It should only take 1 contribution to get that orange "Contributor" badge on your Answers.com profile.
You will sport that badge until you reach 500 contributions (such as answers, edits, asking questions, and categorizing questions), at which stage you will achieve the Bronze contributor level.
(For information about badges for the various contributor levels, see the Related question.)
For now, you cannot relink a different picture to your WikiAnswers account profile picture, but if you used a social networking site such as Facebook, your profile picture on facebook will be the profile picture replacing the orange guy on your WikiAnswers page. For an example, I linked my Yahoo email to my WikiAnswers account, and the picture I have on Yahoo will be the picture on my WikiAnswers profile (check it out if you want).
Orange is a motif of WikiAnswers; this stems mainly from the Orange Guy, the WikiAnswers Community Mascot. However, depending on the primary contributions of a user, orange is not necessarily the most common color.
If you connect your Facebook to your Answers account, your Facebook profile pic will replace the orange man.
Yes, if you are connected to Facebook your Facebook profile picture appears where the orange man currently is on your WikiAnswers profile. Currently there is no other way to create an avatar on WikiAnswers other than connecting your account to Facebook.
Other than congratulations from your fellow WikiAnswers contributors, there is no special award.Your username, however, will appear on the monthly leaderboard, via this link:Special:TopsIn addition, on your profile page, in the Stats box, there is a number within an orange circle (to the right of your various types of contributions). This shows that you are in the top 100 contributors that month for that type of action! If you click on the little badge, you can see the full leaderboard.
Many users are given the option of connecting their Wiki profile with their facebook profile. Once this is done, the default picture of your facebook will become the picture in that space on Wikianswers. There is an option at the top of your profile with a link that allows you to connect your Wiki profile to your facebook profile. Once clicked, your facebook picture will now appear as your Wiki picture where the orange figure used to be.
Yes you can. Just link your profile to a social networking site via 'my settings' and the picture on your other account will show up instead of the Orange Man.
The Orange Guy is just our mascot. Consider this. Humans range from pale white to dark brown, yet the grass is green and the sky appears blue to humans. So if humans are not the same color as their planet, then why expect a fictional or alien person to be the same color as their world? Besides, if your profile page was orange, then the Orange Guy would be hard to see.
he is not.
The Orange Guy is the site's mascot. He helps add to the fun of the site. He also draws attention to the site, helps generate good will, and is a recognizable symbol.
You can see any user's contributions. Click the magnifying-glass at the top of the page - Click the blue 'Members' link - type their nickname, and click the orange search button. This will show any matches to the name you typed. Look for the link that says User:username - WikiAnswers - that will take you to their profile. Scroll to the bottom of the 'recent contributions' box - and click the 'see all' link. That will show you everything the user has done up to now. You can also filter their contributions to just show their answers.
It means you are in the top 100 contributors this month for that type of action! If you click on the little badge, you can see the full leaderboard.