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== Comment == |
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Isn't there a Wiki on this website? If there isn't how can I start one --[[User:209.12.51.207|209.12.51.207]] 19:14, 7 March 2006 (UTC)? |
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Who writes HowStuffWorks articles? |
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Wiki or company? |
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The writers write the articles. |
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== Slogan == |
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The slogan for HowStuffWorks is either "Learn How Everything Works" or "It's good to know". Does anyone know which one, so we can add it to the article? [[Special:Contributions/99.254.204.28|99.254.204.28]] ([[User talk:99.254.204.28|talk]]) 20:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC) |
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:I updated the article and I used "It's good to know" as that one is the most used. --<span style="border: 2px solid #00003A;">[[User:IDosh|<span style="background: #transparent; color: #00003A;"> iDosh! </span>]][[User talk:IDosh|<span style="background: #00003A; color: #00FF00;"> talk?</span>]]</span> 17:32, 13 July 2008 (UTC) |
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== Podcast == |
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There's a HSW podcast titled "Stuff You Should Know" and hosted by staff writer Josh Clark along with some other staff writers and editors. It's been in the Itunes (for America) top 20 podcasts for a while now. I'm not sure of when it began, etc. so could someone else write this in for me? <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/98.221.127.16|98.221.127.16]] ([[User talk:98.221.127.16|talk]]) 17:28, 17 July 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== How-to website? == |
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As far as I know, Howstuffworks isn't a how-to website--it's more of an informational site than it is directional. Should it be taken out of that category? I'm not sure if this has been resolved already or not; that's why I'm asking. |
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[[User:Scxnwa|Scxnwa]] ([[User talk:Scxnwa|talk]]) 01:57, 11 April 2010 (UTC) |
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== Podcasts == |
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A couple things -- First, the descriptions for Stuff Mom Never Told You and BrainStuff are out of date. They should be updated. Also, they have 11 podcasts, and only 2 have their own articles. Articles should be created for the other nine. If not that, at the very least they should have redirects to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HowStuffWorks#Podcasts. I will try to figure out how to omake those now. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/195.234.27.10|195.234.27.10]] ([[User talk:195.234.27.10|talk]]) 10:33, 16 August 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Some criticism == |
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Any article about a commercial entity must contain criticisms to avoid Wikipedia endorsing the company (this isn't US television after all). There must be some sources out there criticising the site. Personally this site seems typical of American websites in that it relies on list articles where each part of the list is divided into separate pages for the only reason of increasing page views and advertising revenue. Such a frustrating mess and tiring to keep clicking next. Additionally the huge presence of advertising is also an issue. --<span style="color:#FFFF00; background:#00C000">[[User:Xania|XANIA - ЗAНИA]][[User talk:Xania|<sup>Wikipedia talk |</sup>]] [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User_talk:Xania<sup> Wikibooks talk</sup>]</span> 01:22, 10 November 2014 (UTC) |
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== External links modified == |
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== External links modified == |
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