You can choose your categories on the home page when you register, but if you are already registered we have a link coming.
If you would like to start helping people right away you can email me at Ganderton@wikianswers.com and I will set you up as category expert if you are qualified.
Provide the names of the categories you want, and a short statement about what makes you an expert.
You become an expert on answers.com by correctly answering answers on a given section in which you are an expert.
1) Choose a category in the "interests" section of your profile page. Explain (in the box provided there) why you are an expert. 2) Correctly and usefully answer at least a couple of hundred questions in your chosen topic. 3) Approach a senior supervisor and ask to be listed as an expert.
it is the category you have been most active in.
At this point in time, just claim to be an expert in the category you want. Nobody is checking on or validating credentials in any way (yet).
Begin by accurately answering hundreds of questions in a given category. People will take notice. Then they may set you up as an expert and/or a supervisor, or you may ask a senior supervisor about receiving expert status.
At this time all you need is to claim expertise in some category, by "following" that category. Nobody checks, verifies, or reviews such claims. You don't even need actual expertise in a category to be an expert here and post answers with the authority of an "expert" on that subject.
you answer loads and ask loads.
To inquire about becoming an expert you should message a Site Supervisor or more preferably a CA to see what steps need to be taken.
The Entertainment and Arts category in Answers.com is now just called Entertainment.
By consistently answering questions and contributing to the growth of the category and the wikianswers community. First concentrate on one category and gain the trust of senior members of the community. Once senior members are satisfied with your contributions, they would offer you the supervisor option for any category that you are an expert in. This way you can become a category super. Remember: Becoming a super is no joke. It comes with a lot of responsibilities and you will become one among the hundreds of dedicated wikianswers community members who strive to keep the website in top shape.
Don't worry, we've got plenty of unaswered questions for you to answer! You can answer any unanswered questions in a category. Go to the category page and click on "Unanswered questions", and you'll get the entire list of unanswered questions in that category.
Normally it just shows that you follow the category, but if you went in and selected it as your expert category and added an expert statement all you need to do is access your profile, then go to the following tab, then click to edit the list, you can then deselect the category you chose earlier.