User talk:Janieleatherman

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Requested move
User:Janie leatherman → User Talk:Janieleatherman – Editor Janieleatherman moved their user page into mainspace, as they intended it to be a new article. That was fine. Then, though, they moved their user talk page to be the talk page of the article, which was not correct. However, when I moved it back, I screwed up and moved it back to the wrong User name. The correct user name is Janieleatherman. I can't fix it myself because the old page still exists. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:31, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

"User Page"
I marked your user page as a "user page", because you've formatted it to look very much like a Wikipedia article, so I wanted to clarify that it's not. Technically, your page is very close to violating WP:Userpage, given that you're not supposed to make it look like a fake article, but it's okay for now. Please note, though, that if you're considering moving this over to the main encyclopedia, I recommend having someone else review it. The problem is that you appear to have a conflict of interest, since your username is identical to the name of the person described there. I would be happy to review it and make sure it meets relevant policies--especially notability and neutrality. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC) --Janieleatherman (talk) 05:36, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Response to query
Hi

I am a graduate student for Dr.Leatherman and I actually suggested that she should have a wikipedia page. Since I will be graduating soon, I created a username in her name so that it is easier for her to remember. I understand the issues you raised and fully agree with your concerns, and if you could advise or suggest a way to quell your concerns, I would be more than glad to do that as well. The page is nowhere near complete and this is just a draft that I started and will be adding on more information as and when they become available.

--Janieleatherman (talk) 05:55, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Addendum
FYI. Just wanted to also clarify that this is my first attempt in creating such a page as well and that is why I am trying to mimic some other relevant pages already out there. --Janieleatherman (talk) 05:58, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

I will making some further changes to this page and will have my Professor's peer review it. Also, how do I make this page available on wikipedia without the user: tag on the URL? Please help. --Janieleatherman (talk) 16:47, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi. To get a page without a "User" prefix, simply move the page (there should be a tab to the right of the "star" button), however, to move a page you need to have more than 10 edits to Wikipedia and have 4 days experience (which hopefully you do, if not try this link.) I hope this has answered your question. See ya.-- The     copyeditor's corner   17:05, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Redirect
I don't think your user page should redirect into articlespace, even if the article is about yourself. Perhaps you should replace the contents of your user page with a, so that people don't accidentally click on the discussion link for the article page when wanting to converse with you. If they click on your user page link to try to get to you, this would happen, since it redirects to the article. 65.94.47.217 (talk) 07:07, 2 June 2011 (UTC)