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a few words about the custom MW software and note that the site license changed from Creative Commons to a proprietary one earlier in March
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'''wikiHow | [[File:wikiHow.png|frame|left|[[:Category:wikiHow|wikiHow]] original 'beta' version logo|alt=]] | ||
'''<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). | |||
;''See also | ;''See also | ||
*[[:Category:LocalWiki]] | *[[:Category: LocalWiki]] | ||
;''External links | |||
*[https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:History-of-wikiHow wikiHow: History-of-wikiHow] — at www.wikiHow.com, the [[wikiHow (en)|English wikiHow]] | |||
*{{Wp|wikiHow}} — at the [[English Wikipedia]] | |||
*{{Mw|Category: Extensions by wikiHow}} — at [[MediaWiki.org]] | |||
*[[Archive.org:20160601191638/http://www.Wikistatistics.net/wikihow|wikiHow.com Interactive Statistics]] — from Martin Poljak at [[Wikistatistics.net]] ([[:Category:Wiki Public domain (generic)|public domain]]), via [[Archive.org]] from 2016 | |||
*[https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikihow.com wikiHow.com site info] — from Alexa.com | |||
*[https://twitter.com/wikiHow Twitter feed] | |||
*[https://www.facebook.com/wikiHow/ Facebook page] | |||
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;<big><big>[[wikiHow]] | ;<big><big>All [[:Category:wikiHow|wikiHow]] wiki sites in these [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]]</big> <sup>([[Template:wikiHow|view]] / [[edit:Template:wikiHow|edit]])</sup></big> | ||
As of | As of November 2021, [https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Language-Projects wikiHow: language projects] indicates that there are nineteen (19) active wikiHow wiki sites of different [[:Category:Wiki language|languages]], with a further potential [https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Language-Projects#Current_Language_Projects 80 language versions proposed]. | ||
[[wikiHow (ar)|Arabic / العربية]] (ar) • | |||
[[wikiHow (zh)|Chinese / 中文]] (zh) • | [[wikiHow (zh)|Chinese / 中文]] (zh) • | ||
[[wikiHow ( | [[wikiHow (cz)|Czech / Čeština]] (cz) • | ||
[[wikiHow (nl)|Dutch / Nederlands]] (nl) • | [[wikiHow (nl)|Dutch / Nederlands]] (nl) • | ||
[[wikiHow (en)|English]] (en) • | [[wikiHow (en)|English]] (en) • | ||
[[wikiHow (fa)|Farsi / فارسی]] (fa) • | |||
[[wikiHow (fr)|French / Français]] (fr) • | [[wikiHow (fr)|French / Français]] (fr) • | ||
[[wikiHow (de)|German / Deutsch]] (de) • | [[wikiHow (de)|German / Deutsch]] (de) • | ||
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[[wikiHow (th)|Thai / ไทย]] (th) • | [[wikiHow (th)|Thai / ไทย]] (th) • | ||
[[wikiHow (tr)|Turkish / Türkçe]] (tr) • | [[wikiHow (tr)|Turkish / Türkçe]] (tr) • | ||
[[wikiHow (vn)|Vietnamese / | [[wikiHow (vn)|Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt]] (vn)<!-- | ||
:<small>''The [[red link]]s above need the {{ | :<small>''The [[red link]]s above need the {{Template|Wiki}} infobox template, their wikiHow URLs, the {{Template|stub}} template (if appropriate), and the {{Template|wikiHow}} navigation template added.''</small>--><noinclude> | ||
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To '''<u>not</u>''' include articles which use this template in the [[:category: wikiHow]], type (or copy and paste) <code>{{wikiHow<u>|cat=no</u>}}</code> as a parameter before <code>}}</code></noinclude><includeonly> | |||
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[[Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike]] | |||
[[Category:How to]] | [[Category:How to]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Google advertising]] | ||
[[Category:Custom skin | [[Category:Custom skin]]</includeonly> | ||
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[[Category:How to| ]] | [[Category:How to| ]] | ||
[[Category:Article templates]] | [[Category:Article templates]] | ||
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:wikiHow}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Template:wikiHow}}</noinclude> | ||