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Founded by:	Chris Whitten
Status:	Dead
Language:	English
Edit mode:	LoginToEdit
Wiki engine:	MediaWiki
Wiki license:	Site retains copyright
Main topic:	Answers

Latest revision as of 20:17, 23 November 2022

Wiki size:

11 article pages^{see stats}

(As of: 2008-05-01 – Archive.org)

WikiAnswers was a wiki-based Q&A project powered by contributors from all walks of life. Anyone could ask, answer or edit questions, building a global Q&A database, covering all topics. WikiAnswers, previously known as FAQ Farm, was acquired by Answers Corporation in November 2006, and is now part of the Answers.com family. It was founded in 2002 by Chris Whitten, a pioneer in the Q&A arena.

WikiAnswers was originally powered by a highly modified form of the MediaWiki wiki engine with a custom skin, and using a Creative Commons license and open editing until April 2009. From shortly thereafter, MediaWiki was abandoned in favour of proprietary software, reducing editing functionality, and ultimately abandoning its 'Wiki' title, abandoning the Creative Commons license and claiming absolute copyright over all submissions (even former submissions under Creative Commons).

See also

Wikia Answers (a former Wikia)
UnAnswers is an occasionally hilarious parody of WikiAnswers

External links

From the main page, there were links to:

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-== Links ==
+'''WikiAnswers''' was a [[wiki]]-based Q&A project powered by contributors from all walks of life.  Anyone could ask, answer or edit questions, building a global Q&A database, covering all topics.  WikiAnswers, previously known as '''[[FAQ Farm]]''', was acquired by Answers Corporation in November 2006, and is now part of the Answers.com family.  It was {{tag|Founded in 2002|founded in 2002}} by Chris Whitten, a pioneer in the Q&A arena.
-From the main page, there are links to:
+WikiAnswers was originally powered by a highly modified form of the MediaWiki [[:Category:Wiki engine|wiki engine]] with a {{tag|custom skin}}, and using a Creative Commons license and open editing until April 2009.  From shortly thereafter, MediaWiki was abandoned in favour of proprietary software, reducing editing functionality, and ultimately abandoning its 'Wiki' title, abandoning the Creative Commons license and claiming absolute copyright over all submissions (even former submissions under Creative Commons).
+;''See also
+*[[Wikia Answers]] (a former Wikia)
+*[[UnAnswers]] is an occasionally hilarious parody of WikiAnswers
+;''External links
+From the main page, there were links to:
 *[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/NEWQ Unanswered questions]
 *[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Special:RecentQ Recent questions]
 *[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Special:RecentA Recent answers]
-== See also ==
+[[Category:Knowledge]]
-[[Wikianswers]]

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