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Contents 1 Welcome 2 Re: Welcome Message 3 Ohai 4 JPEG-avi 5 Total wipeout editing 6 Henderson's Boys 7 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 8 Facebook Poke Interpretations... 9 PhotoShare 10 NPWatcher 11 File copyright problem with File:TweetDeck logo.png 12 Twitter Mobile 13 Twitter / Cornell University 14 Power 99fm 15 Hello 16 Rollback 17 Tagging for speedy deletion 18 Talkback 19 Green Front 20 Green Front 21 Thanks! 22 Encyclopaedia Metallum 23 Deprod of Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A 24 Prod 25 DYK nomination of CHERUB (organisation) 26 Articles for deletion nomination of CHERUB (organisation) 27 Twitter GA Nomination 28 Talkback 29 American Club (eikaiwa) 30 Adminship 31 Typo team 32 Re: time since last edit 33 Straw poll on displaying time since last edit 34 Talkback 35 From Bates 36 Wii Sports Resort 37 Thanks 38 UBX 39 The WPVG Newsletter (Q2 2009) 40 Talkback 41 Wikipedia Signpost: 6 July 2009 42 Cheers! 43 Big Brother in Wiki 44 Real life 45 Wikipedia Signpost: 27 July 2009 46 Category:States and territories established in 2008 47 Wikipedia Signpost: 3 August 2009 48 Wikipedia Signpost: 10 August 2009 49 Six degrees of Wikipedia listed at Redirects for discussion 50 Lololol 51 NOTIFY 52 Wikipedia Signpost: 17 August 2009 53 Is Blip.FM not well known? 54 WP:VG/N tool 55 Wikipedia Signpost: 24 August 2009 56 Renaming {{otheruses4}} 57 Wikipedia Signpost: 31 August 2009 58 The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 September 2009 59 Please update your status with WP:VG 60 The Wikipedia Signpost: 28 September 2009 61 The Wikipedia Signpost: 5 October 2009 62 The WPVG Newsletter (Q3 2009) 63 The Wikipedia Signpost: 12 October 2009 64 The Wikipedia Signpost: 19 October 2009 65 The Wikipedia Signpost: 26 October 2009 66 The Wikipedia Signpost: 2 November 2009 67 The Wikipedia Signpost: 9 November 2009 68 The Wikipedia Signpost: 16 November 2009 69 The Wikipedia Signpost: 23 November 2009 70 The Wikipedia Signpost: 30 November 2009 71 The Wikipedia Signpost: 7 December 2009

[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

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[edit] Re: Welcome Message

Sorry, if I've upset the 'Red Link' image. Whoops. You could always blank it and request for it to be deleted. Cheers Marek.69 ^talk 20:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ohai

Harumph ¬_¬ Amzi (Talk To Me) 21:05, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] JPEG-avi

Just a friendly note on JPEG-avi. I declined the speedy deletion request, as "poorly constructed" is not one of the speedy deletion reasons, it's an editing issue. If you don't feel comfortable fixing the article yourself, slap a maintenance tag such as {{copyedit}} or {{context}} on it, and let someone else have a stab at it. HTH.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 01:16, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Total wipeout editing

Well, I'll give some reasons. Sorry I did not see your message before.

   1. It seems like advertising.      To some, perhaps, it does, but to others it is a good source of information to turn to. That's why it is in "external links" 

   2. It lacks notability.   Notability means, according to Wikipedia, "worthy of notice". Perhaps you do not feel the need to notice this site, but I am sure there are many Avid                                  Fans who do.         3. It contains little information and does not further enhance the reader's knowledge of the subject.   Wikipedia when it was first founded contained the same. This is a discussion board. By people entering it, It will become a larger resource.   However, It does show precise instructions of how to get on the show, which the Wikipeda page does not. 

   4. It is not a reliable source.""       There are many members that have been on the show "Wipeout" which Total wipeout was derived from. Another member is the Admin of a forum which has   several links here on wikipedia. Certianly the site has more creditability then most of the people even writing the Total Wipeout page. 

[edit] Henderson's Boys

FOund a source in the Newham Recorder that acts toward WP:V and WP:N. Added it. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 06:52, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I hope it will be useful for the article and the DYK. Best wishes, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 17:24, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Facebook Poke Interpretations...

