What is an "Answer Wiki" on Quora?
You sometimes see them above the answers to a question
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Written 71w ago · Upvoted by Jay Wacker, Quora Topic Ontology Architect and William Chen, Quora Data Scientist
Answer Wikis allow the entire Quora community to collaborate on an answer summary or an aggregated answer for a particular question. Summaries synthesize the different points of views articulated in answers on that question and impartially articulate leading perspectives with justification. Aggregated answers aim to be a comprehensive collection of uncontroversial, factual information.
Bryce Johannes,
Written 257w ago · Upvoted by Dan Loewenherz, Quora Reviewer and Kat Li, Quora Marketing & BD '11-'13
Answer Wiki is one of the most exciting under-utilized features on Quora.
It is a way to consolidate and summarize a collection of individual answers into a single consensus answer that anyone can edit. It's the Quora equivalent of a Wikipedia listing, with the benefit of being able to compile individual contributions before compiling into a single answer.
Here's just one example I stumbled upon in a quick search of how it can be used Why haven't list features on Facebook and/or Twitter caught on?
It is a way to consolidate and summarize a collection of individual answers into a single consensus answer that anyone can edit. It's the Quora equivalent of a Wikipedia listing, with the benefit of being able to compile individual contributions before compiling into a single answer.
Here's just one example I stumbled upon in a quick search of how it can be used Why haven't list features on Facebook and/or Twitter caught on?
It is a user-editable summary of all of the answers to the question. It is not a place for an original answer, nor for declaring that one or another answer is the "right" one. Instead, it is intended to make it easier for some looking for a quick, generally accepted, broad-brush response than having to read a dozen or more lengthy individual answers.
They tend to work best in the following types of cases:
Anyone is able to edit (or create) the AnswerWiki for any question, but if not done objectively and accurately, it will definitely be reported to Quora Moderation.
They tend to work best in the following types of cases:
- Where most of the answers are suggesting specific names of books, movies or people
- Where there are lots of long winded answers all saying essentially the same thing
- Where there are lots of long winded answers each suggesting a different thing
Anyone is able to edit (or create) the AnswerWiki for any question, but if not done objectively and accurately, it will definitely be reported to Quora Moderation.
Answer wiki is a neutral summary of the answers that were provided for the question. Anybody can create an answer wiki for a question (including people who are not following the question). It can also contain details not present in any of the answers.
The space to create an answer wiki can be accessed under the options menu present in each question page. Here are Quora's official guidelines on what consitutes an answer wiki - What are the guidelines for writing answer wikis for questions on Quora?
The space to create an answer wiki can be accessed under the options menu present in each question page. Here are Quora's official guidelines on what consitutes an answer wiki - What are the guidelines for writing answer wikis for questions on Quora?
Thanks for the A2A.
It's a way to consolidate and summarize answers and is usually found at the top of the answer. See What is an "Answer Wiki" on Quora?
