Why doesn't WikiAnswers have answers to questions?

Answer 1

Everything on WikiAnswers is a work in progress. We're not a site that posts finished versions of questions & answers. == == Naturally, there will always be more questions than answers. More people ask questions than answer them, and many questions haven't been answered yet. Moreover, some questions are unanswerable. Since you can ask anything here, there is no guarantee that someone can answer you. And keep in mind that people who contribute answers are ordinary people who log in to see what kinds of interesting things people are asking. There is no assigned paid staff handling questions in any kind of systematic way. Volunteer Supervisors do their best to keep topics in order as they can spare the time to do it. Many questions don't have enough information to be answered. For example, "How old do you have to be to buy alcohol in a retail outlet?" needs to include a country and/or state (or province). The correct answers vary from one country and place to another.

Answer 2

Well we do.... Mostly and a lot of the time. But sometimes we don't understand the question, and sometimes we don't get to it because there are so many questions and so little time in a day to research and provide good answers. And then, sometimes, somebody will answer a question when that person (ahem) really shouldn't be allowed access to a keyboard and by answering the question (even wrongly) it drops off the high priority list and we just don't see it. If you are not happy with an answer then please, rephrase the question and ask again. We try. We really, really try to provide good, solid information to reasonable questions. Smile... Life is too short to frown all day..... ;-) And another thing..... We don't get paid for this, you know. If the question is, well, plain ridiculous then nobody bothers to answer. Who the hell cares if Joe-Schmuck wants to know the date of manufacture of shotgun serial number xxxx...? I mean, Have you READ some of the questions people ask? Sheeeeesh....

Answer 3

The reason there are so many questions and so few answers is because if there were no questions and we had all the answers there would be no reason for us to be here;so god probably thought we should have something to do with all are time so he created questions.

Answer 4

Wiki doesn't answer questions.. We do; based on research and knowledge. There could be many reasons why your question did not get answered, but on average; Wiki gets 1 question asked for every second of every day of the year... so if no one spots your question, it doesn't get answered. Simple as really.

Things that will improve your chances of answers:

• putting your question in the right category so that people who can answer are more likely to see.
• Not asking homework questions, the rules are there for a reason.
• Spelling your question correctly.
• Making sure your question is only about one thing, and couldn't be taken in another way.

Answer 5

WikiAnswers works on a use by any process. This means that anyone can ask or answer or even vandalize the site at their own discretion. This means that you, the user of this site has the opportunity to make it better. Make changes as they are needed. Report vandalism, spam, chatting, profanity and cyber-bullying as they occur or become a Supervisor of a particular category to oversee changes as they occur. This site has millions of correct answers that change on a minute by minute basis and with 25 million visitors versus 700+ Supervisors and many times more who monitor the site actually care enough to make it better for the new and existing visitors on the site. If you want to better the site, contact a Supervisor or WikiGuide or click on the help center in the blue bar to the left.

Answer 6

WikiAnswers is a public facility for people to share what they know. WikiAnswers doesn't answer the questions, the people who use it do. And if you have asked a legitimate question, it will get answered eventually.

Answer 7

WikiAnswers does have a lot of answers to questions... but a lot of questions are also unanswered. One thing to try is to ask your question in a little bit different way. Often, there is an already-answered question with a wording that is a little bit different. We try to merge those questions together so that people get answers, but it is a big job, and we are never caught up.

Answer 8

There are fewer people answering than there are people asking questions.

Also from a purely philosophical point of view, you cannot have answers without questions, so the amount of answers must always be less-than-or-equal-to the number of questions.

Answer 9

There are so many questions because people have lots of questions and they come to WikiAnswers seeking answers!