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There are a number of us here that are WikiAnswers Supervisors- when we find those, we delete them- and sometimes, we delete the vandal leaving those answers. If you have a question that has been vandalized, you can improve the answer by deleting that response, save it, and it goes back to the "to be answered" pile.
What else can I help you with?
How do you block questions on WikiAnswers?
You cannot block questions on WikiAnswers. Only Supervisors have the ability to get rid of a question, but there is no such action as 'blocking a question'.
How can I get a question to disappear when I have made an error?
You cannot delete your question on WikiAnswers. As long as it isn't against the rules on WikiAnswers, your question will stay. Even if you did make an error, as long as it is legitimate, it will stay. However, you can consult a supervisor about getting rid of a question if you do not want it to be on WikiAnswers.
What is an 'Alternates Specialist' on WikiAnswers?
An alternate specialist is a person who fixing the alternates getting rid of any alternates that are incorrect and obscene or inflamatory by doing this they get rid of vandalism and help out the sites functionality
How do you delete every answer that you wrote on WikiAnswers?
If you want to remove every answer that you wrote and do not want your user name (or ID) to appear as the one who made the last edit to an answer to a question, ask a supervisor to get rid of your answers for you. The supervisor will only get rid of your answers if they are invalid as an answer to the question, and will not get rid of the answer if it is a good answer.
How do you get rid of the drop down box inviting you to add wikianswers as a shortcut on your iPhone?
You tap the X in the upper right hand corner of the invite box.
Why is WikiAnswers mean when you just asked a question?
If the answer was rude, the answer was written by a vandal (a person whose intent is to purposefully ruin WikiAnswers), and should be removed immediately. However, if your question was gotten rid of, it was because your question was inappropriate, added no value whatsoever to WikiAnswers, didn't have enough information to answer, or included a first and/or last name of a non-celebrity.
What can you do to get rid of the 'Edit Alternates' on WikiAnswers?
First, you don't want to get rid of the 'Edit Alternates' button on WikiAnswers. However, if you are asking how to get rid of the alternates of a questions that do not belong, simply click the check mark box (once you clicked the 'Edit Alternates' link) for all alternate wordings that do not apply to the main question, then go up to the top and select 'Split'. Do not remove any alternate wordings that are a reworded form of the main question or are basically asking the same thing as the question.
What does a dot after the first answer by and last edit by mean?
Actually what that means is there was a small glitch in WikiAnswers. To get rid of the dots, refresh the page, or simply close it and go back to it.
What are some problems on WikiAnswers?
Because WikiAnswers is a wiki, it is inevitable that not everyone will play nicely. There are vandals and spammers who troll the site in order to ruin everyone else's fun. But, for every problem there is a solution (or many) and there is a dedicated Vandal Patrol that works to rid the site of these messes. Also, the Supervisor community works hard to educate contributors about best practice on WikiAnswers.
How do you get rid of 'Recent site activity' on WikiAnswers?
It is not possible to clear recent site activities on WikiAnswers. That information is used by people on the website to help identify vandals and people who make counterproductive edits to the site. It is also used to see when people make good edits to the website.
How do you stop those annoying advertising commercials that pop up on Wikianswers they drive you mad?
Get adblock. It's a plugin for Firefox or Google Chrome which gets rid of 99% of ads.
Why was a legitimate WikiAnswers question turned into nonsense?
There is one word for this occurrence: vandals. Vandals do anything to mess up WikiAnswers, as they take advantage of the Wiki format where any one can do anything. A vandal just happened to get to that question, and since there are new ones every day, it is really hard to get rid of all of them.
