Yes, you sure can. Many of our WikiAnswers program members are volunteers in more than one program.
When you have completed 50 - 249 missions in the Community Outreach program you become a Noble WikiGuide. You earn missions by performing various community actions geared toward making the WikiAnswers Community a warm and friendly place our contributors will love being a part of. See related link below for more information regarding the Community Outreach Program and becoming a WikiGuide.
You can join programs like Community Outreach or contribute and you get different badges . You can find out more about joining programs at the link in the sources and related links(below).
Members (WikiGuides) of the Answers.com Community Outreach Program can compete in the Community Outreach Mission Marathon. Participants in the contest compete to see who can complete the most missions in the month-long contest. To learn more about the Mission Marathon or to become a WikiGuide in Community Outreach, you can contact Robin, the program coordinator, via the related link below.
One way is to join the Community Outreach program and become a WikiGuide Greeter. WikiGuides have access to a list of new contributors. They go to the new contributor's message board and welcome them to the site. Community Outreach has an ongoing WikiGuide contest, with a prize each month for the WikiGuide who greets the most new contributors. For more information on joining Community Outreach and becoming a WikiGuide, you can contact Robin at robin @ wikianswers.com (remove the spaces) or leave a message on her message board.
To join the CO (Community Outreach) you can email CommunityOutreach @ WikiAnswers.com to volunteer or get more information on becoming a WikiGuide. See the related question below.
There is the community forum page, where you can ask questions, or just chat and make friends... you can find the link on the left hand side, on the blue tool bar at the very bottom There are groups such as Community Outreach and WIT. There are a lot more that you can find on the community roles page. There are also unofficial groups made by other members of the site. If you ask another member they might know of a group you might be interested in.
When you complete a mission in The Initiates Program (TIP) your completion is posted to the Community Outreach Program. Community Outreach is composed of WikiGuides whose job is to congratulate members on their achievements around the site. They are friendly members of the community who want to make you feel welcome and appreciated. See the related link for more information on Community Outreach.
The users who use the Orange Guy in their messages are usually WikiGuides related to the Community Outreach program. To learn more about the Community Outreach Program, contact Robin at communityoutreach @ wikianswers.com (no spaces).
No, WikiAnswers is not an almanac. It is a website, more specifically a Question & Answer website. WikiAnswers permits the community to co-construct answers.
WikiAnswers Community: DecodedA good place to start is the page in the Help Center entitled "WikiAnswers Community: Decoded."http://wiki.answers.com/static/community_members.html
The Answers Community Outreach program contest "Mission Marathon" is a month-long contest. Members of the program, called WikiGuides, compete in completing the most missions for the month. They win lots of prizes and have lots of fun! To learn more, or to become a WikiGuide in Community Outreach, contact Robin, the program coordinator via the related link below.
You have to have completed 50 - 249 missions in the Community Outreach program to receive the Noble WikiGuide badge. Missions are earned by performing community actions such as greeting new contributors, delivering special occasion greetings, congratulations, participating in community challenges sponsored by the WikiGuides, and many more fun activities.