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Is there a quick way on WikiAnswers to weed out all the questions that are exactly the same?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Currently, the ways to merge duplicate questions (that differ immaterially in content) are not as quick as they could be. A feature is planned whereby you could search for specific keywords and edit (and merge) questions without loading separate pages for each question.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
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Is it okay to copy and paste an answer from WikiAnswers to answer another WikiAnswers question when the two questions are asking exactly the same thing?
If the two questions are nearly identical, either recommend a merge, or ask a Supervisor to merge the questions for you. If the questions are not the same, but have the same answer, it is alright to copy and paste an answer as long as you wrote it. Don't take credit for an answer that you did not write.
How can you demand answers from WikiAnswers?
You cannot demand answers from WikiAnswers on your questions. WikiAnswers does not answer your questions, it is the members of this community that answer your questions. You can request for your question to be answered but not demand for the same.
What are related questions on WikiAnswers?
Related Questions are Questions that are similar or Questions that kind of mean the same thing.
Is there a link to get to Wikipedia from WikiAnswers.com?
you just find the wikianswers on wikipedia. they are basically the same but wikianswers answer questions
What is fun and mental at the same time?
Answering questions on WikiAnswers!
What question is asked most often on Wikianswers?
That is a hard question to answer to answer as there is no way to see what question is asked most. Computers can only see if things are exactly the same. If you askedWhat question is asked the most on Wikianswers?a computer would see that as a different question thanWhat question is asked most often on Wikianswers? However, a human can tell they're the same, and with the huge amount of questions on Wikianswers it's too hard to have a person sort through them.
Why does WikiAnswers change 'I' to 'you' in the questions?
WikiAnswers changes 'I' to 'you' in the questions because WikiAnswers prefers second person over first person questions. It is part of the WikiAnswers Style Rules. It also makes the whole database a lot less hard to manage. Since we merge together questions that are asking the same thing, changing I to you automatically prevents us from having hundreds of thousands of other "I" questions that we would have to merge together.
Can more than two questions be merged on WikiAnswers?
Many more than two questions can be merged on WikiAnswers. If the same question can be asked in dozens of ways, they all end up as alternates.
Why do contributors and supervisors on WikiAnswers keep combining questions that are not related into one question?
They don't. Sometimes supervisors may accidentally do that, but they will always fix it later.When supervisors combine questions into another question, that is called "merging." This is necessary when many questions are asking the same thing.For example, the following questions are asking the same thing:Why aren't the answers to my questions good?How come the answers are sarcastic on WikiAnswers?Why does WikiAnswers prove not good at getting you right answers?These will all be merged into one primary question:Why are there no good answers to my questions?
How do you combine duplicate answers on WikiAnswers?
If you find two questions that are asking the same thing, contact a supervisor.
Why are there so many rude comments on Wikianswers?
The same reason there are so many dumb questions here.
Is it acceptable to copy an answer and paste it into another?
If the correct answer is the same for both, yes.
