User talk:Jmcd4

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User:Jmcd4
Hi Jmcd4! I noticed that you have redirected your user page to The Frick Art Reference Library Photo Archive. I am curious as to why you have done this, as normally user pages are used for information about individual users. Are you affiliated with the Frick Art Reference Library Photo Archive in some way? You can reply here, as I will be watching this page. All the best.  — Mr. Stradivarius  ♫ 15:59, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi, I am new to all of this, and I thought that the user space was to build content to be moved over to the main Wikipedia? Sorry if I was mistaken, but the Wikipedia manual is huge and sometimes difficult to find answers in.  Right now I'm having trouble with redirecting, and I would definitly prefer to not have my user space directly affiliated with the pages I recently published.  Any suggestions you have would be great!  Thanks!Jmcd4 (talk) 16:12, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You're right, this place does have a very steep learning curve! The user space can indeed be used to prepare articles for the main Wikipedia, as well as other things. Most users have a main user page which lists information about them, and a talk page which other users can post messages on. In your case these are User:Jmcd4 and User talk:Jmcd4. You can also make subpages to prepare articles - in your case you could have used User:Jmcd4/The Frick Art Reference Library Photo Archive to prepare your article (or any other name you like). You can find more info at WP:User pages. It looks like you have fixed the redirect problem by blanking your user page. If you have any more questions feel free to ask me!  — Mr. Stradivarius  ♫ 16:27, 17 May 2011 (UTC)