Using the Edit Link
Click on an Edit link. From a desktop or laptop computer, you'll find the Edit link right below the wikiHow logo, at the top left corner of the page, next to the Article link. As well, you'll find a separate Edit link to get to section editing above and to the right of the exact section you'll want to edit. On the wikiHow mobile webpage, you can click the Pencil icon above the section's title. On the mobile website you will essentially be working from the Advanced Editor which requires the use of wiki-markup. However, changing the website URL you entered in from, from m.wikihow to www.wikihow, will enable you to use a slightly more user-friendly interface in Guided Editor that handles some of the markup for you automatically. You don't need to have an account to make an edit from desktop. However, it's always advised that you create an account to make edits.
Edit to improve the quality of an article. Try to preserve any good previous content that you can, but feel free to make bold changes and improvements! Review the Writer's Guide and How to Format a wikiHow Article for proper format. Make sure you also copyedit for spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors.
Click on Preview, at the bottom of the article, to review your changes. You can cancel your edit if need be, and you can view the changes in the code between the previous version of the article and what you have written. You can also save a draft of your work if desired. Only publish the final draft of your work.
Write a note in the Edit Summary, at the bottom of the article, to clarify your edit. This helps patrollers understand why you made the change so they know whether to approve it or not.
Click on Publish, at the bottom of the article, to submit your changes.
Using URL
Select the URL of the page. The URL is the address of a website, or the text located right below tabs.
Add ?action=edit to the URL. Remember to add it to the end, not the front.
Continue from Step 2 in method 1.
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