Traffic in newsgroup cam.transport

This analysis incorporates 300 articles from Wed Jul 21 18:27:35 2004 GMT to Wed Jul 28 23:10:24 2004 GMT. Articles which are cross-posted to more than 2 groups are ignored in this summary.

[ times of posting | most prolific and prolix authors | longest and busiest threads ]


Number of articles posted, by time of day

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Number of articles posted, by time zone

This gives a very approximate indication of the geographical distribution of article authors. Note that information obtained in this way is affected by, inter alia,

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Number of articles posted, by day of week


Most prolific authors, by number of articles

  1. Colin Davidson <cabd2 at biotech dot cam dot ac dot uk> 46 articles
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  2. Meldrew of Meldreth <roland at perry dot co dot uk> 41 articles
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  3. Colin Rosenstiel <rosenstiel at cix dot co dot uk> 19 articles
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  4. Chris Newton <chrisnewton at no dot junk dot please dot btinternet dot com> 15 articles
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  5. Velvet <velvet at not dot a dot valid dot domain> 13 articles
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  6. Jonathan Larmour <jiflnews at jifvik dot org> 13 articles
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  7. Chris Brown <cpbrown at ntlworld dot no_uce_please dot com> 9 articles
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  8. Steve Hunt <steve at pSoPgAgMle dot org> 9 articles
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  9. Simon Proven <simon dot proven at ntlworld dot ptang dot ptang dot com> 9 articles
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  10. David Norris <david_norris at fastmail dot fm> 8 articles
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  11. Clive D. W. Feather <clive at on-the-train dot demon dot co dot uk> 7 articles
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  12. David Braben <dbraben_junk at frontier dot co dot uk> 7 articles
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  13. Hugo 'NOx' Tyson <hmtx at surfingsuggestionx dot co dot ukx> 7 articles
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  14. Ian Cowley <me3 at privacy dot net> 7 articles
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  15. Stewart Brodie <stewart dot brodie at ntlworld dot com> 5 articles
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  16. Anetta Meriranta Pirinen <seashoreNOSPAM at pirinen dot demon dot co dot uk> 5 articles
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  17. Tim Ward <tim at brettward dot co dot uk> 4 articles
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  18. Richard Bullock <richard dot a dot bullock at NOSPAMntlworld dot com> 4 articles
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  19. Ade <41bb92f02 at sneakemail dot com> 3 articles
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  20. bob_builder <bob_builder at london dot com> 3 articles
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Most prolific authors, by lines of text

Note that these values include quoted text, signatures and other appendages; consequently, they provide only a very crude measure of the output of any given author.

  1. Colin Davidson <cabd2 at biotech dot cam dot ac dot uk> 2169 lines
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  2. Chris Newton <chrisnewton at no dot junk dot please dot btinternet dot com> 822 lines
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  3. Meldrew of Meldreth <roland at perry dot co dot uk> 717 lines
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  4. Velvet <velvet at not dot a dot valid dot domain> 556 lines
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  5. Jonathan Larmour <jiflnews at jifvik dot org> 438 lines
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  6. Colin Rosenstiel <rosenstiel at cix dot co dot uk> 426 lines
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  7. Chris Brown <cpbrown at ntlworld dot no_uce_please dot com> 326 lines
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  8. David Norris <david_norris at fastmail dot fm> 299 lines
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  9. Chris Newton <neverread2001 at yahoo dot co dot uk> 286 lines
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  10. David Braben <dbraben_junk at frontier dot co dot uk> 254 lines
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  11. Simon Proven <simon dot proven at ntlworld dot ptang dot ptang dot com> 219 lines
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  12. Hugo 'NOx' Tyson <hmtx at surfingsuggestionx dot co dot ukx> 218 lines
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  13. Steve Hunt <steve at pSoPgAgMle dot org> 210 lines
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  14. Anetta Meriranta Pirinen <seashoreNOSPAM at pirinen dot demon dot co dot uk> 192 lines
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  15. Clive D. W. Feather <clive at on-the-train dot demon dot co dot uk> 189 lines
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  16. Ian Cowley <me3 at privacy dot net> 183 lines
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  17. Stewart Brodie <stewart dot brodie at ntlworld dot com> 165 lines
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  18. Richard Meredith <richard at rmeredithnospam dot co dot uk> 115 lines
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  19. Jules <julesrichardsonuk at remove dot this dot yahoo dot co dot uk> 107 lines
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  20. Richard Bullock <richard dot a dot bullock at NOSPAMntlworld dot com> 105 lines
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Most prolix authors

Prolixity is assumed to be measured by the ratio of lines of text to number of articles posted.

