Sunday, January 31, 2016

wikiHow? Indeed.

If you frequent the online world, then of course you will know what a wikiHow is. Writing a wikiHow though? Yikes. There are thousands of writers on wikiHow, so much so that many topics overlap and it becomes difficult to be original or creative. So what does one write about for their first wikiHow post? How to survive working at a country club? How to roleplay in an established video game settings? How to survive senior year of college? All great ideas, right?

When searching for a job and seeing that a local country club is hiring, you may feel apprehensive. You look at the advertisement and think "I can never work there". The truth is, working at a country club is just another job. With over 11,000 clubs in the United States alone (more overseas), you would think there is a wikiHow on this subject. However, there is no wikiHow on how to survive working at a country club. Most people in a country club setting know: it is all about appearance. Employees should look happy, things should be pristine, and beautifully presented. These are just a few ideas that can be touched upon in this wikiHow.

If online video gaming is your thing, then you've at least heard of roleplaying. When the video game nerds and writing geeks come out of the shadows and create a character within an already established world. For some (like me) Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPGS) still have the word "roleplaying" in them. Meaning, that is part of the fun. There is currently no wikiHow describing how to have fun roleplaying in established settings. Passion is one of the most important parts of roleplaying. If you do not enjoy it, why would you do it?

Surviving senior year can be even rougher. When you're in the last leg of your studies, when you're finally just at the grasp of that diploma. Things seem easy sometimes, but rough other times. You need a friend, a guide, a mentor. You need to concentrate. But your need to be wild and free during your last semester also calls. How do you balance it all? There are plenty of wikiHows about senior year of high school, but none about college.

These are a few topics that have been chosen, and are perhaps the strongest topics for a wikiHow article. None of these have been done before and may prove useful to wikiHow users. More often than not, people find wikiHow helpful with even the most troubling and outlandish of topics. Each of these topics, most will agree, have a bit of trouble and outlandish in them, making them both interesting reads and the perfect wikiHow subjects.

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