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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
M$8.75 November 07, 2009 07:49 PM

Mahalo Spring Cleaning in November - Join in and help out!

Greetings all, Today I'm looking to clean out some older questions that are buried in Mahalo Answers, and I am looking for your help.

Back in the Spring of 2009 Mahalo imported hundreds if not thousands of questions from Twitter, this was prior of the release of Mahalo 2.0 so many got buried, forgotten and were simply left unanswered. Many questions are legitimate and can still be answered but I will need help cleaning out and removing all the questions that simply don't belong.

Here is a fine example of a question that can be removed - You can see that the questions needed to be answered in a timely fashion and was not, instead of waiting for answers for these questions we need to remove them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33749589@N07/4083731566/

How You Can Help:
Step 1) Dig into the Mahalo Answers buried archive and scroll through the questions, they can be accessed here, you can skip ahead days and months by toggling with the page number.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33749589@N07/4083804114/

To only peruse questions you have knowledge in, simply use the category options in the right hand side-bar and select the sort "Oldest First"

Step 2) Although you are answering questions that are really old, it is very important that you still answer each question with proper Mahalo Answers Etiquette and to still try to provide a "best answer" quality answer. Remember: although these questions are old they will still get new readers when users search similar questions on Mahalo and in other search engines.

Step 3) "Report" any question that is unanswerable, inappropriate, spam etc.. - There are a lot of hypothetical and timely questions that were improperly imported and they simply don't belong on Mahalo, there are lots of them. Please when you see these, click on the question, then click on the "Report" button and choose the "inappropriate" option, I will be monitoring this all day and will vanish these questions promptly.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33749589@N07/4083126843/

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As your answer to this Spring Cleaning post, answer by linking to old questions you answered, I will go through everybody's submissions and tip the best answers I read today.

Start in May 2009, to give you an idea of the work ahead, June 2009 starts on page 78....and July doesn't begin until Page 258.
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lilylorett... lilylorett...
 
 November 07, 2009 08:12 PM
I'm so glad you've posted this :)

I've been regularly going through old Twitter questions but recently it's become quite difficult as obviously I'm leaving out the ones that I don't know how to answer, but some have stayed there for months and months and it gets a bit monotonous going through the same lists of old questions that I can't answer...

Here are some old Twitter questions I've answered recently:

Has anyone received "nasty" followers on Twitter? I've tried blocking them but they come back. Help!

Is there a way to find out what tags I am currently a part of on Wefollow.com?

What is a good digital scrapbooking website?

Ed Liddy to step down as Chairman/CEO of AIG. Who else will step in for a $1 salary?

How many of yallz check your Twitter before your even out of bed in the mornings?

Are there really people out there who won't follow you if you use hashtags?

Can someone please tell me where I can find that new Pledge Fabric Sweeper?

Does anyone know how to check for business name availability?

Does anyone know if I can find an iPod nano case on Etsy that would have a belt clip?
Asker's Rating:
• Everybody offered great efforts during this Spring Clean, I tipped everybody based on their efforts, Lily went above and beyond. Thanks


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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 07, 2009 08:30 PM
Thanks for helping out Lily, really appreciating the reports too.

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lilylorett... lilylorett...
 
November 07, 2009 08:37 PM
Thankyou! I'll be going through the list for the rest of the night now, thanks for giving us a project ;)

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angela_atk... angela_atk...
 
November 07, 2009 08:33 PM
I actually answered one of those yesterday! This sounds fun! I'm in. Here's the one I answered yesterday: http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/my-new-guy-wants-to-watch-happenstance-has-anyone-seen-this-and-knows-what-kinda-mood-hes-trying-to-set

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opher opher
 
November 07, 2009 08:54 PM
I'll go take care of a few now Jeff. See ya later :).

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 07, 2009 09:25 PM
Thanks Opher appreciating the reports so far, very helpful

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opher opher
 
November 07, 2009 09:47 PM
You're welcome. I need to stop and do some other stuff. Will the project continue for a few more days at least?

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 07, 2009 10:11 PM
The project will more or less continue until all the non-questions are vanished :D

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opher opher
 
November 08, 2009 03:35 AM
Cool. I'll take care of at least a few each day then.

