Is there a "How to build a how to page" How-To page here on Mahalo?

Mahalo has strict standards for quality and presentation. Each guide should expect to have several pages scored each week. The scores will be accompanied by feedback, explaining any areas that were not in line with standards.

In some cases, the feedback will ask the guide to update the page and resubmit it for review. The scores are on a scale from 0-10, with 10 representing the perfect Mahalo page and 0 representing a blank Mahalo page. 10: Perfect page.

These will be very rare. 9 - 9.5: Excellent page. 8 - 9: Very good page.

5 - 6: Potentially good page with some significant work needed. 3 - 4.5: A problem page. Urgent attention needed.

0 - 2.5: A poor page. Pages that contain fewer than 200 words of original content become stubs, which means they do not index on Google. These need to be brought up to 200 words immediately.

300 or more original words on each Mahalo page is the "standard" for topic pages. These 300 words INCLUDE Fast Facts, video/image descriptions and all other original text that appears on a Mahalo page and is composed by a user. List sections that just list information such as movies, books, nominees of awards etc. do not count towards the word count requirement.

Quotes are also not considered original content. This does not apply to the short, 300 word How To pages. The word count requirement on those is the same as for Topic Pages.

Mahalo pages should have NO inaccurate or incorrect information. All dates, data, statistics and other specific information should be backed up by citations. Mahalo pages should not take a perspective on an issue or a side in a discussion.

All information presented on a Mahalo page should be fact-based, rooted in supportable research from external sources rather than anecdotal information. This includes political pages or pages about controversies, but also general interest pages. Remember that even positive statements of opinion (such as "schnauzers are great dogs for kids!" or "cinnamon buns are the best way to wake up in the morning") count as biased and should not be included.

(NOTE: How To pages may occasionally include a bit more "anecdotal evidence" and "personal opinion" than standard Mahalo pages, but should strive to eliminate bias). While this is more likely to be an issue with updates, it's important to make sure that new pages contain the most current information. Often, page managers may be tempted to "pad" their writing in order to create the appearance of more content on their pages.

This is strongly discouraged. Examples of padded writing or filler could including repeating the same point or phrase multiple times, talking around an issue rather than getting right to the point or making obvious statements that any person with common sense would already know.