4/15/99 Weekly statistics for talk.politics.tibet
Harry Lin
talk.politics.tibet made at Thu Apr 15 00:09:27 PDT 1999, which covers
all posts on Eskimo news server which were not canceled or expired.
Note:
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- A line of a post is considered to be original (that is, not quoted)
if it does not match the pattern /^(>|:|\S+>|\|)/.
- All text after the cut line /^-- $/ in the message body is considered
the author's signature.
Number of posts surveyed: 58
Number of posters surveyed: 29
Number of threads (subjects): 22
Total volume generated: 180.63 (KBytes)
Average Number of posts per thread: 2.64
Average Number of posts per poster: 2.00
Average volume generated per post: 3114.38 (Bytes)
Crosspostings:
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Average Number of groups in Newsgroups field: 3.47
Average Number of groups in Followup-To field: 3.47
(Followup-To: is equal to Newsgroups: if it is not provided.)
Number of posts in talk.politics.tibet only: 9, which is
15.52% of the total posts in talk.politics.tibet.
Number of groups crossposted in the most Excessive CrossPosting (ECP)
in talk.politics.tibet: 7
Subject of the most ECP:
Prefecture an Asian English usage word?
Prefecture an Asian English usage word?
Newsgroup listing of the earliest ECP above:
talk.politics.tibet, alt.usage.english,
soc.culture.japan, soc.culture.asian.american,
soc.culture.china, soc.culture.taiwan,
soc.culture.hongkong,
Newsgroups:
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Top 10 newsgroups crossposted with talk.politics.tibet,
and the number and the percentage of posts crossposted into them:
37 (63.79%) : soc.culture.taiwan
35 (60.34%) : talk.politics.china
33 (56.90%) : soc.culture.china
13 (22.41%) : soc.culture.hongkong
10 (17.24%) : alt.taiwan.republic
5 ( 8.62%) : soc.culture.quebec
2 ( 3.45%) : politics.taiwan
2 ( 3.45%) : talk
2 ( 3.45%) : alt.usage.english
2 ( 3.45%) : soc.culture.asian.american
2 ( 3.45%) : soc.culture.japan
These percentages might add up to more than 100% because crosspostings
are counted multiple times. A large percentage with certain group
implies that you do not lose much in talk.politics.tibet if you just
subscribe to that newsgroup. If two newsgroups show a large
percentage to each other, then they could be merged since most
posts are crossposted between them.
Subjects:
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Top 10 subjects in talk.politics.tibet,
and the number and the percentage of the posts with them as Subject:
8 (13.79%): Taiwan Rep. & Tibet Rep. not China Rep.
7 (12.07%): Visa policy of the US Embassy in Beijing for Chinese students
6 (10.34%): Taiwan from a Belgian perspective
5 ( 8.62%): Tibet is part of China
5 ( 8.62%): zhu and clinton's talks on taiwan and tibet [was Re: what i believe]
4 ( 6.90%): what i believe.
3 ( 5.17%): Another Friedman column
2 ( 3.45%): America to declare war on Indonesia,Mexico, PRC,Spain,Turkey and Vietnam
2 ( 3.45%): Power tends to corrupt ...
2 ( 3.45%): Prefecture an Asian English usage word?
2 ( 3.45%): Debunking Lies, One by One: #1 (was Re: do you know these fact?)
2 ( 3.45%): Dalai Lama honored in Argentina
Posters:
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Top 10 posters of talk.politics.tibet, by the number of posts,
the percentage of their posts in talk.politics.tibet in (),
and the ratio of averaged number of groups in their Followup-To:
versus the averaged number of groups in their Newsgroups in []:
9 (15.52%) [1.000] : al...@rev.net
8 (13.79%) [1.000] : Phipps <mrph...@slip.net>
4 ( 6.90%) [1.000] : "Pu Ouyang" <pou...@indiana.edu>
3 ( 5.17%) [1.000] : bi...@ihgp4.ih.lucent.com (-Yang,J.B.)
