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Posted by: Kato

There is a confusion going on surrounding the various "WikiAnswers" sites on the net - between Wikia and Answers.com.

Andrew Lih http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2009/02/12/wikianswers-vs-wikianswers/:

QUOTE(Andrew Lih)
WikiAnswers is not Wikianswers. There is wiki.answers.com, and then there is answers.wikia.com. And confusingly, Wikianswers.com points to one of them.

Did you get that? Well you’re not the only one who didn’t.

Seth Finkelstein has a good rundown on this latest confusion among the companies spun off from the Wikipedia Revolution.

His http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001415.html and http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/12/wiki-answers-wikia are pretty unequivocal:

"In my opinion, Wikia’s relaunch of its site using the name Wikianswers is sleazy and unethical in the face of the far more well-known and successful Answers.com" [site].

For those who don’t know, Answers.com has been a major donor and supporter of the Wikimania conference over the years, as has Wikia, which makes this showdown all the more intriguing.

Posted by: Random832

The "official line" from none other than Angela:

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Is_wikianswers_affiliated_with_the_wikianswers_at_wiki.answers.com

Posted by: dogbiscuit

QUOTE(Random832 @ Thu 12th February 2009, 5:45pm) *

The "official line" from none other than Angela:

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Is_wikianswers_affiliated_with_the_wikianswers_at_wiki.answers.com

One wonders, with that answer, what legal right Wikia have in the trading name WikiaAnswers? Do Wikia own the rights, is it their trademark to grant permission for.

Random - supplementary question required.

Posted by: One

She seems to be right. Wikianswers has been around http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Wikianswers, while WikiAnswers was not renamed until at least November 2006, when FAQ Farm was acquired. http://ir.answers.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=217782 Looks like that's the http://web.archive.org/web/20061109223620/http://www.faqfarm.com/ and FAQ Farm was still the main name for a few more months.

And now this very thread might be cited as evidence of market confusion in some future trademark suit rumblings.


EDIT: I didn't realize that the PTO had prosecution histories for trademark applications online. Answers.com has answered three office actions and does not yet have a Federal trademark in WikiAnswers--examiner seems to think it's a generic term with no secondaryal meaning, but I have no reidea what that means. I hate trademark.

Posted by: Doc glasgow

This is the first time I'd ever seen Wikianswers, so I clicked on one of the questions suggested on its mainpage:



What is a doughnut?

QUOTE
A doughnut is all that is heavenly put in a pastry and has had a hole cut in it because the poeple that make them know they are delicious and want to taste test them!



Well, nice to know it is up to the usual high standards of a Wales-endorsed project: laugh.gif


It's a joke-site? Right?

""Wikianswers uses the unique characteristics of a wiki to form the very best answer to any question." Jimmy Wales founder of Wikipedia and Wikianswers"

Posted by: Eva Destruction

Who founded Wikipedia?

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Who_founded_Wikipedia

See how long that lasts.

Posted by: Doc glasgow

QUOTE(Eva Destruction @ Thu 12th February 2009, 10:34pm) *

Who founded Wikipedia?

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Who_founded_Wikipedia

See how long that lasts.



I was tempted to vandalis amend that with The Truth ™ to say Jimmy alone. But, suprisingly Wikia needs an e-mail to account create.

So I can write an encyclopaedia with no checks on me, but they need more to let me answer a doughnut question?

Posted by: Eva Destruction

Honestly, this is like shooting fish:

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Can_a_male_dog_get_a_girl_pregnant
http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Can_i_give_my_cat_Morphine_to_sedate_him
http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Can_snorting_kool_aid_kill_you
http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_all_animals_have_skeletons
http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_men_masturbate_in_the_shower
http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_people_lick_girls_buttholes

Jimbo, with all due respect this site would be improved by redirecting it to Last Measure.

Posted by: dtobias

QUOTE(Eva Destruction @ Thu 12th February 2009, 5:43pm) *

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_men_masturbate_in_the_shower


The answer provided by the site:

QUOTE

Yup. Men masturbate pretty much anywhere.


(Though I seem to remember hearing somewhere that there's actually a law in the state of Pennsylvania making it illegal to masturbate... has this ever been enforced?)

