wikiHow:Administrators

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Not sure where to turn? This group of wikiHow administrators, most of whom are volunteers, are frequently patrolling wikiHow at all hours of the day, spanning several time zones and different continents. If you have a question, simply pick a friendly face and leave them a note on their talk page. More often than not, you'll receive a reply within a day.

wikiHow Administrators ('Admin' for short) are the community members that willingly take on extra responsibility to make wikiHow the best how-to manual possible. At wikiHow, every user is an editor and valued member of the community. Admins have extra powers and responsibilities to allow them to ensure that wikiHow develops into a useful, free and open resource. Admins can delete and restore pages, rename titles and users, protect and unprotect pages, revert edits, block a user or IP address, and do a few other minor tasks. Everyone, including you, can become an admin.

In fact, we even have how-tos on becoming and acting like an admin.

Looking for a listing of the wikiHow IRC OPs? Click here.


Quick List

Click the user name below to be taken directly to their talk page.

Eric
Maluniu
Teresa
Amy Bright
Andy Z.
Bo
BR
Caidoz
Chris D
Chris H
Dave Crosby
Davjohn
Difu Wu
D-rae
Dvortygirl
Elyne
Flickety
GTAddict
Glutted
Helpersz
Jack H.
Jonathan E.
Jonathan T
Julia Maureen
King Peter
KnowItSome
Katie
KommaH

Krystle C.
Lily A
Lois Wade
Lucky7
Luv_sarah
Maniac
Mark Davis
Martyn P
Mel
Nadon
Nathan W.
Nicole W.
omniomi
Rebecca
Richard
RMunsonNJ
RockyRaccoon
Sarah S
Thomas
Travis D.
VC
Versageek
Vivek
Webster
Writelf
Zack

Name:
Maluniu
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Oahu, Hawaii
Typical wikiHow activities:
Unlicensed/uncategorized images, patrolling recent changes, dead end pages/related links, creating articles, uncategorized pages.
Author Summary: Becoming a wikiHow member in early March 2007, I have been addicted since. I <3 the "family" feeling and interaction that wikiHow has of people helping others. You learn something new everyday, despite how long you've been here.


Name:
Teresa
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Washington State
Typical wikiHow activities:
I patrol, NAB, hang out in IRC, edit and am currently working on the format project
Author Summary: Anything you want to know, I will see if I can find out


Name:
Amy Bright
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
NSW, AUSTRALIA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Writing and Editing articles, RC Patrol, wikiWanted Project, Weekly Improvement Project.
Author Summary: Not specified


Name:
Andy Zhang
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Berkeley, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
RC patrolling, copyediting, formatting.
Author Summary: I started contributing to wikiHow during the summer of '06, editing a bit here and there. Now, I enjoy editing a wide gamut of articles, along with providing pieces of expertise on a few subjects.


Name:
Bo
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Colorado, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Adding images to articles, writing new articles, patrolling the recent changes and new pages, helping others, copyediting
Author Summary: I discovered wikiHow through Google's personalized page service, and I've been here ever since. wikiHow has given me a creative outlet to help share my knowledge with the world. The community is very friendly, and I am grateful for the support it has given me over the time I've spent here. Please, feel free to ask me for help.


Name:
Bokehmon
Contact:
Talk Page
Location:
East Coast USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
RC patrol, welcoming new users, rewriting articles
Author Summary: After a google search in June 2007, I edited anonymously for about a month before joining. I love the community and collaborative efforts of wikiHow, and hope to be of help to others. Feel free to ask me for any help.


Name:
BR
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Baker, Fl
Typical wikiHow activities:
Writing articles I hope won't be deleted, and fooling with recent changes (haven't learned to patrol, but working on it)
Author Summary: I am a construction laborer/heavy equipment operator/concrete finished/welder/job superintendant with a general contractor doing projects for the military and commercial enterprises. I would rather garden, carve, build stuff, or fish with my 13 year old son, or deluge websites with pretty useless articles about things he and I do or build.


