More Interviews!

Here we have three more interviews from our great wikiHow volunteers! Here goes! Also, if I forgot someone or the like, please tell me and I'll fix it. ;)

CoffeeLover's Interview

1. How did you find wikiHow? I was searching "how to get a girl to like you back."

2. What do you do most on wikiHow? Change/add wording to article that need it.

3. What do you write most about? Wildlife.

4. Random wikiHow facts about yourself? I joined on 2-25-12, I've convinced four of my friends to join, started 2 articles, patrolled 698 edits, made 1,301 article edits, recieved 34 thumb ups, and received 2,451 views on my page.

Happy Penguin Forever's Interview

How did you find wikiHow? My mom is addicted to cooking, and she uses wikiHow a lot for recipes. My sister (PiperOwll) made an account, then introduced it to me. Ever since then, I've been spreading the word!

What do you do most on wikiHow? I like to catergorize articles, and learn from them, too!

What do you write most about? I write a variety of things.

Random fact(s) about yourself? PiperOwll is my sister, Maluniu welcomed me to wikiHow first, and June Days was the first person to welcome me personally. My goal is to become a new article booster.

Maddie's Interview

How did you find wikiHow? I was searching a how-to through Google and clicked on wikiHow. I explored it for a while and fell in love. I made an account and have made so many new friends since and I've learned a lot too!

What do you do most on wikiHow? I do a bit of everything on wikiHow, but mostly I write articles, patrol RC, and help other users if needed!

What do you write most about? I write mainly in the Personal Care and Style category, with topics such as beauty and makeup.

Random fact(s) about yourself? I love to go on the forums and IRC to chat with all my friends, and I love page designing!

NAB week!

For some strange reason, I keep thinking tonight was Monday night, and that I was kicking off a marathon for it on *Monday*..... Well, it's Wensday morning and I'm ready to kick it off anyway! Today, I'll be talking about NAB. I'll be interviewing some of our NABers throughout the week too! Sit back, and enjoy!

You're probably wondering what "NAB" stands for, right? It is an acronym for "New Article Booster". A New Article Booster looks at every new wikiHow article and fixes it up, or gives it a "boost".

* Evaluates the article. Meaning, he/she will look over the article and see what needs to be done.

* Fixes it up. Along with copyediting and re-writing, they can check for copyvio, and add related wikiHow articles, images, a video, and all other things you can do whilst editing an article.

* Nominates it for deletion. NFDing for short. They will see if it needs to be deleted, depending on the content. Like, if it's a joke idea of an article, or, if it's illegal, sexually charged, universally impossible, and so forth.Full list of reasons for NFDing an article can be found here.

* A Rising Star means it is one of the best new articles in wikiHow. An NAB will give a RS if it's deserved. http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Rising-Star-Quality-Article-on-wikiHow

* Moves an article. If an article name isn't right, they change it to a new title.

NABs need to have a good eye for any grammatical issues, be kind and coach new users, and are trusted in the community. Read about it here.

Later today will be a few interviews from some wikiHow users, then, the interviews from our NABs! Until then, http://www.wikihow.com

June Days

10 Random Facts From 10 Random Articles

When you need a break from editing or if you're just looking for more articles to fix, use the Random Article button! Clicking it takes you to one of wikiHow's many articles. And surprisingly, you can learn a lot from doing this. Here are a few thing we've learned while clicking:

1. You can turn tomatoes, canned corn, onions, and herbs into a quick and delicious diced salad. -From Make a Quick and Easy Diced Salad

2. Toy wars are a fun way to bring out your inner child with your (old) action figures. - From Have a Toy War

3. Remember those big, square floppy disks everyone used in the 80s-90s? If you still have a few of them, you can transform them into starships! - From Make a Starship Enterprise out of a Floppy Disk

4. Glitter tape is fun to make and can be used in a variety of crafts. - From Make Glitter Tape

5. Are your makeup brushes dirty? Clean them with shampoo and water! - From Clean Your Makeup Brushes

6. Instead of throwing away that sheet of aluminum foil you've used, why not turn it into origami? - From Make Aluminum Foil Origami

7. A lot of us are insecure when it comes to having our pictures taken. But having the right clothes and pose will make your picture turn out a lot better! - From Be Photogenic

8. Make your dinner more interesting by cooking fish in a flaky pastry coat. - From Cook Fish in a Flaky Pastry Coat

9. Inserting videos into a Prezi presentation is a surefire way to add the Wow! factor into your presentations. It'll also wake up any audience members dozing off... ;) - From Insert Video in a Prezi Presentation

10. Berihnng Sihsterr Raychehl too mee. Was that gibberish? No! It was actually a secret code. - From Create a Pronunciation Cypher

A word from our founder

It has been one of the busiest months at wikiHow for a long time! I've spent this time away from posting patrolling, writing articles, and more importantly, thinking about blog posts!