Posted by: One

QUOTE(dtobias @ Thu 12th February 2009, 11:40pm) *

(Though I seem to remember hearing somewhere that there's actually a law in the state of Pennsylvania making it illegal to masturbate... has this ever been enforced?)

If only there were a Web 2.0 site to submit such questions...

Someone should ask Random's question of WikiAnswers to see what they say.

Posted by: dogbiscuit

QUOTE(One @ Thu 12th February 2009, 9:44pm) *

She seems to be right. Wikianswers has been around http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Wikianswers, while WikiAnswers was not renamed until at least November 2006, when FAQ Farm was acquired. http://ir.answers.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=217782 Looks like that's the http://web.archive.org/web/20061109223620/http://www.faqfarm.com/ and FAQ Farm was still the main name for a few more months.

And now this very thread might be cited as evidence of market confusion in some future trademark suit rumblings.


EDIT: I didn't realize that the PTO had prosecution histories for trademark applications online. Answers.com has answered three office actions and does not yet have a Federal trademark in WikiAnswers--examiner seems to think it's a generic term with no secondaryal meaning, but I have no reidea what that means. I hate trademark.

Ah, that was the point I was getting at. The problem it seems is that Wiki has been established as the generic term for editable web pages (or whatever) and Answers is a pretty generic term, and bolting them together in an unimaginative way doesn't help, so as nobody bothered to register a trademark (or the name itself was rejected by the trademark office), I would guess that nobody has exclusive rights.

Therefore it hints that Sue is being misleading to suggest that it is Wikia's right to determine who gets to use the name. If they'd used something like WiQandA they would have had a case (dashes down the road to register it).

Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(dtobias @ Thu 12th February 2009, 11:40pm) *
QUOTE(Eva Destruction @ Thu 12th February 2009, 5:43pm) *

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_men_masturbate_in_the_shower

The answer provided by the site:
QUOTE
Yup. Men masturbate pretty much anywhere.

(Though I seem to remember hearing somewhere that there's actually a law in the state of Pennsylvania making it illegal to masturbate... has this ever been enforced?)

I'd love to know. Apparently there's an old law still in force in the British Isles that legally entitles a resident of the Isle of Man to kill a Scottish person on sight. Bad history, y'see. Could be an urban myth - I don't know - but it would be interesting to find out what happens in the event of shit happening. I myself have been there several times and have survived, so things are probably OK. I'd see if it's been asked in WikiAnswers, or whatever, but I can't be arsed.

Posted by: One

QUOTE(dogbiscuit @ Thu 12th February 2009, 11:53pm) *

QUOTE(One @ Thu 12th February 2009, 9:44pm) *

She seems to be right. Wikianswers has been around http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Wikianswers, while WikiAnswers was not renamed until at least November 2006, when FAQ Farm was acquired. http://ir.answers.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=217782 Looks like that's the http://web.archive.org/web/20061109223620/http://www.faqfarm.com/ and FAQ Farm was still the main name for a few more months.

And now this very thread might be cited as evidence of market confusion in some future trademark suit rumblings.


EDIT: I didn't realize that the PTO had prosecution histories for trademark applications online. Answers.com has answered three office actions and does not yet have a Federal trademark in WikiAnswers--examiner seems to think it's a generic term with no secondaryal meaning, but I have no reidea what that means. I hate trademark.

Ah, that was the point I was getting at. The problem it seems is that Wiki has been established as the generic term for editable web pages (or whatever) and Answers is a pretty generic term, and bolting them together in an unimaginative way doesn't help, so as nobody bothered to register a trademark (or the name itself was rejected by the trademark office), I would guess that nobody has exclusive rights.

Therefore it hints that Sue is being misleading to suggest that it is Wikia's right to determine who gets to use the name. If they'd used something like WiQandA they would have had a case (dashes down the road to register it).


Again, I don't know much about this process, but the trademark examiner seems to be rejecting answer.com's application for want of "acquired distinctiveness." See the http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?SRCH=Y&isSubmitted=true&details=&SELECT=US+Serial+No&TEXT=77138017#. The examiner's first office action (July 11, 2007) seems to say what you said above Wiki = generic, Answers = generic, and they need to show more distinctiveness.

