Talk:HowTo

See: Wikipedia talk:How-to articles to discuss general policy

1. Should Wikipedia include How-To articles?
2. Why do you dislike procedural knowledge?

(I didn't redirect, because people may wish to discuss this article, rather than general policy)

See: Wikipedia talk:How-to to discuss: e.g.:

1. How should How-To[?] articles be written?

Could a sysop please move HowTo to How to. --Ellmist Saturday, April 19th, 02003

According to Talk:Main Page/Archive 5 it was renamed HowTo as How and To are on the Wikipedia:Common words, searching for which is not possible-list. --- User:Docu

This doesn't seem a valid arguent to me. Proper titling of articles should be more important than overcoming the technical limitations of the search function. -- Oliver P. 07:16 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)

We could rename it to List of How-To articles[?], this keeps it in line with the titling of the general policy article -- User:Docu

List of how-to articles[?] would be more in line with our rules on capitalisation. But since I'm actually campaigning to get rid of how-to articles altogether, there's not really much point in my considering that question at all... :) -- Oliver P. 07:45 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)

:-) named in a similar way, they will be easier to eliminate .. (Not sure if this convinces you to contribute).

ok, if you want to rename the page. -- User:Docu

Hmm... Well, it starts off by saying, "A how to is".... (Actually, shouldn't it be "A how-to", rather than "A how to"?) So it starts off as a definition-type article. If I succeed in my quest to get rid of how-to articles, the lists will vanish, and we'll just be left with an article which explains the concept of a how-to. So I think the title should be how-to, in fact. -- Oliver P. 08:26 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Several lists have short introductions and several articles include lists ... thus you can make your choice. One could also argue that Wikipedia:How-to is the better article on the topic, but then it's also a "how-to" ;-)

--User:Docu

How to structure the page HowTo

I would like to reorganize this topic by categories. For example, all of the cultivation How-To wikis would be relocated to a new Cultivation_how_tos page. Categories would only be added for topics that already have several wikis on this general How To page, to avoid categories having only 0 or 1 wikis.

I will go ahead and do this in one week (about 3/13/03 (international 13.3.03)) unless there is a clear consensus that it should not be done. David 17:58 Mar 6, 2003 (UTC)

It sounds like a very good idea to categorize this page, but I personally prefer that if there are not too many of them, that the categorization at least begin all on one page. That way people can browse all that is available at once. An example of this kind of all-in-one-page categorization I am referring to is at: Wikipedia:Wikipedia_arranged_by_topic -

I also think we should make sure its items are integrated within the main subject categorization pages as well (e.g., cultivation how-tos under "Agriculture" categorization section/page) as should all items be tied together (historical timelines by subject not only accessible under the historical timeline page but also in subject category views, etc.)

Brettz9 23:46 Apr 18, 2003 (UTC)

Ok, I changed it to be categorized. Again, I think it is nice to be all on one page, but if for some reason, people want it to be separated, you can of course use the categories as a base for making links to subpages (or make up entirely new categories). - Brettz9 08:32 Apr 19, 2003 (UTC)

(talk above moved from Wikipedia talk:How-to articles)

What was wrong with "Recreation and Hobbies"? "Extra-curricular Activities" seems to be related to items outside of a school curriculum? - Brettz9 22:34 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)