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See the Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/howto Howto].
== General how-to websites ==
'''Wikihow and ehow'''
*[http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page wikiHow]: this wiki is reported by Wikipedia to be the biggest how-to wiki.

*[http://www.ehow.com eHow]: articles on this site were originally written by specialists but can now also be written by users.

As explained in the Wikipedia articles, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikihow Wikihow] grew out of 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehow eHow]. eHow was founded in 1999 as a major commercial venture with articles by professionals. It acquired popularity but nonetheless went bankrupt in 2001. It was bought in 2004 by Jack Herrick and Josh Hannah, who maintained it themselves to keep costs low, and who launched wikiHow as a companion wiki site. In 2006 Herrick and Hannah sold eHow to Demand Media, Inc., but retained control of wikiHow. See also the [http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:History-of-wikiHow history of wikihow according to wikihow]

'''Wikipedia and how-to'''<br>
General-knowledge how-tos are being moved from Wikipedia to the [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How-tos_bookshelf How-tos bookshelf] at Wikibooks.

For solution-centered practical how-tos, there is the [http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Wikihowto] project (at howto.wikia.com).

'''Other general how-to sites'''
*http://www.makerwiki.com MakerWiki: a Spanish-language how-to wiki
*http://www.urhowto.com URHowTo allows users to submit articles to editorial staff, but is not a wiki
*http://www.howtodude.net Howtodude allows users to archive their own articles, but is not a wiki for [http://www.howtodude.net/frequently-asked-questions/why-not-a-wiki.html these reasons]
*http://tipcollection.com/wiki/index.php Tipcollection is a wiki-based how-to site with relatively few articles
*http://www.howology.com Howology is a wiki-based how-to site with few articles
*http://www.wikitut.org Wikitut is a wiki-based how-to site which seems to be off-line at the moment

== How-to sites on specific topics ==
*http://www.howtopedia.org Howtopedia is a Wiki on appropriate technologies and know-How transfer.
*http://howtoforge.com Howtoforge: Linux how-to

==Other Information about How-to sites==
[http://www.nongeekperspective.com/2006/09/how-to-write-good-howto.html How To Write a Good Howto]

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