 ( 14.3/ 12.2/ 4.7) 15 john boyle
20.3 ( 10.9/ 9.4/ 4.6) 12 Elizabeth Smith
14.1 ( 6.7/ 7.4/ 4.8) 6 "Wilson"
11.5 ( 5.4/ 6.0/ 2.6) 6 Richard Faulkner
11.3 ( 4.2/ 7.1/ 3.9) 4 "Eric Jones"
11.1 ( 6.8/ 4.3/ 2.3) 7 "Rob graham"
10.8 ( 0.6/ 10.2/ 10.2) 1 The Centre for Newsgroup Research
10.6 ( 6.5/ 4.1/ 1.7) 6 "mrcheerful ."
These posters accounted for 47.8% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.647 ( 4.8 / 7.4) 6 "Wilson"
0.646 ( 1.7 / 2.6) 7 Spam Reporting
0.584 ( 17.6 / 30.1) 32 Ronald Raygun
0.534 ( 2.3 / 4.3) 7 "Rob graham"
0.491 ( 4.6 / 9.4) 12 Elizabeth Smith
0.473 ( 0.9 / 2.0) 5 "John Smith"
0.461 ( 10.0 / 21.7) 27 "Tim"
0.432 ( 2.6 / 6.0) 6 Richard Faulkner
0.413 ( 1.7 / 4.1) 6 "mrcheerful ."
0.382 ( 4.7 / 12.2) 15 john boyle
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.534 ( 2.3 / 4.3) 7 "Rob graham"
0.491 ( 4.6 / 9.4) 12 Elizabeth Smith
0.473 ( 0.9 / 2.0) 5 "John Smith"
0.461 ( 10.0 / 21.7) 27 "Tim"
0.432 ( 2.6 / 6.0) 6 Richard Faulkner
0.413 ( 1.7 / 4.1) 6 "mrcheerful ."
0.382 ( 4.7 / 12.2) 15 john boyle
0.375 ( 1.8 / 4.9) 6 "Rob Graham"
0.346 ( 0.8 / 2.2) 5 Jon Green
0.334 ( 1.3 / 3.9) 8 Jonathan Bryce
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
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Posts Subject
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23 Personal tax Versus Company Tax
21 How to transfer money from one ISA to another?
20 rental Rule of thumb
19 Stamp duty effect?
17 How the hell do I buy a house
15 Opting out of credit targetting
15 Son about to bankrupt
13 I.H.T.
10 Endowment complaint stonewalled by Halifax - serious advice needed
7 Going self employed.
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
44.7 ( 21.5/ 23.0/ 13.1) 21 How to transfer money from one ISA to another?
43.7 ( 22.3/ 21.4/ 10.9) 20 rental Rule of thumb
39.9 ( 23.5/ 16.2/ 8.0) 23 Personal tax Versus Company Tax
32.2 ( 17.8/ 14.2/ 7.3) 19 Stamp duty effect?
29.2 ( 14.2/ 14.8/ 6.7) 15 Son about to bankrupt
26.2 ( 15.3/ 10.7/ 4.6) 17 How the hell do I buy a house
23.9 ( 13.7/ 9.9/ 4.7) 15 Opting out of credit targetting
21.9 ( 12.8/ 9.0/ 4.3) 13 I.H.T.
21.3 ( 9.1/ 12.3/ 6.4) 10 Endowment complaint stonewalled by Halifax - serious advice needed
19.1 ( 8.3/ 10.8/ 5.2) 7 Going self employed.
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.740 ( 1.0/ 1.4) 3 Paying off a loan early - penalties?
0.686 ( 0.6/ 0.9) 3 Adverse 100% Mortgage?
0.671 ( 2.4/ 3.6) 3 tax relief on AVCs and 'supplementary' pensions
0.658 ( 0.6/ 0.9) 3 St. Helena & Dependencies
0.614 ( 1.9/ 3.1) 4 Charity Bank
0.583 ( 3.4/ 5.9) 5 Shares or Dividend
0.581 ( 0.7/ 1.3) 3 RBS Credit Cards
0.568 ( 13.1/ 23.0) 21 How to transfer money from one ISA to another?
0.543 ( 2.5/ 4.5) 5 Zopa not replying to emails.
0.541 ( 1.3/ 2.4) 5 Halifax's disappearing money scam
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.482 ( 5.2 / 10.8) 7 Going self employed.
0.480 ( 4.3 / 9.0) 13 I.H.T.
0.476 ( 4.7 / 9.9) 15 Opting out of credit targetting
0.460 ( 2.7 / 5.9) 6 VAT Inspection.
0.457 ( 6.7 / 14.8) 15 Son about to bankrupt
0.448 ( 1.9 / 4.2) 6 Buildings & Contents Insurance
0.433 ( 4.6 / 10.7) 17 How the hell do I buy a house
0.411 ( 1.3 / 3.1) 6 ING Direct
0.410 ( 0.7 / 1.7) 3 Son about to be bankrupt
0.275 ( 1.3 / 4.8) 4 Life assurance for person with minor health issue
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
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19 uk.legal
1 blgtn.business
1 alt.bankruptcy
1 misc.invest.mutual-funds
1 biz.marketplace
1 misc.invest.misc
1 misc.invest.options
1 comp.ai.neural-nets
Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles Address
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4 Spam Reporting
3 "Johnny Wu"
3 SteveR
2 "crofter"
2 "Rob Graham"
2 Jonathan Bryce
2 Mike.Rowlands@gmail.com
2 yoosnet@gmail.com
1 "Lorenzo"
1 "Martin Davies"
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