Name:
Caidoz
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
UK
Typical wikiHow activities:
RC Patrol, NAB and writing articles
Author Summary: I can usually be found lurking in some corner of the site and the wikiHow IRC channel and am always happy to help in any way I can. :D


Name:
Chris D
Contact:
Talk Page
Location:
Lynnwood, WA USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Vandalism Patrol, IRC Management, Article Moves/Title Changes
Author Summary: wikiHow is a great place to work on, as no genuine edit is too small to go unnoticed, and always contributes towards wikiHow being a great place to find information. The work never ceases here, as new articles come in every day. As long as there is work to be done, I'll be around.


Name:
Chris H
Contact:
Talk Page
Location:
San Francisco, CA USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
RC Patrol, copyediting, help doc improvement
Author Summary: I'm here quite a lot as a member of the wikiHow support team. I'm often on RC Patrol, editing copy, developing ideas in the forums or working on improving our help documentation. I think we're building an amazing resource here at wikiHow, and I'm very proud of the way we work. I'm happy to help in any way I can.


Name:
Dave Crosby
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Peterborough, England, UK
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling recent changes, forum patrol, administrating Copyvio articles, removing spam, copyediting, fixing broken & double redirects, welcoming new users.
Author Summary: I had been reading wikiHow articles for some time, when in August 2006 I bit the bullet and stepped in with my first edit. It can't just stop with one though. wikiHow was the perfect home for my grammar and spelling pedantism.


Name:
Davjohn
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Phoenix
Typical wikiHow activities:
I had been using wikiHow for several months when I saw a notice about Patrolling articles, I jumped in and started recent changes, copyediting, correcting copyright violations, rolling back spam, and vandalism. I also do welcome team, mentoring, saving articles, and some NAB.
Author Summary: Don't ever hesitate to drop me, or any other admin, a message if you have any issues or questions. There's nothing that can't be fixed.


Name:
Difu Wu
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Earth
Typical wikiHow activities:
Editing any article I come across, from minor edits to bold rewrites; new article boost; patrolling recent changes; writing new articles when I have more time.
Author Summary: I love wikiHow, and will always be around. If you ever have any questions or need any help, please do not hesitate to leave a message for me. I will try my best to help!


Name:
D-rae
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
A house
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling recent changes, copyediting, adding photos, welcoming new users, weaving links, helping new users, and other such things.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow through a Google search, like most people. After about a month of roaming, I decided to create an account. I began editing, and that was that. If you have any questions or need any help, drop me a line! :)


Name:
Dvortygirl
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
California, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Adding photos; writing and expanding articles; nitpicking grammar, readability, and spelling; trying to read, write, and translate Spanish; having fun; making wikiHow better.
Author Summary: Hooked on wikis since starting at Wiktionary in October, 2003. WikiHow appeals equally to the parts of me that are engineer, writer, editor, photographer, teacher, student and tinkerer. I'm now getting some home improvement projects done just to take photos along the way, and lately I've even been drawing a bit, too.


Name:
Elyne
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Belgium
Typical wikiHow activities:
I patroll, Do nab, help people,admin Dutch wikiHow,
Author Summary: If you have a question please ask so ;)I'm usually in the wikiHow channel You can find me there in the afternoon CET+ 1 or in the evening and in the weekend.


Name:
Eric
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Wisconsin, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Everything
Author Summary: I joined wikiHow in early 2007; I have been hooked ever since. I think the whole idea behind a wiki is quite amazing. Getting a community of people to work together for the same cause is really a neat thing. I would love to hear from you, and would be happy to help you with anything you have a question about.


Name:
Flickety
Contact:
The Message-Taking Wombat
Location:
iRoam
Typical wikiHow activities:
Roaming everywhere: writing, editing, categorising, reviewing, imaging, formatting, patrolling etc.
Author Summary: One of the Aussies on wikiHow, I’m passionate about making wikiHow a site that is universally accessible by the entire English-speaking world, be it your first, second or third language. You’ll find me editing and writing a lot of the time because that’s what I do best. I go on journeys a lot but I'm a boomerang.


