Meet Garethfx: a proud Welshman from the Cardiff area. He knows his history, loves his family and has quite a creative bent. He is also a valued Supervisor on the site who strives to give clear and accurate answers as a service to the community. For that he has earned over 2000 trust points. He is most active in the Rugby category, one of his favorite sports. Read on and get to know Gareth! Continue reading
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Telling it straight! Lessons on life from a rock fan!
Clay knows what he likes. That includes rock music, the great Kentucky outdoors, and his five grandchildren. He is a fan of the Kentucky Wildcats and Answers.com. He joined the site in 2005 and the site has benefited from his expertise as a mechanic and from his love of automobiles. Check out his first car, a 1956 Studebaker Flight Hawk on his profile page!
He is an illustrious Senior Supervisor, Senior Mentor, Category Supervisor and Gold Contributor with over 37,000 contributions on the site. It is a real pleasure to introduce Gerald Clay.
What is your first name? Gerald
What is your occupation?
I’m retired. I work as a part-time electrician and part-time auto mechanic.
What is your Answers.com username and how did it come about?
Clay, which is obvious (as it is my last name).
Where in the world do you hail from and what makes this place special?
I live in Western Kentucky, near Kentucky and Barkley Lakes. It is special here because of the great weather, hunting, fishing, and friendly people. I would not want to live anyplace else.
How did you discover Answers.com?
I found it through a search engine in 2005. I joined and have been a member ever since.
What enticed you to join our community?
I love helping people and giving accurate answers to their questions.
If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
I would be a big ole German Shepherd.
What is your favorite thing to do on Answers.com?
I like to answer questions and remove incorrect answers.
If you were inviting someone to join Answers.com, what reason(s) would you give them to become a part of our community?
You can get a lot of satisfaction out of helping people and knowing you helped them free of charge.
What life accomplishments are you proud of?
I am very proud of my 2 children and 5 grandchildren. I hope that when I leave this earth I will be remembered as a man of honor.
What accomplishments on Answers.com are you proud of?
I am proud of the fact that I have close to 5,000 trust points. I strive to give nothing but accurate answers and my trust points show that I am doing a good job.
What is your favorite type of music?
My favorite is classic rock.
What is your favorite band or artist?
Dire Straits is my favorite group. My favorite artist is Neil Sedaka.
What was the last song you listened to?
I just listened to Hotel California by The Eagles.
What is your favorite song?
‘Money For Nothing.’
What makes you unique?
Everyone is unique and most people have good points and bad points. I guess I am unique because I am very curious.
If you had three wishes, what would you wish for?
To always be happy no matter what; to live to be 90 and be sound of mind and body; and to have 1 million dollars to help my family and friends.
Do you view the glass ‘half full’ or ‘half empty’?
I view the glass as half full. Every day is a new adventure and you make of it what you put into it.
You can only pick one: banjo, butterfly, or babbling brook. Which would you choose and why?
A babbling brook. To sit by a babbling brook is one of life’s pleasures.
What do you find most challenging as an Answers.com Supervisor?
Removing bad answers and category editing is most challenging.
What do you find most challenging as an Answers.com contributor?
Answering questions with as much detail and accurate information as I can provide.
What are your special interests, hobbies, or collections?
I love to play golf, and spend countless hours watching my grandchildren play basketball, baseball, and softball. I also love to fish and spend time with friends and family. I am an avid Kentucky Wildcats basketball fan.
What are you most passionate about in your life?
I’m most passionate about my grandchildren.
What is your favorite quote and why?
“Youth is wasted on the Young.” As I have gotten older I have realized that quote is a truism and not just wasted words.
Who or what is your inspiration in life?
Paul the Apostle.
Where is one place in the world you would love to visit and why?
I would want to visit Jerusalem. To walk where Jesus walked and see this city is my dream.
Do you have any special talents?
I can fix just about anything that is broken if you can call that a talent. I am also a very fast learner.
What is one quirky or interesting random fact about you that most people may not know?
I am very bad at matching my clothing. My wife chooses what I wear as I have no clue what does or does not go together.
Do you want to add anything?
I love helping people. Answers.com gives me the opportunity to do just that without ever leaving my home.
