How do you petition answersdotcom to install a subject category?

Answer 1

If you would like to request a new category, you will need to fill out the request form. It will ask for the name of the category, how many questions it has, and a brief description.

https://docs.Google.com/a/answers.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&authkey=CI2FsPAF&formkey=dGlZRWhlNmU5SGFnZzAwNmh3d0xzc0E6MQ&theme=0AX42CRMsmRFbUy1iY2E5ZGYyZi1iZTJhLTQ2ODUtYWZmNS04ZWFiZTRkNzk4NjA&ifq

An example:

If you would like to request a category about purple carrots, that would be the category name.

Next you want to search how many questions there are on purple carrots. There are two ways of doing this. First you go to the search link. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Special:Search&search=&limitn=all

You can search +purple +carrots. That will pull up any questions that have both words in the sentence, like "How do you cook carrots that are purple?"

or

You can search "purple carrots" in quotes. This will only pull up the exact phrase purple carrots. "How many calories are in purple carrots?"

Lastly, we need a short description. This will go at the top of the page about purple carrots. It only needs to be a couple of sentences long, but can be a little longer if you would like.

Description: Like orange carrots, purple carrots are high in vitamin A. They also contain some nutrients that orange carrots do not. Purple carrots were actually more common than orange carrots during the American colonial period.

Just enter your information and follow the steps. Your category request is usually reviewed within about a week.