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There are wrong answers because someone who thought they knew the answer to the question answered it. When you find a wrong answer, you can correct it. One way is to leave the answer and introduce your answer with "That answer is incorrect, the correct answer is...." or "Some people think that, but..." or something similar. You can also make changes within the incorrect answer itself, but I would not take the incorrect answer out completely unless it has illegal, harmful, etc. information in it.
People usually give the wrong answers because they get the wrong resources so make sure to look in different places and see if the answer is the same or not!
Anyone but new users can improve any answer, but this does make it difficult for random internet searchers to fix answers (They must sign up for an account, then answer an unanswered question to be allowed to improve answers, then go back and improve the answer). This process isn't straightforward and many people will give up before figuring out how to fix an incorrect answer.
Yes. Some of the answers on here can be wrong. But if you are not sure if your answer that you are putting online is right... Don't post it. Just be responsible.
Either trolls, or people who think they know the right answer, but do not.
I am thankfully in the category who will only answer questions that I KNOW the answer to.
Because anybody can write an answer on this sight. Therefor, even if somebody doesn't know an answer or just puts in a wrong answer, it still shows up.
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Why are you not answering my Questions correctly?
Although most people that use this site are very good with their answers, you do get some people that answer questions incorrectly or place nonsense answers on here.
Why doesn't the person answering the questions for this website spell correctly?
People from all over the world answer these questions. Every person has different levels of education and some people use English as a second language.
Who works for WikiAnswers?
People who are thought to answer questions correctly and people who seem like very smart people on here.
What percent of questions were answered correctly if you got 7 out of 24 questions wrong?
71% of the questions were answered correctly
Why don't people answer your questions on WikiAnswers?
We at WikiAnswers do our very best to answer questions correctly and quickly. There are new questions submitted every second, so this is a never ending process.
Why doesn't Answers.com have better spellers?
Because some people on Answers.com are too lazy to take their time and spell correctly and even spell check their questions/answers.
How do you answer geometry questions?
Correctly.
Why do people who don't know what they're talking about answer questions here?
Some do it because they think they know the answer. Some do it just to belittle other people without having to face them. Sometimes the person answering has simply misread the question. There are probably several other reasons. Hopefully your questions will be answered politely and correctly but there is no guarantee.
Why are the answers on WikiAnswers wrong?
WikiAnswers are people who answer questions that are posed on this site, and some questions could be answered wrong, however, there are enough people who check these sites for accuracy, so if a question is answered wrongly, it will be corrected in due time, or will stay until someone who is knowledgeable will answer it correctly.
What percent of questions were answered correctly if you get four out of twenty wrong?
If you got four out of twenty questions wrong, you answered 16 out of 20 questions correctly. To find the percentage of questions answered correctly, you would divide 16 by 20 and then multiply by 100. This means you answered 80% of the questions correctly.
Are knowledgeable people answering the questions?
Anyone can answer questions on WikiAnswers. So some people who answer them are knowledgeable, and some are not.
Why don't you guys do some actual research so you can give the correct answers to questions?
Most questions are answered correctly. Some people may mistakenly give an incorrect answer. Some people deliberately give an incorrect answer. There is a team of dedicated people that try to give the correct answers and fix any answers that are wrong when they find them. There are millions of questions on the site, with more coming in every minute, so it is a huge task, but those volunteers do the best they can.