  1. Chris Newton <neverread2001 at yahoo dot co dot uk> 286.00 lines/article
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  2. Richard Meredith <richard at rmeredithnospam dot co dot uk> 57.50 lines/article
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  3. Chris Newton <chrisnewton at no dot junk dot please dot btinternet dot com> 54.80 lines/article
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  4. Colin Davidson <cabd2 at biotech dot cam dot ac dot uk> 47.15 lines/article
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  5. Alan Quick <quickalam at yahoo dot com> 45.00 lines/article
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  6. Velvet <velvet at not dot a dot valid dot domain> 42.77 lines/article
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  7. chris dot shore at arm dot nospam dot com 40.00 lines/article
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  8. Anetta Meriranta Pirinen <seashoreNOSPAM at pirinen dot demon dot co dot uk> 38.40 lines/article
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  9. David Norris <david_norris at fastmail dot fm> 37.38 lines/article
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  10. James <jas at spamcop dot net> 36.50 lines/article
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  11. Sean Houlihane <tshoulihane at hotmail dot com> 36.50 lines/article
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  12. David Braben <dbraben_junk at frontier dot co dot uk> 36.29 lines/article
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  13. Chris Brown <cpbrown at ntlworld dot no_uce_please dot com> 36.22 lines/article
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  14. Jules <julesrichardsonuk at remove dot this dot yahoo dot co dot uk> 35.67 lines/article
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  15. Jonathan Larmour <jiflnews at jifvik dot org> 33.69 lines/article
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  16. Andrew Mobbs <andrewm at chiark dot greenend dot org dot uk> 33.50 lines/article
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  17. zulu <nothere at ntlworld dot com> 33.00 lines/article
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  18. Stewart Brodie <stewart dot brodie at ntlworld dot com> 33.00 lines/article
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  19. Hugo 'NOx' Tyson <hmtx at surfingsuggestionx dot co dot ukx> 31.14 lines/article
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  20. Alan <a dot baker at deadspam dot com> 31.00 lines/article
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Most prolific authors, by number of original articles

An "original" article is one with no References: header; that is, one which is not a follow-up to any other article.

  1. bob_builder <bob_builder at london dot com> 3 articles
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  2. Colin Davidson <cabd2 at biotech dot cam dot ac dot uk> 2 articles
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  3. Ian Cowley <me3 at privacy dot net> 1 articles
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  4. Ade <41bb92f02 at sneakemail dot com> 1 articles
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  5. Steve Hunt <steve at pSoPgAgMle dot org> 1 articles
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Longest threads, by number of articles

Threads are assessed on the basis of Subject: line, rather than using the References: header; therefore, an article with subject "Foo (was: Bar)" will be counted towards the subthread.

  1. Speed trap detectors to be illegal? 131 articles
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  2. Addenbrooke's starts its own bus service 41 articles
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  3. Bollard Fire? 23 articles
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  4. 'Corporation' owned busses... It works in some other cities. 20 articles
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  5. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 19 articles
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  6. Coming in on Hills Road...? 16 articles
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  7. P&R fares up for non-terminus stops 10 articles
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  8. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 8pm 10 articles
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  9. Punts 7 articles
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  10. Removal of level crossings on operational lines 6 articles
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  11. Developers admit car park pricing blunder (Was: "I told you so" for the day :-)) 5 articles
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  12. (Remarks on the) psychology of speed - (was:Speed trap detectors to be illegal?) 4 articles
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  13. "I told you so" for the day :-) 3 articles
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  14. Developers admit car park pricing blunder 2 articles
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  15. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 8pm 1 articles
  16. Osama Found Hanged 1 articles
  17. ASLs (was Re: British & French governments to take action against 4x4s) 1 articles

Longest threads, by lines of text

  1. Speed trap detectors to be illegal? 5617 lines
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  2. Addenbrooke's starts its own bus service 867 lines
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  3. Bollard Fire? 508 lines
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  4. 'Corporation' owned busses... It works in some other cities. 480 lines
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  5. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 413 lines
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  6. P&R fares up for non-terminus stops 331 lines
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  7. Coming in on Hills Road...? 321 lines
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  8. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 8pm 261 lines
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  9. Removal of level crossings on operational lines 146 lines
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  10. Punts 139 lines
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  11. (Remarks on the) psychology of speed - (was:Speed trap detectors to be illegal?) 134 lines
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  12. Developers admit car park pricing blunder (Was: "I told you so" for the day :-)) 106 lines
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  13. "I told you so" for the day :-) 65 lines
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  14. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 8pm 54 lines
  15. Developers admit car park pricing blunder 53 lines
  16. ASLs (was Re: British & French governments to take action against 4x4s) 19 lines
  17. Osama Found Hanged 5 lines

Busiest threads, by number of authors contributing

  1. Speed trap detectors to be illegal? 25 authors
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  2. Bollard Fire? 15 authors
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  3. Addenbrooke's starts its own bus service 14 authors
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  4. Coming in on Hills Road...? 11 authors
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  5. 'Corporation' owned busses... It works in some other cities. 9 authors
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  6. Punts 7 authors
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  7. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 7 authors
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  8. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 8pm 6 authors
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  9. P&R fares up for non-terminus stops 6 authors
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  10. Developers admit car park pricing blunder (Was: "I told you so" for the day :-)) 5 authors
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  11. (Remarks on the) psychology of speed - (was:Speed trap detectors to be illegal?) 4 authors
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  12. Removal of level crossings on operational lines 4 authors
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  13. "I told you so" for the day :-) 3 authors
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  14. Osama Found Hanged 1 authors
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  15. ASLs (was Re: British & French governments to take action against 4x4s) 1 authors
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  16. Citi 4 and 5 public meeting tonight, Arbury Community Centre, 8pm 1 authors
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  17. Developers admit car park pricing blunder 1 authors
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This analysis is a compilation of publically-accessible information and I claim no copyright in it. It was generated by ngmlstat, by Chris Lightfoot.