How-tos
Wikipedia articles that explain how to do something:
- How to write a Java applet
- the Wikipedia Cookbook
- the Wikipedia Cocktail Guide
- How to cook pasta
- How to add content to Wikipedia with minimal effort
- How does one edit a page
- How to solve the Rubiks Cube
- Harrowing How-To
- How to use moss as manure
- Seaweed farming how-to
- How to cultivate barley
- How to cultivate beans
- How to cultivate tares
- How to cultivate potatos
- How to cultivate turnips
- How to clear fields from weeds
- How to banish crows from a field
- How to make starch from frosted potatoes
- How to make compost
- How to make bread
- How to make butter
- How to make cider
About 400 HOWTOs on Linux are published by the Linux Documentation Project. Many of them are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and can be included in the Wikipedia as long as attributed properly.
There is an excellent argument for including this sort of information in an encyclopedia: an encyclopedia is a compendium of human knowledge. Usually, encyclopedias describe little of what epistemologists call procedural knowledge, or knowledge of how to do things. Since this is a kind of human knowledge, and since it can, sometimes, be usefully imparted via prose (as well as, or instead of, by direct demonstration or teaching), an encyclopedia should include articles describing procedural knowledge.