Advicenators Frequently Asked Questions

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How to Ask Questions [ view all ]
How do I ask a question to just one person?
Can I ask a question without registering or logging in?
Can I ask the same question to a couple people?
Can I use HTML in a question?
Can I edit a question?
Can I delete a question?
I left out an important part of my question, how do I add more information to it?
Where is additional information shown?
How long does it take for my question to be approved?
Who gets to see that I asked a question?
What does "chatspeak detected" mean?
Should I use people's real names in questions?
When should I delete my question?

How To Ask Questions That Don't Get Rejected [ view all ]
Can I repeat questions?
How do you know if a question is "decent" or not?
What's a "non-advice related" question?
Does grammar count?
My question was fine and it still got deleted.
But what if I put "Please don't delete" in my question?
The wonders of Google and other search engines

How To Answer Questions [ view all ]
Can I answer a question asked directly to another user?
How can someone ask me a question?
Can I ask myself a question?
Can I steal other people's questions (or answers)?
Can I edit my answers?
Can I delete my answers?
What is “account whoring,” and why can’t I do it?

Types of questions [ view all ]
Public questions
Targeted or private questions
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Your Column [ view all ]
How do I update the user info on my column?
How do I customize my column colors and layout?
What's the difference between displayed e-mail and site e-mail?
I tried to upload a picture but it was too big. What do I do?
How do I put extras, like music and cursors, on my column?
How do I delete my column?
How do I change my username?
Will you put advertisements on my advice column?
I forgot my password.
I forgot my password and my email address isn't working.
I forgot my password and I opened seven accounts with the same e-mail address and the lost password thing only sends me one e-mail.
I'm having weird login issues.
How do I get people to ask me questions?
When do I get displayed in the columnist directory?
How do I add someone as a favorite columnist?
Can I visit my column without bumping up the 'visitors' counter?
I Am Having problems Activating My Account... HELP!
My Column is Empty! Help!
My column VANISHED! HELP!

Columnist Ratings [ view all ]
Where do columnist ratings come from?
How do I know what my rating is?
I've been rated, but my rating isn't showing up.
When I look at my feedback page and count up ratings, the numbers don't match my average. Why?
I really want to see my rating calculated right now.
Someone left me negative feedback and now I'm mad.
Can moderators change ratings?
Can I ask people to rate me when answering their questions?
How do I become *the* top rated columnist?
How do I block out low-rated columnists?

Question Ratings [ view all ]
What do the question ratings mean?
How are question ratings used?
Who rates questions?

Answer Ratings [ view all ]
How do I leave feedback for columnists?
Can I change a rating or feedback once I've left it?
How are ratings used?

Main Page Features [ view all ]
How are featured users chosen?
How are featured questions chosen?

Being Banned [ view all ]
Who can ban people?
How will I know when I am banned?
What are some reasons that you ban people?
Can I be banned again?
Can I whine, bitch and complain about being banned?
Can I still be a moderator?
How can I suggest that another member be banned?
Can I ban myself?
Why was I banned for being under 13?
Will I be banned for having multiple accounts?
I turned 13, can you unban me now?

About Moderators [ view all ]
What's a moderator?
How do you get to be a level I moderator?
What do level I moderators do?
How do you get to be a level II moderator?
What do level II moderators do?
What do level III moderators do?
Where's the list of moderators?
How do I report abuse to the moderators?

Being A Moderator [ view all ]
How do I rate a question?
Can I just rate everything a

to be nice?
What are some types of questions that get

s?
What are some types of questions that get

s?
What are some types of questions that get deleted?
When should I suspend an account?
Do people see what rating I give their questions?
Can I rate a question twice?
I still don't know what to do.
Can I lose my moderator privileges?
How many questions should I rate?
My rating fell below 3.8 and I lost my moderator status. What's up?

Most Painfully Frequent Advice Questions (that we now delete) [ view all ]
I wrote this poem tell me if it's good!
who are you voting for in the election?!
am I fat?
there's this guy/girl I like. what should I do?
how do I know if this guy/girl likes me?
how do I change the size of my boobs/legs/butt/whatever?
how can I be better at kissing/french kissing/masterbating/giving head, etc.?
someone make me a layout for my column/xanga/webpage/t-shirt?

General Comments We Get Sometimes [ view all ]
My kid is on advicenators and I'm mad.
This site sucks and everyone on here is stupid.
I love Advicenators! How can I help you survive?
This site sucks and everyone on here is mean.

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