Help:Topics for WHTwiki
To write for WHTwiki, first, search the wiki to see if it already has a page about the topic that you're interested in. If it does, consider adding to that page unless your topic is big enough to have a page of its own.
To find a topic for WHTwiki, look through the ways to find content ideas on this page.
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Wiki categories
On the Categories page is a list of categories created so far for WHTwiki. The Help and Writing and Editing categories are about how to use, write for, and edit WHTwiki. The Stubs category is for pages that are too short to be called articles but have some content. The other categories are about web hosting.
If one of the categories interests you, click on the category link to see what pages are in it. If you think of a topic that isn't already in that category, start a new page about it.
If you think of an idea related to web hosting that doesn't have a category yet, create a category for it.
Wanted pages
The Wanted pages page lists pages that have WHTwiki links to them but that haven't been created as pages yet. Be careful with this list because some of the items on it are a result of an existing page name being typed wrong as a link.
If you see a page name on this page that interests you and can't find an existing page with a similar name, you can start the page about it. Just click the page name link, and you'll be able to start creating the page.
Short pages
Some pages have been created as placeholder pages with no content yet. You can find these by looking at the pages on the top of the list of short pages. You can also find them by doing a search for "placeholder."
Company profiles
WHTwiki has a category for profiles of companies in the web hosting industry. If your company or a company you're knowledgeable about offers web hosting industry services, you can start, add to, or edit a page about that company. Company profiles has guidelines for this category.
WebHostingTalk forum
Look at topics that come up frequently in the WebHostingTalk forum. If you can write an answer that can be useful without being specific to one person's situation, you can help the community by starting a new page about it.
The tutorials in the WHT forum can also provide ideas for WHTwiki content.
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