No; that is plagiarism, and is illegal. You may quote sections it if it relevant to the answer, but we do encourage all answers to be your own work. You can link to Wikipedia using the "Related Links" section of the answer.
If you find an answer that was copied from anywhere, flag it or take care of it yourself. Plagiarism is not allowed on WikiAnswers.
Answers that are directly copied from Wikipedia or other sites are considered plagiarism. WikiAnswers does not tolerate plagiarism as it not in accordance with WikiAnswers plagiarism policy.If you find a plagiarized answer, contact a WikiAnswers supervisor, or report it in the Community Forum.
No. WikiAnswers is owned by Answers Corp. and Wikipedia is owned by the Wikimedia Foundation.
NOTE: The website you are presently viewing is WikiAnswers, NOT Wikipedia. They are two different sites. WikiAnswers is a question and answer site. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia. Both are "wikis", which means they are human-edited. Info should never be copied word for word from other sites. This answer depends on the user and their personal integrity.
The answers are put in by the members and users of this website.
Neither copied the other. Both sites are based on the wiki concept, meaning that anyone can contribute to the content on the sites. There are lots of wiki websites on the internet.
Both are useful. Wikipedia is useful if you know what subject to look for. Wikinswers is useful if you have a question and don't know where to look for an answer. Many answers on WikiAnswers refer to Wikipedia pages.
WikiAnswers, Wikipedia, and Yahoo Answers are three good ones.
There is only one website called Wikipedia. It produces articles in many languages. WikiAnswers and Answers is built upon the 'wiki' way of many people collaborating on the content. But wikianswers and Answers is not the Wikipedia website. They are two different companies with different owners.
No, WikiAnswers is a Wiki site which means anyon can edit questions and answers and add related links and such as WikiPedia. But you can ask non-related questions that aren't on WikiPedia also.
WikiAnswers and WikipediaWikipedia uses an encyclopedia format, with longer, more inclusive articles. WikiAnswers uses a Q&A format, with shorter, more precise answers. Ownership:WikiAnswers is owned by Answers.com. Wikipedia is owned by the Wikipedia Foundation. Answers.com is a for-profit organization whereas Wikipedia Foundation is not-for-profit.
WikiAnswers and WikipediaNo, WikiAnswers and Wikipedia are not owned by the same company. Answers.com|WikiAnswers and it's sister site, Answers.com|ReferenceAnswers are owned by Answers Corp. ReferenceAnswers is similar to Wikipedia, except that the content comes from many sources, including encyclopedias and Wikipedia, and the overall content is not user-generated.Wikipedia is owned by another company.