In my opinion - yes. Once you post a question - it's available to be seen by millions of people. The chances of getting a brilliant response are extremely likely. The majority of people who use this site have a wealth of accurate knowledge on a huge number of topics. Even if you don't get an immediate response, all questions do eventually get answered.
Wikianswers is not a good source because anyone like myself could have made these answers up.
Students learn by looking up answers, whether it be in an encyclopedia, a dictionary, a textbook, or WikiAnswers.
WikiAnswers is a very good place to search for you answers. There are hundreds and hundreds of trusted users on WikiAnswers who give up their free time in order to help answer questions in a field that they are comfortable in. WikiAnswers is a very reliable source and a wonderful place to search for answers.
Most of the answers on WikiAnswers are not dumb. Most of them are very good answers. Some questions end up with spammers and vandals. That questions may be answered with an dumb answer.
New questions on WikiAnswers do take a long time to get answered, but I wouldn't say that it's the worst place to look up answers. WikiAnswers works great for finding answers to common questions, and it does a good job of answering questions when you know ask right. Check out the related questions below for some ways to get better answers on WikiAnswers.
Some people on WikiAnswers do not understand the concept of a Wiki, and end up replacing answers with their own or adding their answer after an existing answer. Answers on WikiAnswers are meant to be answered with a single, unified answer. Users should not remove an answer to replace it with their own unless the existing answer is entirely incorrect.
WikiAnswers often gives good answers, of course some answers are not to be trusted, as many people make the answers up. But most answers are genuine and helpful.
Well 89% of statistics are made up on WikiAnswers.
Yes. For your information, the site that you are posting this question IS WikiAnswers. Sometimes, it is true that WikiAnswers' answers are not true. However, most of the answers are true. Sometimes, there are vandals who make turn true answers to false answers, but it is false to say that WikiAnswers is not true. To find out whether WikiAnswers' answers are true, sign up now to become a true WikiAnswers Contributor! Be true to yourself if you get addicted!
It is up to the individual who is answering the question, not WikiAnswers.
Google Answers crashed and burned due to the lack of accurate answers and the fact that no one could edit the answers that were on Google Answers. WikiAnswers allows anybody to contribute, and doesn't simply search for answers - WikiAnswers MAKES answers. With the help of WikiAnswers' rival, Yahoo! Answers, both inadvertently teamed up and crushed Google Answers out of the answers competition.
Not yet - Yahoo Answers is still bigger, but WikiAnswers is catching up.