User talk:Telos

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Howdy,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions; you seem to be off to a good start. Hopefully you will soon join the vast army of Wikipediholics! If you need help on how to title new articles, see the naming conventions, and for help on formatting pages, visit the manual of style. For general questions, go to Help or the FAQ; if you can't find your answer there, check the Village Pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions). There's still more help at the Tutorial and Policy Library. Plus, don't forget to visit the Community Portal. If you have any more questions after that, feel free to ask me directly on my user talk page. ---

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You can find me at my user page or talk page for any questions. Happy editing, and we'll see ya 'round.

Jo e  I  16:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Michigan
If you haven't yet, please consider joining WikiProject Michigan. It helps organize and develop Michigan-related topics and track changes to Michigan articles. Rmhermen 20:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Commons
Hi! I have now moved some of your uploads to the Wikimedia Commons, so that they can be used in other Wikipedias (for example, see no:Grand Rapids). Maybe you can do your further uploading to Commons? See Commons:First steps for a tutorial. Sincerely, Kjetil_r 14:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Michigan template query
Hello Kent county.

Another editor has brought a concern to the Village Pump here with particular regard to the Michigan template. Since you've been a major contributor to the template, can I suggest you discuss his suggestions? In general, User:TRosenbaum is trying to find citations for the Michigan region definitions. All the best. The Rambling Man 17:19, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Lower Peninsula of Michigan
You may not be aware of this, but the map you put up on the Lower Peninsula of Michigan would not be deemed very accurate by residents of many of the regions. For one thing, Lansing clearly does not consider itself to be the "Southern Michigan" region. For another, the southeast region of the state is called Southeast Michigan - the whole area is not Metro Detroit. I've put back the superior image; please do not change it again. Funnyhat 19:31, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Possibly unfree Image:EGRLogo.jpg
An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:EGRLogo.jpg, has been listed at Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Videmus Omnia Talk  15:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Lower Peninsula
"That's just embarassing." That's the best you could come up with? Sad that you could cut that link without bohering to read the content, and perhaps add some real content instead of just deleting it. There are builders and there are critics. Best to you. 7&amp;6=thirteen (talk) 23:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)Stan

West Michigan
Hi. Please don't copy and paste content to move an article. That obscures the edit history of the article. Please use the "move" function, or if you are not able to do so (perhaps because the target page has some edit history), then you can request an admin to move the page at Requested moves. older ≠ wiser 12:45, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Request for Usurpation
Hello, Telos. A request has been made at Changing username/Usurpations to usurp, or "take over", your username because you have not used it to edit, and another user would like to use it to edit. Changing username/Usurpations says that any unused username may be usurped if the user is given seven days notice to object and does not do so.

If you have an email set in your preferences, you should be getting an email from a bureaucrat or changing username clerk explaining how to consent or object to this process.

If you do not object to being renamed to a new username in order for another user to utilize the name you currently have, please log in and post a reply here saying so (you may also tell us what username you would like to be renamed to, or we will provide you with a generic one).

If you do nothing : the request will be filled after seven days, and your account will be moved to a generic username. You may request that it be moved to a new username of your choice at any time.

If you object to being renamed : please log in and make an edit to this page clearly stating that you object to usurpation.

Please note that even if your current username is usurped, you can still edit and your data will not be lost; your preferences, watchlist, and other user settings will be transferred to a new username.

Thank you for your time. Kent county (talk) 15:56, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

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July 2020
Hello and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I saw that an article you created, United States v. Cortez has not been added to any categories. According to the guideline Categorization, every article should be in at least one category. Please help by adding categories to the articles you create. You can take a look at the categorization FAQ. If you need further help, ask at the Teahouse. Thank you.

Thanks for contributing to the article United States v. Cortez. However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that contributions must be verifiable through reliable sources, preferably using inline citations. Please help by adding more sources to the article you edited, and/or by clarifying how the sources already given support the claims (see here for how to do inline referencing). If you need further help, you can look at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia, or ask at the Teahouse, or just ask me. Thank you. --John B123 (talk) 18:40, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

United States v. Cortez moved to draftspace
An article you recently created, United States v. Cortez, does not have enough sources and citations as written to remain published. It needs more citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of " " before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. Celestina007 (talk) 22:25, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: United States v. Cortez has been accepted
 United States v. Cortez, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

Congratulations, and thank you for helping expand the scope of Wikipedia! We hope you will continue making quality contributions.

Since you have made at least 10 edits over more than four days, you can now create articles yourself without posting a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for creation if you prefer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to ask at the  [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&nosummary=1&preload=Template:AfC_talk/HD_preload&preloadparams%5B%5D=United_States_v._Cortez help desk] . Once you have made at least 10 edits and had an account for at least four days, you will have the option to create articles yourself without posting a request to Articles for creation.

If you would like to help us improve this process, please consider.

Thanks again, and happy editing! Calliopejen1 (talk) 01:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Carey v. Brown


Hello, Telos. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or Draft page you started, "Carey v. Brown".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material deemed unsuitable for the encyclopedia mainspace, the draft has been deleted. If you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion by following the instructions at this link. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 05:17, 17 January 2021 (UTC)