"Alexis" wrote in message
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Of the 91,457 most recent messages posted on rec.boats, 50,067 were off
topic.

Of the 41,390 remaining some were off topic but not caught in the filter.
Others started on topic but degenerated into off topic.

Items in para 2 notwithstanding, only 45.3% of posts in rec.boats are on
topic.

Of the off topic posts the most prolific off topic posters, and their
total off topic posts in this sample, a

Harry Krause 7860
Doug Kanter 4997
NOYB 4647
basskisser 3919
Gould 0738 2898
John H 2302
jps 2272
Dave Hall 1788
Calif Bill 1611
JohnH 1443
John Gaquin 1131
jim-- 1122
thunder 1097
Jim 849
WaIIy 870
DSK 802
Don White 730
Henry Blackmoore 702
Bert Robbins 691
Charles 556
John Smith 572
Joe 543
Tuuk 449
Steven Shelikoff 423
Joe Parsons 391
Clams Canino 386
Gene Kearns 386
Mark Browne 339
K Smith 338
Bill Cole 328
Backyard Renegade 327
Short Wave Sportfishing 310
Hooda Gest 302
Gary Warner 290
Comcast News 282
Don 282
noah 277
Rick 267
JAXAshby 234

All of these off topic posts -- with exceptions as per para 2, above --
can be filtered by creating a message filter in your newsreader that
deletes any post with any of the following words appearing in the subject
line:

OT:
Bush
republican
repug
democrat
gop
falwell
kerry
cbs
!!!
jobless
political
soldiers

Those are the facts.

Additional facts:

5 of the top 7 OT posters are left wing nut cases. They accounted for
nearly 22,000 of the nearly 29,000 OT posts made by the top 7.

Krause alone had almost 8,000 OT posts by himself.

Krause, Kanter, 'asskisser, Gould and jps.

There lies your problem. ;-)

Those folks have way too much idle time on their hands.