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A comment on the discussion "Being Banned for criticizing pbwiki staff???" in PBwiki:

Yes, he was often helpful, but he also showed a flagrant disregard for civil discourse as it suited him. He had the choice to stay and be helpful, or to continue to be inflammatory (a very different thing than honest criticism) and have his account disabled. This was repeatedly made clear to him. He chose the latter. The choice was always his. Since then he has chosen not to express any regret for his past choices, but to amplify his unabashed contempt for our policies. We think this speaks for itself. – Thor Muller, on May 29, 2008 15:52

Maverick replied on May 29, 2008 15:34 to the discussion "Being Banned for criticizing pbwiki staff???" in PBwiki:

By the way, I just realized that there is another forum out there to help with pbwiki questions: http://pbwidget.freeforums.org/index.php. Looks like Guy Fawkes started it as a discussion of the old Widget Library which got tougher to use in V.2, but I bet the people there will answer more general questions too.

Maverick replied on May 29, 2008 14:56 to the discussion "Being Banned for criticizing pbwiki staff???" in PBwiki:

Wow, that's weak. Banning a user that consistently was able to point out flaws and offer solutions because some staff got their feelings hurt? I generally found Guy Fawkes' advice in the get satisfaction forums to be practical and useful, in direct opposition to most pbwiki staff advice. Staff tended to answer by saying "e-mail us directly". Well, I wouldn't be using the forums if I wanted answers via e-mail. The reason I like wiki's is for the collaboration - the same thing I like about solving problem in forums. You've just managed to remove one of the few people that I trusted to be able to help solve problems in a way that anyone could understand and apply to their own situation. Good thing I stopped bothering with get satisfaction weeks ago anyway.

Geoff Allemand replied on May 29, 2008 05:38 to the question "Do you have folders for wikis?" in PBwiki:

Hi Rachel.
I have a free wiki account. Each time I log on I have 75+ wikis to scroll thorugh to find the one student I need. To have these in folders related to classes would be real handy!

Geoff Allemand replied on May 29, 2008 05:35 to the discussion "Being Banned for criticizing pbwiki staff???" in PBwiki:

Well handled Eric.
Even though I had not encountered any posts from Mr Troll, I have witnessed first hand great harm done to forums where certain individuals have an axe to grind...what's needed then is a very big hammer!
Keep up the good work guys.

Rachel Pennig replied on May 15, 2008 17:58 to the question "Do you have folders for wikis?" in PBwiki:

Hi Geoff, I see what you mean. Have you created a PBwiki Account? You can sign up for one by going to my.pbwiki.com - this will allow you to organize all of your wikis from one central place. Will this work?

Guy Fawkes replied on May 15, 2008 17:47 to the question "Do you have folders for wikis?" in PBwiki:

Rachel, how do you create a folder to keep several wikis in? I couldn't find it.

Rachel Pennig replied on May 15, 2008 16:15 to the question "Do you have folders for wikis?" in PBwiki:

Hi Geoff,

This feature is available in PBwiki 2.0. Head on over to www.pbwiki.com to create a wiki and check it out

Geoff Allemand asked a question in PBwiki on May 15, 2008 06:36:

Do you have folders for wikis?

Folders for wikis. I have 75+ student wikis which I oversee. It would be handy to have them in folders for their respective classes. Is this feature available?

A comment on the question "Any Aussies here? G'day Mate from Australia!" in PBwiki:

Welcome, Sue! Don't forget to check out my thread for librarians and how they're using PBwiki: http://getsatisfaction.com/pbwiki/topics/any_fellow_librarians_out_there_how_do_you_use_pbwiki – Rachel Pennig, on April 18, 2008 22:52

A comment on the question "Any Aussies here? G'day Mate from Australia!" in PBwiki:

Thanks Sue. Checked out your slideshow and was very helpful. Geoff – Geoff Allemand, on April 17, 2008 07:53

suesbent started following the question "Any Aussies here? G'day Mate from Australia!" in PBwiki.

suesbent replied on April 17, 2008 00:06 to the question "Any Aussies here? G'day Mate from Australia!" in PBwiki:

Hi I am an aussie - an eLibrarian at a K-12 school and have been creating dozens of wikis for our school using pbwiki.

I have put together some how to slides that may help get you started. They are not definitive but do include some cool tricks.

http://www.slideshare.net/suesbent/ho...

and

http://www.slideshare.net/suesbent/ho...

Have fun!!

Sue

Geoff Allemand marked one of Ramit Sethi's replies in PBwiki as useful. Ramit Sethi replied to the question "PBwiki Quick Start emails".

Ramit Sethi replied on April 08, 2008 18:29 to the question "PBwiki Quick Start emails" in PBwiki:

Geoff, I'm sorry about that. 240 Quick Start emails! I'm going to look into simplifying those.

Guy Fawkes replied on April 08, 2008 13:01 to the question "PBwiki Quick Start emails" in PBwiki:

Sorry about that. PBwiki is designed for large, well-funded corporate entities who place a high value on security and audit capabilities. They are reportedly working on streamlining the many issues encountered by educational users who are not a good fit for the business use case. Stay tuned to their blog for additional information.

Geoff Allemand asked a question in PBwiki on April 08, 2008 06:31:

PBwiki Quick Start emails

Thanks for the PBwiki Quick Start emails but I have been flooded with them due to the fact I have set up wiki sites for all my students. This has meant that with 7 emails in the series and I have nearly 20+ wiki sites I have received 240+ emails.

Perhaps just send one email to the administrator.

All up though a helpful service.

Regards,

Geoff

Rachel Pennig replied on April 07, 2008 23:49 to the question "Presenter Pack info" in PBwiki:

Thanks for the heads-up Geoff. I'll make sure this gets changed!

Geoff Allemand asked a question in PBwiki on March 29, 2008 02:22:

Any Aussies here? G'day Mate from Australia!

G'day Mate.
I am new to PBwiki and think it is great. I am a new teacher to the TAFE (Technical and Further Education) system. For those in the USA it is another form of further education other than going to university.
I am just starting to use PBwiki for my students and learning heaps from all the resources that are provided.

Are there any people using Get Satisfaction that are from Down Under?

scratchie asked a question in PBwiki on March 29, 2008 00:38:

Presenter Pack info

Great product which I am getting used to using and sharing about. I noticed a typo in your Educators presenter pack. It is on the PB wiki Security pdf in the monitor area - 'vabout' should be about.
Keep up the good work.
Geoff (from Down Under - Australia)