Template talk:How-to

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Why does this template have a broom icon? It's not a cleanup template. - Rocket000 02:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I just thought the same. So I looked around for some tool icons. I found some but they didn't look good in that box. --David Göthberg 10:54, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wording

This template can be used on any kind of how-to guide. That means that it is often used on how-to guides that describe brand new practices or processes, already before they become common.

Thus I changed the wording in the box from:

This page is a how-to guide detailing a common practice or process on the English Wikipedia.

To instead be:

This page is a how-to guide detailing a practice or process on the English Wikipedia.

As I see it the purpose of this box is to say two things: "This is a how-to guide" and "This is not a policy or guideline". Currently the second part is only implicated, which might be a good thing since listing everything that a page is not could be a long list.

The text now feels a bit short, but perhaps that is a good thing?

--David Göthberg (talk) 21:54, 5 April 2008 (UTC)