Posted by: Milton Roe

[quote name='Eva Destruction' date='Thu 12th February 2009, 3:43pm' post='156037']
Honestly, this is like shooting fish:

Shooting fish is hard due to light diffraction and very nasty splashing. Also illegal most places.

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Can_a_male_dog_get_a_girl_pregnant

No, and this makes Brian Griffin happy.

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Can_i_give_my_cat_Morphine_to_sedate_him

Actually, yes. The idea that morphine makes cats crazy is a myth. Vets use many drugs in this class on cats, and would use morphine too if they weren't so paranoid about keeping it in stock around their employees.

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Can_snorting_kool_aid_kill_you

No, but it's very painful. See Wikipedia Arbcom.

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_all_animals_have_skeletons

No. Many Wikipedia editors are invertebrates. Jimbo Wales is said to be an animal, but his skeletons are kept in the closet along with many other Wikipedian things.

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_men_masturbate_in_the_shower

Only Kevin Spacey does this. A kitten dies every time he does, and God cries.

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Do_people_lick_girls_buttholes

ermm.gif hmmm.gif Was there a shower part on this one? Kittens still die anyway.



The Answer Man

Posted by: UseOnceAndDestroy

QUOTE(Random832 @ Thu 12th February 2009, 5:45pm) *

The "official line" from none other than Angela:

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Is_wikianswers_affiliated_with_the_wikianswers_at_wiki.answers.com

Wikia/wikipedia are struggling to look like they have new ideas. Reminds of the time Jimbo claimed Google was "copying" wikia search - and getting http://search.wikia.com/blog/2008/07/17/google-tries-to-copy-wikia-search-but-misses-the-point/.

Posted by: Eva Destruction

QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Fri 13th February 2009, 12:11am) *

Apparently there's an old law still in force in the British Isles that legally entitles a resident of the Isle of Man to kill a Scottish person on sight. Bad history, y'see. Could be an urban myth - I don't know - but it would be interesting to find out what happens in the event of shit happening. I myself have been there several times and have survived, so things are probably OK. I'd see if it's been asked in WikiAnswers, or whatever, but I can't be arsed.

You're safe on the Isle of Man; its "within the city walls of York" where Scotsmen need to worry, as do Welshmen in Chester after sunset.

Posted by: dogbiscuit

QUOTE(UseOnceAndDestroy @ Fri 13th February 2009, 12:42am) *

QUOTE(Random832 @ Thu 12th February 2009, 5:45pm) *

The "official line" from none other than Angela:

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Is_wikianswers_affiliated_with_the_wikianswers_at_wiki.answers.com

Wikia/wikipedia are struggling to look like they have new ideas. Reminds of the time Jimbo claimed Google was "copying" wikia search - and getting http://search.wikia.com/blog/2008/07/17/google-tries-to-copy-wikia-search-but-misses-the-point/.

Glad to see the Wikia project is so active - check out the last date on that blog.

Posted by: privatemusings

Ok, own up..... who is 'http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Roflrofl'?

Whomever they may be, I answered their question as best I could;

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Where_is_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_office

cheeky.......

Posted by: privatemusings

Whilst reminding myself of this storm-in-a-teacup broo ha ha, I popped a note into the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation#A_circuitous_route_back_here about the photo, and got a response pretty immediately from Cary.

I like Cary, and it seems he feels there is a security issue, so I've removed the info as no big deal. I think it's a bit silly / disingenuous to cite such a risk in limiting the information permitted at the article, but can't find the time or energy to care, to be honest - so will wander away from this one.....

Posted by: LaraLove

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Thu 12th February 2009, 7:28pm) *

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/Can_snorting_kool_aid_kill_you

No, but it's very painful. See Wikipedia Arbcom.

Haha. Milton, you are brilliant. They were all funny, but this was the first one that really made me chortle.