See a good answer? Click recommend!
If you’re an active Answers.com contributor, you no doubt know about trust points. Given by fellow users, a trust point is a virtual pat on the back for a good contribution. It shows that you recommend that user for good answers and trust them to make good edits in the future.
Currently, to give a user a trust point, you can click “recommend” on any answer they’ve edited, or directly on that user’s profile page. But recently we introduced a new way to recommend a user — straight from your answer update emails. Answer update emails are generated when questions on your watchlist are edited. If you see a good contribution, go ahead and click recommend!
Contributors are then notified by email when they receive a trust point. Don’t worry though, your user name is not included in this email. Here’s what that “Hats off – you’ve been recommended!” email looks like:
Trust points are listed next to each contributor’s user name. For example: JohnDoe (5) has five trust points. A couple more tips: You can only give a user one trust point and you cannot subtract trust points. Next time you see a great answer, don’t be afraid to let your fellow contributor know you trust them!
A key man in the wiki world.
Today we’re celebrating Steven KeyMan, a longtime WikiAnswers contributor. How long, you ask? Steven reached the Ruby level in contributions and managed to grab a WAmmy award as ‘The Neat Freak’ for most category changes in 2008, as well as two honorable mentions.
But that’s not where it ends: The KeyMan is a Category Supervisor for Baseball Memorabilia (you’ll soon understand why) and a graduate of the Mentoring program. He’s hit over 500 Trust Points, over 500,000 contributions and has won 2nd place in a past AnswerThon.
How did you originally hear about WikiAnswers?
I first heard of WikiAnswers when the name was changed from FAQ Farm. (Rimshot – badum-CHING) In fact, (or in ‘FAQ’, if you will) the link saved in my favorites still reads FAQ Farm, and has the original URL: Faqfarm.com. Always doing research on-line for baseball memorabilia, I often found myself being directed to FAQ Farm. Now as a member of WikiAnswers, I share the results of my past research with collectors looking for information.
Explain your username.
No, I am not the egotistical man that is the ‘Key’ to everything. My WikiAnswers username, Steven KeyMan, is a tribute to my childhood hero: Mickey Mantle (micKEY MANtle). My first name is Steven. Often, in the past, trying to use the name Mickey Mantle as a username with other forums, Mickey Mantle along with a thousand other combinations of numbers is usually taken. KeyMan – Key the last three letters of Mickey, and Man the first three letters of Mantle – is more unique.
What motivates you to volunteer your time to the WikiAnswers community?
I enjoy collecting baseball memorabilia, and love to help people with their questions. It’s kind of an extension of my hobby, and in helping people out I also learn in the process. The greatest part of memorabilia is the history behind the item. Regardless of value if a piece of memorabilia has a story behind it, it has my attention. If I do not know the answer I am compelled to find it. My motivation to volunteer my time is the love for the hobby, to pay my dues for the wealth WikiAnswers has given me and… to get Crystal off my back to become a Supervisor.
What are your areas of expertise?
Baseball Memorabilia would be my area of expertise but I do not consider myself to be an expert. I like to use the term knowledgeable. If I were an expert, I would know everything, and knowing everything would make it all very boring. I don’t know everything. You could ask my ex-wife.
What is your favorite WikiAnswers feature?
My favorite WikiAnswers feature is the ‘sign out’ feature. When I sign off it usually means I had enough, I can’t see anymore, and it’s time to go to bed.
My second favorite feature are the Trust Points. When I receive a trust point, it gives me a sense of accomplishment in that I have helped someone out.
What has been the funniest question you’ve seen or your funniest experience on WikiAnswers?
The funniest question I had to answer had to be when Crystal asked me to become a Supervisor. Thank you Crystal – I’m not laughing anymore!
In general, I find it amusing when a question is asked with too much detail, and the asker runs out of room to complete it. Such as: How much is a Mickey Mantle baseball signed for my fathers cousin given to me by my mothers brother in-laws friend three weeks before m…?
And last year’s WAmmy for funniest question winner: When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died did he start to decompose? That is genius!
Share a random fact (or two) about yourself.