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jkr2008 jkr2008
 
November 07, 2009 08:56 PM
I'll try to help you out later tonight. I'm leaving to my mom's house for a week and I'm not taking my laptop with me but I will see if I can use my sisters computer she's out of town right now and her computer has a password on it.I'll see if my niece knows her moms password.

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 01:29 AM
Thanks for offering to help out jkr2008, I'd be surprised if we tackle them all this weekend, now that you know about the "Oldest" sort if can be used at any time.

Cheers

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psionandy psionandy
 
November 07, 2009 09:20 PM
Great idea.... and so here's my answers I'll start in this answer and then add any more in comments to this answer.

Answered
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/consumer-electronics/is-the-motorola-evoke-a-feature-phone-or-a-smartphonessmartphone

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/has-anyone-seen-terminator-is-it-any-good

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/where-can-i-find-that-wallet-thats-got-bacon-imprinted-on-it-thats-hot

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/thus-far-im-not-impressed-with-wolfram-alpha-does-anyone-else-think-it-meets-the-hype

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/i-missed-the-whole-season-of-lost-where-can-i-watch-it-abccom-doesnt-have-the-whole-season

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/does-anyone-know-of-any-twitter-applications-for-sony-ericsons

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/what-ever-happened-to-kurt-loder

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/where-can-i-get-a-copy-of-the-original-flash-gordon-movie

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/what-is-your-top-douglas-adams-doctor-who-episodes

Not timely
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/where-can-i-watch-tonights-episode-of-jon-and-kate-plus-8-i-forgot-about-it-as-i-watched-the-ny-mets-roll-on-to-win

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/travel/whats-the-best-train-to-get-into-london-before-9-victoria-or-london-bridge-want-a-2x2-config-with-a-table

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 07, 2009 09:26 PM
Thanks Psionandy, no need to link to the bad questions, just click the report button and I'll get rid of them.

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 07, 2009 09:29 PM
Great answers too, it's very considerate of you to apologize for the late answers.

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vladis vladis
 
November 07, 2009 10:46 PM
Thats a good ideea. I'll start answering some right now! Good project for a boring Saturday night!

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lilylorett... lilylorett...
 
November 08, 2009 12:59 AM
Well done @vladis!! :D

I'm glad more people are getting involved - you can get all those questions out of the way and make it easier for the rest of us! Haha ;)

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 01:09 AM
It's great to see a new user doing so much to help :) Thanks @vladis and welcome to Mahalo

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vladis vladis
 
November 08, 2009 02:17 PM
Hello again,

Here is another list. I'll be back later today!

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/my-language-on-bebo-has-been-set-to-dutch-great-anyone-know-how-to-change-it-back

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/does-anyone-know-of-a-macos-x-app-that-allows-me-to-control-a-connected-iphoneiphone-i-want-to-send-sms-etc-from-the-desktop#aa06bc2f8426c1a281a4ccb265568750513e9e995ba146bf1f9f26d9536250ac6

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/where-can-i-find-a-list-of-companies-using-apache

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/does-anyone-know-a-decent-zx-spectrum-emulator

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/is-there-any-facebook-virus-doing-the-rounds

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/does-anyone-know-how-where-i-can-find-an-understandable-description-of-how-meebo-works

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/does-anyone-have-tips-for-me-on-how-to-add-a-youtube-video-to-our-home-page#a361917b381b1f4484cb02c98d18e5037178ad5cf681ba8c00bd94490c4266c6e

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/does-anyone-know-what-adobes-new-imageready-program-is

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/real-time-strategy/what-is-an-easy-way-to-defeat-moskvin-for-the-achievement-where-you-have-to-defeat-each-commander

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/what-world-or-warcraft-addon-clients-do-you-use-to-automatically-update-your-addons

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eskay eskay
 
November 07, 2009 11:19 PM
Just a suggestion, but...
There seem to be a lot of questions that have one or more answers but did not get a resolving vote. The "vote" icon shows in the list, but it looks like it is no longer possible to vote on those questions. Would it be possible to reopen them for a final vote?
For example,
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/arguing-about-the-semantics-of-the-word-ajax-with-a-frie-why-use-an-x-for-xml-when-asynchronous-javascript-typically-uses-json-or-html
I would definitely vote for the answer by socialsue (as I think the other answerer would!).