Posted by: Random832

QUOTE(privatemusings @ Fri 13th February 2009, 3:24am) *

Whilst reminding myself of this storm-in-a-teacup broo ha ha, I popped a note into the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation#A_circuitous_route_back_here about the photo, and got a response pretty immediately from Cary.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Office_February_1_2008_003.jpg

Posted by: dogbiscuit

QUOTE(Random832 @ Fri 13th February 2009, 4:09am) *

QUOTE(privatemusings @ Fri 13th February 2009, 3:24am) *

Whilst reminding myself of this storm-in-a-teacup broo ha ha, I popped a note into the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation#A_circuitous_route_back_here about the photo, and got a response pretty immediately from Cary.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Office_February_1_2008_003.jpg

That picture is great as a mirror for Wikipedia - I wonder if they will ever get to Featured Office status?

Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(Eva Destruction @ Fri 13th February 2009, 1:28am) *
QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Fri 13th February 2009, 12:11am) *
Apparently there's an old law still in force in the British Isles that legally entitles a resident of the Isle of Man to kill a Scottish person on sight. Bad history, y'see. Could be an urban myth - I don't know - but it would be interesting to find out what happens in the event of shit happening. I myself have been there several times and have survived, so things are probably OK. I'd see if it's been asked in WikiAnswers, or whatever, but I can't be arsed.

You're safe on the Isle of Man; its "within the city walls of York" where Scotsmen need to worry

I'd never heard of that one. I've always wondered why York folks look at me funny. I used to think it was my habit of muttering to myself and asking perfect strangers highly inappropriate questions. I was right, then.

I've just looked it up, and that law is in the top-ten of silly, still-extant laws:
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
2. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down.
3. In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
4. Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas.
5. In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter.
6. A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet.
7. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen.
8. It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing.
9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour.
10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

Phew! I often carry around strange things, but never a bow and arrow. I'm safe.

QUOTE(dogbiscuit @ Fri 13th February 2009, 1:26pm) *
QUOTE(Random832 @ Fri 13th February 2009, 4:09am) *
QUOTE(privatemusings @ Fri 13th February 2009, 3:24am) *
Whilst reminding myself of this storm-in-a-teacup broo ha ha, I popped a note into the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation#A_circuitous_route_back_here about the photo, and got a response pretty immediately from Cary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Office_February_1_2008_003.jpg

That picture is great as a mirror for Wikipedia - I wonder if they will ever get to Featured Office status?

I'm scared. You see that creature beneath the table? The thing shaped like a cat, but probably isn't? I've got the fear. Bad.

Posted by: Eva Destruction

#9 I can't see the issue with – some of them are outdated, but that one's just as relevant today as it's ever been. Try walking into your local Parliament/Assembly/Congress/State Capitol/any other major public building kitted out in a bullet-proof vest and see how long it takes before security hauls you off to "ask you a few questions".

Posted by: tarantino

QUOTE(dogbiscuit @ Fri 13th February 2009, 1:26pm) *

QUOTE(Random832 @ Fri 13th February 2009, 4:09am) *

QUOTE(privatemusings @ Fri 13th February 2009, 3:24am) *

Whilst reminding myself of this storm-in-a-teacup broo ha ha, I popped a note into the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation#A_circuitous_route_back_here about the photo, and got a response pretty immediately from Cary.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Office_February_1_2008_003.jpg

That picture is great as a mirror for Wikipedia - I wonder if they will ever get to Featured Office status?


Here's a promotional video that includes scenes inside and outside WMF headquarters.

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:PSA-Web-IWV-400-15fps-en.ogg

Posted by: LaraLove

QUOTE(tarantino @ Fri 13th February 2009, 9:33am) *

Here's a promotional video that includes scenes inside and outside WMF headquarters.

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:PSA-Web-IWV-400-15fps-en.ogg

Is there an image anywhere available in which Sue has made some sort of attempt to make herself look professional?

Posted by: Jon Awbrey

QUOTE(LaraLove @ Fri 13th February 2009, 10:06am) *

Is there an image anywhere available in which Sue has made some sort of attempt to make herself look professional?


I remember seeing some kind of airbrushed, blow-dryed, solarized publicity head-shot on her old CBC page that was kinda nice.

Or was that Rachel Marsden ???

