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Texas
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In an article written October 2024 WikiHow article states that one way to know if a website is legitimate is by the "URL beginning with "http" and ending with.gov or.org". A URL is safe only if the http has an s at the end such as "https" as the "s" on the end indicates it is encrypted and a safe website. "Http" is not safe.

Date of experience: November 20, 2024
North Carolina
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We Need To Talk...
February 9, 2020

Half of the time, this is a good site, good info. However, there is an article about how to guilt-trip someone and another one about convincing your boyfriend to have sex. Some articles show kids how to sweet-talk their teacher out of giving them detention. Some even encourage children to convince their parents that they are bad parents or don't love them if they don't give them what they want. Many articles send bad messages.

Date of experience: February 9, 2020
Virginia
3 reviews
35 helpful votes
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This website while appears to be a "how-to-do" practical things website, turned into a brainwashing and anti parental rights, anti-freedom website. It is teaching kids how to lie to their parents, how to endanger themselves with unavoidably unsafe products without parental consent or knowledge. This website believes that the children do not belong to their parents to raise, only the financial burden and mental anguish to deal with immature and misinformed decisions pushed by this website. Let your kids use this website at your own peril.

Date of experience: January 8, 2020
California
1 review
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I noticed wikiHow's website got updated, and the homepage shows new articles, things that are trending, etc. It's become a favorite place to find inspiration for learning new things daily. Also, try the special random button! It gives you fun (and sometimes funny) new guides to try.

Date of experience: February 4, 2020
Washington
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I really love wikiHow. I find if I have a question wikiHow always has an answer. The articles are all very well written with lots of different methods - so I can get a lot of different ideas on how to solve a problem. I also like that I can ask questions on articles and get answers. Overall a great website!

Date of experience: February 4, 2020
California
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I recently used wikiHow to get through a breakup, and really felt like I wasn't alone. It's a great site with quick tips you can try right away, and longer steps you can go through at your own pace. I really like that they have quotes from experts too... it's so helpful to know the research and expertise behind the tips. I'm now starting to come to wikiHow for everything, and I can't believe that they really do have every topic you could ever need!

Date of experience: December 10, 2019
Michigan
1 review
2 helpful votes
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The Best Resource By Far!
December 21, 2018

I have come across this site haphazardly on occasion, but I never realized how all encompassing it is! How to do... just about ANYTHING you can think of! And in a way that is UNDERSTANDABLE! I can't believe there are negative reviews! YES there are answers to simple questions. They are needed. BUT there are instructions on how to begin speaking a foreign language and other more complicated answers also!

Date of experience: December 21, 2018
California
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WikiHow is a site that I love! It is always so helpful. The site provides really great information that is well researched and well sourced. Most of the articles are reviewed by experts. I trust wikiHow to teach me how to do things.

Date of experience: November 26, 2018
Australia
1 review
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I tried the wikkihow on how to have phone sex, I read that it told me to ask my partner if I could play with his Willy. I apparently read this wrong. This and the rest of the things the wikkihow told me to do made my boyfriend very uncomfortable. Do not recommend.

Date of experience: July 27, 2022
California
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I love wikiHow. The site has a lot of articles, many of which are reviewed by experts. The articles tend to be extremely comprehensive and I trust what I read on the site. It is really one of the best places to get authoritativve, well-researched information on the Internet.

Date of experience: February 4, 2020
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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I mostly use wikiHow for cooking and home improvement tasks. The site does a good job of making technical processes feel easy understand using different forms of media without sacrificing specificity or completeness. One of the articles I've come back to multiple times is about how to tie a tie, and it's been cool to see the changes the page has undergone since the first time I visited it - it now has multiple methods and each step has a detailed illustration with annotations. I appreciate that the wiki format allows wikiHow to get better over time.

Date of experience: May 3, 2017
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Usually I love this wikiHow and I've used it many times and been very happy. Until today I would have given 5 stars. But I was HORRIFIED to see how it has articles teaching kids step-by-step how to LIE TO THEIR PARENTS about VACCINATIONS. This is totally immoral. Vaccines have been proven to carry a lot of health risks (read their own inserts for crying-out-loud) How many teens know theirs or their family's health history? These articles could have serious outcomes for kids if there is an adverse reaction. Oh yeah, and it instructs the kid to lie about that too. This must be rectified. This is no joke. WikiHow should be held financially responsible if one kid gets hurt after they've read through this article.

Date of experience: January 8, 2020
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Coming at this from a reader's perspective. WikiHow's become my go-to because of how empathetic and authentic the site is, especially in such a clickbait-y world. It's apparent that wikiHow is a place where people care to help each other.

Overall, I feel like I'm asking a friend for their advice or their personal experience with the security of knowing that a lot of the articles are verified by experts or tested by real people. I really appreciate that a lot of the solutions range from simple and straightforward to a little quirky to pretty complex and niche. It's a great mix of helpful, authentic, and trustworthy, and makes everything that much more accessible.

Date of experience: June 1, 2018
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I really like the range of content that wikiHow offers. Ive been able to rely on wikiHow pretty equally for things like career development, fixing stuff around the house and iPhone problems. Love the illustrations.

Date of experience: May 4, 2017
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is the best site on the web to learn how to do something. Articles are helpful, accurate, comprehensive and formatted in an easy to follow step-by-step format. Because so many people edit wikiHow, the articles become very authoritative.

Date of experience: July 24, 2014
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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WikiHow is a super helpful site that I love visiting. The content is always well written, comprehensive, and I've noticed it is quite often reviewed by experts. I love that there are often multiple suggestions for how to get something done. This is helpful if one of the suggestions doesn't work for my own personal case. I also love the question and answer section. There is always great information to be found there.

Date of experience: February 20, 2017
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Great breakdowns
May 4, 2016

I found that wikihow is not only better at explaining how to do things step by step, the site itself is much more user-friendly than most others. Not a bunch of ads bogging down load time and pushing content down. There is not much you can't find on wikihow. If not, Youtube probably has it.

Date of experience: May 4, 2016
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Wiki how is absolutely brilliant to be honest with you and there's even a App on play store everything I have ever asked i have found ppl who hasn't yet installed the app NEEDS TO ASAP becos its so useful from me % from me to wiki how

Date of experience: October 13, 2022
New Jersey
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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I think another user hit the nail on the head when they pointed out that the site is WAY over-moderated. You can't submit legitimate changes to an article without some power tripping idiot changing it back less than 15 hours later. The moderators aren't experts on a lot of the subjects, yet they're more than happy to leave information up (or out) that could have serious legal or health ramifications.

If you want how to information on simple things like how to boil an egg, this site is a good resource. If you're looking to get information on anything that could be dangerous, has anything to do with running a business, or any matter that could leave you open to litigation; I wouldn't rely on the site for information that is accurate or complete.

Date of experience: April 4, 2017
Poland
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Like it!
October 1, 2022

WikiHow is a site that I use all the time. I trust wikiHow to provide me with accurate information. The articles on the site are comprehensive, well researched, and always very helpful.

Date of experience: September 29, 2022

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wikiHow has a rating of 3 stars from 39 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. wikiHow ranks 3rd among Do It Yourself sites.

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