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 07, 2009 11:48 PM
Excellent point, I should have brought this up.

After these old questions are answered they go directly to Undecided Voting - Another great way to help the Mahalo community is voting on these questions, these newly answered old questions can be found by sorting by the "oldest"

http://www.mahalo.com/answers?sortby=sort_oldest&filter=undecided

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unwirklich unwirklich
 
November 08, 2009 04:23 AM
I also flagged several that had been answered.. around the time the old question was asked, but never moved to voting.

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 06:36 PM
Yes unfortunately the question is closed and past the voting stage.

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maggieray maggieray
 
November 08, 2009 01:19 AM
I always wondered why there were so many May questions and this explains it.

Here are 10 I have answered. I will be back to do more as the day goes on. My goal for today is to get the purple tip on my green belt so this will help clear the unanswered and reach my goal also.

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/does-anyone-know-if-its-okay-to-replant-a-tomato-plant-after-there-is-already-fruit-on-it-my-squash-has-taken-over

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/what-are-the-most-important-traits-of-a-successful-team-competence-confidence-accountability-celebration

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/which-is-better-childhood-or-adulthood

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/how-does-vick-get-2-years-for-killing-dogs-and-stallworth-gets-1-month-for-killing-person

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/why-do-older-people-using-walkers-put-tennis-balls-on-the-walkers-feet-and-why-cant-the-manufacturers-figure-out-a-better-solution

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/has-anyone-tried-planning-tomorrow-at-the-end-of-the-workday-or-evening-ive-read-it-in-a-few-books-recently-but-it-sounds-bass-ackwards

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/where-do-people-who-are-caring-for-aging-parents-hang-out-on-the-net

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/can-anyone-help-me-with-info-regarding-dysthymia

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/anyone-have-100-mile-diet-advice

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/i-so-want-a-pizza-supper-now-how-many-ww-points-would-that-be

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kerryk kerryk
 
November 08, 2009 02:21 AM
I can't find these questions, where do I look?? I'm baffled

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maggieray maggieray
 
November 08, 2009 02:29 AM
In Jeff's message, at the bottom just before the Interesting question section, each of the months are highlighted. If you click on one of them it takes you directly to the questions. Or you can just go to the categories list on the right of the page and choose a category and then sort by oldest first and you should see the ones from May, June, July etc.

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kerryk kerryk
 
November 08, 2009 02:34 AM
thank you! Why is everyone listing the questions they answered? I didn't read anywhere that we were supposed to do that

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zebrachick... zebrachick...
 
November 08, 2009 03:17 AM
From Jeff's original post: "As your answer to this Spring Cleaning post, answer by linking to old questions you answered, I will go through everybody's submissions and tip the best answers I read today."

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bbrookin bbrookin
 
November 08, 2009 10:03 PM
Generally, we try to answer these questions to the best of our ability. If we don't know the answer - even if it's as old as the May ones - we still leave them alone.

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unwirklich unwirklich
 
November 08, 2009 02:44 AM
This is an excellent idea.. I think Mahalo has mind reading powers.. I was just going through trying to answer old questions last night and found that many of them were time sensitive.

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unwirklich unwirklich
 
November 08, 2009 04:06 AM
I answered about 20 and flagged about 10.. Did anyone else notice that many of these questions went unanswered because they were ridiculous questions?

Like this one cracks me up, "What do u think would happen if you melted twizzlers?"

Edit: I missed that we were supposed to share questions we answered..

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/who-invented-the-mattressmattress-was-just-thinking-how-clever-the-idea-of-springs-inside-one-is-xx

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/i-dont-understand-why-people-are-celebrating-on-memorial-day-isnt-it-a-day-for-honoring-not-a-day-for-parties-and-beaches

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/who-invented-the-braceletsbracelet-clasp-come-on-own-up-was-it-a-man

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/how-long-does-a-background-check-take

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/can-a-partially-disable-person-become-a-foster-parent

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/whats-the-worst-birthday-present-youve-ever-givenreceived

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/when-is-getting-drunk-on-memorial-day-weekend-officially-gonna-be-played-out

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/why-on-earth-did-they-think-it-was-ok-to-make-a-sequel-to-donnie-darko

