The Bad Threads

[Cheeky Charlie]

So what is my posts:threads ratio?

I have about 3700 posts and I've started 2 threads outside the mods area (4 actually, but 2 were info about Excel not questions).

Is my ratio then 1850:1? Or 2/3700 = .000541? Either case appears it would be bad and I shouldn't be trusted (< 2 for CC, greater than 10 for DO). Statistics confuse me. It's a good thing I don't gamble.

In my proposed metric, your ratio is 1850:1, being substantially more than 2, that indicates you are a thoughtful contributor to the board, being far more than 100 indicates that you need a new hobby.

Perhaps a sensible refinement would be user's-posts per user's-initiated threads (has someone suggested this?). Then if you started your two threads and never bothered replying, your ratio wouldn't be buoyed by your thousands of other contributions, you'd have a ratio of 1:1, and I could cast you into the mental bin of "idiots on whom my time should not be expended" (normally reserved for work colleagues)... of course, you didn't do that, so I guess there's no danger of that. :D

CC

[Cheeky Charlie]

Yeah. The needful. I do that often. LOL.

I did the needful the other day, ended up in a right mess. I'd recommend preparing for the needful by getting a towel and some wet wipes to hand first.

[teylyn]

target practice, Chuck!!

[martindwilson]

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...arsing-it.html
this made me laugh, the op obviously got hold of the wrong end of the stick and threw his toys out of the pram.DOH!
and roy uk rightly banned him .
as an aside any one else noticed that the shortened url
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...arsing-it.html
seems to be suggesting something quite rude lol

[darkyam]

Here's today's entry: http://www.excelforum.com/excel-work...o-columns.html. The OP changes their requirements several times, yells at NBVC, and then picks a solution that's opposite the thread title. Good stuff.

[darkyam]

That banging sound you're hearing is me hitting my head against the wall.
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...n-formula.html

[NBVC]

I had a few of those yesterday... I was looking for my Tylenol

[martindwilson]

well he is a neighbour of shg lol

[darkyam]

Sometimes, I feel like a magnet for bad threads. This OP wanted me to hold their hand even to the point of inserting the formula I gave them in their workbook, but then didn't even update it to include the necessary data.
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...ml#post2267517

[shg]

well he is a neighbour of shg lol

Doubtful; no true Texan would describe their location as "Texas, United States". I think he's from one of those Texas wanna-be states, like ... well, like all of them.

[darkyam]

This week's entry: http://www.excelforum.com/excel-2007...ml#post2273565. OP seems to want to understand the formula, but doesn't seem capable of adding a simple IF test or converting it to IF(OR.

[ChemistB]

Here's a favorite (and popular too) response;
"I can't get it to work."

Can't get it to work how??? Do these people go to the mechanic and say "My car is broken?!?" Sheesh

[darkyam]

I think I've had three of those in the last week, and that's out of maybe 30 total posts.

[tony h]

I have taken to answering a few questions by pointing the OP to the help text/training or other resource which has the answer.

[broro183]

I have taken to answering a few questions by pointing the OP to the help text/training or other resource which has the answer.

Good move Tony!
I agree. 1) Why reinvent the wheel? & 2) making friends with the [F1] key should be high on the list of things to do for a willing learner. Hopefully we find enough willing learners that we can feel we are holding our own using the subtle apporaches & not feel the need to suggest a RTFM banner (these made me chuckle & sigh in agreement) across the top of the Forum! j.k.

Rob