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Every visitor to WikiAnswers can help catch and fix vandalism. One of the most effective ways to catch vandalism is by watching the live changes going on right now: click "Recent Site Changes" in the left toolbox when you're signed-in. Many people choose to take responsibility for watching for vandalism in a specific topic. Some become the official "Supervisor" of the topic.
What else can I help you with?
How do you stop vandalism on WikiAnswers?
There is no way to completely eliminate vandalism from wikianswers, but if you do see vandalism, you can report it on the community forum.
Is there a difference between vandalizing and spamming on Wikianswers?
Spamming is a type of vandalism, but not all vandalism is spam.
What is the biggest problem with WikiAnswers?
Vandalism/spammingSoftware glitches
What is WikiAnswers policy on Vandalism?
WikiAnswers feels very strongly against vandalism. Vandalism is cause for warning, and possibly blocking, whether temporary or permanent. Vandalism ruins the site for all the legitimate users that are interested in some answers. If vandalism is found, please click 'Report Abuse' in the top right hand corner of a question. You may also post in the 'Report Vandalism and Abuse' forum.
Why vandalism is bad?
Vandalism in general is bad because it is destruction of property that isn't yours, and could lead to serious consequences.Vandalism is bad because it is an intent to ruin WikiAnswers as a Q&A site, and is destruction of 'property' that is not yours, so vandalism isn't tolerated on WikiAnswers and is bad.
What are innapropriate questions on WikiAnswers?
Questions about vandalism and spam and copyright and sexual themes
Why won't WikiAnswers accept your answer?
Because, it might be consider vandalism or not enough information or the wrong answer.
Are questions about Justin Bieber considered vandalism on WikiAnswers?
All questions containing inappropriate subjects about Justin Bieber will be considered vandalism and deleted/merged into a Catch-All Question. However questions regarding Justin Bieber that follow the Community Guidelines are fine. We even have a whole category housing Justin Bieber questions!
Why do you need a record of the changes made on WikiAnswers?
The History pages are very important for tacking vandalism.
What do you do as a supervisor?
A Supervisor makes sure questions add value to wikianswers and stop vandalism and etc.
How are answers vetted on wikianswers?
Answers are vetted by Supervisors. They go onto a special page which has all the recent answers so they can approve the answers and catch out vandalism. They can also mark quality by deciding whether an answer is acceptable, good or excellent.
Does DingoBot only flag questions on WikiAnswers?
DingoBot is our Vandalism & Spam robot who flags answers not questions.
