Some people think of the site as a joke an feel that it would be funny and amusing to vandalize the answers.
March 22, 2005 - the first member blocked. This account was blocked for profanity. As the account name was profane, it cannot be posted here.
the vandals
Vandals.
Chris Witten held the first account on WikiAnswers.
The first member was Chris Whitten, the creator and founder of WikiAnswers.
HisPowr4U was the first Ruby level contributor on WikiAnswers.
Jokers Answering Serious and Legitimate QuestionsI guess that is what you get with free speech and first amendment rights. Think of wikianswers as a little piece of the world, there are nice and not so nice people here. Keep trying and you will mostly find good. In addition, WikiAnswers has over 500 dedicated supervisors who remove answers that do not answer the questions or are not appropriate answers, including those that are joking, rude, or not serious answers. People who give those types of answers are considered vandals and are often blocked from using WikiAnswers.
They came out of central Asia, settled first in Spain then in north Africa.
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The first user on WikiAnswers was Chris Whitten, the site's founder.(See the Related link to Chris's profile.)
The Vandals were the first to reach the city of Rome.
Why Do People Contribute?Our users share their passion for sharing knowledge:Why wouldn't you contribute to WikiAnswers? It is just too addicting not to contribute! There is nothing like the feeling when you first venture on to WikiAnswers, go to your favorite category, and see hundreds and hundreds of questions that you know the answer to!The questions never cease to come in: Every day, thousands of new questions arrive at the blink of an eye.Catching vandals is always fun, as well. It gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling to know that you just caught someone in the act of vandalizing, which helps WikiAnswers tremendously.To try and help others, plus the benefit of information sharing.