Hi Greg,

Although I respect your contributions regarding editing Wikipedia I have found your comment about calling my interpretation of Poke on Facebook "absurd" to be a form of unfair censorship. There are a large number of Facebbok users who have interpreted "the Poke" in many different ways, including the edit that I had added. It is important to point out that in the original Wikipedia definition of "Poke" the following words are used:

"...When we created the poke, we thought it would be cool to have a feature without any specific purpose. People interpret the poke in many different ways, and we encourage you to come up with your own meanings.."..."

Sincerely,

Facebook User

The poke feature allows one user to virtually poke another. Some users believe that the poke feature is some sort of Facebook foreplay. However, according to Facebook's FAQ section on the feature, "a poke is a way to interact with your friends on Facebook. When we created the poke, we thought it would be cool to have a feature without any specific purpose. People interpret the poke in many different ways, and we encourage you to come up with your own meanings." One such interpretation is the idea that a "poke" is another way of "teabagging" another user. Teabagging is the act of lowering one's testicles onto someones face, or into their mouth while they are laying down. Kind of resembles dipping a tea bag into a hot cup of water. In principle, this is intended to be a "nudge" to attract the attention of the other user. However, while many Facebook users, as intended, use the feature to attract attention or say hello,[12] some users[who?] construe it as a sexual advance. There are several applications on Facebook which extend the idea of the poke feature by allowing users to perform other actions to their friends (such as "kick" or "wave to"). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.252.210 (talk) 18:22, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] PhotoShare

Greg,

PhotoShare is an iPhone app similar to others listed including Twitterific. If you can suggest a modification to the language to reflect it not as advertising, but rather an option to tie in a visual perspective then that would be great. Again, your thoughts are welcome.

Thank you, Adam —Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamJGSea (talk • contribs) 00:40, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

I ADDED THIS COMMENT TO OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ON MY PAGE, BUT WAS NOT SURE IF YOU COULD SEE IT SO I ADDED HERE AS WELL. THANKS, ADAM We offer a service like Twitpic -- except we offer a lot more. Anyone from PhotoShare can add his/her Twitter info into the profile page. So when a photo is uploaded to PhotoShare it generates a link posted to his/her Twitter account. I can send you a screen shot of my Twitter page if you'd like. So, while we do not mention Twit. . . in our name we offer services similar to those already posted. On this basis I would like to add the information back onto the Twitter page. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamJGSea (talk • contribs) 19:28, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Greg, I saw your message on my page and understand that the perspective should be from a user rather than from me in an unbiased fashion. We are already in conversation with our users about using Twitter so it is likely only a matter of time since many of quite tech savvy. Thanks again, Adam. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamJGSea (talk • contribs) 22:34, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] NPWatcher

Hi, Greg Tyler. I have granted you NPWatcher per your request here. After looking over a few of your contributions, your talk page, and your block log, I feel you can be trusted with the tool. If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a note on my talk page. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:17, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File copyright problem with File:TweetDeck logo.png

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Hello. When you patrol new pages, acceptable articles or articles which have been tagged for deletion should be marked as "patrolled" using the link at the bottom right of the article. This saves time and work by informing fellow patrollers of your review of the page so that they do not duplicate efforts. Thank you. ∗ Smartse (talk) 16:51, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Twitter Mobile

Hi Greg,

Why was my Twitter Mobile page deleted, when it contained no blatant advertising when pages such as Twitterrific does nothing but advertise.

Twitter Mobile is a mobile client for Twitter - I do not understnd how I can say that without it being construed as advertising. I did examine many pages of like content and they seem to have no problems.

RandyWine (talk) 09:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Twitter / Cornell University

I was going to revert the same change that you reverted because it was unsourced and unclear on the chronology. However, for comparison's sake, I think it's worth considering that the Facebook article prominently touts Zuckerberg's Harvard credentials. Do you consider that inappropriate? --Notyourbroom (talk) 17:31, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Power 99fm

Hi, I removed your speedy deletion tag, as the article has clear claims of significance/importance in my opinion, per my edit summary. decltype (talk) 01:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

		The Cleanup Barnstar
		its for that thing you did to the references section in List of Alex Rider characters. I've been trying to do it myself for 5 days but I couldn't. If you want to delete this I won't be offended.--Spongefrog (talk) 18:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou for saying thankyou--Spongefrog (talk) 19:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I had that problem too, except I just added the underconstructin tag and let someone else do the hard work. It worked! Except i think its still a stub too.--Spongefrog (talk) 19:45, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Rollback

