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'''<big>wikiHow</big> – to do anything...''' — 'the world's collaborative how-to manual' that you can [[edit]], is an [[:Category:American|American]] series of [[WhatIsWiki|wiki sites]] for the creation of the [[:Category:Earth|world's]] largest [[:Category:How to|how-to]] manual.  Founded by [[Jack Herrick]][https://www.wikihow.com/User:JackHerrick] on 15 January [[:Category:Founded in 2005|2005]], all [[:Category:wikiHow|wikiHow]] wiki sites use the popular [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, but they are heavily modified to be better suited to a 'how to manual'. wikiHow also uses a [[:Category:Custom skin|custom skin]], and the wiki pages display [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]] from [[:Category:Google advertising|Google Adsense]]. The wikiHow <u>textual</u> [[wiki]] content is released under the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license]] (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).[https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Creative-Commons]
'''<big>wikiHow</big> – to do anything...''' — 'the world's collaborative how-to manual' that you can [[edit]], is an [[:Category:American|American]] series of [[WhatIsWiki|wiki sites]] for the creation of the [[:Category:Earth|world's]] largest [[:Category:How to|how-to]] manual.  Founded by [[Jack Herrick]][https://www.wikihow.com/User:JackHerrick] on 15 January [[:Category:Founded in 2005|2005]], all [[:Category:wikiHow|wikiHow]] wiki sites use the popular [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, but they are heavily modified to be better suited to a 'how to manual'. wikiHow also uses a [[:Category:Custom skin|custom skin]], and the wiki pages display [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]] from [[:Category:Google advertising|Google Adsense]]. A small number of custom features originally developed by and for wikiHow are available as stand-alone for regular MediaWiki sites, and there is a free and open source fork of wikiHow's MediaWiki engine from when it was fully free; see [[mw:Category:Extensions by wikiHow|information on MediaWiki.org about wikiHow]] for more info.
 
Prior to 24 March 2025, the wikiHow <u>textual</u> [[wiki]] content was released under the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license]] (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0). Content released since has been available under a proprietary license.[https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Creative-Commons]


'''wikiHow, Inc.''' is the [[:Category:Commercial|commercial]] 'for profit' [[:Category:Wiki company|wiki company]] which owns and operates all the wikiHow wiki sites, and is headquartered at 530 Lytton Avenue, 2nd Floor, [[:Category:Palo Alto|Palo Alto]], [[:Category:California|State of California]] (CA) 94301, [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]].  wikiHow, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}} claims to be a '[[:Category:Carbon neutral|carbon neutral]] website',[https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Carbon-Neutral] though <u>not</u> 'carbon zero'.  wikiHow is a registered trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO).
'''wikiHow, Inc.''' is the [[:Category:Commercial|commercial]] 'for profit' [[:Category:Wiki company|wiki company]] which owns and operates all the wikiHow wiki sites, and is headquartered at 530 Lytton Avenue, 2nd Floor, [[:Category:Palo Alto|Palo Alto]], [[:Category:California|State of California]] (CA) 94301, [[:Category:United States of America|United States of America]].  wikiHow, {{Cambridge-Dictionary|incorporated|Inc.}} claims to be a '[[:Category:Carbon neutral|carbon neutral]] website',[https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Carbon-Neutral] though <u>not</u> 'carbon zero'.  wikiHow is a registered trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO).

Latest revision as of 20:06, 21 August 2025


wikiHow original 'beta' version logo

wikiHow – to do anything... — 'the world's collaborative how-to manual' that you can edit, is an American series of wiki sites for the creation of the world's largest how-to manual. Founded by Jack Herrick[1] on 15 January 2005, all wikiHow wiki sites use the popular MediaWiki software, but they are heavily modified to be better suited to a 'how to manual'. wikiHow also uses a custom skin, and the wiki pages display advertising from Google Adsense. A small number of custom features originally developed by and for wikiHow are available as stand-alone for regular MediaWiki sites, and there is a free and open source fork of wikiHow's MediaWiki engine from when it was fully free; see information on MediaWiki.org about wikiHow for more info.

Prior to 24 March 2025, the wikiHow textual wiki content was released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0). Content released since has been available under a proprietary license.[2]

wikiHow, Inc. is the commercial 'for profit' wiki company which owns and operates all the wikiHow wiki sites, and is headquartered at 530 Lytton Avenue, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto, State of California (CA) 94301, United States of America. wikiHow, Inc. claims to be a 'carbon neutral website',[3] though not 'carbon zero'. wikiHow is a registered trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO).

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All wikiHow wiki sites in these languages (view / edit)

As of November 2021, wikiHow: language projects indicates that there are nineteen (19) active wikiHow wiki sites of different languages, with a further potential 80 language versions proposed.

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