Yahoo, which is owned by Verizon Media, will be shutting down the question-and-answer service and deleting its archives on May 4, erasing a corner of the internet that will be widely remembered ...

Here are some ways to ask much better questions and as a result, get much better answers — which is the point of asking questions in the first place. Start asking one sentence questions.

And now, it seems, clueless is just how many will have to remain. This week, Yahoo Answers announced that it is shutting down its operations. Beginning April 20, people won’t be able to post any ...

For several more questions and answers, see today’s Morning newsletter. A version of this article appears in print on , Section A , Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Readers Ask ...