User_talk: Dvortygirl/archive2

I got the pictures from google images

Hey, Dvorty. "Prove Dogs are Stuped" (Yes, this anonymous user made a typo...) needs to be deleted NOW. Please do so. Thanks!

Great, great job on the Suitcase save. It looks great now, thanks to you!

User:Chicablog/Kindness

thanks

I think that is the single most clear explanation of our image rules that I've yet seen! Please spread this widely. I've been meaning to re-write all our photo documentation and may borrow heavily from this when I get around to it. Well done!

Thanks for the suggestion. I was thinking of rewriting our deletion policy to make it more clear. Are you good at making wiki tables? I am clueless about it. I'm imaging we could take this:

http://www.wikihow.com/User:JackHerrick/Deletion-Consensus-Attempt-2

And have everything in one easier to understand table that would sort of be

• Reason - NFD Shortcut - Explanation - Example Deletes - Example Keeps

So for example one might looks like

• Sexually explicit or sexually charged material - sex - Articles focused on sex, whether explicitly worded or not - "How to Have Sex", "How to Plan a Threesome" - "How to Kiss", How to French Kiss

Any clue how to build a table like this? Any clue if this is a good idea in the first place?

Hi, thank you for your welcome massage. your guess was right, that words are Persian. I already sign up on wikiHow:Language-Projects. (12 July 2007)

This is awesome! I learn something new every day here!

Oh I forgot the link http://www.wikihow.com/Observe-a-Heiligenschein

Hey, I noticed you appear to be online right now. There are a couple vandals online right now, specifically User:124.177.173.219, User:203.37.206.213, and User:Allsinglesmeet. I've posted the more racy one on the Noticeboard, but I was hoping this would find you more quickly.

Thank you very much!

Hello.

You are the third admin I'm asking this question, but here it is:

What do you do if you question a picture's copyright and the legality of it being used on wikiHow? The image in question is: http://www.wikihow.com/Image:Yoda%27s-Playlist-6304.jpg What are the rules on using a copy written character in a user-taken image?

Thanks!

Thanks for the help!

Good idea. I'll build a Google spreadsheet for what we want the data to say and send it to you.

Looks like a great start BTW.

So, with those image templates, have I used them correctly here: http://www.wikihow.com/Image:Beyonce_Knowles-_Stop_That-4318.jpg

I wasn't sure. I'd be glad to rollback if I was wrong to put them there.

Dvortygirl,

Can you pleas let me see the deleted article "How To Be Like Massie Block"?

It said on it's page to contact an administrator. Please help!

x0x0- braodwaybee95

how do u license ur pictures? I forgot and now i cant change it! and that picture u can delete!

I was just on RC Patrol, and noticed that you made an edit to "Get Ready for School in the Morning as a Girl" (or something like that). While I agree with the change 100%, something in the current version messes up the numbering on steps 6-8. That problem is not on the version before, so I'm going to go ahead and do a revert. Maybe you could edit it again? Thanks, and I hope that this works out!  :D

Good call on removing the "boobs" think on the Hermione page.

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Awesome!

Hey Dvortygirl, I was wondering why you reverted my edits to Convert Dvd to Ipod/Zune/Iphone/Psp/Ps3/Youtube/Xbox360/Mobilephone? It's a double redirect as it stands, but if I've done anything wrong, please let me know, thansk!

Aye, that I did, however, How to Convert DVD to Other Video Formats is, oddly, the correct link.

thank you for your help!

I CAN'T GET ON IRC!!!!!!!! can you please help me

Thanks for helping out on the RC. I think we're doing a pretty good job ;)

Tis true. I'm more tempted to patrol when it's in the high hundreds to thousands. Still, any help is... well, helpful.

Was someone posing as me a few minutes ago?

According to my understanding of this thread, Sources & Citations links should be retained if and only if they are actually sources or citations.

hey, I wonder if you know Origami, and can possibly add pictures to this article. It would be a great Fa article if we had the proper pictures. you were the first one I thought of who would possibly have this talent;)

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Shuriken-%28Ninja-Star%29

Thank you!

Okay, I accepted your nomination =) Thanks!

Thanks Dvortygirl! I accepted your nomination.

Thank you, and I accepted :)

Ok, good to know, and I'll do my best!

Hi, Dv, I looked at "fix a vaccuum cleaner" and it looked like you did an incredibly thorough job. I would always lubricate the bearings on the brush roller when it is serviced, and changing the brushes has changed since the 70's and 80's, since some newer models have thermoplastic brush assemblies. The biggest single dianostic tool for working on vaccuums is the performance, whether or not it seems to be cleaning well, and the single biggest problem is usually the suction side, either a plugged hose, connecting tube, or overfilled filter. You might warn the reader not to puncture the suction tube if they use a clothes hanger to try to clear it, and pushing debris with a broom handle may only pack the obstruction so tightly it will be impossible to move. Something else the reader may want to notice is odor. A slipping drive belt has a distinct odor (LOL)! Any odor of burning or overheated plastic is an immediate indicator the unit should be checked. One other point, many office supply stores sell a magnetic bar that goes across the front lower edge of the cleaner to pluck up metal objects like paper clips and paper staples. These will also pick up bobby pins, hair pins, straight pins, safety pins...you hit the nail on the head, these objects can foul the blower fan and either rip the fins to pieces or burn up the motor in seconds. The noise you described are not particularly accurate. Bearings more tend to create a high pitched whine in my experience, but the main thing is being familiar with the sound of each individual vaccuum, and noticing unusual noises of any type. Anyway, these are just some off the top of my head thoughts, hope they help. Bob

Hi, I'd like to add a dfnt pic to the sea turltle article

It's a sample picture from my computer. What would it fall under?

Hey there! I just nominated Be Resourceful for featuring, but I was just wondering...how does the bread image relate to resourcefulness? Is there something I'm missing? *scratches head*

I was just curious--I'm sorely lacking in cultural/historical references, so I wondered if there was a significance that I wasn't aware of. How 'bout a picture of MacGuyver? (heh, just kidding)

Not a problem! All I was doing was getting the article off the dead end list by adding related wiki's anyway... and you seem to have taken care of that. I saw the "in use" but was hoping that I could catch you between edits... maybe uploading a picture or something...my mistake... and I'm sorry to have messed up your editing.

<wide, pleased smile>

Thank you! I'm so glad you like the idea!

I loved those Papasan chairs when they were popular back in the 70's... but hated the fact that I couldn't get a "new" cushion for one for under $80 bucks. (gulp!)

When I saw the frame at a thrift store for $7.00... the idea to just throw pillows on it morphed into making a "new" cushion from old bed pillows that were stacked in my closets, and the result was the FA.

I solved the problem of cleaning the cushion by creating a washable slip cover. See Make a Slipcover for Your Papasan Chair Cushion for instructions. This "could" work to cover a ratty or torn existing cushion if need be.

Meanwhile, I had a LOT of fun, and my teenage son's respect for my sewing abilities has skyrocketed... he's begging me to give the chair to him for his room. <grin>

OK, i got the point of that that "annoying message"!!!!

we are taalking about articles! we're talking about our bratz magazine article

I like your idea that was in the forum thread...about hobbies...what hobbies do you mean, e.g. I do Equestrian and Horse Riding, as well as Scrapbooking, Poetry, and authoring. Would any of these be suitavle and what exactly are you after...I dont think i got the gist of the thread.

Thank you for taking the time to communicate with me and explain your reasoning behind that incident of this morning.

I know that you meant no harm, because you are a very fine person, and I have been quite impressed with your ourstanding contributions to wikiHow as well as your friendly demeanor.

Perhaps I overreacted, but then again, when I read you describing what it is that we need in the knitting category, and with me, knowing full well, that I had spent long hours fully and carefully completing what went into that category, I felt that maybe all my work meant nothing, and was not recognized as it was.....A complete Knitting Category,' that began with How to Knit, and ran the gamut until it ended with patterns creating a Scarf, or a Pie.

And to top it all off, each article was made even more difficult, because each was a pictorial..'}

However, let us put this behind us, and move on. I accept your explanation, and appreciate your taking the time to offer it.

All of us here, work together for only one purpose, and that is for the good of wikiHow, but this site has also caused me to befriend some really remarkable people, and I place you high in the list.

I thank you!

Thank You. That IP you blocked was not making very constructive edits, thank you for the contributions you made to Wikihow!

Ok, thanks!

Oh, okay. Erm, may I ask why my user name has a "-" in it; some of the other people I've seen don't have this and when I made my name, I didn't add this. Thanks for the help, I've just been reading thorugh some great articles on here. :) Cheers, Spawn Man 05:02, 15 October 2007 (GMT)

Cool, thanks for that. Anyway, I'm not sure what to write about. What are the references like here? Are they similar to Wikipedia and do you need to cite everything in sight? Thanks for the help again... :) Spawn Man 10:05, 15 October 2007 (GMT)

It is always a pleasure to see you around the porgutuese wikiHow!!!

Thanks!

I have a complaint. You blocked misspopularity and she is my sisters friend who uses my computer and some how they have been on wikihow causing mischief. well, she got blocked, which means i am blocked to! can you please make sure the next time you block someone who uses the same computer, you don't block the other one who is innocent!

~BohemianWays

Thanks again for the help! I saw a request on the list about a game I used to played ages ago, so I wrote about it - Build a Mordheim Warband. Does that look like the kind of way to write? I tried my hardest, so I hope it's okay. Any feedback welcome. Thanks again. :) Spawn Man 08:29, 16 October 2007 (GMT). P.S. WikiHow seems so much more relaxed than Wikipedia - I mean users can get fan mail?! I think I'm going to like it here.

Let's just say I love everything wiki related :> The main reason for siging up that I like the how things works idea (and that what differ wikihow from wikipedia), I already translate stuff in wikipedia so I already know stuff about how wiki sites work :) Thanks for your welcoming msg, I almost missed it with all the colored table you placed on my user talk page.

PEACE radiant guy 10:17, 16 October 2007 (GMT)

Erm is possibly racist coments like this from Make a New Nickname Stick allowed? It's generally not on Wikipedia, but I thought I'd check it with you. "...a good, simple nickname for any asian person is "Squinty" (for obvious reasons)..." Just wondering - thanks! :) Spawn Man 02:26, 17 October 2007 (GMT)

Thanks for the help! I'll boldly go where no Wikipedian has gone before! Into Wikihow! ;) Cheers, Spawn Man 04:20, 17 October 2007 (GMT)

i'll try, I'm going to get a laptop for x-mas so thats the end of the blocking troubles...for now. thanks again.

User:Cipher_nemo/adminforum

Hi, I will begin to translate the guide wiki in Arabic and I wonder If I should write the word wikihow in Arabic script or translate it in Arabic? radiant guy 09:39, 22 October 2007 (GMT)

Hi again, I just sent an email to Jack asking him about the right to left language support but I had an auto response saying that he'll be away until the end of Oct. So I wonder If you could help :)

I already begun translating About Wikihow page in my user page and I have problem with the links and [[]] stuff because of the right to left language things. radiant guy 06:17, 23 October 2007 (GMT)

hey, long time no see.)P How are things going with you.

There is a new policy about referencing articals..I have been a tester for the program..and I have made changes to this article to show you how it works.

Read the Village forum, Jack explained it today.

Peeked at your message to Spawnman, and noticed that you have as not read the Forum announcement that Jack posted.

There are new rules, all articles need to be references with the Advanced Editing...This one of them that I did yesterday as a tester for the program. This is the way the Advanced Editing works.

Prepare-for-a-Marathon-(Advanced)

I have been a tester for this new way , which assures accuracy of our articles and it really works great.

Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I had discussed the same thing with Jack.

You are correct, there are somethings that cannot be references, and those do not have to be..exactly.

But on other things, he does want referencing so as to make the article accurate.

I did not mean to imply that everything had to be referenced, but he has given me a long list of inaccurate articles that I have been making accurate.

Recipes do not need referencing, and such articles like that.

But I just wanted him to aware of the fact, that we are going to require referencing...he thought that nothing here needed referencing..;)..I was trying to help.

Lol - if you guys ever need a hand, you can ask me. Does this site support the multi-ref system? That's where one ref can be linked to multiply times rather than the whole "ref" "close ref" thing where everything is only linked once... Thanks for the memo. I'm glad I can still edit on things that'd be difficult. :) Cheers, Spawn Man 04:09, 24 October 2007 (GMT)

The <ref name="NAME"> ref system, but I don't know how I'd do it here yet. I guess I'll see if and when I come to it... :) Spawn Man 04:22, 24 October 2007 (GMT)

Another anon proxy. Per nickzeke

Yep, I'm done with the Test1111 Request, feel free to delete.

Thanks.

Thank you. All of that bad editing was getting on my nerves...

72.199.124.57 has also made a few very negative changes and won't stop. I've asked him/her to stop but they won't.

Can you please block them?

Thanks.

Thanks so much for making wikiHow a better place. You are making our shared dream of a free, complete, high quality how-to manual possible. Thanks.

Hi Dvortygirl! When doing my linkweaving thing with Enter a Cleanroom I noticed that the last sentence of the introduction is incomplete. It says: "There is no single type of cleanroom or single set of rules for entering, so make sure to". Looking through the edit history I have no clue as to how to complete this sentence. Could you go back and fill it in? Thanks :)!

Sorry, that wasa test anyway. I'll make it better just 4 u.

Lotsa images. Lolz. Thanks for the interwiki though. Can´t believe I missed that one.

great articles!

And thank YOU for answering some of those Hobbies and Crafts Requsts you mention! Your article on growing aquarium plants was AMAZING! Very nice! Good info, professional pics... VERY nice!

Of course, not EVERYthing I write is original... just some of it. But thank you for assuming that I thought it all up! Makes me feel VERY smart! <giggles>

And what a CUTE little applique heart/apple! Is this something that I could use for a Hobbies/Crafts related award? I don't want to swipe it from you, if you're already using it regularly for something else... but it's such a sweet pic! (and it was very thoughtful of you to share it with me today! Thanks!)

Please feel free to answer anything in hobbies and crafts that catches your eye... I trust your excellent good sense and writing abilities. If you'll tell me what your writing interests are, I'll keep an eye out for good ones that you might want first crack at...?

Ha Ha! and me sitting here with at least a 9x12 scrap of EVERY color of felt I could buy in Walmart! I'll do the ornament this afternoon after we finish raking all the leaves.

Awesome Idea! And just in time for Christmas...

Here's my "first draft" ornament... what do you think?

I've not started an article yet... kinda on purpose... waiting for inspiration to strike. I've taken pictures of "needed supplies" which includes 12 shades of felt, two ziplocs of buttons, hot glue, scissors, McCalls and Butterick patterns for tree ornaments, and some cookie cutters... so it's "all in there".

I also checked the current articles... one that says "button ornaments" is actually VERY close to the idea we have, except for the buttons. And we need to think of a good title... one that is unique, yet not cumbersome. I'll sleep on it tonight and see what pops out in the morning.

What do you say to the idea of us BOTH doing ornaments for this? I will only be able to get in one ornament a day... after work... this week... so if you have a "favorite" shape you'd like to make for your tree, just let me know what it is and I'll direct my energies to some other shape?

You've just sparked another idea too... I've made a heart garland for my tree... had it for 10 years or so... Made from red and white scrap materials... I can show how the hearts were made and then post pictures of my tree with the finished garland on it... Thanks! I need to hang out with you more! You're a good ideas person.

Hi Dvortygirl, I'll definitely take a look! I need to get more lighting in my work space, but after that I'll be able to take much clearer, better lit pictures!

Cheers, Lori

I've put an edit in to indicate this is for a video game, but that should have been done at the initial creation, or by the first person that saw the deletion was not necessary.

Okay... I've started it... and you can add anything you like to it.

Make Simple Fabric Christmas Tree Ornaments

I'm starting to get into the Christmas spirit early this year, thanks to you!

Hi! I notice you placed a "blocked" message on Awesomegirl's talk page, but did not actually block her... was this accidental or on purpose?

Hi! are you a admin on wikihow? i have a question! where do i find the featured articles? some of my recent edits have not been needed and i hear that there is a list of articles that need some work on! can you tell me where i can find them?

Good point. I've got the fabric and materials on hand... but I'm short of time until the weekend... We should get together! (laughter) <sigh> You know how it is, I'm sure.

Go right ahead. I'm sure that anything you add will be excellent.

I'm trying to come up with a way to display a lot of alternatives... you know... lots of the different finished products... so that folks get the idea of how versatile this really is. Do you know a way to line up multiple pictures across the page? Tile them? Listing them down the left or right side of the page takes up so much vertical space...

Maybe I can just do a lot of them and hang them together and take one picture...

Hi, was looking at the RC, saw you moved http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Delicous-Mango-Dessert and thought you would be interested to know Delicious has an "i" after the "c", as well as dessert having two "s"s. Bob

Hey! I actually read Cradle to Cradle several years ago and it definitely made a positive dent in my brain. However, it did yield a few heated discussions when I tried to share my discovery that what we call recycling isn't really going to solve any problems--people get very defensive about recycling! (Another good one was The Ecology of Commerce, by the way.) I have no idea how to wrap any of the concepts up into a how-to, though; I'm still trying to figure out how to package the ideas behind regenerative agriculture into wikiHow format! =)

Great answer to William laurence Tate about bicycle bars. Well done.

Thanks! I was SO confused! some edits were fine... others were NOT... it was hard to know how to deal with it. (but NOW I will recognize it next time...) Thanks for your help!

Hi, I was wondering if you could please delete the title Lay Carpet, because I feel that I won't be able to finish it. There's no reason to NFD it, but I'd still like to have it removed. Thank You! ~~SudoKing

I blanked them because I'm about to delete them.

It should be grinded! :)

kals

Oh ok sorry I just checked one online dictionary just now. You are correct. Sorry again.

I need an admin...
There seems to be a user called Boy Of Fire who's been trolling, making bad edits, spamming talk pages, and otherwise being a problem. Besides being a bad faith editor, he also appears to have four sockpuppets. I don't know if a block is neccassary, but I think it's something an admin should look into.

Oh, nicely done! I'll check it out but I might be in worse shape than you are - I didn't start getting any hands-on farming experience till I got to the desert! Thanks for the heads up. =)

Have you heard about the song-writing contest in the forum? Go check it out!

Glad to know you found that info helpful :) Even though Jack made a forum post about me, and Harry did a write-up in the Herald, I know that not all of our experienced community members really have had the chance to know what I do for wikiHow. Please let me know if there's any assistance I can offer!

Merry Christmas! Your talk page is nearly 70kib long.

Great to see you back online.  :) Hope you had (or are still having) a fantastic trip.

Is everything doing good on your side? (Storm and everything)... you were just seeming to be connecting and disconnecting from IRC a lot throughout a short period of time. Take care

I have a very limited budget and the brides family is not going to help out so how can I throw a nice wedding for a very small amount?

Great work on http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Clothing-Labels

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Hi Dvorty, about the request you recently moved - Interperet should be spelled "interpret" thanks :)

Hi Dvorty, about the request you recently moved - Interperet should be spelled "interpret" thanks :)

Heh you got me back :)

Nice work on the short term memory loss article!

Nice job on the washing a bra article!

Looks good!

http://www.wikihow.com/Think-Ahead

Great job on Adjust Euro Style Cabinet Hinges. It's ace!

Hey,

I'm the same way; I prefer to write, and write, and write some more, but then I'm so familiar with what I wrote that I don't see how it can be better organized for someone who's not as familiar with the subject. So I'm always eager for a second set of eyes to look in, and I'm glad you are, too. I'll check out Think Ahead soon. Hope you're doing well! It's nice to see you around the site again.

Nice expansion on Eat Less Salt.  :)

did u have fun in italy , i am 27

when did i say anything about animal rights?

http://www.wikihow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8108&sid=d71af66f8be12d8303f844394ad64561ey Hey there! Do you mind replying to the topic in this forum?

Hi,

Could you please delete the pics that uploades last? They are not good after all.

Thank you

Thanks for the save on the Draw a Cartoon Lion. Hit the wrong button and then went back to fix it but you got there first. Thanks.

No, I don't think we do, but I couldn't write it. :P I got the images from equussite.com, I think... last I checked, it said the images were free to use as long as they aren't used for profit. If they're violating copyright laws, feel free to delete them or rename the category, since they're not technically mine.

No, I mean that I have no idea whatsoever how to turn the pictures into letters. I can maybe try a bit in PhotoImpression, but I've never done it myself. The images, letter-ified and all, were from the other site.

Great work on Tie a Handle on a Paper Bag! Thanks for contributing another wonderful and informative article to wikiHow. :)

Maniac

Hi!

Could you please check out this warning sent by Mel:

Mel said:

FYI, the User Name Policy does not allow for special characters... Please remove the TM from your username. Thanks.

It was sent to: (diff) (hist) . . m User_talk:Confederatemarine95‎; 06:12 . . (+395) . . Melwade (Talk | contribs | bunch)

And I don't think Confederatemarine's name is a user name violation.

He's been on patrol tonight and trying to do his best...but...

thanks,

MA

Thanks! I wasn't sure about CM's name as no one has issued a complaint before, so I learned something new tonight. Is it because of the apostrophe, I think that's what is in his name, or is because of other.

I am always willing to learn...nice chatting with you too,

hugs,

MA

Could you please delete images uploaded by the following user:

(diff) (hist) . . ! Image:Iris 8568.jpg‎; 07:21 . . (-23) . . Mash317 (Talk | contribs | bunch)

I have tagged one speedy and the other as a NFD as it is iffy.

thanks,

MA

Thanks so much Dvortygirl for teaching me something new. As I wrote earlier I was surprised since no one has filed a complaint about his name before. Live and learn.

Could you delete some sexually charged images I tagged on patrol. One is iffy and the other is not.

thanks,

MA

thank you!!!

MA

Great minds think alike LOL!

goodnight and take care,

MA

Hi there.

You remember those alphabet photos Horses4Ever made? Well, I requested an article on how to do that and someone wrote it as How to upload a image to wikiHow or something like that.

Nice interview!

http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Herald/Meet-The-Author

Hmm, I suspected so, thanks your the heads-up.

No. Winding a bobbin is plenty, I think. Raising the thread is nice, but not necessary... even though I personally think that it is an integral part of doing a bobbin, not everyone would agree.

We couldn't really write a separate article about just raising the thread... so let's leave it with the bobbin. I think the title is fine. The shorter, more concise version will be easier to find anyway.

You've done an amazing job with that article! I remember it's somewhat stubby beginnings... and you've fleshed it out nicely! I noticed two minor (spell check didn't get them) spelling problems, but other than that, it looks good! Excellent work! Thanks!

Feel free to hit me up for more sewing related pictures if you need them...

I'm doing the FA selections right now. And let me give you some congrats for having many great articles grace the FA list ....again. Thanks.

I sure hope that the trolls on the Wash a Bra page aren't too much of a problem.  :)

Hey! Bring on the kitty! Sorry I couldn't PM back. Chatzilla doesn't like me. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong but it won't let me PM. Grrrrr. I tried DL IceChat but my Mac is being snippy. (I'm new to the Mac and missing a PC about now.)

I like the sleeve gift bag idea... could you take a picture and add it to the article? (or... are you hinting that I should do one?) Either way, it would make a nice addition to the article.

Sounds like a plan. I'll keep my eye out for a "loud" shirt as well. It seems easy enough to do... cut off the sleeve, sew the cut opening closed... maybe we could even write an article titled "Sew a Gift Bag From a Shirt Sleeve" or some such.

Hello, you are probably the first person in wikihow I did interact with...Currently I am working on wikiHow Arabic and I thought to say Hi :)

I also would like to dedicate this video to you :) http://blog.radiantguy.com/2008/02/2-radiant-guy-cleaning-my-room-vlog.html

I am glad you like it :) I basically throw everything to the other room...Plus It's always easier to set a fire in your room :D

At the moment there are a handful member who are translating some English articles...wikiHow Arabic was officially launched by linking it to the English sister on the first day of the year 2008. Until now we have 20 articles (including one original article) and counting.

I still have to translate some system msgs and some wikiHow related articles, I think I need more hands, minds and computers :S

I hope you don't think I was trying to have an edit war concerning the BBW article. I was editing in good faith to write the article.

goodnight,

MA

I added the photo of the woman and the article is from Flickr. I don't know if that is the photo you are concerned with.

I am pretty well done with it for the night. Need to get some sleep as it is late.

have a good evening,

MA

I'll take the photo out. I thought it was OK to use as it came off Flickr. Thanks,

MA

Yeah I already did that to some articles :)

I am trying to translate more featured articles, Jack added me to his FA list to let me know about the latest updates...I am trying to translate some of them at the moment :\

Don't worry about it. My tired eyes should have caught the copyright notice but I was too busy enjoying the beautiful photo. LOL!

I have changed the photo to one that is not as nice but will do. Again, it was from Flickr.

thanks so much for your help,

MA

Thanks! I really appreciate the help. I did it all, and it turned out just fine!!!

Your welcome!And thank you!Too!

Hey there!

I just came across Wash a Bra, and an anon came up with a good point - the step next to photo five says to lay the bra flat, yet the photo does not. I wondered if you would be able to take/find a better photo, or if not, do you think that the text is wrong?

Thanks in advance, Benn

Good point. Well, I don't know much about laundry to be honest honey! :D Re-writing sounds like a good compromise.

Ahhh... now that's better :D

Ah, I don't tend to know much, it just gets washed, tumble dried/line dried and ironed. That's that for me, done! :D (and I don't tend to wear bras personally XD )

Haha... yeah, I tend to iron the large things only though, it's no use going outside donning a large area of unintentionally-wrinkled fabric :D

I too live in a snowless area, although in the south of the UK. Shovelling snow, moi? :P

Anyhow... back to the wiki-work :D

I'll see what I can do about the buttonhole article dearth.

I never sew them by machine myself... but the attachment looks remarkably like a "C" that presses down on the button to hold it in place. Then you set the stitch length to zero and the zigzag width to equal the distance between the button holes. Too scarey for me... I'd be concerned about breaking needles that way.

But button holes is another thing. There's even a nice "button hole" stitch when you do it by hand... and my machine makes doing them as easy as 1...2...3...

I won't get to it until this evening, but I'll see what I can whip up then. Thanks for the head's up!

Okay! Done! Check it out and let me know what you think, ok?. Sew Buttonholes

I do post some of my work online, but I think if I show you the link I risk giving too much info out.

I wasn't around to get your reaction to "Sew Buttonholes" last night... but looking on the discussion page this morning, I take it that you like it a lot! Thanks!

Hello Dvortygirl....I am wondering if you could request me as an administrator??? I believe that the wikihow world could use some young blood and as a person such as myself, i happen to know a lot about psychology and what "ticks-off people" I would be a great assist to the Wikihow administration team, as I have a lot of free time to go and edit. I also have a vast knowledge of human emotions and can help to create a Wikihow where we can help people to accomplish anything without problems! I would greatly appreciate your support to have me added to a great team of people, and as a member, I would help to improve upon this brilliant website and bring Wikihow to its full potential!!

Hey! Thanks for all the help with the Foundation Piecing article! I'm glad you could understand it... and pleased that you liked it enough to FAC it.

I struggled with this idea for a longish time before finally figuring it out... I didn't have anyone to show me... just books with written instructions that didn't make sense. I finally came across a hand sketched explanation for a six piece block done in foundation piecing... and the light bulb went on. Hopefully, this will help a lot of other beginning quilters avoid the frustration I had.

Ps. Hubby likes the quilt pattern you drew. It will likely be my next major project.. whenever THIS one is done... What do you think of an entirely blue one? With the differences made completely in the gradiations of blue and purple cloth? It's only five colors...

Green - Darkest blue

Red - Medium Blue

Yellow - Pale Blue

Blue - Medium Purple

Purple - Dark Purple

Possibly the red squares in the "middle" could be a Pale Purple instead of Medium Blue.

WDYT?

The blocks are set diagonally with half blocks (triangles) around the edges. That's the most logical way to make them for this pattern. Gimme a few days to sketch out the three block patterns. It's fairly straight forward, but I will need to find the time. (<giggling> I DO have a life off line... I promise!)

And, while we're about it, what is your OTHER quilting idea?

Oooo! I like it! I like it! Great idea! I love how your mind works!

Much better! Great job!

Much better! Great job!

Okay... preliminary sketches done on a 20x20 grid. Each square = half an inch. I'll scan it tomorrow at work to upload to my temp page for you to see.

What a cool thing! You probably didn't think about it at the time, but you drew the hook and loops LEFT handed! Your pictures make a perfect compliment to the RIGHT handed photo's! I've put in 4,5,6,7,and 8.

<Delighted peals of laughter> Thanks! This is PERFECT!

Not at all unexpectedly, How to Adjust to a New Job is an outstanding read!

soz if i ofended you in any way.

i put it on the warnings list see it

http://www.wikihow.com/Roll-a-Cigar

Hey!

I think your article is very well written. I followed the instructions and was able to draw the first cylinder of my life. It's very well worded and illustrated. Great work!!!

Hello. I leaving you a message because I need your help in guiding my focus for future articles and contests. I created an extremely brief software survey on the forums: located here. If you're willing and have a few seconds to spare, please help by filling out the survey. I am sending this to our most active editors according to stats.wikihow.com.

With enough submissions, this will hopefully help the entire community as well! Thanks.

I agree with you about the thermometer. The old-fashioned glass thermometer used to be cheap and readily available. I used them when my kids were young (over 20 years ago) but I had to write with what is being currently advised. Hopefully, someone can add more information about different types of thermometers to use. The ear thermometer is expensive and the plastic strip model is not very reliable.

Thank you for the UNICEF nomination I feel so honored,

MA

NICE! I will be using this for sure!

Hi Dvortygirl, I didn't realise I was duplicating the salt article when I started one the other day, so I have merged my info in with the article on which you did a lot of work - Eat Less Salt. Whenever you have a moment, would you mind checking I haven't lost the essence of your editing? Thanks!

Merge is fine with me. Both sound amazingly alike.

thanks,

MA

Thanks for the clarification on that!

Hey, are you around?

Someone needs an Admin..He left a message on my talk page.

Read my page or check this out.

Thanks..;)

Andymac said:

Could you please have a look at user Azbear0594 as I think that they are discouraging people from editing. I tried to warn him nicley but as I do not have admin powers or authority there is not much i can do. They 'payed out' some one for creating article Do a Heel Stretch. Thanks, Andy Reply to Andymac

I just love the book earrings article - beautifully done and beautifully photographed - thanks!

what do you do here

On the off chance this one might inspire you: http://www.wikihow.com/Put-a-Pillow-Case-on-a-Pillow. Absolutely no pressure, just thought it might be a fun one.

I thought i had catagorized it but maybe I was mistaken because I wrote a couple of articles this evening. I think family life > parenting > infant and toddlers would be the best place to put it, because it is a completely different method than the other one about potty training and would offer readers a more relaxed method, so please do not merge them.

Thanx - I put it in that category now.

hya, are you around?

I need someone to take care of the chatters that invaded my talk page.;)

Thanks so much.

oH! I heard your voice and you have such a beautiful voice..so elegant.;)

I'm thinking of starting an anti-swears board group. Reply on my talk page.

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As far as I can tell, Najaf/Mominagha has only been removing duplicate welcomes.

Hi sorry for replying you late.I was removing duplicate welcome msges (double post error) .Mr webster is right.

wow long page anyways um what do you mean

I guess I'm a little confused since the only other external link is also a lawyer's site. If you read the link I think you'll find that this is a VERY informative page on finding an attorney- it is not an advertisment for the firm. http://www.alawpro.com/lawyer-attorney-1126483.html

How is this link not considered helpful and how does it differ from the only other existing link?

OK thanks. Wow, you seem to be really knowledgeable. That's awesome that you've started 112 articles. Do you work for WikiHow or are you just really passionate about sharing your wealth of information?

Excellent. I LOVE IT!

That is a great question, yes. I think it would be great to have a cluster of articles ready for next April Fools Day.

To be purple, or not to be purple? I see that you removed the purple-ness from the instructions in Draw a Purple Crayon, but not from the title. Is the article remaining true to its purple roots?

Ah! I didn't see that new tip. I think it's great the way it is, but it may be useful to mention the book and meaning in the intro, or else the article might lose its purple character later down the line if someone changes the title, unaware of reason. Thanks for the clarification! I'd never heard of that book before.

Dear Dvortygirl,

Someone told me you might be interested in the Babel Wiki '08 workshop which will be held in Porto, Portugal next September. Here's the Call for Participation:

http://www.wiki-translation.com/tiki-index.php?page=Call+for+Participation+-+Babel+Wiki+Workshop+%2708%3A+Cross-Language+Collaboration

The following demo of a Cross-Lingual Wiki Engine might also be of interest:

http://www.wiki-translation.com/tiki-index.php?page=CLWE+Demo+Screencast&bl=y

Best regards,

Alain Désilets National Research Council of Canad alain.desilets@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Hi my English is not good if you can : please add Persian (فارسی) language to home page. and how i can be administrator in Persian language?

shut up

Hi

when I was creating an account I mad a mistake in choosing username

and then recreated another.

I want you to delete my previous Id

username: M.h Password: 654987

Thanks

Hello again and sorry to bother you

actually Ive changed my mind

thanks

Hello again and sorry to bother you

but actually Ive changed my mind

thanks

this person made an account like mine

Pssst! The instructions you linked me to have helped a LOT with the book purse. I'll have pictures up once my camera battery re-charges... and after I get off work tomorrow evening... but I've put the basic instructions up if you're interested. Thanks again for the ever-so-cool idea! Make a Book Purse

I should have known that - brain lapse today I guess.

She told me she was going to do that one, even if I can write it before her, I wouldn't because she was the one who suggested it and I will give her the time she needs to write it.

I will try to learn that method and try to write it. But I need to know were to put it.

This is how you do that method (it is just to complicted to write on that subject because it is a bridge between compleating the square and the quadratic forumla)

ax²+bx+c=0

x²+b/a+c/a=0 (divide by a :first step of completing the square)

x²+b/a+(b/2a)²= -c/2a + b²/4a² (subtract c/2a from both sides and add (b/2a)² to both sides)

(x+b/2a)²=b²-2ac/4a²(simplify both sides)

x+b/2a=+ or -√b²-4ac/(2a) (take the square root of both sides)

x= -b + or - √b²-4ac/(2a) (subtract both sides by b/2a)

A new article or combine it with which one?

I wrote the how to on Derive the Quadratic Formula

Okay.... pics are up... check it out!

Make a Book Purse

Hey Betsy, I have a question about Balance a Checkbook. In one of the tips you wrote "If you have two or more people making payments from the same account". I filled in the second half of the sentence as follows: "...touch base with each other as often as possible so you can each record the payments in your individual checkbooks." I'm not sure if that's what you had in mind, and I've never balanced a checkbook on a shared account, so I might be missing a better solution here.

Reading this article reminded me to publish one that's been sitting in a wordpad file on my laptop for several months now: Manage Finances As a Couple

Dvorty,

Your email box may be down again. I just got a bounceback when trying to send you this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eekim/2481845971/in/set-72157604995317161/

Very nice article. I did some minor fixes, but may have lost part of your meaning when I knocked out what might have been a duplicative sentence (in the hand washing area). So you'll probably want to take a look at my edit.

Maybe someone would beef up the first article you link to if you were to put a call out to the Collaboration Corner. How to Sit in a Chair is currently under NFD for "Sarcastic. A how-to manual is not the place for sarcasm" possibly because of its use of words like buttox (sic) and congratz (sic).

I am not sure how I can help with the OLPC and UNICEF stuff since I have never had any exposure to either, but otherwise would be glad to help. Again, nice job and a useful addition to wikiHow.

Nice work on http://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:Obvious !

Hey Dvorty! Guess what! Jack tells me that our "Book Purse" article is going to be FA! Woo Hoo! Thanks!

June second. The FA for Book Purse...

The balancing a checkbook is incorrect, interest is earned not collected.

Hey! No problem. They were both awesome articles to work on. Reading the beans and peas one actually inspired me to add beans to our the balcony container garden (and peas after the beans have their turn). Thanks!

The next time you're active on IRC, do you mind setting Ken's (TxRisk) level to 30? I know Amy (Buddymyboy) comes rarely, and I don't know if Sockpuppet and FunForwards uses IRC though. Thanks

Okay, sure.

Okay, that's fine. I've just been getting mixed messages on what qualifies as unacceptable content for discussion or talk pages, so I did what I personally believed was right at the time. If you have any suggestions or know of any articles that have information on how to deal with such content, please contact me. =)

Well, I know I'll never enjoy leaving a message like that up, but, agreeing with the logic of your methods, I will adopt them. I really glad to have finally cleared that up. Thanks a lot for your help!

thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Make a Map Purse is done, if you're interested in proof reading?

Thanks so much! I appreciate it. I'm not so hot at proofreading... especially my own stuff... until a week or so has passed.

It's beautiful (:

Thanks...

Ah, nice image selected this time around. It's always nice to have a change now and then. Thanks!

Thanks for the message. I'll get to supplementing some articles in my free time.

I wanted to compliment you on your handling of Alex. You explained it in a very nice, civilized fashion.

Teresa

Hiya, Dvortygirl!

I noticed the little edit situation between C725 and WorldWideWeb and the post you left on Alex's talkpage. FYI, the edit that Mimi did is actually inaccurate, in Dry Cell Batteries- this term is practically archaic, Live and Dead electricity, using masking tape (????) to fasten conductors? and assembling the magnet by the photo does not show any windings as described by the steps, and doesn't produce a magnetic flux, just a dead short which could cause an alkalai battery to explode, so my suggestion would be to revert WWW's edits. I left a message on WorldWideWeb's talkpage similar to the one you left on C725's page.

Hope I didn't overstep what should have been done.

Bob

I am all for it!!! I appreciate your advice and help! I know that once the articles leave my fingers/brain, they are no longer 'my' articles, but there is that sense of...I started that and pride. I am happy that any articles that I write can be of help and look forward to watching them expand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Teresa

User:Loiswade42/5k

I have no clue how I bumped into the wikihow on drawing a straight line and ended up in the tongue-in-cheek ruler exposition. It's like back tracking a conversation with seven people; tangents can be impossible to reconstruct. Your plea, however, on how to draw a straight line freehand is something I can actually address. In the current days of CAD, drafting with pencil and paper is becoming a lost art. I'm old enough to have been trained in technical drawing with, you got it, pencil and paper.

As with all hand eye skills, coordination comes with practice. Place your pencil to paper at the starting point. Now, avoid the mistake most make by not watching your pencil point as it moves across the paper to its destination. The secret is to focus on the destination point, drawing the line without looking at the pencil. It helps if the motion is quicker as an agonizing pace dooms the line. Try not to anchor your wrist or arm to the drawing surface. Any body part that touches becomes a center point for the arc and will curve your line.

If you start with shorter lines and work your way up, eventually you can draw an amazingly straight line from corner to diagonal corner on letter size paper and beyond, effortlessly.

I used to get kidded a lot by peers who would doodle elaborate sketches during boring meetings and there I was drawing straight lines. Apparently, even non-thinking doodle time can contribute to your skill set.

Hey! I saw your note to User:Mpeccorini and your Spanish rocks! You better go to Wikimania 2009 in Buenos Aires and show off. ;-)

Thank you for telling me! I was being ignorant and thought it was a totally different subject. :-).

When I was looking at that article (peanut butter cookie one), I was thinking...wow, I don't remember there being that much to it! I see you added to it!

Teresa

IIIIIIIIIIIII love peanut butter cookies!!!Unfortunately, they don't return the love!

I am going to start an article about something that I am horribly familiar with. I KNOW that you will have ways to help with it and improve it, so I wanted to give you a heads up. It is about the topic (financial) that we were talking about the other night. If you still need a reminder, I think we talked about my son Troy?

Teresa

Here you go!! Thank you!!! Get-out-from-Under-the-Payday-Loan-Trap

don't think that link is soy flour. I think it's soy protein. That may be just fine to add to a cake, but I don't think it's flour.

Also, is the link important? We prefer not to add links or brand names if not.

Hi Dvortygirl! it's a link to soy flour, or soy baking mix, which i have used for decades and love.... after all, if i'm making something so chocolaty, i need to add a bit of real nutrition. i guess i thought this was all about sharing great info.......

have a great day!!! ciao!!annie

Hi, Dvortygirl!

Great article on Elderly Drivers! Mom is 87, and she drove safely until she was 84, the Driver's License people wouldn't renew hers, although she didn't have typical vision problems, etc, and is in good health. We live on a farm about 12 mile from town, so someone has to pick up her Lotto tickets and meds, but it hasn't been too bad. The great thing about living in (outside of) a small town is the neighborly attitude of the people. I stay in a motel 4 nights a week, but someone does the chauffering any time Mom needs a ride. We keep the insurance on her truck for this purpose, so it doesn't cost anyone anything but their time. The biggest problem we had was a serious (I mean SERIOUS) bout with depression when she was unsure if she was losing all of her mobility.

Well, this was just a note of thanks...THANKS!

Bob

Hi, haven't heard from you since RCC. I think your article is well done, with lots of good helpful information. My dad, just said he was through driving when he turned 80. My father-inlaw is 97 and still drives his motor home. It really depends on how alert they are.

If you can't convince them to not drive, see if they will drive only during specific conditions that are safe and important to them. I can tell you when my dad quite driving he lost a lot of reasons to keep living, so way the harm against the benefit, and see if you can at least reduce the frequency of trips.

Good Luck

Nice work on http://www.wikihow.com/Help-an-Elderly-Person-to-Drive-Less

Hi, haven't heard from you since RCC. I think your article is well done, with lots of good helpful information. My dad, just said he was through driving when he turned 80. My father-inlaw is 97 and still drives his motor home. It really depends on how alert they are.

If you can't convince them to not drive, see if they will drive only during specific conditions that are safe and important to them. I can tell you when my dad quite driving he lost a lot of reasons to keep living, so way the harm against the benefit, and see if you can at least reduce the frequency of trips.

Good Luck

Thanks for the welcome message. I really appreciate it. PHMan 05:31, 24 June 2008 (GMT)

Thanks for cleaning up the gelatin article. I was really tired yesterday, starting to feel old (ACCCK) as my day started with a trip to the laundromat. The Maytag went out in a blaze of glory over the weekend. Suspect a microprocessor burned up, waiting for the Sears Tech to show up, but it literally shot massive blue sparks at me then smoked out.

Then I went shopping in my car without AC. Planned to be back early but went back to the store to buy the groceries I forgot.

Then I made up some freezer meals for a new mom...

Then I drove my daughter around town for her shopping...

Then I came home to clean house and fix dinner.

I had fun writing though even if it was not the best.

Thanks for making me look good.

MA

I am fine. I thought you'd find humor reading about the quiet life of a housewife. Smoking washing machines...the blue sparks...scared me...made hubby dearest unplug it.

Have a good day!

MA

thanks

ya see i need the advice and its just sad that i do

Thanks for the excellent formatting of the article.

Hi,

Thanks for helping wikiHow grow into something beautiful.

Just thought you should know that I really liked the "content" of this reverted contribution:

1. 00:10, August 21, 2007 Dvortygirl m (Reverted edits by 72.197.205.196 (Talk); changed back to last version by Benrubes)
2. 20:51, August 20, 2007 72.197.205.196 (tip)

"Revision as of 20:51, August 20, 2007":

• dont think you are very pretty and "expect" people are looking at you, it makes it worst TRUST ME!!!!!

10 months later, there it was in the "history" -- the article STILL had NO warnings.

Now it is rewritten and formatted as a "warning."

Nice overhaul on Care for a Food Garden. Before your edits it was the lowest ranking article in Special:Accuracypatrol. I have cleared the accuracy stats, thanks to you.  :)

Awesome it looks great. I'm not sure I understand the photo issue you are talking about. What should I be looking for?

Thanks for all your wonderful updates to Care for a Food Garden!

where did you find that article?

sorry!

Yup, I installed the toolbar yesterday. It's the worst threat ever against my ability to manage time! Seriously, it was a great help for monitoring Practice Nonviolent Communication. Now I don't see how one can run a major wiki without this kind of toolbar. ;)

Thanks for helping me RC! You're awesome! :D

Some very good insights on Prevent Wiki Vandalism . Nice work.

As always, nice work!

I love the picture on your userpage! (the iris) you have billions of articles!!! so you deserve this, and, you helped make this:

Thanks for all your contributions! You surely deserved this red rose.

í don't understand that at all...

I asked Jack to take a look at this but you might beat him to it. Something seems fishy.

http://www.wikihow.com/User:Bellatrix-Darkwing/w

thanks

thanks!!!!! sorry, I would have stayed on longer but my internet bugs allllll the time with IRC and it logged me out and I couldn't get back on.

ok. but this random girl started to curse me out. can u talk to her too?

Hi, Dvortygirl,

Regarding your post on build a whachamacallit chair, I wrote the article tongue in cheek, but have added content and tried to make the steps easier to follow, including adding a cut list (I didn't use a tape measure or angle square on the original). If you have a chance, can you reread it and see if it seems like there is enough information to actually build it? Having a How to that no one knows How to do seems pointless to me, but the idea behind the chair is that it is lightweight, cheap, and easy to build.

Oh...sorry to ask...but do you ever think of Archiving?...us poor folks with a dial-up connection have to wait forever to post on your talk page (but, you are worth it )!

Hope you have had a great weekend!

Bob

Thanks for the fan mail!!!

Hey!! I thought that I would let you know that [[[Calculate-How-Much-Money-You-Need-to-Retire]] has over 24000 views!!!

Teresa

I know you are working on a similar concept for something, so I thought I would point it out. http://www.wikihow.com/Manual-for-Home-and-Garden

You mean, as in reference to my homework at the wikiHow university??

Teresa

Ha, I can see what you mean about needing four arms! The photos are really great - thanks for making that article into a little gem.

As usual, you have done an incredible job on improving the article!!! Thanks!

Teresa

that is why I had picked the sick room pic. only thing I could find!

to be honest, I didn't look THAT hard!

The picture that you put in the article looks remarkably like my cats!!!

i need help the instructions on how to whistle with your fingers and lip article will not work

This user, Pippop120, will probably be in contact with you. she (or he?_ says she has an alternate formula for the retirement article. I gave her your name and Krystle because you two are the ones that made the article what it is today.

Teresa

Awesome job on Prepay Your Mortgage!!!

Hey!

I saw http://www.wikihow.com/Losse-Weight-Fast was NFD'ed. The title inspired me so I tweaked it a good bit. I actually think it could be saved from NFD now. There were some valid ideas buried under the bad grammar and no experience. I also suggest a title change to go with the new information.

Yes, it's true, I spend way too much time around beauty queens.

Have a great night!

Hi, Teresa recommended I touch bases with you on "How To Calculate How Much Money You Need To Retire". Being that I'm approaching retirement myself and have an inclination towards math I have some ideas about the article. Mostly I can contribute to the later Excel part and have outlined possible changes. I'm also familiar with sources on Social Security so can correct the percentage of income SS replaces.

I just wrote my first article "How to Manage Priorities With Excel" under a new (more professional) login RMunsonNJ. I will be writing some other articles to get this editing bit down before editing the Retirement article. Future correspondence will be from RMunsonNJ.

There's also a related topic "How to Drawdown Your Retirement Savings" that I want to write and am currently doing some research on - reading articles on the AAII (American Association of Individual Investors) web site.

Hi (in my new personna). Thank you for your kind comments. I'm looking forward to doing some more with wikiHow, now that I have the first one under my belt.

Congratulations, Dvortygirl/archive2! The article you contributed to, How to Enter a Cleanroom, has reached the highest honor for an article on wikiHow. It is to be brought into the Spotlight as an example of wikiHow's panoply of high-quality work! For 8-10 days starting on September 13th, 2008, your article will be displayed on the home page with a high definition photograph and a short blurb describing it. As tens of thousands of people visit the front page daily, your page is probably going to have a lot of traffic. Here are some ways you can prepare your article for the crowds!

• Add more images to your article. Click "Edit this Page" and then click the "Add a photo" link at the bottom of the article (or if in Advanced Editor, click "Find Free Photos" on the left under Editing Tools) to get started. If you need help with this, feel free to ask a member of the Help Team or post in the forums.
• Polish your author page so that the many people who read your article can learn more about you and what else you've written here.
• Learn how to Revert Vandalism in wikiHow. Since we usually leave all articles open for editing, occasionally Spotlight articles are vandalized. You can easily fix those problems if they occur.
• Pat yourself on the back! Writing a top-quality article worthy of Spotlight status is an amazing accomplishment. As one of the authors, you've played a critical role in making wikiHow the world's greatest how-to manual. Thanks!

Your user page is great! And I saw your message on my talk page. But I was wondering why you blocked me from contributing to wikiHow. Please let me know. Thank you!

And I forgot. I'm very sorry for removing tags and all that. I'm new to wikiHow, and I just didn't know what to do. Sorry about that.

Sure, I think that would be a great idea! Fixing an article that has a copyedit tag instead of putting it on an article and leave that page. It makes sense.

The messages from 72.130.30.203 and 71.107.150.254 is the same user.

You also blocked me from contributing to wikiHow. It's the same person but different IP address since I'm at someone else's house and using their computer.

Hey! I was just reading Perform the Missing Card Illusion (new title - what do you think of it?) and I had a question about the two sets of cards. I see that in the second set of cards, the 7 was dropped, but why was the jack replaced by a 9? Based on the instructions (maybe I misread?) wouldn't you want to place a jack of a different suit in the second set, rather than introduce a new number and get rid of a face?

Thanks for the tip

Thanks, Dvortygirl!

I'm just having fun reading UIB's. No help needed.

This author has the vocabulary of a deaf parrot, but can easily make use of a dictionary!

Love it!

Thanks for the heads up. Always sad to see a trusted user doing copyvios. Sigh. Thanks for helping catch.

The Rug a Horse article was posted to WH before the article was posted at Word Press. Also, the Word Press article uses a WM photo which I added to the article plus the cutline I wrote. I can't vouch for the writing, as I only edited the article, but the photo and cutline was done by me at WH.

MA

Check the dates but the WH cutline and WM photo were added by me on:(cur) (last) 18:57, 19 July 2008 Mash317 (Talk | contribs) m (Added properly licensed image)

After I did an extensive bit of editing to bring the article up to speed. It is interesting the other article features both that same photo and cutline and the post date for the non WH article was July 22.

thanks,

I forgot to add, I did post these comments on the discussion page. I can not vouch for the writing but I can vouch for the photo and cutline as being my work at WH.

Thank you for your message. I will make an account. I will be know as Sorkea from now on.

Thanx I wished I knew that earlier =^.^=

Nice new article :)

I'll remove the page then.

IRC please

I have been. Sometimes the article was on a subject completely foreign to me. Sometimes it was something else.

oh,I didn't know ,I havn't read the privacy policy or whatever wiki how has

Thanks for the sewing scissors article - that is a great help!

not really. You've written a pretty good overview... I'll ponder it for a bit, and let you know if I come up with anything new... but for now I'm content to let your content stand as is. Thanks for checking though... I take it as a HUGE compliment!

Please remove my application for admin. Thank you

I've noticed you have been doing some exceptional editing on wikiHow. Thank you! Your fine editing is helping us reach our mission of being the world's highest quality how to manual.

Since you have strong editorial skills, I wanted to see if you had interest in becoming a New Article Booster (aka NAB). While you may already know this, here is the background: New Article Boosters are a select group of wikiHow editors with a few extra tools to quickly improve new articles and thank authors. You can learn more about how new article boost works here.

If you become a Booster, you won't have any extra time commitments. You can continue to edit on wikiHow as much or as little as you like. And you can continue to edit in any part of wikiHow you wish. Becoming a Booster simply gives you more tools to improve new articles and thank authors more productively.

To apply for NAB, just send an email to nab@wikihow.com , include your wikiHow username and ask for the test. The test isn't time consuming. Detailed instructions on how to apply for NAB are here. I hope you apply. And if you don't, I hope you continue your fantastic contributions to wikiHow.

Please feel free to ask me any questions. Thanks again.

ANd...btw you are in serious need of a talk page archiving.  :)