Basically to ask and answer questions.
The new wikianswers design is cool and easier to use especially for n00bs. Now n00bs can search the wikianswers easier.
The point of WikiAnswers is to ask the entire community of contributors the question, and not just a single contributor.
No. At this point in time the only way to join WikiAnswers is by using a Facebook account.
It depends on your point of view. Everyone has different views, so the coolest thing about WikiAnswers is your favorite subject.
If you recommend a user on WikiAnswers, it means that you have given them a trust point. See 'related links' for more information.
While WikiAnswers is a good source of information, it does not take the place of books. WikiAnswers gives answers to specific questions but it does not give you a story or cover such broad subjects that books can.
When you register on WikiAnswers you submit your email. When you receive a trust point, you also receive an email stating that you have received a trust point. The username or IP address who gave you the trust point will not be included however. You can also look on your profile page and see the trust point count.
Yes, you get one contribution point per answer.
The Trust Point system allows contributors to vote for a WikiAnswers member whose contributions you think are worthwhile and legitimate, and clean. Please see the related links for more information on trust points.
You're helping people. That's the whole point to WikiAnswers.com
On WikiAnswers, we try to provide all the views by every contributor, so every point of view is represented, which basically makes for a neutral point of view. However, these 'point of views' are only on opinionated questions, or questions where there is no exact fact. There is only one case in which WikiAnswers doesn't provide a neutral point of view, and that is when only one contributor put his/her answer on an opinionated question or question that cannot be answered with solid known facts. This is the only case because there is only one view being represented by the answer, since only one contributor answered the question. Overall, WikiAnswers tries to have a 100% neutral point of view on all answers.
wikipedia is more reliable in terms of reliability but wikianswers is easier and faster to use plus it cuts straight to the point