Name:
GTAddict
Contact:
Talk Page
Location:
Somewhere hot
Typical wikiHow activities:
Just everything about this place. It rocks.
Author Summary: I'm awesome, so like just ask me for help if you need any ;)


Name:
Glutted
Contact:
Talk Page
Location:
California, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling recent changes, changing titles, fixing dead ends, and categorizing pages
Author Summary: wikiHow is my passion. I found this website in January 2007, and have been an editor here on and off since then.


Name:
Helpersz
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Massachusetts, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
I love patrolling Recent Changes and I like patrolling NAB. You'll find me copyediting and bold editing a lot around here.
Author Summary: I joined in late October 2009, and have been contributing ever since. If you encounter any problems or you need my help, drop me a message.


Name:
Jack Herrick
Contact:
My talk page.
Location:
Palo Alto, California, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
I tend to patrol recent changes, welcome new users, chat on the forums, and brainstorm for ways to improve wikiHow
Author Summary: I love wikiHow because I'm passionate about building a huge how-to manual that anyone in the world can use for free. The free exchange of information is the best use of the internet and I'm happy to play my part here at wikiHow. I also like meeting wikiHow authors from around the world, so drop me a line and say hello.


Name:
Jonathan E.
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Oregon
Typical wikiHow activities:
Copyediting, formatting, patrolling, editing mathematical and science articles.
Author Summary: I'm a self-proclaimed band geek! I am currently not as active as I used to be due to school, but I try to help out whenever I can. I found wikiHow through a newpaper article about it.


Name:
Jonathan Thorne
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Colorado, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Editing and monitoring Aviation articles, Finding proper image licenses, Patrolling recent changes, Writing new articles, Finding pictures, & Fixing stubs or other articles that need help.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow through Google in 2005 and started editing in spring 2006. When I'm not in school or flying, I'm patrolling articles here.


Name:
Julia Maureen
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Alabama, U.S.A.
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling, tagging, formatting, and copyediting, especially new pages.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow through some random web of coding in Wikipedia, actually, and have loved it ever since. My first article, Verify the Purity of Honey, is my favorite on the entire site, simply because it is my own. Selfish, I know, but I love it. I also love helping members of all ages, and, unfortunately, I love proving things to be incorrect. It's a fun combination, I've found.


Name:
King Peter
Contact:
King Peter
Location:
Ohio, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling for spam and vandalism, copyediting, factchecking
Author Summary: I found wikihow about 2 years ago, noticed they were doing cool stuff and decided to stick around.


Name:
KnowItSome
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Occasional help with the RC
Author Summary: I wandered in here awhile ago and decided to stay for awhile.


Name:
Katie
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Recent changes patrol, copyediting every once in a while
Author Summary: Hey, I'm Katie. I love helping wikiHow grow into a helpful site for all sorts of people to use. See you around wikiHow!


Name:
KommaH
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Recent changes patrol, occasionally improving an article here and there
Author Summary: Hi, there, I'm KommaH. I've been on wikiHow for a couple years and enjoy doing RC Patrol.


Name:
Krystle C.
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
New York
Typical wikiHow activities:
Turning ugly ducklings into swans; Checking out new articles and welcoming new users; Putting in my two cents at the forums; Writing articles about a wide variety of topics, especially what I learn about farming.
Author Summary: I did some freelance editing for eHow back in the summer of 2004, and one thing led to another, and I ended up falling head over heels in love with wikiHow. The love affair is still going strong...Sometimes I find myself thinking throughout the day: "That's be a GREAT wikiHow article!" So as long as the flame sizzles, I'll be here, helping this place grow.


