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New Article Boosters ("NAB-ers") take a closer look at new articles on wikiHow and help them become quality how-to’s. NAB-ers also play an important role in helping new writers get adjusted to wikiHow. Since boosters need to be familiar with our policies and have good coaching skills, contributors must take a test before being able to do NAB work.

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    Meet the mandatory and minimum requirements before taking the test. Please respect these requirements and only take the test if you meet the minimum requirements. If you do not possess all of the following, you will not be able to continue with the tests.
    • Your account must be at least one month old.
    • At least 300 contributions on your account. To see how many contributions you have, go to your user page and scroll to the bottom. It will say "(Your Name) has made (number) contributions to wikiHow."
    • A valid and working email address. Please use a valid and working email address for all test parts and verify that it is typed in correctly, as this is the only way to receive any tests and/or responses.
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    Study the following policies carefully. You'll be asked a variety of questions, such as whether certain titles should be changed or merged and how an article should be edited based on these policies. You're free to revisit these policies while you're taking the test.
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    Sharpen your copyediting skills. Try cleaning some of the articles in Category:Cleanup and Category:Copyedit. In the test, you'll be asked to edit several articles so that you can demonstrate your copyediting and formatting abilities.
    • You can also try patrolling and editing some new articles at Special:NewPages, or even at Special:NewHowToArticles. While you won't have all the NAB tools, you can still make various improvements to the articles and leave notes for the authors of articles.
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    Sharpen your communication skills. You will be asked to leave notes for authors after editing some new articles.
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    Read up on how to Use the wikiHow New Article Boost App.
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    Take the first part of the NAB test. Go to this quiz page and answer the multiple-choice questions, which are based on the merge policy.
    • You must pass this quiz in order to take the remainder of the NAB test.
    • If you take it and do not pass, you won't receive confirmation and must wait two weeks before taking it again.
    • If you take it and if you pass, you will receive an e-mail with the remainder of the NAB test, which is structured as follows:

      • Title policy questions (approximately 10). Example: How to Apply for Us Citizenship. Should this title be changed? If so, to what?
      • 5 editing questions.
      • 5 examples of actual editing requested.
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    Wait for a response and have patience, as it can take up to a week to receive the next part of your NAB test.
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EditTips

  • If you've come across a wikiHow user who has shown exceptional work editing and improving articles and isn't a New Article Booster yet, feel free to post {{Recruit Boost}} on his or her user talk page.
  • Boosters also receive access to the NFD Guardian and Method Editor tools. The NFD Guardian tool is similar to Quality Guardian.It displays articles that have been nominated for deletion. Admins and New Article Boosters then vote on whether to keep or delete that article. The Method Editor tool is similar to Tips Patrol. It displays alternate methods added to articles. Admins and New Article Boosters then review and edit the method to make it compliant with the Writer's Guide and wikiHow policies. They can also delete the method if needed.
  • During the editing portion of the test, if you ever encounter an article you feel should have deserved a Rising Star, let the test-examiner know this fact too.
  • To understand how NAB works, read How to Do New Article Boost.
  • Understand that people often need to apply multiple times to receive NAB rights. You might be asked to edit more articles or reapply in a few months.
  • If you don't pass the test the first time, please study the policies and other items outlined in the Steps, as well as apply it to editing articles instead of focusing when you can retake it. You will feel a lot more confident when you're ready instead of just meeting the "minimum".
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Recent edits by: LeahlovesGod, Rebeka Chain, Yoko Kanai

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Italiano: Come Diventare un NAB (New Article Booster) di wikiHow, Español: Cómo llegar a ser un impulsor de nuevos artículos en wikiHow, 中文: 成为wikiHow的新文章编辑

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