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| Awards and Prizes | 8/30/2007 | Katie |
Q: Is there any "awards" or prizes if you're picked for something or win or is it just a "status" ...
A: I have been working on getting a budget for AllExperts gear (i.e., certificates, hats, mousepads, ...
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| Banned from AllExperts | 8/28/2007 | Katie |
Q: I have answered 900+ questions and I now no longer appear on the experts page for my field. It's ...
A: Paul. You have been banned from this site for breaking rule number 3. To refresh your memory ... ...
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| Read Answers? | 8/20/2007 | Katie |
Q: I am a new expert (thank you) and I have answered 9 questions but only 2 have read the answers and ...
A: Of the 3,553 questions asked since Jan 1, 2007 85% were answered 80% of the answers were read and ...
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| Search Feature in AllExperts.com | 8/19/2007 | Katie |
Q: Katie, Recently I sent a question asking about the number of categories allowed an expert. I have ...
A: Carl. I apologize for the late response. I've been staffed on another About.com project and I find ...
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| Question Pool | 8/18/2007 | Katie |
Q: As a new expert, I am just getting into the groove here. But I do have one question regarding the ...
A: Brian. I apologize for the late response. I've been staffed on another About.com project and I ...
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| Several catagories for one person | 8/17/2007 | Katie |
Q: Does the number of categories an AllExperts expert belong to have any weight on acceptance? Is ...
A: Q: Does the number of categories an AllExperts expert belong to have any weight on acceptance? A: ...
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| Did not get question alert email | 6/2/2007 | Katie |
Q: I just became an AllExperts expert. There is a "pending question" shown on my question/answer page, ...
A: Yes. That question is there for you to answer. You may not have received the email alert because ...
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| Rash of non-category questions. | 6/1/2007 | Katie |
Q: I have had a rash of questions that have absolutely nothing to do with my area of expertise. I know ...
A: Michelle/Alex/Emma has been fishing on this site for the past week. We've blocked all the email ...
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| Advertising cloaked as a question | 5/29/2007 | Katie |
Q: I've been an expert for quite awhile and this is the first time I've seen this. Someone is asking ...
A: The question was published to the archive last night - I've removed it. In the future, if you ...
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| Copyright policy regarding my questions and answers | 5/27/2007 | Katie |
Q: My name is Sean Wcisel. I'm an expert in a few computer related categories, and I'm very happy to be ...
A: Great question. It is not an issue for you to link to the answers on AllExperts and post the ...
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| Yet Another Ratings Rant | 5/23/2007 | Katie |
Q: I got a feedback rating of 6-7-8-9-Y.This was on May 20th or 21st. It came in my email as a negative ...
A: We will change a rating if we get a request from the questioner. You can contact him/her by clicking ...
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| Add to this Answer | 5/23/2007 | Katie |
Q: I was wondering what happens when I put an answer on "Add to this answer" Does it go to the ...
A: Your added answer only gets emailed to the questioner if the he/she checked the "tell me when ...
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| Guru Program? | 5/21/2007 | Katie |
Q: I'm an expert on this site and I've been reading some of your troubleshooting answers and noticed ...
A: The guru program is designed to recognize volunteers for their achievements in their field and their ...
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| How do I handle weird questions? | 5/21/2007 | Katie |
Q: I am a expert in the catorgory of bullies and bullying in the kids section. I have had some rather ...
A: Please note that you do not have to respond to any question if you don't feel comfortable doing so - ...
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| Expert Recommendation | 5/21/2007 | Katie |
Q: I've looked through the medical experts. I need to ask someone about having shallow cuts on my ...
A: I recommend a dermatologist: ...
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| Age Limit in Sex Categories | 5/17/2007 | Katie |
Q: I answer questions in the category of 'Masturbation'. I get questions from both males and females. ...
A: The law sets the age limit at 13 http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm. However, we want all our experts to ...
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| Same question to multiple experts makes me look bad | 5/14/2007 | Katie |
Q: Katie, something has popped up lately. There are two of us answering questions in boat repair. A ...
A: The primary goal of the AllExperts system is to get the most helpful answers posted to the archive. ...
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| Help to sell my books | 5/12/2007 | Katie |
Q: Can all experts help me to sell my following 2 books having a new dimensional mathematical models to ...
A: We are not an e-commerce site. The most I can do is add this text to your expert profile, but I see ...
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| Odd Questions | 5/11/2007 | Katie |
Q: I am an expert in Hospice. I have had three questions from the same individual, each slightly more ...
A: I've reviewed the questions. I believe the questioner is not a native English speaker and something ...
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| Being rejected | 5/10/2007 | Katie |
Q: I want to volunteer and i feel very qualified in the teen dating issue but i am always rejected how ...
A: AllExperts volunteers interact with people solely through writing. As such, we are not only looking ...
