This is a quick guide to help Supervisors on Answers.com learn how to split off alternate wordings from questions.

1. Splitting alternates How and when to perform this procedure correctly

3. A question with alternate wordings will look like this: click here As you can see, this one has quite a few. Click “Edit Alternates”

4. Begin to review the alternate wordings. Check the box to the left of any alternate that does not ask the “exact same” question.

6. Here’s what a Contributor sees after asking a question that has already been added as an alternate to another:

8. Here are two examples of possible splits; Both are most likely answered in the primary wording, but are not the same question. One asks which were the 5 most popular plays, and the other asks what they were “and” when they were written. These must be split out because they are, in fact, different than the primary wording.

10. Now that you have made your choices, click on “Split”