How to Tell a Boy You Like Him

I just found instructions on Wiki-How instructing all clueless pre-teens how to tell a boy they like him. The rules seem simple enough:

1. Give a few hints. Smile at him when you see him, look good when you walk by him, if he looks at you in class then he probably likes you back.
2. Look at his friends. If he is with his friends and they are all looking at you then he probably likes you.
3. Tell him. If you don't think he likes you then just build up the confidence and tell him.
4. Tell a friend if you're scared. If you dont feel so confident then tell a friend
5. Wait. If he has a girlfriend then you can't go out with him so you will just have to see what happens.
6. Get to know him better. Maybe if he becomes your friend, he might notice who you really are.

It's always funny when I find myself thinking "When I was your age...but seriously?!?! We have six steps to tell us how to spill our guts? What happened to the days of passing that GLORIOUS note "Do you like me? Yes or No?" I know the internet has brought us some wonderful things...email...information at the touch of a button...free porn...but I feel that something like this is just wrong on so many levels. A person is supposed to fail miserably the first couple of times without any help at all right?....Not that I've ever told anyone how much I love them. Guess I shouldn't talk....Gotta go look up how to kiss a boy without locking our braces together now.