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| Disturbing Email from Fellow Expert | 5/10/2007 | Katie |
Q: I hate to bother you, but this email upset me. I have read a few of Paul's responses and have found ...
A: Compared to Paul's question, your response was polite and professional - thank you :). Sounds to me ...
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| Reader Can Not Find Past Answers | 5/1/2007 | Katie |
Q: I answered a question a day or so ago as an expert on "Canada" for travellers. I gave a tip then ...
A: Funny. The "View Past Answers" link is right below the link she used to submit her questions. ...
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| Unfair Rating | 5/1/2007 | Katie |
Q: I answered a question 3 hours after it was posted and was scored very low for timeliness?? Is there ...
A: I also think it is an unfair rating. Unfortunately, I can't change ratings unless I get a request ...
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| Question Pool | 4/25/2007 | Katie |
Q: I am an expert from the "Dealing With Crushes" section for teens, and I was wondering, what is the ...
A: I've been getting a lot of questions about the pool lately, so I've just finished creating a ...
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| Question Pool - Old Questions | 4/25/2007 | Katie |
Q: In some of the categories I help out in, there are questions dating a year back in the pool. I can ...
A: When a question is moved to the pool, the system emails the original questioner to inform them that ...
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| Prestige Points? | 4/24/2007 | Katie |
Q: As one of the Allexperts.com experts in Massage and Alternative Health, I have always seen the ...
A: Prestige points exist primarily to guide questioners. Since volunteers get 30 prestige points every ...
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| Question Pool - Old Questions | 4/19/2007 | Katie |
Q: I recently volunteered to become an expert in the rodents-category. There seems to have been a lack ...
A: When a question is moved to the pool, the system emails the original questioner to inform them that ...
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| Hyperlinks | 4/10/2007 | Katie |
Q: Katie, I'm an expert in your Autism section. In my answers, I often add URL's so the reader can get ...
A: Adding the HTML anchor tags around the URL will make the link clickable when the user retrieves the ...
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| Guru Program | 4/8/2007 | Katie |
Q: I'm LG, Expert in the category Pokémon, and I want to ask you something. I noticed quite a while ...
A: The program still exists. If you'd like to be the guru for your category, here's how to apply: ...
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| Plagerism | 4/6/2007 | Katie |
Q: I am one of your new experts in the birds - general and parrots section. I recently answered (on ...
A: We have investigated and found that Riley was in fact copying your answers and passing them off as ...
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| Cross Posting | 4/1/2007 | Katie |
Q: I answer questions on the subject of MS Excel. I have been asked a question quoting an answer that I ...
A: I read Ken Puls' lecture to cross posters. While I understand how this can be annoying to those who ...
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| Where do I ask about independent living skills? | 3/31/2007 | Katie |
Q: I want to ask about independent living skills. I am NOT a person with a disability. I'm just ...
A: Sounds like you need a self-help generalist. I suggest you explain to Shelli in our "How to Get ...
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| Notification of Pool Questions | 3/31/2007 | Katie |
Q: I answer at four different categories and got tired looking into each "pool" everyday when they were ...
A: We disable the timeliness rating for questions from the question pool, so you don't need to worry ...
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| Cross Posting | 3/30/2007 | Katie |
Q: I answer questions on the subject of MS Excel. I have been asked a question quoting an answer that I ...
A: This is actually the first time I've heard about "cross posting" on this site ... so no, we don't ...
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| E-mailed questions | 3/29/2007 | Katie |
Q: I recently put my self on vacation for about a week. During the time I was on vacation I had 2 ...
A: How did they get your email address? Once they have it, I'm afraid there is nothing we can do to ...
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| This questioner won't rate me | 3/22/2007 | Katie |
Q: I am an expert in a catagory. Lately a person has been asking a number of questions, 2 or so per ...
A: I sent her another polite reminder. I'm afraid that's all I can do since mind control is not one of ...
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| Question Pool, Other Experts' Responses to My Answers, etc. | 3/14/2007 | AllExperts Suggestion Box |
Q: 1. I happened, by accident, to read about a "question pool" which seems to suggest that, if I get a ...
A: 1. Other experts can not answer questions sent to you - unless you let them by choosing the "Send ...
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| Calculating Response Time | 3/14/2007 | Katie |
Q: I've been working on my response time trying to reduce it as much as possible and there appears to ...
A: Roland. 1) The time you post the follow-up is used in the response time calculation. If we kept the ...
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| Expert Brandy-High School Life | 3/10/2007 | Katie |
Q: Katie this is not really a question rather than a comment. We are both pregnant h.s. teens, we were ...
A: I'm happy to hear you got the help you needed. I will forward this message to Brandy - I think she ...
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| Deleting Questions from Question Pool | 3/6/2007 | Katie |
Q: Virtually everything in the pool is ripe for elimination. The field is Science > Physics > Physics. ...
A: To delete a question from the pool: Click on the question in the list, and then click the "Answer ...
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