I have Tyler granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:10, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging for speedy deletion

Hi there. I noticed you tagged Rafford railway station with speedy deletion criterion G11. Please review G11's wording and reasoning: It serves to delete articles which are written to promote its subject, by using blatantly promoting language and tone. Articles like this one, which only consist of the article name in the text can never meet this criterion (unless the article name itself is advertising). The page rather met criterion A3 for not having any real content (although it was mistakenly deleted as A1 by another admin). Please be more careful when tagging articles in the future, because each tag conveys a different message to the page creator. Some are positive (like test page, no content) while others can be perceived as assumptions of bad faith (vandalism, blatant advertising etc.). Regards SoWhy 12:16, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talkback

NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 13:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Green Front

Can you tell me why didn't you tell me that you proposed for deletion the Green Front article I have started? --Checco (talk) 06:54, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Green Front

Hi, the article Green Front has been proposed for deletion for the second time, I’m sorry, the main autor wasn’t informed about discussion which you attended too--Invitamia (talk) 12:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the great tip on linking categories! I knew there had to be a way, because I've seen it done before, but I just never figured out how. I had made a note to myself to just click the edit button the next time I saw it, but I always forget. Thanks bunches for the great tip! Greg, I really appreciate it! — Ched :  ?  17:57, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Encyclopaedia Metallum

Please see my reply in Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Encyclopaedia_Metallum_(2nd_nomination). Evenfiel (talk) 17:44, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Deprod of Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A

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[edit] Prod

Ok then, could you tell me how to do that please? Do I write it after "concern ="

Thank you for informing me Ruyter (talk) 17:40, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] DYK nomination of CHERUB (organisation)

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[edit] Articles for deletion nomination of CHERUB (organisation)

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[edit] Twitter GA Nomination

I have reviewed your GA nomination of Twitter and have placed it on hold for fourteen days - it still seems like constructive contributions are made to the article. Please see my comment at Talk:Twitter/GA1. Please feel free to respond there. Cheers, Vicenarian (talk) 16:51, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talkback

Vicenarian (talk) 14:28, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] American Club (eikaiwa)

Dear Greg Tyler,

I have seen your post about American Club (eikaiwa) and responded with comments. There is another person who also responded with a post. Because I'm not sure you saw them I've chosen to write you on this page. You can find the posts at the links below. Thank you very much for your time and thoughtful consideration. Sincerely, Rayjameson (talk) 07:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/American_Club_(eikaiwa)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:American_Club_(eikaiwa)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Exleops
Rayjameson (talk) 07:28, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Yeah I knew I had to do one more stage, how exactly do you add it to the main RfA page? Sought | Knock Knock | Who's There? 20:21, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank You, I'm 99.9 % sure I did it correctly, I'm here, Thank you for your help Sought | Knock Knock | Who's There? 23:06, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Typo team

Hi there, I just corrected a small typo on your user page, hope you don't mind. decltype (talk) 22:36, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Re: time since last edit

--Cybercobra (talk) 03:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Straw poll on displaying time since last edit

Hi, you weighed in on the "display time since last edit on article" discussion at the Village pump. I have now started a straw poll on the subject at WP:Village pump (proposals)#Straw poll. Your opinion would be appreciated. --Cybercobra (talk) 04:44, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talkback

Computerjoe's talk 16:58, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] From Bates

Greg,

     I realize I had insufficeint data to support my facts of Wii Sports Resort, and i say facts for a reason. However, one pivotal resource would be Nintendo's demos from this year's E3 in L.A. Also if you had studied my listed Japanese site more closely, you would have easily found all of my information valid. If you still do not believe me, visit http://wii.com/jp/articles/wii-sports-resort/ so you may watch the videos & witness the truth of that I had spent my time typing, only to be deleted. I have spent countless hours researching my topic ever since a preview of it last year at E3 so I find myself very well informed on this topic. When you find that you had falsely accused my data, if possible, could you undo the changes you have made, if it is a simple task. 

     Oh! and one more thing, on the Japanese official website their is a picture of Wuhu Island, I implore you to compare it to the picture given in the Wii Fit manual of the unnamed island that you jog on. The resemblance is incontrovertible. They are exact duplicates of one another. If you still to not find my data adequate, maybe you should do some research yourself, as I have spent my entire previous year doing such. Remember to observe the links and videos attached to the websites carefully, as anyone should do, and may I be proven right and restore my hard work. 