Today, I'm interviewing Jack Herrick, the founder and CEO of wikiHow. Before I get started, I wanted to say that I sent Jack the interview a few months ago, and he said he was busy and he'd find time to do it. I even forgot about it! - Three months later, he responds! He remembers the little people, as well as spending pretty much all of his time at wikiHow - What a great founder!

Me: How did you find wikiHow?

Jack: I've long had an interest in building the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. The ability to offer a free practical education to people is one of the best uses of the web. I'm inspired by the idea of helping millions of people by offering free how-to information to the world.

The full story of how I started wikiHow by spinning it out of eHow is available at http://www.wikiHow.com/wikiHow:History-of-wikiHow

Me: What do you do most on wikiHow? (Patrolling, adding images, etc..)

Jack: I work on wikiHow pretty much constantly. :) 98% of that time is on back-office things in the wikiHaus that aren't immediately visible on the wiki. It might be things like creating new features, checking in our non-English wikis, reading the feedback we get from our readers, or dozens of other things.

Despite spending most of my time on back office things, I still contribute to the wiki itself on most days. My favorite activity has always been recent changes patrol. I'm nowhere near as productive as wikiHeros like BR, but I patrol at least a handful of edits a few days a week. I'll try a little bit of pretty much every other feature wikiHow offers too, but I usually come back to patrolling as my favorite. Patrolling is a great way to quickly see how things are going on the wiki, get rid of the garbage, thumb up the best stuff and see some of my friends and fellow wikiHowians at the same t

Me: What topic do you most write about?

Jack: I tend to write about random things I just learned. This often means I write about how to do something on my computers and other electronic gadgets. I spend the vast majority of my day in front of a screen so that is where I tend to be learning the most new things.

Me: Random fact(s) about yourself (wikiHow related, of course.)

Jack: I love surfing, but I'm not very good at it. My lack of skill doesn't stop me from surfing as much as I can on the weekends though. I've long been meaning to improve wikiHow's articles on surfing but have pretty much always failed to do a good job of it. I just don't think I'm a good enough surfer to tell others how to surf! So I usually don't edit the articles and hope that some day I'm a good enough surfer to be a good editor for the topic. I haven't gotten there yet. :)

He is too humble to say it, he's an awesome CEO, person and friend. :) I'm sure he'd be happy to welcome you to wikiHow. http://www.wikihow.com - Until next time!

June Days

Using My Links

Do you often need to go to unique links while patrolling, writing, or editing? The handy My Links tool allows you to quickly go to specific links. It is very easy to add, and shows up right on your sidebar with the option to expand or collapse. You can add as many links as you like, going to any website on the web.

This is quite simple to add, just follow the directions here. If you aren't sure what to put on, you can take a look at other's My Links by putting "/Mylinks" after their username. Still not sure? Feel free to take a look at IsabelleZita's.

Popular Threads

Here at wikiHow, many people create threads. Mainly, forum games, here are some of the more popular threads that are likely to keep their popularity:

http://forums.wikihow.com/discussion/2083/question-answer-game/p1
The question-answer game forum thread is really popular. Wow! Over 4,000 posts! This game is simple. All you have to do is answer the question from the post above, then post a new question.


http://forums.wikihow.com/discussion/3418/the-random-person-above-you/p1
This game is easy. All you have to do is make a random comment about the person who posted above you.


http://forums.wikihow.com/discussion/1987/your-personal-twitter-thread-wikitwitter/
In this forum, you post like you would on twitter.


http://forums.wikihow.com/discussion/3175/attacks/
I like this forum. All you do is post a reason to (fake) attack the poster above you.


http://forums.wikihow.com/discussion/736/count-to-a-million-game/
This forum's name is pretty self-explanitory. You post the number next from the poster's above you, hoping to reach a million.


If you plan on making a forum (or posting), it must follow these rules:

-Keep your thread in the correct category.

-No nonsense.

-No spamming.

-Be nice, not rude.

-Try not to get in any fights while posting.

-No asking for personal information.

Note: Only members with accounts can participate in the forums. So...create an account. It doesn't require any personal information to join!

The Spellchecker

Hey all. Today, I'm going to be talking about the spellchecker tool. It's the newest tool on the Community Dashboard.

It came out a few months ago, and is used thoroughly. The point of it is... Well, to correct spelling errors! A lot of our users use it- correcting spelling errors right and left!

Previously, only Admins and NAB's could add words the whitelist. However, now regular users can also add words.

Since it's new, it makes a few mistakes, but nothing too big.

Well, pretty short post, huh. Well, expect another later today! Happy reading. - June Days