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/what-a-bad-sunburn-i-havehow-does-this-happen-when-youre-greek

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/have-you-ever-tried-to-throw-a-garbage-can-away

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/do-you-know-how-many-spiders-and-bugs-live-in-an-outside-cupboard

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/has-anyone-tried-papa-johns-whole-wheat-crust

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/im-tired-of-livejournal-does-anyone-have-any-recommendations-for-an-alternative-1

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/music/who-sings-this-cruella-de-vil

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/did-the-people-who-made-angels-and-demons-read-the-book

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/legal/is-it-legal-to-own-an-owl-1

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/how-do-they-come-up-with-rx-drug-names

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/what-do-u-think-would-happen-if-u-melted-twizzlers

I suppose I'll add more later.. I get bored often. I admit.. I went for easy questions as you can see lol

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 08:15 AM
Excellent, thanks for the reports and answers!

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unwirklich unwirklich
 
November 09, 2009 09:12 AM
Do you want us to keep posting questions we answer here? This is going to be the long in three days if so lol.. some more from today..

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/so-whats-the-best-way-to-clean-a-refrigerator-without-like-actually-having-to-clean-the-refrigerator-can-i-spray-it-down-with-lysol

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/jobs/whats-the-best-job-interview-question-you-were-ever-asked

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/does-anyone-really-make-mixed-drinks-according-to-measurements-when-they-are-making-them-for-themselves

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/has-anyone-tried-the-captain-morgan-100-proof-spiced-rum

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/jobs/whats-the-best-excuse-youve-used-to-get-out-of-work

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/education/im-thinking-abt-getting-rosetta-stone-to-learn-a-few-languages-but-its-so-expensive-anyone-use-it-anyone-know-where-i-can-get-it-cheap

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/can-someone-tell-me-what-a-twitwall-is-i-apparently-have-one

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/blueberries-or-strawberries-which-is-better

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/i-need-a-recipe-for-homemade-hamburgers-odd-request-but-can-anyone-help

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/does-anyone-know-what-the-movie-dead-wood-is-about

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/can-anyone-recommend-a-good-beer-i-dont-need-anything-to-eccentric-something-that-taste-good-and-goes-down-smooth

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/how-to-bleach-hair-how-long-does-it-take-to-bleach-out-your-hair-and-does-it-ruin-it

I think I'm done for today.. hey though 10 points to purple belt.. now to go vote on old questions and I got it. :D

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unwirklich unwirklich
 
November 10, 2009 06:33 AM
I just answered this one:
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/did-james-von-brunn-fight-in-world-war-ii-4

and flagged the 10 duplicates of it I found lol You have no idea how tempted I was to copy paste my answer 10 times. Great example of what @Moonshadow said about some questions being there.. way more than once. I think I've gotten past where most people have flagged as in about 20 minutes I've flagged over 40 questions.. in this case is does it take just my flag to remove them, or other peoples as well?

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mpmomof3 mpmomof3
 
November 08, 2009 02:51 AM
I've already done a few of those. It's great when you need a good challenge.

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zebrachick... zebrachick...
 
November 08, 2009 03:26 AM
Here are mine for today! Thanks to everybody for the feedback on how to make my answers better!

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/does-anyone-know-where-i-can-buy-selsun-blue

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/whats-the-best-tv-catch-phrase

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/travel/whats-the-best-website-to-check-vacation-packages

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/is-the-memphis-program-under-investigation-by-the-ncaa

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/so-whatever-happened-to-the-little-sister-on-family-matters-anybody-know

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/music/whatever-happened-to-babyface

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/what-is-tummy-tuck-surgery

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/where-can-you-get-a-baby-sling-or-where-can-i-find-out-more-about-babywearing

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/any-good-recipes-for-sweet-potatoessweet-potatoes

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/anyone-got-a-chicken-parmesanchicken-parmesan-recipe

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/whats-the-difference-between-compassion-and-empathy

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/what-future-talk-show-host-could-have-played-the-lead-in-the-graduate-if-he-hadnt-argued-with-producers-over-his-salary

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/where-is-the-best-mexican-food-in-atlanta

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/shopping/what-is-your-favorite-detergent-for-clothdiapers

