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Who would spend time on a website like Wikianswers?
Pretty much anyone would take the time to improve WikiAnswers, such as yourself, because merely asking a question is spending time to improve WikiAnswers. Everyone you see on WikiAnswers spends their time improving WikiAnswers - otherwise they wouldn't be here.
Why was an answer I submitted to a question edited it bears no semblance to what I said and I would like to know why?
All content on WikiAnswers are subject the change. WikiAnswers' goal is to improve questions and answers over time. No contribution on the site is owned, neither do contributors nor does WikiAnswers own contributions. The site is a "wiki," a community, where those invoked and who contribute share to create meaning for submitted questions.
Why are answers on WikiAnswers so poor?
Because the answers are all from people and if people are involved there is also a level of error which must be taken with it.The answers on wiki answers improve with time! Questions that have only been here a short while will have worse answers than those that have been here for a long time and have been revised many times.
Is it true people change answers on WikiAnswers?
Yes, people change answers on WikiAnswers all of the time. It is to better the quality of the answer. So, yes, it is completely true.
Is WikiAnswers a good place to search for answers?
WikiAnswers is a very good place to search for you answers. There are hundreds and hundreds of trusted users on WikiAnswers who give up their free time in order to help answer questions in a field that they are comfortable in. WikiAnswers is a very reliable source and a wonderful place to search for answers.
What happen to WikiAnswers over time?
nuthin really like the answers and questions will always be here because usually what's on the web stays on the web .
Are these answers always right?
ALWAYS - No! WikiAnswers is a Wiki - ANYONE can provide an answer or correct an answer. There are a group of volunteer supervisors who try and make sure the answers are good but this effort takes time. The site shows you if an answer is by a supervisor and how many people have trusted a person who answered the question the past. An answers who has a lot of trust points, has provided many answers and been a participant on the site for a long time is likely to provide a correct answer. The belief is that over time the correctness and therefore the value of the site as a resource will improve.
Are the answers on WikiAnswers already programed in the system?
No. The answers to questions are not programmed; the answers come from people that want to give their time to give the answers to questions.
How do you improve an answer that you answerd without making an account on this site first?
At this time if you would like to improve an answer on WikiAnswers you are required to make an account and sign in. Unregistered users are able to answer unanswered questions but are not able to edit existing answers. This reduces the amount of vandalism on the site and keeps good answers from being erased or changed.
How does WikiAnswers work?
Essentially, here's how WikiAnswers works: # Someone asks a question. # Someone answers the question. # Over time, other contributors improve the wording of the question, make it easier to find, develop the answer, etc. # When someone else asks the same question, the answer is there. It should be noted that WikiAnswers is not a search engine like Google, nor a multiple-answer site like Ask.com, so questions must be questions (not statements or keywords).
Why aren't there so many people answering questions on WikiAnswers?
You have to remember that there are over 7 million Questions unanswerd and it takes time for people to get to your answers sometimes.
What the heck is WikiAnswers and where is it?
WikiAnswers is a Q&A community website run by Answers Corporation.The website was originally founded as FAQFarm by Chris Whitten in 2003. WikiAnswers is based on a customised version of MediaWiki called Wiki FAQs. The site is constantly growing with the efforts of the question and answer community. It is the user-driven component of Answers.com where visitors share what they know and ask about what they don't.What is unique about WikiAnswers is that people don't ask the same questions over and over again. Contributors improve and add to each other's answers instead of writing out separate answers to the same question. The answers can then be collaboratively improved and added to by other users over time. Administrators also have the ability to merge and collate duplicate questions to try to provide definitive answers. In 2007, the site's parent company, Answers.com, began to merge some of the content from WikiAnswers into its main reference content.For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below.
