The early days of the MrExcel Board

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A bit of nostalgia today - going back to the original wwwboard that ran here from July 1999 - early 2002.

Disclaimer: The stats below are not perfect, we did not have sign-ins, so you typed your own name in. I caught and fixed some alternate spellings, but likely missed others. The old WWWBoard was translated to a series of archive web pages. We think we converted them all, but I am not sure. These post counts only include answers, not posts by the OP. If you want to dig deeper into the data, download the workbook from the link at the bottom.

The board started in 1999. Top posts in 1999:
Ivan Moala with 117
Chris D with 64

The very first answer ever was posted by Ivan Moala on July 6, 1999: Excel Function "Type" does not work properly

In 2000, the top post counts:
Celia with 656
Ivan Moala with 531
Ryan with 204
Tim Francis-Wright 171
David with 83
Aladin Akyurek with 74
Ben O with 68
JAF with 68
Ada with 67

Top Posts in 2001:
Top in 2001:
Mark W 2338
Aladin Akurek with 2279
Dave Hawley 1502
Barrie Davidson 810
IML 740
Juan Pablo Gonzalez 617
Ivan Moala 493
Damon Ostrander 304
Joe Was 286


Top 15 at the old board (1999-early 2002)
Aladin Akyurek with 2907 answers. First answer: October 26, 2000
Mark W. with 2826 answers. First answer: January 6, 2001
Dave Hawley with 1502 answers. First answer: January 6, 2001
Ivan Moala with 1313 answers. First answer: July 6, 1999
Barrie Davidson with 945 answers. First answer: February 1, 2001
Juan Pablo Gonzalez with 890 answers. First answer: August 30, 2001
IML with 850 answers. First answer: October 27, 2000
Celia with 819 answers. First answer: January 11, 2000
Tom Urtis with 440 answers. First answer: April 7, 2001
Joe Was with 393 answers. First answer: April 20, 2001
Damon Ostrander with 386 answers. First answer: May 29, 2001
Chris D with 298 answers. First answer: August 10, 1999
Russell Hauf with 291 answers. First answer: May 30, 2001
Eric with 270 answers. First answer: February 2, 2000
Jacob with 258 answers. First answer: November 26, 2001
Dax with 255 answers. First answer: January 30, 2001

Here are the top posters sorted by first date:
Ivan Moala First answer: July 6, 1999
Chris D First answer: August 10, 1999
Celia First answer: January 11, 2000
Eric First answer: February 2, 2000
Tim Francis-Wright First answer: April 24, 2000
Ryan First answer: June 11, 2000
Dan First answer: August 7, 2000
Aladin Akyurek First answer: October 26, 2000 That post is here: Excel Complicated IF(AND & IF(OR Formula
IML First answer: October 27, 2000
Mark W. First answer: January 6, 2001
Dave Hawley First answer: January 6, 2001
faster First answer: January 24, 2001
Dax First answer: January 30, 2001
Barrie Davidson First answer: February 1, 2001
Tom Urtis First answer: April 7, 2001
Joe Was First answer: April 20, 2001
Damon Ostrander First answer: May 29, 2001
Russell Hauf First answer: May 30, 2001
Juan Pablo Gonzalez First answer: August 30, 2001
Jacob First answer: November 26, 2001

Again - the data is not perfect. If you want to dig deeper, use the download button from SkyDrive:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?page=view&resid=A558AB544C3D2D27!729&authkey=!AOSIs_BacDkF0QU

Thanks to everyone who has ever posted an answer here and to the people who have been a regular member of the community over the years. The collective Excel knowledge here is amazing.

Bill
 

Excel Facts

How to create a cell-sized chart?
Tiny charts, called Sparklines, were added to Excel 2010. Look for Sparklines on the Insert tab.

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