Answers outage on Saturday and Halloween costume contest
Boo! Don’t be scared! Answers will be down this Saturday, October 31st starting at 3pm AEDST (Sydney/Melbourne Daylight Savings Time) for scheduled maintenance.
During this time, you’ll be unable to access the Answers site, but will be able to:
- Catch up on old posts on the Answers blog.
- Stop by the Answers Suggestion Board.
- or, if you dare, can take part in a Halloween themed Answers competition (details below)
Additionally, please be aware that the Yamster will be setting back his clocks at 8pm AEDST on November 1st, 2009. During this time no new questions will show on the Answers pages but things will be back to normal after one hour.
Answers Halloween Costume Contest
If you’re feeling festive, download the Yamster avatar and dress him up for Halloween! Feel free to add hats, clothing, or whatever you’d like—just be sure to keep it friendly, clean, and compliant with the Answers Community Guidelines.
Sites like Picnik (which is built directly into Yahoo’s own Flickr) offer a full arsenal of Halloween accoutrements like masks, spiders, and spooky scenes that would make any Yamster squeel. Be sure to check them out here.
Or, you can use something like Microsoft Paint, Photoshop, SumoPaint, or any other paint program on the market to edit or enhance an image.
Not a fan of the Yamster? That’s ok too! You’re welcome to dress up your own personal Avatar in their finest Halloween looks for the competition.
Once you’re through dressing up your Yamster or Avatar, save the image (right click and “save as”) and upload it to your Flickr account. Then, add the image to the Answers Halloween pool—found here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/yahoo7answershalloween/.
Submissions must be received by 11am AEDST on Monday, November 2nd. Winner(s) will be posted on the Yahoo!7 Answers Blog and will receive 100 bonus points on Yahoo!7 Answers.
The Rules
- Avatars and/or Yamsters must be submitted to Flickr by 5pm PT on November 1st.
- All images must be in compliance with Yahoo!7’s TOS, Yahoo!7 Answers Community Guidelines, Flickr’s Community Guidelines, and, must not contain mature or adult content.
- Submitted images may only be that of Avatar or of the Yamster—no actual photographs will be accepted or considered.
- No real value is given to this prize: winner(s) will receive 100 bonus points on Yahoo!7 Answers.
Good luck everyone!
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this is outrageous
when matienence is going on i cant access anything. They should allocate different times for different countries for matinence so that it is during the night ( eg. 10pm or 11pm to 6am or 7 am)
I think that allocated times for different countires would be much smater and overbody would appreciate it.
Thankyou so much
Y!A is always down when you need it most
Thank you for the warning.
I know it’s not always possible, but it would be helpful if we had an idea how long the site will be down for.
Halloween is
EVIL
that is just my opinoin