Everyone knows how to do something that others can benefit from learning. Fortunately, creating an article on wikiHow is not as difficult as you might think, and who knows? You may eventually want to polish your contribution into a featured article! Here's how to get started.

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Click on the "Write an Article" link at the upper right of any page on wikiHow.
- You might want to register for a free account or log in before you write. You're welcomed to write an article anonymously, but creating an identity at wikiHow will allow people to thank you personally for sharing your know-how.
- You can also start a page by answering a request on the list of suggested topics. Just click on the "Write Article" link next to the suggestion!
Submit the title for the article you'd like to write. Remember that this is a how-to, so the first word has to be a verb! E.g. "How to Walk a Dog" not "How to Dog Walking". Don't include the "How to" in the title. Press the "Submit" button.
- We allow articles on most topics, but to maintain quality, we also have a deletion policy in place that's been revised by the community. If you're not sure whether your topic is appropriate for wikiHow, check the deletion policy to make sure.
- If the title you chose is already taken, join the collaborative effort and add your knowledge to the existing page.
- If there are similar titles on wikiHow already, check to make sure the title you submitted isn't interchangeable with any of the titles we already have on wikiHow. If it is, click on the article that we already have on that topic and edit! Or, change the title of your article so that it's more specific.
Start writing! Try to make your writing clear, but don't focus on having perfect spelling and grammar right now. You can check later, and your article will be reviewed by other contributors who might catch anything you missed! Just do your best to make your instructions as clear and specific as you can.

Write an introduction, summarizing for the reader what you're going to be showing them how to do, and why they might want to do it! Also, start every step with an action verb; remember that the numbers are automatically inserted every time you press Enter on your keyboard, so you don't need to add them yourself.
Preview your article. Press the blue "Preview" button at the bottom of the page to see what your article will look like. Check to make sure it reads the way you want it to. Fill in any information that you might've forgotten to include while you were first writing the article.
Submit your article. When you're satisfied with the way the article looks, press the blue "Save page" button. Congratulations! You've just started a page on wikiHow.
Watch the page grow. Since wikiHow is a collaborative writing project, the article you started will likely be contributed to by many people with various talents and knowledge. An article with a good start will become even more comprehensive and helpful over time! Participate in the article's discussion page, and enjoy having helped build the world's largest collaborative how-to manual!

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Consult the wikiHow Writer's Guide for more details on how you can create an article that fits in at wikiHow.
To help readers find your page more easily, choose a category.
Images greatly enhance the usefulness of most articles. You can add pictures licensed with Creative Commons, or upload your own.
Don't include links to websites outside of wikiHow unless they're research sources (where you got information that you put in your own words) or imported content attributions (a link back to the website that gave you explicit permission to copy their work on wikiHow).
Do spell check on your article to make sure that all the words are spelled correctly.

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