Name:
Lily A
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Utah, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling recent edits, copyediting, formatting, further developing articles
Author Summary: I wrote my first article on a whim and came back for more after learning it was featured. I love editing, cleaning-up, and making articles shine.


Name:
Lois Wade
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
West Coast of USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Writing Articles, RC patrol, Hobby and Craft Requests and anything else that looks cool or interesting.
Author Summary: I got hooked by wikiHow when I clicked on the button to add the "How to of the Day" to my Google home page. The article "How to make a Duct Tape Wallet" was featured that day and my son begged me to make one for him. I did... and I've been lurking around wikiHow ever since. I relish the fun of teaching others how to do what I've done and wikiHow is an amazing forum for doing so.


Name:
Lucky7
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Categorizing, RC Patrol, welcoming new users, and sometimes NAB
Author Summary: wikiHow has such an amazing community and I love being a part of it. I'm most active in the summer and on weekends.


Name:
Luv_sarah
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Ontario, Canada
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling and formatting.
Author Summary: Like most people, I found wikiHow through iGoogle, and quickly became hooked. It's a great way for me to feel productive while on the Internet, instead of just playing mindless silly games.


Name:
Maniac
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
United States
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling Recent Changes (RC), welcoming newcomers, removing double redirects and broken links, and sometimes a combination of everything!
Author Summary: I am not sure if I am truly a Maniac, although many people may say so. I found wikiHow some Summer 2007 day, while just hanging around on the Internet. I immediately became addicted and registered. I began editing, and I still am today! If you ever have any questions or need any help, I am always here!


Name:
Martyn P
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
England
Typical wikiHow activities:
Keeping an eye on admin-y stuff, patrolling recent changes, NAB, chatting on IRC
Author Summary: I joined wikiHow in May 2007 and I love doing stuff on here whenever I'm not doing much else, and sometimes when I should really be doing something else too. I don't really specialize in doing any one thing - I dabble in whatever I fell like doing at the time. I find that's the best way to keep from getting bored. I'd like to think I'm pretty friendly and approachable. You can always ask me a question, and I'll try my best to answer well!


Name:
Mel
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Eastern Washington
Typical wikiHow activities:
RC Patrol, Formating, Organization
Author Summary: My wife got me hooked on wikiHow and it was all down hill from there! I have been involved in moderating online communities for over 10 years. On wikiHow I have done a lot of patrolling, editing, formatting and some writing as I have time.


Name:
Mimi L.
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Massachusetts, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Anything I can do well to help.
Author Summary: I'm a proud wikiHowian, as everybody else should be!


Name:
Nadon
Contact:
Talk Page
Location:
Québec
Typical wikiHow activities:
Various functions
Author Summary: I found wikiHow on iGoogle through the RSS feeds. I found a lot of useful information about lots of things and decided to give back to the community and share a bit of my knowledge.


Name:
Nathan Wong
Contact:
Details on my talk page
Location:
England, UK
Typical wikiHow activities:
Recent Changes Patrol, Tagging, Content Creation and Building the Community
Author Summary: I found wikiHow almost two years ago and was immediately drawn to it. I now attempt to work on wikiHow in between being a full time student and computing proponent. To me, the joy of wikiHow is the satisfaction of seeing your work widely appreciated.


Name:
Nicole Willson
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Massachusetts
Typical wikiHow activities:
Copyediting, title changes, debating NFDs, contributing to forums, patroling recent changes, IFD patrol, fixing dead end articles, answering user questions
Author Summary: I discovered wikiHow on the yahoo! RSS page. When I got curious about wikis (and how well they work), I decided to work on some articles here at wikiHow. It started out as an experiment and I never would have thought I'd become an admin. I think editing is in my blood, which is ironic since my Mom is an editor and I swore off journalism as a career choice. I'm a self-proclaimed word nerd and sometimes find improper usage unbearable to look at. In addition to my activities here at wikiHow, I read, write a blog, listen to a lot of indie pop music, and am very into film. In general I tend to love anything involving writing and research.


