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Experience
BA in Economics (minor in Computer Science),
Columbia University
MS in Technology Management,
Columbia University
Question QUESTION: I've been an expert for quite awhile and this is the first time I've seen this. Someone is asking me a question simply to put his ad online. I deal with this on my blog quite frequently, but this is the first time I've seen it as a question at All Experts.
Is there a way to handle it so it won't show up for others? I can just reject the question as something I can't answer -- but -- it doesn't seem like All Experts would want to be used for that purpose.
Thanks,
Trisha Torrey
From the Medical Research on the Internet section
ANSWER: What name or alias are they using and what is the subject of the question?
Thanks,
Katie
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QUESTION: Here is the question that was asked:
"I was trying to find online information on any new antibiotics (for vancomycin resistant strains) that are currently on the verge of coming out (phase II or III trial drugs). I did come across one, CSA by Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals. Im not too sure where and how to find other drugs."
I was asked another question previously by someone who was trying to promote a website for alternative therapies, too. Their point was not to ask the question; rather to showcase the website.
This particular one is a question mark -- this person may be genuine -- and I'll answer the question as if s/he is genuinely asking the question. However -- because I get this so often with my blog, I'm wondering if there is a way to delete the URL they include in their question?
Thanks Katie.
Trisha
Answer Hi Trisha,
Thanks for alerting us to this. The question was published to the archive last night - I've removed it.
In the future, if you suspect that a questioner has ulterior motives, you can use the "Explain to the questioner why you can't answer this question" option in the gray box on the "Answer the Question" interface to send your answer. This way, you still help the questioner (in case they are genuine), but the question will not be published to the archive.
