Help:Editing 'How To' Articles
What Is a 'How To'?
"How To" articles generally give instructions for accomplishing some goal, and their titles should describe the action of completing that goal. Good examples of How To pages are:
- How To:Dump Via an SSH Tunnel
- How To:Recover SQLite Databases From Backups
Bad examples might be:
- How To:Amcheck Errors -- "Amcheck Errors" is not an action.
- How To:Backup With Amanda -- That's what the whole wiki is about! Be more specific.
Beginning a 'How To' Article
- Edit Amanda How Tos to add a link to your (as-yet nonexistant) article.
- Write your article. Use the imperative voice, but try to write in complete sentences and paragraphs, rather than a bulleted list.
- Add Category:How To to the bottom to link the page back to the rest of the How Tos.