Name:
omniomi
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Canada
Typical wikiHow activities:
NAB, RC, IRC, and a bunch of other acronyms.
Author Summary: I like helping out wherever I can and am usually online most of the day on IRC.


Name:
Rebecca
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
I like to do Recent Changes, copyediting, NAB, categorizing, welcoming new users to wikiHow and more!
Author Summary: I found wikiHow through one of my friends. She told me I had to look at the site for a bit. I played around with Recent Changes and the next thing you know, I'm hooked on wikiHow!


Name:
Richard
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
On top of my world
Typical wikiHow activities:
Recent changes, merges, formatting, personal refrence removal, etc
Author Summary: Well, I first saw wikiHow on my Google home page and I started reading for a bit. Then I took the plunge and have been hooked ever since!


Name:
RMunsonNJ
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
NJ, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
New Article Boosting (NAB), Categorizing
Author Summary: Another person introduced through Google, but am now promoting wikiHow to others.


Name:
RockyRaccoon
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
FL, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Writing articles, patrolling RC, welcoming new users, and weaving links.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow through eHow back in July of 2006, made my first edit, and have been hooked ever since.


Name:
Mark Davis
Contact:
Talk to me
Location:
Hoquiam, WA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Improving stubs, patrolling, copy editing and so on...
Author Summary: I enjoy writing, but am always to busy trying to boost stubs toward FA status, patrolling recent changes, and NABing, to write many of my own articles. Even doing all the stuff I do on wikiHow, I am never to busy to lend a helping hand. I use illyism awesome WikiHow-Plus tool bar on both my home and work computers so I can see when I get a message, and answer quickly.


Name:
Sarah S
Contact:
My Talk Page
Location:
Kentucky, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling recent changes, formatting and proofreading, occasionally writing, etc.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow in June 2007 through a Google search. I started editing articles and am now addicted! I'm a bandie who can't stand incorrect grammar or spelling. I'm happy to help with articles, designing user pages, or questions in general. :)


Name:
Thomas
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrol Recent Changes, Welcome new users to the site, and contribute to articles.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow through google and since then I have been addicted to patrolling Recent Changes.


Name:
Travis
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Toronto
Typical wikiHow activities:
PHP programming, bug fixing, server maintenance. All the fun stuff.
Author Summary: I've been the engineering department for eHow since March, 2004 and I have a cat named Gary who likes watching television.


Name:
VC
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Gaza
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling RC, watching articles that needs retitling, nfd, nab, formatting, categorizing, I even write some articles!
Author Summary: Found wikiHow while surfing. I just wanted to add one or two articles on programming, simple isn't it? Well, I've been addicted ever since!


Name:
Versageek
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Connecticut
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling recent changes, expurgating, formatting, limited content editing.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow via Google and was immediately addicted. wikiHow is a great resource for the Internet community. I endeavor to work with my fellow admins and the wikiHow users to develop and maintain quality articles on the site.


Name:
Webster
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
Suburbs of Washington, DC, USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Patrolling FAs and copyediting.
Author Summary: I found wikiHow through the Google gadget. I mostly patrol the forums and FAs these days, but I also like helping users and reverting vandalism wherever it is found. I have also been helping out with shepherding the Categories.


Name:
Zack
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
USA
Typical wikiHow activities:
Write helpful articles, rcpatrol, copyedit, format, add photos, merge similar articles.
Author Summary: wikiHow is an entertaining, informative, family-oriented site. As an admin, I hope I can help improve wikiHow.


Name:
Writelf
Contact:
My talk page
Location:
GMT +2
Typical wikiHow activities:
I do some New Article Boost and Patrol quite a lot of Recent Changes. Further, I do copy-editing, fix broken links and anything else that happens to look interesting.
Author Summary: I registered here in middle 2008, and I've been hooked ever since those days!




Inactive administrators listed here.

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