User talk:AndreaUKA

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[edit] The UKA Press

With regard to the deletion discussion: as I said there, nobody is angry at you and it's not a big deal. You are not the first person to get the idea of using WIkipedia to promote a small but doubtless-worthy enterprise and you won't be the last. Yes, it is counter to our policy and to what is considered encyclopedic, but another one of our policies is be bold. We encourage people to try things. Ready, fire, aim, that's the Wikipedia way. Sorry you got nipped. Hope you stick around and contribute other things. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:41, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Haha, Dpbsmith - no hard feelings at all. It's all a learning process, eh? Pretty much like life, really. Don't worry (as if you would!), I'll stick around - it's been great fun.

Hi Andrea! It's probably best to take this away from the AfD discussion itself. :) If you're happy with the text of the article as it stands, I don't mind cleaning up the formatting and checking the internal links. It _might_ be an idea to move the text of the review of "The Procession" to your own site and just link to it, but otherwise it looks OK to me now. Best of luck with the AfD, and thanks again for your contributions. Tevildo 15:42, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Tevildo, hugely grateful. I do think it looks a lot better now, I've added a Content page, more external links and a spot of bulleting. Any further formatting help most gratefully received though :-)

Ok, will leave as is for a while (don't want an 'edit conflict' do we? :-)) and will do as you suggest re The Procession when the coast's clear...

AndreaUKA 15:49, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Looking a lot better now! All I'd suggest is to make the "Authors" list bulletted as well, remove the spaces between the paragraphs of both bulletted sections, and remove some of the red links that will never have articles - "Best Juvenile Mystery in Canada", "New Star of Fiction", etc. Tevildo 16:24, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is, isn't it? I've followed all your suggestion (thanks for them!) - what do you think now? More external links, perhaps?

AndreaUKA 17:13, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

No, I think it's about as good as it's going to get now. I sincerely hope your hard work is rewarded. One thing - I'd remove most of the categories you've added, especially the new (redlinked) ones. "Book publishing companies of the United Kingdom" and "Small press publishers" are the only ones you really need. Tevildo 18:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, have removed. Thanks awfully for all your help,Tevildo - fingers crossed, eh?

AndreaUKA 18:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UKA Press Reviews and Author Awards: Some suggestions

Hi, I think it would be useful if this section were structured so the various entries resembled each other more e.g. something like Item reviewd (author, date), reviewer, link to review. Or they could be in a different structure - the main thing is to have the structure the same for each entry. Tighten up the spacing a bit. I'd also suggest removing the devastating...riveting...remarkable which sounds unprofessional. Dlyons493 Talk 13:39, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Dlyons493 Talk, thanks very much for your suggestions. I'll get onto it first thing tomorrow (or at least as soon as I have the time). Cheers for that,

AndreaUKA 20:36, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

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