How-to

Many how-to's are found in Wikibooks. Most How-tos now on Wikipedia are in the process of being moved to Wikibooks.

A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. They are generally meant to help non-experts, and may leave out details that are only important to experts, and may be greatly simplified from an overall discussion of the topic. See procedural knowledge for a discussion of what sort of knowledge is imparted, and how far it can be imparted, in how-tos.

Other types of instructional documentation include FAQs, manuals and guides.

Procedural knowledge in the Wikimedia universe is generally found in Wikibooks. For a list of how-tos related to Wikipedia itself, see Wikipedia:Help.

Procedural content in Wikipedia

Although articles on specific procedures are kept in Wikibooks, articles in Wikipedia also contain useful procedural information. The following is a list of some of that information. You can learn something about how to:

First Aid

• perform CPR
• aid someone who's choking by performing the Heimlich maneuver

Microbiology

• prepare and use agar plates
• perform gram staining

Gardening/agriculture

• clear fields from weeds
• banish crows from a field
• make compost
• use moss as manure
• harrow
• farm seaweed
• cultivate barley
• cultivate beans
• cultivate vetch (a. k. a. tare)
• cultivate potatoes
• cultivate turnips

Cooking/food preparation

• cook pasta
• make bread
• make butter
• make cider
• make mead

Writing

• send a message to future human beings

Arts and crafts

• make egg tempera paint
• make marbled paper
• paint walls to look like marble
• upholster
• learn lines using mnemonics
• sing a cappella

Outdoor activities

• hike
• handle a canoe

External links

• http://www.eHow.com has a wide variety of how-to information. You can learn everything from how to throw a curveball to how to tie a tie to how to buy a condominium
• For more about how to do something see the Know-How_Wiki (down, jan. 2005, will come back)
• For more about how to perform a specific task in linux, see Linux HOWTOs (LDP)
• For more about how to perform a specific task in Pick-style, see MultiValue HOWTOs
• http://www.soyouwanna.com/
• Learnthat.com offers a great deal of tutorials and free courses.
• Howtoons How-to comics, MIT style.