7/1/99 Weekly statistics for talk.politics.tibet
Harry Lin
talk.politics.tibet made at Thu Jul 1 00:09:21 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: 132
Number of posters surveyed: 38
Number of threads (subjects): 31
Total volume generated: 321.94 (KBytes)
Average Number of posts per thread: 4.26
Average Number of posts per poster: 3.47
Average volume generated per post: 2438.95 (Bytes)
Crosspostings:
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Average Number of groups in Newsgroups field: 3.48
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: 21, which is
15.91% of the total posts in talk.politics.tibet.
Number of groups crossposted in the most Excessive CrossPosting (ECP)
in talk.politics.tibet: 9
Subject of the most ECP:
Freedom of speech!
Newsgroup listing of the earliest ECP above:
soc.culture.asian.american, soc.culture.china,
soc.culture.singapore, soc.culture.yugoslavia,
soc.culture.malaysia, soc.culture.indian,
soc.culture.usa, talk.politics.tibet,
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:
94 (71.21%) : hk.politics
82 (62.12%) : talk.politics.china
63 (47.73%) : soc.culture.mongolian
31 (23.48%) : tw.bbs.soc.politics
14 (10.61%) : soc.culture.taiwan
12 ( 9.09%) : soc.culture.china
7 ( 5.30%) : soc.culture.usa
7 ( 5.30%) : soc.culture.indian
3 ( 2.27%) : soc.culture.hongkong
2 ( 1.52%) : alt.religion.buddhism.nkt
2 ( 1.52%) : talk.religion.buddhism
2 ( 1.52%) : alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan
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:
62 (46.97%): Are We "Chinese"?
15 (11.36%): I love Tibetans, Hans, Manchus, Mongolians, Uyghurs ...
13 ( 9.85%): The Battle of Talas: (Han + Tibetan) vs Arabs
6 ( 4.55%): My moral dillema
3 ( 2.27%): Chinese marrying Tibetans a threat to Tibet
2 ( 1.52%): What is love?
2 ( 1.52%): What textbook does West Point use?
2 ( 1.52%): Why can't Delilama believe in Christianity!
2 ( 1.52%): Tibetans have been Christians?
2 ( 1.52%): A lama that works in a deli? (was re: Why can't Delilama believe in Christianity!)
2 ( 1.52%): For politicians, livelihood of averge people doesn't count
2 ( 1.52%): Beijing-Appointed Panchen Lama Urges Tibetans to Obey JIANG Zemin
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 []:
18 (13.64%) [1.000] : Nickel <nicke...@my-deja.com>
11 ( 8.33%) [1.000] : ltl...@mindspring.com
10 ( 7.58%) [1.000] : "Demon News" <sava...@twics.com>
9 ( 6.82%) [1.000] : dagi...@my-deja.com
8 ( 6.06%) [1.000] : Phipps <mrph...@slip.net>
8 ( 6.06%) [1.000] : haliuna <hal...@my-deja.com>
6 ( 4.55%) [1.000] : "無名老子" <Nob...@Utopia.edu.tw>
5 ( 3.79%) [1.000] : "Susen" <1...@usa.edu>
4 ( 3.03%) [1.000] : "Ben Olasov" <ola...@ibm.net>
4 ( 3.03%) [1.000] : ccc...@holta.ho.att.com (chou,chih che=ccchou)
4 ( 3.03%) [1.000] : "Francis Y.F.Poon" <fyf...@netvigator.com>
4 ( 3.03%) [1.000] : kl <kare...@netvigator.com>
4 ( 3.03%) [1.000] : "Pete" <pbg...@ibm.net>
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 []:
( 634.6| 449.7) [ 1.4113] : Nickel <nicke...@my-deja.com>
( 855.5| 1300.4) [ 0.6579] : ltl...@mindspring.com
( 257.4| 580.8) [ 0.4432] : "Demon News" <sava...@twics.com>
( 526.6| 272.1) [ 1.9351] : dagi...@my-deja.com
( 1471.4| 959.8) [ 1.5331] : Phipps <mrph...@slip.net>
( 526.1| 1089.0) [ 0.4831] : haliuna <hal...@my-deja.com>
( 190.0| 546.2) [ 0.3479] : "無名老子" <Nob...@Utopia.edu.tw>
( 438.2| 0.0) [Infinity] : "Susen" <1...@usa.edu>
( 2399.2| 0.0) [Infinity] : "Ben Olasov" <ola...@ibm.net>
( 1158.2| 1883.2) [ 0.6150] : ccc...@holta.ho.att.com (chou,chih che=ccchou)
( 650.0| 462.0) [ 1.4069] : "Francis Y.F.Poon" <fyf...@netvigator.com>
( 275.2| 506.5) [ 0.5434] : kl <kare...@netvigator.com>
( 474.8| 614.5) [ 0.7726] : "Pete" <pbg...@ibm.net>
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):
40.20 (12.49%) [ 2.23] : Nickel <nicke...@my-deja.com>
35.58 (11.05%) [ 3.23] : ltl...@mindspring.com
29.85 ( 9.27%) [ 3.73] : Phipps <mrph...@slip.net>
21.82 ( 6.78%) [ 2.73] : haliuna <hal...@my-deja.com>
20.27 ( 6.30%) [ 2.03] : "Demon News" <sava...@twics.com>
17.09 ( 5.31%) [ 1.90] : dagi...@my-deja.com
15.69 ( 4.87%) [ 3.92] : ccc...@holta.ho.att.com (chou,chih che=ccchou)
13.57 ( 4.21%) [ 3.39] : "Ben Olasov" <ola...@ibm.net>
11.67 ( 3.63%) [ 1.95] : "無名老子" <Nob...@Utopia.edu.tw>
9.34 ( 2.90%) [ 3.11] : "Pu Ouyang" <pou...@indiana.edu>
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.
=?gb2312?B?usXN4tfu0MLP+8+i?= :
nfan <avre...@jps.net>
High-Wire Protest at World Bank :
"Ben Olasov" <ola...@ibm.net>
Beijing-Appointed Panchen Lama Urges Tibetans to Obey JIANG Zemin :
"Ben Olasov" <ola...@ibm.net>
China Loan a Threat to Tibet :
"Ben Olasov" <ola...@ibm.net>
Panchen Lama Under Heavy Guard In Tibet :
"Ben Olasov" <ola...@ibm.net>
美國人認為西藏是邪魔的來源... :
Wong <hest...@hotmail.com>
6/24/99 Weekly statistics for talk.politics.tibet :
no.jackr...@eskimo.com (Harry Lin)
Dalai Lama Support India Nuclear Program? :
jc...@my-deja.com
Chinese marrying Tibetans a threat to Tibet :
ltl...@mindspring.com
Is there such a thing as a soul? :
"Francis Y.F.Poon" <fyf...@netvigator.com>
Outer Mongolia is not a part of China, nor are Taiwan & Tibet. :
brig...@typhoon.xnet.com (Brigitte Yves)
請認清基督教的真面目！ :
Wong <hest...@hotmail.com>
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