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Hello Josh. I'm not a registered user so I don't have my own talk page. I changed some capital T's to lower case in an article on Morris Michtom. The reason for doing so was because 'teddy bear' is not a proper noun, whereas 'Teddy Roosevelt' is. In correct English, only proper nouns should get a capital letter (and the start of sentences, obviously). Once the name of the president has become an everyday word to mean something other than the president, it loses its capital. Think about this similar example: sandwiches, I'm sure you know were named after the Earl of Sandwich, but it would not make sense to write, 'Could I please have a grilled cheese Sandwich?'. Please note that I wouldn't change the president's name to lower case, just the stuffed toy. I hope you'll reconsider the reversion. Kind regards, Roger — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.226.195 (talk) 10:28, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Roger, I am sorry for my mistake and I have reverted it back to your version of the page. Thank you for letting me know about that and I wish you all the best at editing Wikipedia. Josvan  Talk  09:42, 25 August 2017 (UTC)