RCG Stats - 2007

============================================================================ Analysis of posts to rec.crafts.glass ============================================================================ (stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)

Total posts considered: 1,755 over 365 days Earliest article: Mon Mar 5 14:28:23 2007 Latest article: Sun Dec 30 17:15:09 2007 Original articles: 221, replies: 1,534 Total size of posts: 3,821,929 bytes (3,732K) (3.64M) Average 4 articles per day, 0.01 MB per day, 2,177 bytes per article Total headers: 2,048 KB bodies: 1,684 KB Body text - quoted: 901 KB, original: 739 KB = 45.05%, sigs: 42 KB Total number of posters: 225, average 16,986 bytes per poster Total number of threads: 225, average 16,986 bytes per thread Total number of User-Agents: 36

============================================================================ Top 20 posters by number of articles ============================================================================ 1: snipped-for-privacy@debrady.com............................................. : 137 2: Michael ...................................... : 125 3: " Moonraker" ......................... : 124 4: "Moonraker" .................... : 112 5: "glassman" .................................. : 107 6: nJb ......................................... : 92 7: "michele" ................................ : 91 8: " snipped-for-privacy@peak.org" .................... : 83 9: "javahut" ................................. : 65

10: Jman .................................. : 54 11: "Javahut" ................................. : 51 12: Steve Ackman .............. : 38 13: Chemo the Clown ............................... : 36 14: "Glassman@work" ....................... : 33 15: Kalera ............................... : 27 16: Lauri Levanto ....................... : 27 17: "Mike Firth" ......................... : 25 18: "Chemosabe" ................................... : 23 19: Ron Parker ........... : 21 20: Adrian ............................... : 19

============================================================================ Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes ============================================================================ 1: snipped-for-privacy@debrady.com............................................. : 365 2: " Moonraker" ......................... : 253 3: "Moonraker" .................... : 226 4: nJb ......................................... : 219 5: Michael ...................................... : 214 6: " snipped-for-privacy@peak.org" .................... : 198 7: "michele" ................................ : 195 8: "glassman" .................................. : 193 9: Jman .................................. : 167

10: "javahut" ................................. : 121 11: Steve Ackman .............. : 112 12: "Javahut" ................................. : 95 13: Chemo the Clown ............................... : 73 14: "Mike Firth" ......................... : 66 15: Lauri Levanto ....................... : 59 16: "Chemosabe" ................................... : 58 17: "Glassman@work" ....................... : 54 18: Kalera ............................... : 54 19: Ron Parker ........... : 46 20: Adrian ............................... : 45

============================================================================ Top 20 responders by original text (> 4 posts) ============================================================================ 1: snipped-for-privacy@bottom.of.post.com (Bart V)...................... : 95.44% 2: Vic ....................................... : 89.18% 3: Steve Ackman .............. : 87.58% 4: "Byrd" ............................. : 76.65% 5: "Brock" ..................................... : 75.94% 6: snipped-for-privacy@rogers.com...................................... : 69.94% 7: Ron Parker ........... : 67.92% 8: "Lori Golden" ........................... : 59.53% 9: Cactus Bob .................................. : 58.72%

10: "Javahut" ................................. : 54.35% 11: James Zapetis ...................... : 53.44% 12: Marcia ...................... : 49.75% 13: "JKGlassman" ........................... : 47.84% 14: "Glassman@work" ....................... : 47.65% 15: "Moonraker" .................... : 46.72% 16: "javahut" ................................. : 46.68% 17: " Moonraker" ......................... : 46.44% 18: "glassman" .................................. : 45.94% 29: Adrian ............................... : 45.69%

============================================================================ Bottom 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts) ============================================================================ 1: nJb ......................................... : 5.59% 2: "Chemosabe" ................................... : 15.32% 3: nJb ......................................... : 15.99% 4: "Sauger" ............................. : 21.11% 5: Chemo the Clown ............................... : 24.22% 6: " snipped-for-privacy@peak.org" .................... : 25.54% 7: "michele" ................................ : 26.27% 8: "Javahut" ................................. : 26.39% 9: "Kerry Montgomery" ..................... : 27.36%

