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Isn't there a Wiki on this website? If there isn't how can I start one --209.12.51.207 19:14, 7 March 2006 (UTC)?[reply]

Who writes HowStuffWorks articles? Wiki or company?

The writers write the articles.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.138.96.15 (talk) 04:30, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removing http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wiki.htm link

I removed this link from the "External Links" section as per Wikipedia:Avoid_self_references. That article is no more notable than any of the others on the site, and there is no reason for us to link to that one solely. I hope thats OK with everyone. Bodil 19:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Slogan

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? 99.254.204.28 (talk) 20:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I updated the article and I used "It's good to know" as that one is the most used. -- iDosh! talk? 17:32, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Accuracy

I'd be wary of quoting HowStuffWorks as a reliable source. Have a look at Talk:Quasiturbine#HowStuffWorks for what seems to be a glaring piece of misinformation.

Of course Wikipedia is not perfect either! But we've had a number of people test our accuracy and comment on it. I wonder, has anyone tried to assess the reliability of the info at HowStuffWorks? Andrewa (talk) 17:48, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Podcast

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? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.221.127.16 (talk) 17:28, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How-to website?

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. Scxnwa (talk) 01:57, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Podcasts

A couple things -- First, the descriptions for Stuff Mom Never Told You and BrainStuff are out of date.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. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.234.27.10 (talk) 10:33, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some criticism

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. --XANIA - ЗAНИA ^{Wikipedia talk |} ^{Wikibooks talk} 01:22, 10 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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