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wikiHow to Use the wikiHow Edit by Topic Greenhouse

The Article Greenhouse is a feature that allows to browse articles in your favorite categories, and see if you can improve them. Do you want to learn how to use this feature. Well, just follow these few easy steps!

Steps

  1. 1
    Go to the Community Dashboard and find "Edit by Topic." Once you've found it, click on "Start." This will direct you to the Article Greenhouse.
  2. 2
    Look for and click the Change Topics link from the top right corner of the articles window. You'll need to enter the topics you'd like to edit from based on the categories from wikiHow's Category tree.
  3. 3
    Type in your interest and select from the matches that appears. Select a predetermined topic from the list based on your most-current edits from the section labeled "Perhaps you might be interested in..." by clicking the topic name.
    • If you've accidentally added one that you'd rather not pick for editing, you can click the X button to the left of the category name from the list.
  4. 4
    Click "Done for now" when you're done selecting your interests.
  5. 5
    Look at the articles that appear (that are related to the topics you're interested in), and try to make improvements as you move along.
  6. 6
    Select more interests if you want to edit articles on other topics, or you can't find an article you like. Just scroll down, click on "Choose interests" again and repeat steps 2-3.
  7. 7
    Make some edits to improve the article. Either add information, remove and replace inaccurate information or adjust the article in some way. If you want, you may even just peruse the articles, but try your hand at teaching others about stuff you know about the topic that others don't know yet or was inaccurately explained.
  8. 8
    Scroll down to the area underneath the editor, and preview your edit. The button on the far right (next to Publish) will allow you to see what the article's final production will look like once it is fully published. The preview of the "almost finished" article will appear above the text-based editor. (Click the "Cancel" button to discard your changes and start with a new article to review or add other information for from the selected topics list).
  9. 9
    Click the "Publish" button, once you are sure that it has been edited correctly.

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    Tips

    • You can also click "Change" at the very top of the page below the title and to the right of the currently-selected category where this article was spotted, if you want to add more interests or make any changes quickly as well.
    • With most browsers, you can also use keyboard shortcuts to navigate through the tool:
      • Edit: Ctrl+Alt+E
      • Skip: Ctrl+Alt+S
      • Publish: Ctrl+Alt+P
      • Preview: Ctrl+Alt+V
      • Cancel: Ctrl+Alt+C

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