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'''wikiHow — to do ''any''thing''' – ''"the world's collaborative how-to manual"'' that you can edit, is a [[wiki]] for the [[:Category:Earth|world's]] largest {{tag|HowTo|how-to}} manual.  The wikis all use the popular [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software, but they are heavily modified with a [[:Category:custom skin|custom skin]] and [[:Category:GoogleAds|GoogleAds]].  The wiki content is released under the [[:Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 2.5]] [[:Category:Wiki License|license]].[http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Creative-Commons]  wikiHow claims to be a "[[:Category:carbon neutral|carbon neutral]] website".[http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Carbon-Neutral]
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*[http://www.wikistatistics.net/wikihow wikiHow.com Interactive Statistics], from Wikistatistics
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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]]. 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.


;<big><big>[[wikiHow]] wikis in these [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]]</big> <sup>([[edit:Template:wikiHow|edit]])</sup></big>
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]
<s>[[wikiHow (ar)|Arabic&nbsp;/&nbsp;العربية]]</s>&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (ca)|Catalan&nbsp;/&nbsp;Català]]&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (nl)|Dutch&nbsp;/&nbsp;Nederlands]]&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (en)|English]]&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (fr)|French&nbsp;/&nbsp;Français]]&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (de)|German&nbsp;/&nbsp;Deutsch]]&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (it)|Italian&nbsp;/&nbsp;Italiano]]&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (pt)|Portuguese&nbsp;/&nbsp;Português]]&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (es)|Spanish&nbsp;/&nbsp;Español]]<includeonly>


[[Category:HowTo]]
'''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).
[[Category:Wiki Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike]]</includeonly>
;''See also
*[[: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>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 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&nbsp;/&nbsp;العربية]]&nbsp;(ar)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (zh)|Chinese&nbsp;/&nbsp;中文]]&nbsp;(zh)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (cz)|Czech&nbsp;/&nbsp;Čeština]]&nbsp;(cz)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (nl)|Dutch&nbsp;/&nbsp;Nederlands]]&nbsp;(nl)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (en)|English]]&nbsp;(en)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (fa)|Farsi&nbsp;/&nbsp;فارسی]]&nbsp;(fa)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (fr)|French&nbsp;/&nbsp;Français]]&nbsp;(fr)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (de)|German&nbsp;/&nbsp;Deutsch]]&nbsp;(de)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (hi)|Hindi&nbsp;/&nbsp;हिन्दी]]&nbsp;(hi)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (id)|Indonesian&nbsp;/&nbsp;Bahasa&nbsp;Indonesia]]&nbsp;(id)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (it)|Italian&nbsp;/&nbsp;Italiano]]&nbsp;(it)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (jp)|Japanese&nbsp;/&nbsp;日本語]]&nbsp;(jp)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (ko)|Korean&nbsp;/&nbsp;한국어]]&nbsp;(ko)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (pt)|Portuguese&nbsp;/&nbsp;Português]]&nbsp;(pt)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (ru)|Russian&nbsp;/&nbsp;Русский]]&nbsp;(ru)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (es)|Spanish&nbsp;/&nbsp;Español]]&nbsp;(es)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (th)|Thai&nbsp;/&nbsp;ไทย]]&nbsp;(th)&nbsp;•
[[wikiHow (tr)|Turkish&nbsp;/&nbsp;Türkçe]]&nbsp;(tr)&nbsp;•
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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).

See also
External links
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.

Arabic / العربية (ar) • Chinese / 中文 (zh) • Czech / Čeština (cz) • Dutch / Nederlands (nl) • English (en) • Farsi / فارسی (fa) • French / Français (fr) • German / Deutsch (de) • Hindi / हिन्दी (hi) • Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia (id) • Italian / Italiano (it) • Japanese / 日本語 (jp) • Korean / 한국어 (ko) • Portuguese / Português (pt) • Russian / Русский (ru) • Spanish / Español (es) • Thai / ไทย (th) • Turkish / Türkçe (tr) • Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt (vn)

To not include articles which use this template in the category: wikiHow, type (or copy and paste) {{wikiHow|cat=no}} as a parameter before }}

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