I forget …

Ja Ja boing.gif

Posted by: Sarcasticidealist

QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Fri 13th February 2009, 7:52am) *
I've just looked it up, and that law is in the top-ten of silly, still-extant laws:
Source? I ask because the internet epidemic of so-called "loony laws" is sort of a pet peeve of mine. Virtually all of them are hoaxes, and it's telling that virtually none of them are accompanied by citations of the relevant statute (most of them are expressly stated or implied to be statutory). Besides that, many of them are prefaced with a place (e.g. "In Peace River, Alberta...") that doesn't have a government with jurisdiction to enact the alleged law - would the City of York really have the authority to legalize the murder of Scotsmen even if it wanted to? Snopes puts it well in the first couple of paragraphs http://www.snopes.com/legal/arizona.asp.

(The newer version of Balderdash, the board game, includes a category in which players are given the beginning of an alleged such law, and then invited to guess the end of it. For example, I was once given something along the lines of "In Florida, it is illegal to use an elephant...". I finished with "...commit bank fraud", which I felt should have gotten me some points, since, in probable contrast to the so-called "correct answer", it actually is illegal to commit bank fraud in Florida, with or without an elephant.)

So yeah, I'm not saying that your particular list is nonsense, but that's my immediate assumption with these things until I see evidence otherwise.

Posted by: Eva Destruction

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Fri 13th February 2009, 3:31pm) *

QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Fri 13th February 2009, 7:52am) *
I've just looked it up, and that law is in the top-ten of silly, still-extant laws:
Source? I ask because the internet epidemic of so-called "loony laws" is sort of a pet peeve of mine. Virtually all of them are hoaxes, and it's telling that virtually none of them are accompanied by citations of the relevant statute (most of them are expressly stated or implied to be statutory). Besides that, many of them are prefaced with a place (e.g. "In Peace River, Alberta...") that doesn't have a government with jurisdiction to enact the alleged law - would the City of York really have the authority to legalize the murder of Scotsmen even if it wanted to? Snopes puts it well in the first couple of paragraphs http://www.snopes.com/legal/arizona.asp.

(The newer version of Balderdash, the board game, includes a category in which players are given the beginning of an alleged such law, and then invited to guess the end of it. For example, I was once given something along the lines of "In Florida, it is illegal to use an elephant...". I finished with "...commit bank fraud", which I felt should have gotten me some points, since, in probable contrast to the so-called "correct answer", it actually is illegal to commit bank fraud in Florida, with or without an elephant.)

So yeah, I'm not saying that your particular list is nonsense, but that's my immediate assumption with these things until I see evidence otherwise.

"The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen" is a genuine English (not British) law inherited from the Vikings via the Normans and still in force (although they're invariably immediately donated to an appropriate research institution by the Receiver of Wreck). Wikipedia's Royal Fish article does an adequate job in summarising the background. In Scotland, it only applies to whales over 25 feet long (http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1221/0052925.pdf should you really care).

Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(Sarcasticidealist @ Fri 13th February 2009, 3:31pm) *
QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Fri 13th February 2009, 7:52am) *
I've just looked it up, and that law is in the top-ten of silly, still-extant laws:
Source? I ask because the internet epidemic of so-called "loony laws" is sort of a pet peeve of mine.

My strategy is simply to believe everything I read. Simplifies life enormously.
QUOTE(Eva Destruction @ Fri 13th February 2009, 3:52pm) *
"The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen" is a genuine English (not British) law......

And an eminently sensible one, if you ask me. I assume, then, that the middle bit of the whale belongs to the finder? Super. It would go well with my collection of dead seals.

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Fri 13th February 2009, 6:52am) *

I've just looked it up, and that law is in the top-ten of silly, still-extant laws:
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.


huh.gif No, only in the House of Lords. Since Spencer Perceval


Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sat 14th February 2009, 4:37am) *
QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Fri 13th February 2009, 6:52am) *
I've just looked it up, and that law is in the top-ten of silly, still-extant laws:
1. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

huh.gif No, only in the House of Lords. Since Spencer Perceval

That's one for the lawyers, eh? The House of Lords being one of the Houses of Parliament, all in the same building. Guy Fawkes had the right idea about how to treat the place. The "White House incident" in 1814, by the way, was an accident. It was my great great great-ish grandad. He only intended to burn some curtains; a harmless prank, but shit happened. As for poor old Spence, he was the one who was shot and said "I am murdered". Mr. Obvious!