10: Eric R Snow ................................. : 29.06% 11: Lauri Levanto ....................... : 29.31% 12: snipped-for-privacy@debrady.com............................................. : 30.03% 13: Beveled Glass Arts ................ : 30.16% 14: Kalera ............................... : 30.87% 15: "charlie" ................. : 31.18% 16: David Billington ............ : 31.97% 17: "Jim" ........................................... : 32.72% 18: "The Shadow" ............................. : 33.25% 19: howard ................................. : 34.68% 20: "C Ryman" .................... : 35.06%

============================================================================ Top 20 threads by no. of articles ============================================================================ 1: Stained Glass Software......................................... : 106 2: Another wannabe Basement Bandit................................ : 85 3: Does anyone know these guys?................................... : 45 4: putting panel in frame......................................... : 41 5: Good lord...................................................... : 37 6: Worden and Odyssey Lamps....................................... : 33 7: Retail Glass Distributors...................................... : 33 8: I'm a TV Star!................................................. : 31 9: Stained Glass and similar Groups ?............................. : 29

10: Anyone building their own kilns?............................... : 28 11: Getting Closer to bailing out.................................. : 26 12: something for Mooney - Weller 900 tip for sale................. : 25 13: Stained Glass Books............................................ : 24 14: First design using Glass Eye................................... : 21 15: Custom Prices.................................................. : 20 16: Tired, tired subject-michele................................... : 20 17: motivation..................................................... : 20 18: Glass from hell................................................ : 20 19: Charter & (pointer to) FAQs.................................... : 20 20: ADVERTISEMENT - Glass weaving strip molds...................... : 19

============================================================================ Top 20 threads by size in KB ============================================================================ 1: Stained Glass Software......................................... : 282 2: Another wannabe Basement Bandit................................ : 268 3: putting panel in frame......................................... : 124 4: Does anyone know these guys?................................... : 103 5: Anyone building their own kilns?............................... : 85 6: Stained Glass and similar Groups ?............................. : 73 7: Worden and Odyssey Lamps....................................... : 70 8: Good lord...................................................... : 65 9: Retail Glass Distributors...................................... : 64

10: Where can I buy cerium oxide glass polishing powder?........... : 62 11: Charter & (pointer to) FAQs.................................... : 58 12: something for Mooney - Weller 900 tip for sale................. : 54 13: I'm a TV Star!................................................. : 49 14: First design using Glass Eye................................... : 48 15: Glass from hell................................................ : 46 16: Custom Prices.................................................. : 46 17: motivation..................................................... : 45 18: Stained Glass Books............................................ : 45 19: Getting Closer to bailing out.................................. : 44 20: Tired, tired subject-michele................................... : 43

============================================================================ Top 10 cross-posted groups ============================================================================ 1: rec.crafts.pottery............................................. : 28 2: alt.tv.scifi.channel........................................... : 8 3: alt.vacation.las-vegas......................................... : 8 4: alt.sports.baseball.ny-mets.................................... : 8 5: alt.swordfighting.............................................. : 6 6: rec.crafts.metalworking........................................ : 5 7: rec.crafts.marketplace......................................... : 3 8: alt.evil....................................................... : 3 9: rec.woodworking................................................ : 3

============================================================================ Top 10 User Agents by poster ============================================================================ 1: G2/1.0......................................................... : 100 2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 60 3: Unknown........................................................ : 14 4: Forte Agent.................................................... : 12 5: Mozilla........................................................ : 4 6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728)......................... : 4 7: Xnews.......................................................... : 3 8: BNews2004v20................................................... : 3 9: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207)......................... : 3

10: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221)........................ : 3

============================================================================ Top 10 User Agents by number of posts ============================================================================ 1: Outlook Express........................................... : 748 (43%) 2: G2........................................................ : 617 (35%) 3: Mozilla................................................... : 111 ( 6%) 4: slrn...................................................... : 59 ( 3%) 5: Forte Agent............................................... : 46 ( 3%) 6: unknown................................................... : 43 ( 2%) 7: Icedove 1.5.0.12 (X11..................................... : 22 ( 1%) 8: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows............................. : 20 ( 1%) 9: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows............................. : 14 ( 1%)

10: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480..................... : 11 ( 1%)
Reply to
Steve Ackman
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Thanks for the hint. I run leafnode as well, but for some reason had never noticed that setting. Now that deserves-more-persecution has started to morph, I've started to see it again, so that setting was invaluable.

Again, thank you.

Reply to
Ron Parker

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