Wikipedia:Teahouse/Host lounge/How-to guides

'''This collection of easy how-to talking points are here to help hosts easily explain editing tasks to new users. It is divided into thematic editing areas. Please share your how-to's as well!'''

Article creation and editing

 * Categories
 * How to add categories and why we use them.


 * Links
 * Policies around adding Wikipedia links, inter-wiki links and external links, and how to add them.


 * Redirects & moving articles
 * A brief examination of why redirects are created and how to create them, and how to move articles.


 * References and sources
 * What type of sources we use and how to add them.


 * Sandbox
 * Why to use and how to create sandboxes. This shares its space with the userspace guide.


 * Watchlist
 * Explains how to watch and remove articles from one's watchlist.

Images

 * Images
 * Discusses how to upload images, how to use images in Wikipedia and how to share images on Commons.

Policy

 * Conflict of interest (COI)
 * Examines policy around conflict of interest and provides information how to edit BLP's, etc to avoid COI.

Userspace

 * Userspace guide
 * Explores how users can improve and use their userspaces, make username changes, use talk pages, etc.

Other areas

 * Facebook & Wikipedia
 * Discusses why Facebook pages don't update instantly after updates are made to the Wikipedia page.