wikiHow

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wikiHow is a wiki-based website with a collection of articles which tell people how to do things. The site uses a version of MediaWiki 1.9.3. The site now has over 25,000 how-to articles. wikiHow's mission is to create the world's largest collection of how-to information. In May 2007, wikiHow had 5.39 million unique readers. ^[1] As of September 2007, the number of registered wikiHow users was more than 61,000.^[2]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Censorship 2 References 3 Other websites

[change] History

In January 2005, Jack Herrick and Elliot Green started wikiHow. On April 28, 2006, wikiHow was launched on its own www.wikihow.com domain.^[3]

[change] Censorship

WikiHow's censorship policy does not allow articles about things that are "sexually charged", illegal activities, drug use or potentially destructive things.^[4]. Some people say this does not support the idea behind an educational resource.

[change] References

1. ↑ Herrick, Jack (Apr. 2007). WikiHow Site Traffic Statistics. wikiHow. Retrieved on 3 April 2007.
2. ↑ wikiHow Statistics. Retrieved on 20 September 2007.
3. ↑ Herrick, Jack (Sept. 2006). History of eHow and wikiHow. wikiHow. Retrieved on 26 October 2006.
4. ↑ wikiHow Deletion Policy. wikiHow. Retrieved on 8 March 2007.

[change] Other websites

• wikiHow.com
• wikiHow to Open Content
• "How to do absolutely everything", Macleans, October 16, 2006