Forum:Problems with Wikianswers

I'm sorry, but that Wikianswers widget is causing a lot of problems for me, and I'm sure it must be for others too. Users are mislead into thinking it is a question-and-answer place for the subject matter of the wiki (in my case, Redwall) and therefore go there and post questions better served for Community Portal or questions that could be solved by browsing the wiki itself - however they are distracted into going to Wikianswers by the "Find questions asked by Wiki Name readers" text. If you want to advertise Wikianswers, by all means do so. Don't advertise it with content related to the wiki you are advertising on. That is wrong. -- LordTBT Talk! 07:30, January 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * You can then browse all the unanswered questions of your wiki and put direct links to the articles where they can find the information. That would be another way to attract visitors to your wiki that arrive from those questions. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 15:23, January 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * Exact but there are rules on the french or english answers wikis that say that you can't reply by posting just a link.
 * So, what i've began copying the first sentence of the local article putting the link to that article on the "name" part of that sentence.
 * The thing that is the more exasperous or so is that many questions that are created on fr.answers from fr.guildwars are not even question. They are the name of a thing in Guild Wars game on wich they were trying to get infos on. Exact name of an objet, a creature or a skill. That mean that people are really mistaking the Wikianswers box for the local wiki search box.
 * No suprise since the Wikianswers widget is the first widget in the sidebar when seen as anon.
 * — TulipVorlax 21:56, January 29, 2010 (UTC)