Of course! And those are properly versioned. Have you ever diff'ed 2 excel files ?
Users need to understand the consequences of doing things "the easy way"
People are used to save every 5 minutes, even on share point this completely defeats any versioning.
Hm... Sorry for the late answer, but why do frequent saves defeat versioning? I think it should help versioning, because a smaller amount of changes will be lost in case of conflict...
With editing a page in Mediawiki most people will save their document at sane times during their editing, such as after making changes to a section or when the entire edit is completed.
Within something like Excel, document saving is a little bit less sane. People are in the habit of pressing CTRL-S after everytime that they make any sort of minor change. This can make reading the diffs difficult.
For example, which set of diffs is more useful?
Set 1: -------------------- 1 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 2 - Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. 3 - Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 4 - Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 2 + This sentence has been changed to reflect the new opinion of the author. These new opinions are profoundly different than the old opinions. 3 + Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum new opinion eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 4 + Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est new stuff. --------------------
Set 2: -------------------- 1 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 2 - Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. 2 + This sentence has been changed to reflect the new opinion of the author. These new opinions are profoundly different than the old opinions. 3 3 Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 4 4 Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. -------------------- 1 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 2 2 This sentence has been changed to reflect the new opinion of the author. These new opinions are profoundly different than the old opinions. 3 - Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 3 + Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum new opinion eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 4 4 Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. -------------------- 1 1 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 2 2 This sentence has been changed to reflect the new opinion of the author. These new opinions are profoundly different than the old opinions. 3 3 Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum new opinion eu fugiat nulla pariatur. 4 - Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. 4 + Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est new stuff. --------------------
Hopefully the text wrapping won't ruin those two examples...
Thank you, Derric Atzrott