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Some of DingoBot's specialties regarding gibberish:
- If a user types random letters on the keyboard.
- If you use the same punctuation mark (such as question marks or exclamation points) more than once.
- If a user types a group of words without spaces, e.g., suchasthisportionofasentencerighthere.
- If there is a large text addition/deletion.
- If a long answer was changed.
- If there is a URL in the answer.
- If a portion of text is repeated.
- If the answer is answered with a question.
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What does DingoBot flag on WikiAnswers?
DingoBot flags answers that are gibberish, repetitive, bad language, and unsuitable. Basically, DingoBot is a inhuman supervisor that can block contributors for inappropriate behavior.
Does DingoBot only flag questions on WikiAnswers?
DingoBot is our Vandalism & Spam robot who flags answers not questions.
Is DingoBot annoying when you ask a perfectly good question?
Dingobot does not flag questions, he flags answers. If your question has been flagged and there has been no answer, then a human user has flagged it.
Is Dingobot a Supervisor?
Currently, DingoBot is a WikiAnswers bot that has the Supervisor badge. Dingobot will not be using Supervisor powers and his only job is to flag questions.
Can you flag a question as gibberish?
I believe that only DingoBot can do that. But members and supervisors can flag questions for:poor spelling/grammarthose that need more detailthose that are repetitive or have poor constructionlooking like they were copy and pastedone sidedinflammatory/offensive/bad languagehas a phone number or website
Why do answers get flagged as 'Gibberish' or 'unnecessary repetition'?
Those types of flag are usually applied by 'dingobot' - the automated system that scans contributions according to a pre-set list of rules. If someone repeats the same word (or words) in their answer - the system will flag it for repetition. If someone types a sentence that appears to be either just a random jumble of letters or words - it will get flagged for gibberish. However - remember there are also real people here to rectify obvious 'mistakes' if a question is flagged in error.
How does DingoBot flag questions so quickly?
Dingobot is basically a computer program that's set to detect certain conditions that are not useful in the answer. That might be someone using profanity in an answer, including a phone number or sticking a load of exclamation marks at the end.
What does it mean when DingoBot suspects that an answer is repeated unnecessarily?
Dingobot flags things that repeat, for example, lyrics. Example: Dingobot is a WikiAnswers bot. He flags a lot of questions for various reasons. He might flag this question. Dingo it is a bot on WikiAnswers. It repeated, unnecessarily.
In reviewing 'Flagged' answers what is the recommended procedure - does you edit and de-flag?
Yes - if your editing results in the flag being no longer necessary, it can be removed. For example, say you saw the question 'What is the value of Pi to ten decimal places' - and the answer had been flagged as gibberish, because someone had answered 'ten pieces of pie'. - If you were to replace that answer with the correct one of 3.1415926536, you can remove the flag - as the question no longer has a 'gibberish' answer. If the answer has multiple flags, only remove the one(s) you're correcting.
What if your answers are creepy?
If someone puts a 'creepy' answer, you can Flag it. Staff or Supervisors reviews the Flag. Inappropriate answers are removed.
How do you report questions that do not have enough information to be answered?
To report a question that does not have enough information to be answered, simply email support @ answers.com. Or you can flag the question as "containing gibberish."
How do you get flagged on WikiAnswers?
You, yourself as a user don't exactly get flagged on WikiAnswers. You can have your account reported by a user, though, if they click on the "Report abuse" link on your profile, your message board or even your contributions. However, your answers can get flagged by other users or by the bots on this site if they detect gibberish, websites, profanity, long answer changed, etc. Other users can flag your answers (or questions) if they feel something is missing or needs changing.
