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Welcome to the latest wikiHaus Lab update! Here’s what’s happening for Aug 29th:

:rocket: What’s happening?Common Questions section: The SEO team is experimenting with a Common Questions section underneath the steps of an article. This is aimed at helping us show up in search result snippets. You can see an example here: How to Create a Reality Show: 11 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

:rocket: What’s happening?We’ve created a partnership with the author Shawn Achor to launch something totally new for wikiHow! Check out the Happiness Hub, where we combine Sean’s knowledge and books into an interactive AI-powered hub here: wikiHow Academy - Shawn Achor

:rocket: What’s happening?Conversation Pages: The team is working on an experiment to incorporate conversations within the main site, similar to what you’d see on Reddit. You may have spotted the new section on the homepage titled “Featured Discussions”. These pages are specially curated collections of Q&A and Tips, and though they’re just for show right now, they may eventually become open discussions! Check out an example here: What are the best jobs for introverts? - wikiHow Forums

:rocket: What’s happening?Polls: Polls have been going well, so we’re expanding them onto more articles. See an example on Part 1, Step 6 here: How to Take Compliments: 7 Humble & Graceful Ways

:rocket: What’s happening?AI Name Generators: We have some fun new Name Generation tools, because, why not?! These are now available if you’re looking to find your perfect character name:

Let us know if you have any other fun ideas we could create!

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I think we should do one of those generator things for the writing category, like: Generate Your Book Title

I think that would be a good idea because of how many views and questions we get on the writing articles.

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Hi Jayne, thanks for the update! I also saw an experiment unfolding with intra article links that looked good.Out of curiosity, if those conversation pages were to become open, what would the moderation process for comments posted there look like?

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@FearlessOne that’s a great idea! I’ll pass it on:slight_smile:

@Midnight_Dreams Nice! There’s definitely a lot to unpack and decide on if we do open comments on those pages, like moderation! At this stage, it’s all experimental and in testing mode, so there aren’t any definites on aspects like that yet (I changed “soon” to “eventually” in the post hah!)

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Two things real quick before I forget:

1: Maybe something like Generate the Perfect Name for Your Pet?

2: Are the wikiHaus update posts a monthly thing or just every now and then?

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@FearlessOne another good one! And these are generally monthly in the last week of the month, with exceptions here and there:slight_smile:

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Ok, I just wanted to be sure.:+1: