User talk:Quiltpatch

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Username change
Your request has been completed. Regards &mdash; Dan | talk 01:03, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Cleanup
Hello, Quiltpatch, there are various reactions to your post in the Help Desk. I am copying mine here:

In my opinion the article is easily fixable, and it would be a pity to delete it. It has good potential. You say that you "thought I'd gradually add information as I have time". Please do! If people see that the article is expanding in a menaingful way, they will certainly be impressed by the author's seriousness. I do not see why this could not be done step-by-step. Only one piece of advice, if I may: please do work on it regularly. If readers notice that the article remains unchanged during a couple of weeks, say, they might conclude that someone has just posted then abandoned it. Unfortunately, this often happens. But you seem quite interested in your subject, so make a success of it! Lots of luck! Bessel Dekker 21:05, 19 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi Quiltpatch, I'd just like to reiterate what the other users here and on the Help Desk have said. First of all, thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! By no means, should you delete it; it's an informative article. The clean-up tag in this case is mostly for Wikipedia-syntax and formats that most new users don't about, but that's okay! When you have time, you can add to it, else some other person in the world will add to it (it's the Wikipedia way :)). There's no pressure or anything on adding more stuff. However, if you are interested and willing, here are some related articles, Embroidery and Quilt. If you have any questions whatsoever, feel free to ask me on my |talk page here or on the Help desk. Again, welcome! Gflores Talk 21:36, 19 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I reiterate the welcome and comments from above, but suggest you take a look at some of the comments I've made on the Help Desk. Also, when you write to talk pages and to the Help Desk, please don't forget to sign any comments by typing four tildes ( ~ ). This puts your username and time of posting, and makes it easy for other users to track a conversation and cotnact you. jnothman talk 22:35, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

The whereabouts of your quilting article
Just to let you know that it can still be found at Quilting history. Mazzy 16:47, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
Thank you for your kind note. I'm glad I could help. Alnaschar 23:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Textile arts project
If you're still active, we'd love to have your assistance at WikiProject Textile Arts. - PKM 20:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Got your message! Thanks so much for jumping in. - PKM 19:41, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Deleted Image
Using the "I made it myself" image upload, you need to select one of the license options to say you made it yourself and how you want to let other people use your images (are you making them public domain, do you want attribution if someone else uses it, etc.) - PKM 20:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Uploading an image
Go here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=ownwork

Follow the instructions. Be sure to pick a choice in the "Licensing" drop-down.

Choose "Own work, all rights released (public domain)" as long as you really want your photos to be free for anyone anywhere to use for anything including commercial purposes. Otherwise pick a different license. If you don't understand the licenses and you don't want to make your pictures public domain, let me know what you do want and I'll help you pick a license. - PKM (talk) 03:09, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I checked your images; the source and licensing look good, thanks! - PKM (talk) 16:19, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

reminder to avoid embedded external links
From Manual of Style (links) "You should not add a descriptive title to an embedded HTML link within an article." Embedding external links is meant for citations and references, not for covering up red links or for creating external links within words of an article. I've removed such links from History of quilting. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask. Cheers, Kingturtle (talk) 00:56, 12 November 2008 (UTC)