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tealmyster tealmyster
 
November 08, 2009 07:53 AM
Sounds like fun...here's my start...

|I just bought the Curve 8330 and I have a question. Is there a way I can customize the home screen?

|What is your favorite restaurant in San Francisco? I have two: Epic Roasthouse for the views and Delfina Pizza for good casual fun.

|How do you play Pokemon on a Mac? I wanna do it!

|What celebrity do you despise or adore the most, but (secretly) have to know the 411 about?

|What celebrity would you want to go fishing with? I'd pick Tom Arnold. Just to be able to say, "I've gone fishing with Tom Arnold."

|Which BlackBerry should I get? Storm? Curve? thoughts...

|What do you think of Scarlett Johansson's singing career?

|Just watched American pimp... career change time. Where can I get one of those cups?

|''Transformers'' and ''Star Trek''. which one is better?

|Does anyone know a good technique for painting stripes on walls?

|Has anyone ever seen the Flirty Girl Fitness commercials?

I will continue to work on more...

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 06:50 PM
Thanks Tealmyster, a lot of your answers are good. Your link formatting is off in post above, you need to add a space between the initial link and the pipe |

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November 08, 2009 08:01 PM
Thanks. I picked up on the link issue after it was too late to edit. But i'm on top of it now :)

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lidyax lidyax
 
November 08, 2009 09:55 AM
In spirit of procastination for my Nanowrimo novel, I answered these questions:

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/who-is-susan-boyle-1,

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/im-looking-for-tasty-lowfat-recipes-does-anyone-have-any-they-wish-to-share,

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/where-can-i-get-a-mustard-gucci-velour-tracksuit,

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/so-does-anyone-know-where-i-can-find-a-good-leather-jacket-i-dont-want-to-spend-more-than-100-1,

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/consumer-electronics/whats-a-good-laptopslaptop-to-get-nothing-overly-expensive-im-crap-at-these-things,

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/hobbies/still-looking-for-high-quality-t-shirts-to-print-on-anyone-got-a-clue-where-i-can-find-them.

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 06:52 PM
Thanks Lidyax

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lidyax lidyax
 
November 08, 2009 10:53 PM
You're welcome, Jeff. I'll do more later.

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ritzy ritzy
 
November 08, 2009 01:37 PM
Been answering a few in May and reported a couple too. However, the ones I answered are still there when I go back, although they contain my response, is this right?

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smartweb smartweb
 
November 09, 2009 04:24 AM
they go to voting...

takes a few days sometimes. but it's a great way to improve your best answer percentage. =)

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cherise cherise
 
November 08, 2009 02:11 PM
Here are some that I have answered lately:

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/music/has-anyone-seen-the-new-rodney-atkins-video-thats-america

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/has-anyone-seen-rod-stewart-on-american-idol-please-tell-me-im-not-the-only-one-thinking-hes-drunk

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/where-i-can-find-half-wheat-bread-and-bagels-instead-of-whole-wheat

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/news/wondering-how-much-money-is-spent-on-election-posters-some-politicians-are-very-well-promoted

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/what-are-the-wall-of-soundz-albums-called

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/music/i-dont-own-any-danny-wood-albums-can-someone-recommend-one-for-me

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/why-is-it-that-pirates-still-have-a-better-distribution-system-than-multi-million-dollar-publishers

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/sports/who-was-the-second-english-player-to-have-scored-a-hundred-in-his-first-test-at-home

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/education/whats-your-thoughts-about-the-book-and-mini-series-life-after-people-how-would-you-use-it-in-your-classroom

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/business/what-are-some-clever-ways-you-work-at-home-moms-advertise-your-business-that-has-worked-for-you

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/health/who-was-the-first-person-to-diagnose-a-lazy-eye

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/business/what-are-some-good-online-businesses-that-are-in-high-demand

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smartweb smartweb
 
November 08, 2009 04:23 PM
I'm doing my part... don't know if I can get to any more today but I'll see... reported a bunch too.

