User talk:Jeffersonwashington12

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Hello, Jeffersonwashington12, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created, such as Lyon Lake, Fredonia, Michigan, may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines for page creation, and may soon be deleted.

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Your contributed article, Lyon Lake, Fredonia, Michigan
Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Lyon Lake, Fredonia, Michigan. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as yourself. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - Lyon Lake, Fredonia, MI. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Lyon Lake, Fredonia, MI - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag - if no such tag exists then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hangon tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. 5 albert square (talk) 20:25, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

Lyon Lake
Ignore the above message. It's quite common for a new editor, like yourself, to not know that we have a thing called a redirect that can be used to send one article title, Lyon Lake, Fredonia, Michigan to Lyon Lake, rather than having the same thing twice. I moved it because there are no other Lyon Lakes on Wikipedia right now so it can take the stand alone title. At the same time I added some categories and some links to other articles. Hope you enjoy it here. Cheers. Enter CBW, waits for audience applause, not a sausage. 21:06, 3 July 2010 (UTC)