Congratulations xlnitwit :-)

Belated best wishes Don, to your first “excelforum anniversary”, yesterday, and congratulations on the bestowal of the prestigious Forum Expert title !!, - ( although you have already had a “Reputation beyond Repute” for ages, so it was just a technicality in your case after being with is for 12 Months** )
Thanks for all the help.

[joke] Now you can help whip those new OP’s into shape with the powers of the drop down list of Canned Replies that should now be available to you, lol… [/joke]

http://imgur.com/P9ilCZV
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http://imgur.com/69c6h0E
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Alan

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**Edit P.s. Just for other People’s info: From Forum rules, ( https://www.excelforum.com/forum-rul...rum-rules.html
https://www.excelforum.com/forums-rules/ )
- Forum Expert: 360 days registered, 1200 posts and 600 reputation points..

Thank you, Alan and Lazarus.

Canned replies- how exciting! If only they were canned answers, that would save a great deal of time.

Congratulations _ I've been called xlinept

Thank you both.

Originally Posted by xladept

I've been called xlinept

Tongue in cheek, I'm sure!

Congrats on the milestone!! well done, lots more to come, Im sure

And to Alan, I think we need to promote you to forum secretary, you keep tabs on this sort of thing really well, thank you

Man you guys are posting machines!!!

I do like your avatar- it's how I have felt for most of this morning fending off requests from my colleagues!

Reached page 2 in the Members List in a year. You're among the big boys now - Congratulations.

Originally Posted by FDibbins

..Alan, I think we need to promote you to forum secretary,...

- Thanks for the offer Ford :-) . I think I will have to decline.. I don’t think I am pretty enough , - well I am not sure if that is a requirement, but most secretaries I knew were not Plug ugly like me.. and what the boss did to them .. well that sort of puts me off too.. lol…
I doubt also I could keep track with all – we have so many good contributors to Expert to Guru “Posting machines” out there it would be a full time job. But it is not a bad idea to give the Mods/ Admis a little less to do, so they can do there Excelling better
Don ( xlnitwit ), just caught my attention coincidentally as I saw him start from scratch at like, “Guru level”, which was reflected in his Reputation count that shot up like Jerry’s Rocket reaching the top level of “……reputation beyond repute” whilst he was still a Forum “Newbie”._....
_....maybe that has something to do with his position in the Member list??
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Originally Posted by bakerman2

Reached page 2 in the Members List in a year....

?? What is the significance, that is to say how does that order come about then?? .. Just idle curiosity, not important.. – I personally think the only important thing is to give how, when/ if you can, - some have more time than others, some need more help etc.. But a bit of harmless fun competition at the top amongst the “Big Boys”, ( and Big Girlies :-) ) is OK I think.. ..so .. how do you get “up the list”. I can’t see an obvious logic. ??

Alan

@ Alan

This depends on how many Reputation points you have received from other members.
The more people approve the answers you provide the more your reputation count rises and the higher you climb in the list.

Ah OK, as simple as that, thanks - When I view the Member list it doesn't show me the number of Reps the people have. So I thought it might have been more complicated,
Thanks

EDIT: Strange: - I see people well up the list that mostly just ask questions..?? - "...its the way they ask 'em.......??

Congrats
well deserved

@ Alan

The Reputation thingy isn't that straightforward.
It depends on a number of things.

1. Do you receive rep points from every OP you help ? You can answer as many questions if you like but when you don't get recognition for it your rep count does't go up that much.

2. Who gave you the rep points. Take a look at this thread https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ts-system.html

So it's possible you give 10 answers to new members and receive rep from each one of them. You end up with a rep+ of 10
On the otherhand if 10 Forum Guru's also like these answers you give and also add rep you could end up with rep+ of 100.

So sometimes you can progress real slow (even though your answering lots of questions) or sometimes it can go real fast.

None of it matters, anyway. We are here to help people, aren't we?

@bakerman2

Originally Posted by bakerman2

..Reputation thingy isn't that straightforward...Take a look at this thread https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ts-system.html ...

Thanks, bakerman2.
Sorry, I did not make myself clear. I was not meaning that the Rep system was straightforward. I was just referring to the criteria for where you are on the Members list, that’s all:-
As the number of Reps someone has is not shown in the Member list_...
BigMembers.JPG http://imgur.com/sgp3pfH
_... it was not clear to me that the number of reps was the simple criteria for where one is. I thought it might possibly be a complicated formula taking into account reps, posts, time of membership etc..etc..
It was just idle curiosity, that’s all. – But you cleared that up for me, thanks.

( I know about that Thread…. That is where we revealed the mystery of …. the Brotherhood of Full Gamuts , Lol… !! )
https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ml#post4649174
https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ml#post4649328
https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ml#post4650029
)
Thanks again, Gamut bakerman2
Gamut Alan





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( Other Rep Threads:
https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...ml#post4509092
http://www.excelforum.com/tips-and-t...on-points.html
http://www.excelforum.com/the-water-...from-guru.html
https://www.excelforum.com/suggestio...on-points.html
http://www.excelforum.com/the-water-...-feedback.html
https://www.excelforum.com/the-water...on-points.html
https://www.excelforum.com/tips-and-...ml#post4483653 )

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EDIT: P.s.
@ Ali
[joke] I’m only here for the Reps. Reps are what I live for. Please someone give me one. Preferably a Big Boy, ( or Big Girlie ) [/joke]