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(From Crystal on the Supervisors' forum...)
Chris Whitten, the founder of this very site when it was FAQ Farm and a very dear friend, sent me this e-mail:
"I'm sorry to say I don't have a good answer. FAQ Farm evolved very gradually, through un-romantic steps.
In 2001 I had been hosting various discussion forums on websites such as FoundingFathers.info, NewYorkHistory.info, and MaineHistory.info. The germ of the idea for FAQ Farm was that I noticed a lot of the activity in the forums (as it is in all forums) was Q&A. When I started the FAQ Farm site in 2002 I moved a lot of Q&A from the old forums to this new site.
In the early days I also did a lot of seeding. I wrote a bunch of Q&A myself, e.g. on dental care, insurance, resumes, and job interviews.
It might be interesting to find the first question asked on the wiki software in 2004. It would be about guns or pregnancy since those are the first two topics I moved to the new system. Oleg may be able to find this through the database, since they should be timestamped."
The first question...Are both boys and girls available for adoption in equal numbers?Oleg commented that this question was asked before 2004 (there's no exact date, because it was asked before the move to Mediawiki)…
So there you have it... history. And here's some more...
The oldest question ever changed (it was split) was "What is the value of 1991 and 1992 Silver Eagle Dollars in hard plastic shells and velvet colored cases with an eagle on top with certificates of authenticity."
The first question after the name of the website was changed to WikiAnswers has not been able to be determined at this time.
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Who asked the first question on WikiAnswers?
Wow, what a question! The Genesis of WikiAnswers... Perhaps we'll never know, it was so long ago (2002) when the site went by another name (FAQ Farm). But chances are that the founder of the site, Chris Whitten, asked the first question - after all he was the one that built the site's structure and mechanism!
How old is this website?
Answers.com/wikianswers.com was started as FAQ Farm in 2002 by Chris Whitten. Then, in 2006, it became part of Answers.com. and in January of 2007, it officially adopted the name of Answers.com/wiki answers.com.
Why would questions be deleted?
Questions are rarely deleted. Generally, questions are only deleted for these reasons: * They are considered spam or vandalism. * They are completely unanswerable or unintelligible. However, questions might seem to "disappear" for other reasons, including: * If a question was asked before, with a slightly different wording, it may be merged into the other question. * Many questions are edited. The mission of WikiAnswers is to grow simple, universal "FAQ-style" questions and answers. Questions are often changed to improve spelling or grammar, or to make them more concise. For example, this question was asked as "If it is possible to delete a question posted by another person why would someone do that Kinda rude don't ya think They usually do it anonymously coward maybe?" It was simplified. * Many questions are moved. We want questions to be in the most appropriate Topic areas. For example, this question was originally placed in the Miscellaneous Topic but it was moved to the WikiAnswers Topic.
What are the Top 10 questions about the Gettysburg Address?
Here is the link to all the questions that have been categorized into the "Gettysburg Address" sub-category.http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/4996The questions appear in popularity rank as voted by users of WikiAnswers. Underneath each question you will see its popularity rating, i.e., how many users have voted for that specific question as a valid and useful question to have on the site.
How much money did it take to create WikiAnswers?
WikiAnswers was not an expensive site to create because it was developed through a long, slow process of trial and error. Chris Whitten started it in 2002 as FAQ Farm. Until late 2006, when the site was sold to Answers.com, there was never more than one full-time employee (Chris).
Who founded FAQ Farm?
FAQ Farm founderChris Whitten was the founder of FAQ Farm.More information can be found in a related question located below.
What is FAQ used for?
FAQ stands for frequently asked question, it is used to answer questions that many people have asked
Who asked the first question on WikiAnswers?
Wow, what a question! The Genesis of WikiAnswers... Perhaps we'll never know, it was so long ago (2002) when the site went by another name (FAQ Farm). But chances are that the founder of the site, Chris Whitten, asked the first question - after all he was the one that built the site's structure and mechanism!
Who was the first person to answer a question on WikiAnswers?
It had to be Chris Whitten, who was the founder of the site (FAQ Farm) before it became WikiAnswers. :)
What are facts about WikiAnswers?
WikiAnswers was founded in 2002 by Chris Whitten.WikiAnswers was first named FAQ Farm.Answers Corporation bought FAQ Farm from Christ Whitten and re-named it WikiAnswers.WikiAnswers is one of the fastest growing websites in the world.WikiAnswers has over 600 volunteer supervisors.WikiAnswers has a warm and friendly community environment.WikiAnswers was originally called FAQ Farm, based on the term 'Frequently Asked Questions.'FAQ Farm was founded by Chris Whitten.WikiAnswers is based on wiki technology, which means anyone can edit the questions and answers in order to improve them.
What does FAQs mean?
FAQ means Frequently Asked Questions, or possibly "Frequently Asked Question", if there is only one.frequently asked questionsfrequently asked questionsFrequently asked questionsFrequently Asked Questions.Frequently Asked QuestionsFrequently Asked Questionsfrequently asked questionsFrequently Asked Question(s)Usually all the questions listed in the FAQ are all of the "frequently asked questions". These are questions that have been asked many times by many different people.Frequently Asked Questions.Frequently asked questions.Frequently Asked Questions.
Is this site a FAQ?
WikiAnswers.com started out as FAQ Farm. Categories were called FAQs, with the idea that these were the questions that the community wants to know more about.In general, you might think of this site as one big FAQ (frequently asked questions) although not all the questions are frequently asked. But you can ask about pretty much anything!
How do you call the page in a site which is displays the list of commonly asked question and their response?
Try FAQ.
What do the letters FAQ stands for?
FAQ is an abbreviation for Frequently Asked Questions.
What is a FAQ?
FAQsFAQs are a set of Frequently Asked Questions and answers on a given topic. Sometimes people will refer to an individual question as a FAQ, but more precisely it means a collection of questions and answers, not just one.A game FAQ is often a sort of walkthrough for the game, usually based on Frequently Asked Questions, especially about cheats.*NOTE: This word is not necessarily a slang term.*
What is a Nintendo FAQ?
A Nintendo FAQ is a Nintendo Frequantly Asked Questions.
What was the year month and day this website was created?
It was first founded in 2002 under the name of FAQ Farm (no month or day are given). In November 2006, FAQ Farm was subsumed under the domain of WikiAnswers, also known as Answers.com.