3 ( 5.17%) [1.000] : she...@aol.com (Shengde)
2 ( 3.45%) [1.000] : Knabe <davi...@hp.com>
2 ( 3.45%) [1.000] : tl...@ibm.net (Tingli Pan)
2 ( 3.45%) [1.000] : ric...@trip.netti.jp (Richard)
2 ( 3.45%) [1.000] : "Chinese" <n...@mail.com>
2 ( 3.45%) [1.000] : nudib...@my-dejanews.com
2 ( 3.45%) [1.000] : lix...@my-dejanews.com
2 ( 3.45%) [1.000] : iro...@bigfoot.com (Mike Cleven)
A number in [] less than 1 indicates trimming newsgroups
from Followup-To:. A 1 in [] indicates passing newsgroups in
Followup-To: when following up without trimming. Some posters
use ISP's which do not allow crosspostings (like America on Line),
and their [] entry will show 1.
For the posters displayed above, the averaged sizes (Bytes) of their
original text versus their quoted text in (Original|Quoted),
and the ratio of the original text size versus that of the
quoted in []:
( 351.1| 214.4) [ 1.6373] : al...@rev.net
( 505.4| 1662.9) [ 0.3039] : Phipps <mrph...@slip.net>
( 367.8| 765.2) [ 0.4806] : "Pu Ouyang" <pou...@indiana.edu>
( 685.3| 76.0) [ 9.0175] : bi...@ihgp4.ih.lucent.com (-Yang,J.B.)
( 2719.3| 0.0) [Infinity] : she...@aol.com (Shengde)
( 760.5| 284.5) [ 2.6731] : Knabe <davi...@hp.com>
( 147.5| 759.0) [ 0.1943] : tl...@ibm.net (Tingli Pan)
( 251.0| 693.5) [ 0.3619] : ric...@trip.netti.jp (Richard)
( 294.5| 191.5) [ 1.5379] : "Chinese" <n...@mail.com>
( 700.0| 323.0) [ 2.1672] : nudib...@my-dejanews.com
( 1088.5| 457.5) [ 2.3792] : lix...@my-dejanews.com
( 317.5| 734.0) [ 0.4326] : iro...@bigfoot.com (Mike Cleven)
A small number in [] implies a tendency for 'Me Too!' posts, or
accidentally pressing the 'Post' key, or those who just add texts
to the post without removing redundant quotations. A large number
in [] implies an announcement-like posting.
Top 10 posters of talk.politics.tibet, by the total volume of
posts (KBytes), the percentage of the volume of their posts in
talk.politics.tibet in (), and the average volume of their posts
in [] (KBytes):
29.39 (16.27%) [ 29.39] : m_w...@ibm.net (Micky Wong)
25.19 (13.94%) [ 3.15] : Phipps <mrph...@slip.net>
24.54 (13.59%) [ 24.54] : it...@teleport.com (Tom Billings)
14.76 ( 8.17%) [ 1.64] : al...@rev.net
10.17 ( 5.63%) [ 3.39] : she...@aol.com (Shengde)
8.32 ( 4.61%) [ 2.08] : "Pu Ouyang" <pou...@indiana.edu>
5.03 ( 2.78%) [ 2.51] : lix...@my-dejanews.com
4.81 ( 2.67%) [ 1.60] : bi...@ihgp4.ih.lucent.com (-Yang,J.B.)
4.63 ( 2.57%) [ 2.32] : iro...@bigfoot.com (Mike Cleven)
4.63 ( 2.56%) [ 2.31] : Knabe <davi...@hp.com>
New Threads:
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New threads of talk.politics.tibet under survey and their
originators. The script checks the References: header entry and
judge a thread to be new if there are no References entries.
Sorted from the earliest to the latest.
[Free Tibet] Tibet Can be China's Balkan Crisis :
m_w...@ibm.net (Micky Wong)
CHINA DENOUNCED BEFORE THE UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ICCPR ABUSES :
she...@aol.com (Shengde)
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