Posted by: EricBarbour

offtopic.gif

QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Sat 14th February 2009, 2:09am) *

That's one for the lawyers, eh? The House of Lords being one of the Houses of Parliament, all in the same building. Guy Fawkes had the right idea about how to treat the place. The "White House incident" in 1814, by the way, was an accident. It was my great great great-ish grandad. He only intended to burn some curtains; a harmless prank, but shit happened. As for poor old Spence, he was the one who was shot and said "I am murdered". Mr. Obvious!


Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Sat 14th February 2009, 3:09am) *

The "White House incident" in 1814, by the way, was an accident. It was my great great great-ish grandad. He only intended to burn some curtains; a harmless prank, but shit happened.

Lenny Bruce. "Okay. I'll admit it. We Jews did kill Christ. What can I say? It was a party. It got out of control...."

Posted by: michael

WikiAnswers is amazingly stupid. The things some people ask blindside me. I've always had a great deal of respect for the WMF projects and have never vandalized, but dear lord, I'm tempted to troll with bad answers there.

Posted by: The Wales Hunter

QUOTE

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/How_do_you_eat

Q. How do you eat?

A. Put food in mouth. Chew. Swallow. Repeat.


QUOTE

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/How_do_you_finger_a_girl

Q. How do you finger a girl?

A. With your finger. you stick 2 fingers into her pussy and move it in and out until she squirts

Posted by: Milton Roe

QUOTE(The Wales Hunter @ Sat 14th February 2009, 3:57pm) *

QUOTE

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/How_do_you_eat

Q. How do you eat?

A. Put food in mouth. Chew. Swallow. Repeat.


QUOTE

http://answers.wikia.com/wiki/How_do_you_finger_a_girl

Q. How do you finger a girl?

A. With your finger. you stick 2 fingers into her pussy and move it in and out until she squirts



Hey, this could turn into a compendium of all the world's knowledge. Quick, do more. wink.gif

Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(Milton Roe @ Sat 14th February 2009, 10:59pm) *
Hey, this could turn into a compendium of all the world's knowledge. Quick, do more. wink.gif

Tut. That would be totally off-topic. Perish the thought. Everyone seems to be too busy criticizing the awful Wiki answers thing (or is it answers Wikia?) to notice http://www.answers.com/. I input two of the entries given above, and the difference in "tone" of the answers is shocking.

"How do you eat" elicited http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=How+do+you+eat&go.x=703&go.y=18&searchType=ra. Now that's what I call an answer.

"How do you finger a girl" was disappointing, in the sense that it didn't tell me how to do it, but as you can http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=How+do+you+finger+a+girl&go.x=707&go.y=21&searchType=ra it gave a lot of links to, erm, Wiki Answers (or answers Wikia, or whatever). Simple Wiki admins & checkusers will be delighted with most of those links, so, guys, don't skimp on that "bookmark this page" button.

Posted by: Eva Destruction

Image

Posted by: dtobias

QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Sun 15th February 2009, 7:57am) *

"How do you eat" elicited http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=How+do+you+eat&go.x=703&go.y=18&searchType=ra. Now that's what I call an answer.


There doesn't seem to have been any intelligence (natural or artificial) put into that reply... it just produces, by an automated query, the entries for "eat" in a variety of reference sources, including Wikipedia, where the entry concerns a U.K. restaurant chain of that name.

Posted by: Bottled_Spider

QUOTE(dtobias @ Sun 15th February 2009, 3:20pm) *
QUOTE(Bottled_Spider @ Sun 15th February 2009, 7:57am) *

"How do you eat" elicited http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=How+do+you+eat&go.x=703&go.y=18&searchType=ra. Now that's what I call an answer.

There doesn't seem to have been any intelligence (natural or artificial) put into that reply... it just produces, by an automated query, the entries for "eat" in a variety of reference sources, including Wikipedia, where the entry concerns a U.K. restaurant chain of that name.

Yes.