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Welcome to the Home Wiki!

The wiki about our homes that you can edit. We're glad to have you here and hope you can help by contributing information about types of homes, home care, people in our homes, maintenance, improvements, furnishings and other related topics.

If you aren't ready to edit pages yet, you can still help us make this site better by using the star ratings at the bottom of the pages to let us know which ones you like.

We'd love to have your help developing it! (Right now it's a bit USA-centric, so we'd especially like contributions about how homes vary in other parts of the world.) You can add information, your opinion or request information.

398 articles since May 2008

Featured quote

"It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home." — Author Unknown

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	As eating is one of the core activities in most homes, dishes are an important and frequently used furnishing. Depending on the context, the term dishes can include a variety ... (See more.)
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What's new on Home Wiki

October 2008 / The Home Wiki is featured in the Wikia Spotlight.
May 2008 / The Home Wiki is Started!: It's a new wiki -- all about our homes -- the buildings, furnishings, infrastructure, maintenance and more!

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Helping out

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Not sure where to start?

Find out more about the wiki on the About page.
If you are new to wikis, check out the tutorial.

Adding content

Every wiki has two list of articles that need help called "Stubs" and "Wanted Articles". Don't be shy, get in there.
Uploading images is another really easy way to help out - see the Special:Upload page!
You can find a list of useful templates on Category:Templates, some of which are documented on the templates project page.

Talk and more...

Check out the community portal to see what the community is working on, to give feedback or just to say hi.

What belongs in this wiki?

This wiki is about homes. So, it includes things like...

People - who make a place a home
Structures - types of buildings or shelters that can be made into a home
Furniture - kinds of furniture commonly found in a home
Decorating - ways to change the appearance of your home
Infrastructure - components that make the structure function: electricity, plumbing, etc.
How to make a shelter into a home - making it comfy, safe, a place you want to be -- what's a good name for related category (or categories)? What makes a place a home?
Uses of a home - shelter, entertaining
Other: household chores, maintenance, improvements, "how to", helpful hints, buying a house (or condo or...), selecting an apartment, cleaning, home automation and home inspection, quotes about "home"