JackHerrick
I started wikiHow in 2005. I love wikis.

My wikiHow Stats

139 Articles Started
48,242 Article Edits
74,630 Edits Patrolled
52,056,152 Article Views
2 Questions Answered

Articles Started (139)

Article Name Rising Featured Views
Use Civic
8,182
63,029
Use the Breville One Touch Tea Maker
25,464
Turn Off a Mac Screen
229,774
Make Papaya Sorbet
21,344
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Thumbed Up Edits

Article Name Date
Cook Red Snapper 5 years ago
Log in to wikiHow with Civic 7 years ago
Sign in to TokenMarket with Civic 7 years ago
Use Civic 7 years ago
Break Up with Your Boyfriend 8 years ago
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Questions Answered (2)

Category Answers
Home Security 1
Mac OS X 1
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I'm Jack Herrick and I'm the founder of wikiHow. While I may have been one of the first editors here, I'm now one of many who share the goal of building a freely available, how-to manual in many languages. I view myself as the steward of this project on a conditional basis. I have and will continue to do all I can to help wikiHow achieve our shared mission. In the event that the community no longer feels I'm the best steward for this project, the community retains the right to fork the content and software to a new host and continue the mission without me.

Please don't feel like you need my permission to make any changes on wikiHow. I trust you and the collaborative process to do the right thing to improve our how-to manual. Be bold in your editing.

Contact me

  • My wiki talk page - click here
  • Email - jack@wikihow.com . (I have aggressive email filters and don't actually receive all my email. If you have a general wikiHow question email support at wiki@wikiHow.com for much faster replies.)
  • Twitter - @JackH- http://twitter.com/JackH
  • Phone - 650-492-8008 (email to wiki@wikiHow.com is preferred as this number is rarely checked)

Some goals for wikiHow

I started wikiHow with the goal that we would one day accomplish our mission of building the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. Our long term goal should be to have every article be the single, most accurate, most helpful set of instructions on that topic available anywhere . A freely available, multilingual, and complete how to manual would improve millions of lives in both small and large ways. Indeed it already has. It is an ambitious goal that will take us decades to achieve.

In addition to the pleasure I get from building a great how-to manual, I also take pride in the manner that we build it. Our open editing and community self management challenges old assumptions about how organizations need be built. A successful wiki requires that thousands of strangers assume good faith, collaborate and build trust. It demonstrates that many people want to do something for the common good and will do so if empowered to make changes. It shows that people can self organize productively. And it happens across nationalities, religions, and age groups.

Some things I do on wikiHow

I spend most of my time on wikiHow working behind the scenes. As wikiHow has grown from a small project to one of the most popular websites on the Internet, the back office time demands have grown exponentially. Quite frequently I'm working with the team in the wikiHaus (the wikiHow offices) to design new features or just make sure our existing ones are still working. On the site, I enjoy doing new article boost, patrolling recent changes, or thanking wiki editors. While I never seem to find time to write as many new articles as I would like, I have been able to patrol 74,630 edits so far and boost 4,770 new articles in New Article Boost. (Click here to show latest numbers.)

Quoteboard

  • "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." - Dalai Lama
  • "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it." - Margaret Fuller
  • "If you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it." - Joseph Campbell
  • "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead
  • "To teach is to learn twice." - Joseph Joubert
  • “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela

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Some things I do when I'm not on wikiHow

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My Stats

My wikiHow Stats

My Readership:
The 149 articles I have started have been read 52,567,786 times.

Articles I Have Started:
The most recent 5 articles I have started are:

  1. Use Civic
  2. Use Outdoor Tech Chips Universal Wireless Helmet Audio
  3. Use the Breville One Touch Tea Maker
  4. Turn Off a Mac Screen
  5. Make Papaya Sorbet
Recent Changes Patrol:
I have patrolled 74,630 edits on wikiHow.

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