wikiHow:About wikiHow

wikiHow is a collaboration building the world's largest, high-quality how-to manual. Eventually, it will contain accurate instructions on almost every imaginable topic as a multilingual resource. Imagine having an expert coach that could teach anyone how to do anything. This freely available information will improve millions of lives throughout the world!

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wikiHow is Free

wikiHow is free of charge, free to edit and free to share. We will never charge for access to our site. We thrive on openness and collaboration; and will always welcome contributions from anyone, anywhere in the world.

wikiHow is Multilingual

wikiHow is predominantly for English speakers. However, multilingual versions are slowly being built in Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Dutch. Please feel free to develop and improve any of these versions. Create a new wikiHow in your own language!

How wikiHow Functions

wikiHow is a wiki, which is a website that anyone can edit. Anyone can create a new page about how to do something. Then, other volunteer editors improve its quality. Over time, some articles will reach a Featured status. Click here for answers to frequently asked questions.

All changes to the site are found on the Recent Changes page. Changes to a specific article can also be found on its history page. wikiHow works well, because we trust our editors to be helpful towards our goal. In response, they quickly remove vandalism, nonsense and inappropriate material. Click here to learn more about wikihow.

How to Join the Community

While you don't need to register to read, write or edit on wikiHow, registering and officially joining the community provides several advantages. To register, just click on login at the upper right of any page.

If you are a child, under the age of 13, we must have explicit permission from your parents for you to participate at wikiHow. Click here to learn more about the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).

How to Stay Updated

Simply read the Forums or the wikiHow Herald. We also offer a service that sends each new publication of the Herald to your Talk page.

How You Can Help

Feel free to improve wikiHow by editing any page! While some articles may need more help than others, essentially any article can be improved. Browse our articles in the early stages of development and see if you can add some new information. If you are a good speller, these articles would benefit from your expertise. Share your knowledge if you can find a topic not yet covered.

Create a new page by clicking on Write an Article at the upper right of any page. If you need ideas, just look at our list of Requested topics made by other editors. Be sure to search for duplicates first, because wikiHow is constantly changing and many articles have already been written. Click here to learn of more ways to contribute at wikiHow.

Basic Guidelines

Please consider the following when collaborating with others on wikiHow:

• Be civil, supportive and friendly. Assume good faith in others. We are all here to create a great manual.
• Show empathy. Treat others with kindness and respect, as you would like others to treat you.
• Be bold. If you think your action will advance our mission, do it!
• Do not spam us. Only add external links if you make significant improvement to an article.
• Expect your edits to be modified, critiqued and improved by others. Changes should be viewed in the spirit of improvement and not as a negative criticism to your approach or capabilities.

How to Get Help

At wikiHow, there are many ways to get help:

• Read Help Articles
• Ask in the Forums
• Visit the IRC Chat Room
• Contact the Help Team
• Contact Our Writing Coach
• Email Us

Administrators

For violations or serious problems that need immediate attention:

• Contact an Admin
• Administrator Notice Board

Creative Commons License

All of our content is under a Creative Commons license. This allows free republication to be used by any organization or person for any non-commercial purpose. This helps to achieve our mission of freely offering instructions to everyone throughout the world.

Financial Support

wikiHow needs funds to sustain its operation. To do this, we have chosen to display a minimal amount of tasteful, non-obnoxious advertising. We do not allow pop-up ads, pop-under ads, spyware or other scumware. In fact, we do not show any advertising to registered editors. To learn more, read about the history of wikiHow.

wikiHow's Software

wikiHow is powered by MediaWiki open-source software; created by volunteers for use on Wikipedia and other wikis. It is freely available under a GNU General Public license. Click here to learn more.

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