Of course you can.
You can join as many programs as you like, as long as you reach their requirements. In fact, the more programs you're involved with and the more you actively contribute (within the guidelines), the more chance you have of impressing the Community Assistants who recruit Supervisors.
Special Project Assistants do not have a nickname. However, besides being called a Special Project Assistant, contributors in the program are called SPA.
No. They are two completely different programs run by different people. The Initiates Program is run by WikiAnswers and a team of TIP Supervisors. While the Special Project Assistants is run by a volunteer Senior Supervisor. Missions given by TIP cannot be completed for SPA. Likewise, missions given by SPA cannot be completed for TIP.
The Special Project Assistants Active Alumni was started on December 20, 2011 and that is when the badges were starting to be given out.
No, unless you are a supervisor enrolled in the SPA program. Most Special Project Assistants are only normal contributors and can not lock questions because this is a feature only supervisors can do.
The primary difference between a Special Project Assistant and a Community Assistant is that a SPA is a volunteer contributor and a CA is part of the Answers.com Community Development staff, who help facilitate the website. Community Assistants get paid for their work and Special Project Assistants do not. To see a list of all Special Project Assistants and Community Assistants, see the Related questions below.
No, not necessarily. You can join the Special Project Assistants and also become a Supervisor later. TIP generally takes less time than SPA, but TIP may be slightly stricter with how tasks are completed. In TIP you will also get a personal TIP Supervisor to help guide you.
The SPA's (aka Special Project Assistants), have really no super powers. All they do is help improve answers, help recat questions, answer questions, and make new questions. The Special Project Assistants are what the name says, assistants to Special Projects.
Special Project Assistants do not gain any additional tools that regular contributors do not have.
To have the Vandal Patrol Generalist badge, you must be a member of Vandal Patrol.Only Supervisors can join (or be invited into) Vandal Patrol.If you are not a Supervisor, you should consider joining either or both the Special Project Assistants or The Initiates Program first.If you are already a Supervisor, get in touch with the organiser/leader of the program, An8thg.An8thg will review your contributions and decide whether you are suitable to join the program.See the related link below for more information.
Excalibur actually doesn't have any special properties.Special Project Assistants found out that Excalibur yet doesn't exist
Special project assistants (SPA) do many things. They help to recategorize questions, edit alternates, and many other tasks that help make WikiAnswers a better and more organized site. For more information, go to Stupid little genius.(see link below for more information)
Yes, a lot of Special Project Assistants go on to become Supervisors. The aim of the programme is to give its members enough information about the site and its tools to go on to become Supervisors! Once they have become Supervisors, SPAs are welcome to stay part of the programme and can join the SPA Active Alumni!!