I take great pride when I am asked for advice about historic memorabilia items. I have been interviewed by newspaper reporters on items like the value of Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run baseball. TV shows such as ‘History Detectives’ have come to me a number of times for information.
I have had the pleasure of seeing some extraordinary pieces of history, providing advice, and information to museums, and authors of reference books. I am currently in contact with the Vatican about a group of baseballs signed by Joe DiMaggio, NL President Warren Giles, and baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn presented to Pope Paul VI when he held masse celebrated at Yankee Stadium on October 4, 1965. A plaque was dedicated to the Pope in center field in Yankee Stadium for this event.
An ongoing adventure.
Do you want to be interviewed for the Contributor corner? Just leave a comment below and we’ll get to work.
The amazing wiki world of Delltechie.
What hasn’t Delltechie done to enhance the WikiAnswers community in the less-than-a-year he’s been a contributor? Let’s see… He’s made it to Platinum Contributor status with over 200,000 contributions. Dell has worked his way up to Floating Supervisor and Mentor while taking on the tasks of WikiGuide and Site Guardian. Above all that, he’s behind a WikiAnswers Fan community on Ning.
So it comes as no shock that Dell has his own WikiAnswers work station from where he “eats, sleeps and dreams WikiAnswers.”
In addition, Dell’s a trustworthy fellow; after all, he was a recent recipient of ‘Most Trust Points’ WAmmy Award (for the record, that’s 2,384 trust points… for now…). Which is music to our ears, since he’s worked as – literally – a Dell techie over the years and helped plenty of people with their computer troubles, on WikiAnswers and off. He’s even got friendly advice to offer from his bio page.
Here are some more reasons to trust Delltechie, in his own words:
How did you originally hear about WikiAnswers?
I was looking for some information on a certain spyware and found WikiAnswers. But i found the answers blank. So I started on an answering blitz of 1500 answers on the first day.
Explain your username.
Delltechie is made up to two words: ‘Dell’ as in Dell Corp, where i used work as Dell tech support. ‘Techie’ is what all Dell tech support staff are called, as they are chosen from the best of the best. In my training course there were 50 trainees and at the end of the month’s training there were eight left and only three hit the floor. Hence the name Delltechie.
What motivates you to volunteer your time to the WikiAnswers community?
I like the people on the site. And as I have been helping online for many years at sites like allexperts.com, answers.yahoo.com and askmehelpdesk.com, helping comes as a second nature. And I truly believe you are remembered for the help you give others and not for the amount of money you make. Thanks to nice people – like Brave3 – who keep me updated on issues, that is what truly motivates me to keep helping on WikiAnswers.
What are your areas of expertise?
I usually help out with the Computer Viruses questions. I also am a Site Guardian, scanning the site for vandalism.
What is your favorite WikiAnswers feature?
The Community Forum, as this is where everyone from around the world can meet and share ideas.
What has been the funniest question you’ve seen or your funniest experience on WikiAnswers?
Share a random fact (or two) about yourself.
I’m a certified fitness instructor, scuba diver, trekker, and The Alchemist follower.
Do you want to be interviewed for the Contributor corner? Just leave a comment below and we’ll get to work.
Turkey, stuffing and… wiki?
Wait – are you located in the United States and contributing to WikiAnswers instead of eating a big meal consisting of poultry, watching football and hanging/fighting with family?
Wow. And here I thought I knew all the symptoms of being a Wikiholic… Must have missed one in the giant list that was compiled and posted in a new section of the site called: Wikiholics Anonymous.
It’s ok – this is a safe place. Just sit back, let go of the keyboard, and take this simple test to know if you’re a true Wikiholic.
- Your friends and family try reaching you on your message board, rather than your cell phone.
- You can offer way too much insight into a 16-year-old’s love life.
- You give your kids trust points for good behavior.
- You know Miley Cyrus’s favorite color, the cutest Jonas brother and Barack Obama’s middle name off the top of your head.
- You’ve thought about improving people’s answers while having a conversation.
- Little orange men have started to dance around in your dreams.
- Your spouse claims to be a WikiWidow.
Check out the complete list. Are you showing signs of being a Wikiholic? There’s strength in numbers. Join the support group!