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/has-anyone-else-tried-a-dusty-miller-its-a-hot-fudge-and-malt-powder-sundae

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/where-can-i-buy-glutathione-for-iv-therapy-by-roche

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/who-knows-where-online-i-can-buy-the-dc-x-new-era-collab-shoe

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/hobbies/can-someone-teach-me-how-to-develop-blackwhite-35mm-film-i-want-to-make-my-photographs-100-myself-including-the-develop-process

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/how-can-something-trend-in-google-trends-when-there-are-no-results-in-the-search#aeb5e0f911dd54f01a0e973b0d1697ab29b5a10811046c1268c58d6727487a0d7

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/sports/do-you-know-where-i-can-find-a-photoimagepic-of-matt-kenseths-car-with-the-the-red-crossred-cross-sponsorship-on-it#a95da7fd1664689bf20f9da94b87959863be65672ef90757066f3226b0dabb5c2

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/sports/where-can-i-get-new-brakes-for-rollerblades-im-having-no-luck-at-sports-stores

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/where-can-i-buy-a-courtney-lee-poster

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/where-i-can-buy-a-headband-holder

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/consumer-electronics/anyone-know-where-i-can-get-a-laptop-charger-for-packard-bell-igo-4000-series-preferably-free-or-very-cheap

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/what-is-towel-day-any-ideas-ohyou-need-towel-when-you-stand-next-to-the-hot-barbecue-today-just-to-be-reminded-huh
Source(s):
following jeff's instructions... individual sources on question answers. =)


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chriswinga... chriswinga...
 
November 08, 2009 05:46 PM
Working on this now also, found some fun recipe questions i answered that made me hungry. i can use the cash flow, lol.

12 so far.

Here's what i started with:
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/services/does-anyone-know-a-good-house-cleaning-service-in-nyc

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/consumer-electronics/does-anyone-have-the-new-lg-neon-if-so-how-is-it-worth-getting

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/does-anyone-know-where-i-could-find-the-film-little-ashes

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/legal/in-us-law-today-how-does-probable-cause-and-search-and-seizure-apply-to-the-police

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/jobs/does-anyone-know-of-any-jobs-in-the-northern-ca-for-dental-assistants-medical-assistants

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/is-anyone-else-tapping-their-foot-to-that-new-subway-commercial
(This one was fun to answer!)

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/does-anyone-want-to-share-their-chilli-con-carne-recipe-i-am-cooking-a-gordon-ramsay-one-tonight-so-it-may-be-tough-to-beat

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/the-real-question-is-why-have-i-an-avowed-shepherds-pie-lover-never-attempted-to-make-this-simple-looking-recipe-because-im-a-dumbass

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/does-anyone-have-a-recipe-for-mac-and-cheese-pizza

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/smoothie-recipe-book-apologies-if-this-was-asked-recently-i-checked-and-searched-and-didnt-see-it-i-just-got-a-b

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/craving-peanut-brittle-anyone-got-a-good-easy-recipe

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/education/anyone-have-any-experience-with-the-mcat

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 06:41 PM
Excellent answers, you are both a scholar and a saint here at Mahalo @chriswingate, much appreciated

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chriswinga... chriswinga...
 
November 08, 2009 06:49 PM
Why thank you...and I just answered another 4.

Remind me to stop doing recipe questions before lunch.

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lilylorett... lilylorett...
 
November 08, 2009 07:15 PM
STOP DOING RECIPE QUESTIONS BEFORE LUNCH

:p x

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chriswinga... chriswinga...
 
November 08, 2009 07:15 PM
Yes, dear. :P

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drmatt drmatt
 
November 08, 2009 05:58 PM
I LOVE working on a project like this... thanks, @jeffhoard for making it EASY to get this accomplished!

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chriswinga... chriswinga...
 
November 08, 2009 06:14 PM
think of it this way: no Conundrum question clutter!

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drmatt drmatt
 
November 08, 2009 06:29 PM
OUCH! Hehe... And... you're right!

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 08:03 PM
Thanks Matt, it does harken back to the good ol'days doesn't it. The key is to appreciate the stuff you enjoy as well as voice concerns about the stuff you don't :)

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roseflr roseflr
 
November 08, 2009 06:33 PM
Great project, makes me feel like I'm cleaning something without having to do housework!

