The software doesn't really like commas in the question. It isn't that we don't like commas. We love them. It is just hard on the site.
Commas are not only allowed, but encouraged in answers. However, in questions they cause coding problems.
commas go after question marks
In my opinion, at least commas should be allowed. However it's most likely they want questions to actually be questions, instead of someone giving details and assuming people know what their question is.
My dad is from Austin, Texas, and my mom is from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
WikiAnswers has certain rules about what can be in a question and what cannot, such as no profanity is allowed, and certain punctuation marks, like commas, for instance, cannot be put in questions on WikiAnswers because of the way the website is formatted. See the link below to WikiAnswers style rules. If your question didn't conform to these rules, you may have gotten a message that said there was a problem with your question.
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Typically, programs will convert your commas between email addresses to semicolons.
WikiAnswers wishes for you to use commas and proper punctuation in your answers, but only question marks and a few other symbols are allowed in asking questions. The use of periods and hyphens are sometimes allowed, as well as other specialized characters such as the degree ° symbol.
When you ask a question, and it takes commas out, that is because it is looking for punctuation marks to take out. This is because we don't want questions with periods at the end. The questions mark is automatically put in. Often people put periods at the end of a sentence as a reflex and don't notice they did. They might also have forgotten that questions need questions marks, not periods. The site is trying to help out to have more questions punctuated correctly.Limitations in the WikiAnswers database do not allow certain characters to be used in questions. Also, we would be reluctant to add commas to questions, as commas would allow many different variations of a question to be asked.See Related Question.
Special characters cannot be used in asking a question in the ASK box. Unfortunately the comma is considered a special character by the ask box. This is due to the set up of the system. Eventually commas may be implemented in questions. At least we hope so. For now, you can use special characters including commas within the answers to questions.
For example:May 31st, 2012
Yes, but not always.