Comments on: Excel Wiki http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-19513 Michael Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:03:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-19513 <p>I have created a website offering free Microsoft Excel tutorials, hints and tips.</p> <p>The URL is <a href="http://www.excelexchange.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.excelexchange.com/</a></p> <p>Any comments?</p> I have created a website offering free Microsoft Excel tutorials, hints and tips.

The URL is http://www.excelexchange.com/

Any comments?

]]> By: Scott http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-19286 Scott Sun, 26 Mar 2006 08:48:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-19286 <p>Why not just post to the Excel section of the Wikipedia? Why create a website to partition it from the encyclopedia itself?</p> Why not just post to the Excel section of the Wikipedia? Why create a website to partition it from the encyclopedia itself?

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-17888 Dick Kusleika Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-17888 <p>Rembo: I've been switching servers on xlwiki for about a month now. I'm working on it and hope to have it back up this week. I'll be sure to make a post on this blog when it's back up.</p> Rembo: I’ve been switching servers on xlwiki for about a month now. I’m working on it and hope to have it back up this week. I’ll be sure to make a post on this blog when it’s back up.

]]> By: Rembo http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-17879 Rembo Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-17879 <p>Dick,</p> <p>Did xlwiki.com pass away? I haven't been able to open the webpage for a while now.</p> <p>Rembo</p> Dick,

Did xlwiki.com pass away? I haven’t been able to open the webpage for a while now.

Rembo

]]> By: ross http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-17431 ross Mon, 07 Nov 2005 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-17431 <p>A years supply of excel ideas! lol!</p> A years supply of excel ideas! lol!

]]> By: Dick Kusleika http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-17429 Dick Kusleika Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:28:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-17429 <p>Graham: So you're the one who visited that site. :)<br> I don't expect the wiki to take off right away. I plan to add 2 or 3 pages a week. In a year or so, it should be getting sufficient traffic from Google that some visitors start contributing. That's when it will get really good. Although a contest is a good idea, maybe I should do that. What's a good prize?</p> Graham: So you’re the one who visited that site. :)
I don’t expect the wiki to take off right away. I plan to add 2 or 3 pages a week. In a year or so, it should be getting sufficient traffic from Google that some visitors start contributing. That’s when it will get really good. Although a contest is a good idea, maybe I should do that. What’s a good prize?

]]> By: Graham http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-17424 Graham Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-17424 <p>Dick,</p> <p>After your recent post on the Excel Experts E-Letter, I was rummaging through the archives on j-walk's site and was reminded of your wiki plan. I hopped over to the wiki. There was a ghostly howl. A mourning bell. A tumbleweed drifted by.</p> <p>This is a really great idea, but no-one's really taking you up on it. I wonder if there is a Catch-22 thing happening here: no-one wants to contribute in case the Wiki is a failure (because they'd have wasted their time) - but unless people contribute, the wiki will be a failure...</p> <p>I wonder if you and some of your MVP chums might consider getting together to create some kind of competition to motivate us masses to do stuff? Hey maybe you could get MS to cough up a prize or something?</p> <p>Cheers, Graham</p> Dick,

After your recent post on the Excel Experts E-Letter, I was rummaging through the archives on j-walk’s site and was reminded of your wiki plan. I hopped over to the wiki. There was a ghostly howl. A mourning bell. A tumbleweed drifted by.

This is a really great idea, but no-one’s really taking you up on it. I wonder if there is a Catch-22 thing happening here: no-one wants to contribute in case the Wiki is a failure (because they’d have wasted their time) – but unless people contribute, the wiki will be a failure…

I wonder if you and some of your MVP chums might consider getting together to create some kind of competition to motivate us masses to do stuff? Hey maybe you could get MS to cough up a prize or something?

Cheers, Graham

]]> By: Rembo http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-16616 Rembo Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:18:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-16616 <p>Hi Dick,</p> <p>Right now (6 oct 05) I'm getting only errors on xlwiki.com </p> <p>Rembo</p> Hi Dick,

Right now (6 oct 05) I’m getting only errors on xlwiki.com

Rembo

]]> By: Andrew http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-16412 Andrew Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-16412 <p>Hi Dick,</p> <p>It might be that Wikis are a good idea because they seem less intimidating for some folk to submit their stuff. Like Dennis says, there seem to be a very large number of "unknown" Excel users, many of whom I am sure have something useful ideas and information to contribute.</p> <p>Worst case (at least in theory)is material gets deleted, amended or improved, hopefully with a minimum of fuss :-)</p> <p>Another advantage is the ease of finding material. This would be a very big plus for both regular and irregular visitors alike.</p> Hi Dick,

It might be that Wikis are a good idea because they seem less intimidating for some folk to submit their stuff. Like Dennis says, there seem to be a very large number of “unknown” Excel users, many of whom I am sure have something useful ideas and information to contribute.

Worst case (at least in theory)is material gets deleted, amended or improved, hopefully with a minimum of fuss :-)

Another advantage is the ease of finding material. This would be a very big plus for both regular and irregular visitors alike.

]]> By: Doug Tyrrell http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2005/09/27/excel-wiki/#comment-16408 Doug Tyrrell Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:21:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=1250#comment-16408 <p>Hi Dick,<br> I showed Excel Wiki to Dennis and some of the lads at Ozgrid Forums for feedback in early September. Of course, the first thing they did was to post a link back to your blog. Fortunately/unfortunately Excel consulting has kept me occupied and I have not made the progress I had hoped. Guess it's time to get busy and see if we can answer the old question "what if we made a wiki and nobody came".</p> <p>Regards, Doug</p> Hi Dick,
I showed Excel Wiki to Dennis and some of the lads at Ozgrid Forums for feedback in early September. Of course, the first thing they did was to post a link back to your blog. Fortunately/unfortunately Excel consulting has kept me occupied and I have not made the progress I had hoped. Guess it’s time to get busy and see if we can answer the old question “what if we made a wiki and nobody came”.

Regards, Doug

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