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/does-anyone-have-any-easy-cheap-and-beautiful-tomato-cage-ideas-i-want-to-try-something-new-and-visually-interesting-1#ad3da1e8988b095c008d06cba65ddd501dbcdd676241605fe7ab8f608de76f68c

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/how-does-your-garden-grow-im-a-bit-chuffed-at-the-moment-but-my-carrots-are-disappointing-do-you-find-them-hard-to-grow

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/nba-eastern-bracketnba-east-playoffs-orlando-magic-or-cleveland-cavaliers

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mithrandir mithrandir
 
November 08, 2009 07:31 PM
I'll work on this project, like I've been doing for the last week(s). I try to answer 10 questions a day.

However, I really have to object to these extremely old Twitter questions.
1. The person asking the question never asked to have its question stored on Mahalo
2. The person asking the question has probably forgotten about it a LONG time ago. Twitter is instant fire and forget -literally-.
3. Answering a question which is over half a year old borders on harassment. The person often didn't ask to get an answer, and certainly not after all that time.

In my opinion, this way of working hurts Mahalo and how it's seen by non-Mahalo members. Many have even taken the time to come to Mahalo, to explicitly complain about getting 'answers' this late, and not by explicit request.

Proposed solution: wouldn't it be much better to make Twitter questions expire after a set time, say 3 months? In Twitter time, that's ages!
It would ensure ALL questions get a second chance on an answer, as we check the 'oldest unanswered' questions AND ensure it doesn't clog the system.

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 08, 2009 08:01 PM
I had the same line of thinking and have been watching the Twitter replies, and in most cases people appreciated the information, I have not seen 1 negative reply yet...perhaps the odd confused response, but never somebody who didn't appreciate the information even when its so old. I think on Twitter people simply like getting replies :)

In my original question I asked for any and all questions that you believe should not be answers - hypothetical, timely, inappropriate etc... to be reported so I can remove them from the site.

I would love for the Answerable questions to get answers for a few reasons a) great practice for aspiring internet researchers here on Mahalo, b) helpful answer to the asker could still be helpful to them and c) these questions are all available in search engines and generate traffic, if they have answers they will help more people then just the original asker.

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November 08, 2009 08:05 PM
Thanks for the answer Jeff. Good to hear you are monitoring the reactions.
I still keep some mixed feelings about them, but as I said, I'll go with the flow and answer my share of daily questions. If only to catch up with @gno pointwise :)

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henrygarci... henrygarci...
 
November 09, 2009 01:14 AM
I just recently joined mahalo, and in my efforts to answer questions, found my way to this backlog of questions. Last week I started going in and answering some of these older questions.

I looked at the following questions:

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/did-lastfm-share-listening-data-with-the-riaa

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/consumer-electronics/whats-the-best-verizon-smart-phone-to-use-with-a-mac-please-iphone-come-to-verizon-asap

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/how-many-vodka-drinks-can-you-make-with-the-average-bottle-served-in-bottle-service-at-a-club

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/is-there-a-non-jailbreak-ie-apple-supported-app-for-the-iphone-to-allow-it-to-be-used-as-a-3g-modem-for-a-windows-laptop

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/whats-the-price-range-to-replace-the-hard-drive-on-a-regular-macbook

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/music/who-originally-sang-the-song-big-spender-and-what-is-it-based-on-a-burlesque-b-alex-rodriguez-or-c-wall-street

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/why-does-twitterific-use-yfrog-now-instead-of-twitpic-is-there-any-way-to-change-it

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/fitness/just-ordered-p90x-has-anyone-tried-this-workout

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/consumer-electronics/anyone-know-any-good-virtual-reality-pieces-of-technology-that-is-not-a-flight-simulator-or-anything-like-that

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/does-anyone-know-if-they-ever-converted-the-3-ninjas-movies-to-dvd

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/does-anyone-knows-of-any-free-codex-for-blu-ray-that-will-work-with-windows-7

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/whats-the-latest-build-number-for-boxee-for-windows

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/how-many-attendees-typically-at-javaone

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/is-there-anything-that-combines-the-feature-of-google-latitude-with-twitter

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/sports/kow-many-points-did-kobe-bryant-score-second-half-yesterday

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/needs-to-find-a-wine-rack-for-his-newly-acquired-wine-collection-why-do-they-all-only-hold-twelve

