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Supervisors can merge, but regular users can only suggest merges.
For Supervisors, there is a Merge option on the blue sidebar, which they can use to merge the current question into another one.
Regular users should edit the question wording to whatever the question is that they want to merge the current question into. When that is done, a message will come up saying that is the same wording as another question and asking if you want to merge. If you say yes, then that merge suggestion will be sent to a CA to review.
We limit merging because we find that many people overmerge, and we want individual questions that are different to be able to get unique and specific answers rather than being merged into one gigantic article all about a certain topic.
What else can I help you with?
What happens after you recommend to merge a question on WikiAnswers?
The request is sent to the Community Assistants who decide whether the merge is a good one or not.
What if you realize a question you asked is the same as another question?
You can request a supervisor to merge that question into the existing one.
What happens if you merge two answered questions on WikiAnswers?
As a Supervisor, if you merge two answered questions on WikiAnswers, the answers will be placed one below the other on the merged question. Usually a minor edit needs to be done to remove any duplicated information.
Who is a user ID000000000 in WikiAnswers?
No one. Sometimes you will receive answer update emails with the last edit by a mysterious User ID000000000. This is not a real person, it's what happens when no change to the answer was made, but another question was merged into that question, adding an alternate. To see who made the merge, click "question history" in the blue bar.
What is the meaning of 'merge' on WikiAnswers?
It's when two (or more) questions appear to be asking the same thing. They can be 'merged' into one question so they all get answered together.
How can a member add an answer to a question that has been answered without clicking on 'Improve Answer'?
One way to to merge another question into the question as an alternate. The answer for each alternate will be added to the answer already their. The ability to merge questions together is one of the extra tools given to supervisors.
When one question is merged into another on WikiAnswers what happens to the alternates of the existing question?
When merging a question with alternates into another question, the alternates of the merged question are merged into the alternates of the primary question.
What should you do if WikiAnswers does not merge the similar questions that you have recommended a merge for?
If you believe that two questions should be merged, but the recommendation for one did not seem to work, contact any Supervisor or Community Assistant on WikiAnswers. They can merge questions very quickly for you if they are, indeed, similar enough.
How does swapping questions on WikiAnswers work?
Swapping allows a supervisor to make a preferably-phrased alternate into the primary for a question. Normally a merge combines a weaker primary with a better one. But where a weaker one has a better answer (or is otherwise required), the merge can be made to the weaker one, then the stronger alternate selected as the primary. On the question history, the promotion of an existing alternate to the primary is shown as a "swap." Process: - copy question to be merged to - go to question to be merged - merge to selected question - select alternate and make new primary
Do streams merge?
Streams often merge with one another to become rivers.
What is an alternate in WikiAnswers?
An "alternate" is another phrasing of the question, or the same question with spelling mistakes. These are "merged" into another question, so that if someone asks the question with one spelling or phrasing, they will be shown the main question and answer.
Why are there so many Weired questions on wikianswers?
Because there is so many people trying to understand what is the goal of this. There thinking this is a perfectly good joke when people who have a degree in this stuff are wasteing there own time. This is why we have the Merge Option. Eventually all the Question's will be able to merge into one.
