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by AB-Joel on April 3rd, 2007

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How do I choose the right category for my question?

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  • by AB-Joel on April 3rd, 2007

    AB-Joel

    The most important thing to consider is if your question is social or informational. A social question is one that is intended to create discussion or to let people give creative answers, but informational questions help people understand something or offer useful information about a topic.

    Some examples of social questions are:

    "What does blue taste like?"
    "What's your favorite thing to have for breakfast?"
    "How are you today?"
    "If you could be a South Park character, which would you be?"
    "What color is your car?"

    Social questions like these belong in the Outside the Bag category.

    If, however, your question (or its answers) are informational, if they could be helpful to others, please use our category finder as you post your question to find the best place for it.

    Some examples of informational questions are:

    "What's your favorite South Park episode?" -> South Park
    (This is informational - it could help someone who is new to South Park and wants to learn more.)

    "What is the capital of Canada?" -> Canada
    (Informational, clearly.)

    "Would you own an electric car?" -> Alternative fuel autos
    (Informational: the answers are likely to discuss the advantages or disadvantages of owning an electric car.)

    "What is the average price to build a garage?" -> Construction
    (Informational, clearly)

    Also, please do not use the "Answerbag" categories unless your question actually has something to do with Answerbag, its service, or its users.

    We need your help to keep Answerbag organized. The more we can keep things where they belong, the more everyone will be able to enjoy the site!

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  • by Kyogre-Stataen on August 11th, 2007

    Kyogre-Stataen

    One day, you decide to ask a question, and you have a bit of trouble having to put it in the right category.

    Let's say you ask a quesiton. Your question has to deal with house problems. An important category is the Home and Garden category.

    When you ask a question, it is best recommended to put it in the most accurate category if possible. If you are uncertain, read the question again, and look for key words that can help you choose the right category for it.

    Also the moderation "Wrong Category" is there to help.

    There are many questions that are in the right category, but it can be used to put it in a more specific place under the sub categories.

    If your question is about a Honda vechile, then put it in Honda rather than the Autos category, although it is under the Autos category.

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  • by cindyw on February 22nd, 2009

    cindyw

    i can't find the right category 4 my question. so here it is. i was 600 miles from home stopped at a rest stop let my cat out never say him again. went back the next day and found him dead on the highway. why didn't he come back to the car???? i know it was stupid without a leash, he was my first cat, but i am heart broken and i know he loved me.

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  • by luciaye on May 27th, 2008

    luciaye

    I really find it is a little hard to select the true category.
    For example,i will talk about what is digital photo frames.But i can not find a suitable one.It surely belongs to electronics or gifts,electronics closely.and then no choice to select,it relates to digital cameras,but not this one.

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  • by iwnit on June 21st, 2007

    iwnit

    Of course, the answer of AB-Joel to this question is very good.
    But how to find the right category?
    After a long time, I found out today an absolutely revolutionnary way to find out which category is suitable for your question.
    Until now, I just used the category tree in the input mask. And I found it sometimes very difficult to find the right category that way.
    Today, I remarked over the category tree the enter field "search category".
    You just have to type some word which could be a category in this field, and as you are typing, a list of proposed categories will appear (for instance, with names starting just like the word you are just typing).
    Well, this may not be revolutionary for some people, but for me, it was a great discovery. Maybe it could also help other people to sort their questions.

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  • by popabrady on October 14th, 2009

    popabrady

    How do I replace the thermostat on a 1999 KIa Sephia?

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  • by Tricia on October 8th, 2009

    Tricia

    Put you in my cookies so why are you not giving me an answer.

    I want a phone # for Yahoo tec support.

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  • by ahmed ali on October 26th, 2009

    ahmed ali

    how to make brain active

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  • by henrymalife on November 17th, 2009

    henrymalife

    Place I need user name and password of this link http://suppressstorage.com/filelist.aspx
    Forward them into my E_mail henrymalife@yahoo.com

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  • by Anonymous on December 6th, 2009

    Anonymous

    you pick it by choice of selections by the way there
    lined up or chocend?

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  • by Makayla on November 28th, 2009

    Makayla

    Just pick what your going to ask,at first i didnt know what to do.

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  • by Anonymous on October 8th, 2009

    Anonymous

    informational

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  • by Anonymous on October 2nd, 2009

    Anonymous

    mechanical

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  • by Firebrand on January 22nd, 2008

    Firebrand

    If you type your question and then press submit it will take you to the category page.

    In the top box, type what your question is about, you only need one or two words and it will give your the main category. and some sub categories click the ones you want and more lists will appear and this will give you more categories until you get to the end.
    The lists will then stop and you can check your grammar spelling and question mark and hit submit.

    It works for me, I hope you understand my explanation.

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  • by erin on September 20th, 2008

    erin

    im going to be honest...sometimes i just put in a catagory! thats terrible right! i know some good person will answer it though! i believe anyone on this website really has a human interest! ilove it

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  • by Anonymous on January 14th, 2008

    Anonymous

    informational

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  • by Seafaring Pirate on September 26th, 2007

    Seafaring Pirate

    It's called the guessing game...

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  • by Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today on September 26th, 2007

    Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today

    Joel if you don't know that by now, then you are beyond help.

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  • by thomas on January 18th, 2009

    thomas

    to facilitate the answer to be in the right field.

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  • by prochetto on May 6th, 2009

    prochetto

    just go to help section

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  • by peace on September 29th, 2009

    peace

    i would let Answerbag choose

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  • by nanny on July 17th, 2009

    nanny

    I'm sure that since this relates to values, business is the correct category.

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  • by Raggie on June 1st, 2009

    Raggie

    upper intake 2000 ford windstar

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  • by Satosh i i on May 29th, 2009

    Satosh i i

    That's why I find it pretty difficult to get high points when I give a try asking some good questions. Choosing the best category for the users - may be sort of the bottom line.

    I could see the tips well and i'd say to myself 'Try today'. :-)

    Edit: I made a mistake because I was supposed to add this one as the user comment, not as the answer. Oh no there's no way I can delete it, I'm really stupid. :-(

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  • by Patti jo on August 31st, 2007

    Patti jo

    There is a super list you can go down and it's easy to narrow your question to what best fits your question , and it is a great way to get your question answered from all of us here on AB

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