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/home-and-garden/i-am-now-cooking-with-gas-who-invented-the-electric-barbecuebbq-anyways

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/whats-a-good-free-app-on-itunes

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November 09, 2009 01:22 AM
This project reminds me of when Bunnyphuphu and I were in the race to a Black Belt and would mine old questions. Here are a bunch I did today.
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/has-anyone-tried-new-google-wwwwolframalphacom-personally-not-too-impressed-your-thoughts
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/twitux-does-not-retweet-this-has-a-positive-side-it-helps-being-creative-has-anyone-tried-a-really-good-twitter-client-for-linux
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/what-is-this-strange-fascination-with-susan-boyle
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/where-can-i-find-pics-of-karolina-kurkova-as-cover-girl-in-the-gi-joe-movie
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/anyone-can-recommend-a-simple-php-social-network-that-can-be-installed-for-free-on-my-domain
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/can-i-be-directed-to-the-best-app-for-posting-to-all-my-micro-blogs-via-my-iphoneother-than-nambu-there-has-to-be-another
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/technology-and-internet/checking-out-twitter-apps-for-windows-mobile-any-thoughts-on-which-is-better-tiny-twitter-or-pocketwit
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/food-and-drink/does-anyone-have-a-great-recipe-for-dirty-rice
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/news/wondering-if-anyone-has-a-video-of-the-vandenberg-sinking
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/beauty-and-style/where-can-i-buy-whyred-shoes-in-vancouver-1
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/services/is-there-a-way-to-import-contacts-from-one-gmail-account-to-another
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/money/looking-for-a-time-tracking-and-invoicing-app-anyone-use-billings-billable-ibiz-or-on-the-job-and-have-any-feedback-or-advice

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chriswinga... chriswinga...
 
November 09, 2009 01:35 PM
Doing these a couple months ago on my own is what got me to brown belt so fast!

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
November 09, 2009 09:23 PM
Thanks W.D.

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gno gno
 
November 09, 2009 02:23 AM
Hey, looks like I'm late to the party, and I thought there might not be anything left after seeing all these amazing answers!

But I was wrong.

You weren't kidding about Mahalo needing a Spring-Fall Cleaning! So here's what I've been up to:

Who decided MC Hammer pants should be brought back?

What movie did Charles Durning play a governor and dance in?

Where is the real Robert Pattinson's Twitter page?

Anyone know where I can rent or buy cheap the cleric robes from the princess bride?

Which is better Footloose or Dirty Dancing?

Tell me more about this whoopie pie of which you speak. Is it like a southern moon pie? Tell me more.

And now? Some highlights from my Spring Cleaning adventures:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4L4CPfQY8

(Man alive! This song's stuck in my head! )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mNDHTfdn1A

http://scottygore.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/clergymanpbride3.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0e/Dirty-dancing-corner.jpg

MORE TO COME TOMORROW! :D

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November 09, 2009 03:50 AM
I've started working on a few. Didn't save the link to post them here to show you but there are there. LOL

Love this idea, wish I would have thought of it before you posted it.

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smartweb smartweb
 
November 09, 2009 04:21 AM
if you look in your profile it will show all questions you have answered. you can just copy and paste the links here. =)

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flyingbird... flyingbird...
 
November 09, 2009 04:28 AM
ya I kind of knew that but I hate spring cleaning and trying to keep from letting my girlfriend see me do this. She'll get the wrong idea and want me to do some real....um......cleaning....yuck. LOL

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savvy savvy
 
November 09, 2009 04:13 AM
Hey, I didn't realize this was spring cleaning. My friend told me to start with the old unanswered questions when he told me about this site last week. I wondered what to do about the ones whose need had expired. Now I know what to do, thanks! (I'll take this over the dusting type of spring cleaning any day!)

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November 09, 2009 04:06 PM
Here are a couple old questions I thought were worth answering:

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/from-twitter/whats-the-best-day-of-the-week-to-send-out-a-press-release-on-a-light-entertainment-topic-monday-before-the-week-heats-up

http://www.mahalo.com/answers/entertainment/have-you-seen-cemetery-man

I also found that if you go to the Twitter questions and start exploring them via category you find a lot of spam questions that were asked several times over the course of a few hours or a day or two.

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