                                         -Edgar Allen Bates  —Preceding unsigned comment added by E. A. Bates (talk • contribs) 18:08, 9 June 2009 (UTC)  

Greg,

     Thank you very much for looking into this subject. However, if you cannot find much information, for it was hard even for myself, I shall just simply wait until the game nears launch and scout out all of the information I can locate. Thank you for understanding. 

                              -Bates  —Preceding unsigned comment added by E. A. Bates (talk • contribs) 12:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)  

[edit] Wii Sports Resort

Woops sorry! This is a bit embarrassing, aha. I should have been more careful. Megata Sanshiro (talk) 00:43, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks, it is surprisingly easy to make. :) \ Backslash Forwardslash / {talk} 06:47, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] UBX

I see what you mean and I understand you concern, feel free to edit the box whenever you want, however you want. Although I don't understand your theory, please see User:Scarce/box. I removed the feature that pulls up the subpage name. It only mutates with templates. ---Scarce |||| You shouldn't have buried me, I'm not dead--- 09:14, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Like I said, "feel free to edit the box whenever you want, however you want" ---Scarce |||| You shouldn't have buried me, I'm not dead--- 09:21, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] The WPVG Newsletter (Q2 2009)

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[edit] Talkback

Ost (talk) 22:25, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Cheers!

You were right. My gravest mistake this week was to assume there was a case to weaken where obviously none was stated. This most definitely deserves at least one pint of your favourite festive beverage.

That being said, careful about overfeeding, it is said that the bridges become a real mess if they go for the last wafer-thin mint. :)

MLauba (talk) 22:33, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Big Brother in Wiki

Greg, this reminds me of George Orwell, if you know what I mean. "...There is some fairly substantial evidence here, where I suggest that Witizen might be preparing to "rally support" and Rich church mouse replies...". Compare signatures! What's next, DNA? I can save your time for further investigations and tell I share computer with Witizen. Maybe you need more detail about our relationship? No problem, I can tell. I deleted his remark, because I do not want any further fighting. But I agree that editors only talk about formal rules, investigate ridiculous "crimes", but do nothing to improve article. You may kill the article, but the bigger problem of competence will remain, no matter how you hate us for our criticism, call me sock or whatever. And I will talk about it aloud, because I want to make Wikipedia better. Rich church mouse (talk) 22:55, 16 July 2009 (UTC)Rich Church Mouse

Thanks for your answer. Sounds like you are enjoying what you're saying. Very sad, if someone knows about flaws, does nothing to improve, or to help others people who care. Rich church mouse (talk) 16:54, 17 July 2009 (UTC)Rich Church Mouse

In that case perhaps you kindly do something to stop this shameful SPI? At least undo your part. I don't particularly publicizing my intimate life details, especially sharing them with Wiki editors (many of whom seem teenagers, or behave like ones). Rich church mouse (talk) 17:31, 17 July 2009 (UTC)Rich church mouse.

Ah... Well, go ahead. Just throw me out. Bravo, amigo. Rich church mouse (talk) 17:54, 17 July 2009 (UTC)Rich church mouse.

[edit] Real life

I'm bemused by your comments on the AEE talk page. What do you do in RL that explains this? Peter Damian (talk) 21:39, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Oh you write about Twitter [1]. Actually what is Twitter? Peter Damian (talk) 21:40, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi. I'm a v old person. Nearly all my professional life has been based on the premiss that you succeed based on your expertise. In turn, the difficult task of choosing and paying experts to do a job is best done by reference or by consulting other experts, as well as checking people out yourself - but the problem is how to decide whether someone else is an expert, when you are not yourself an expert on the subject. My experience over 40 years has been mostly that when people choose experts at a particular job, they choose on the basis of expertise, rather than being 'nice' or good-looking or something like that. So I was quite surprised that an association of experts should be so viciously attacked like this.

My background is 6 years of editing Wikipedia and increasing frustration in battling vested interests and points of view. Hope that explains things - I was really upset by the attacks. Peter Damian (talk) 08:27, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Category:States and territories established in 2008

Just saw that you reverted this. There are a number of micronations in this and related categories. user:Good Olfactory seems to think this is reasonable, see his talk page. I don't, I see this as Wikipedia acknowledging these are states or territories. (Note I won't be online for about 6-8 hours now). Dougweller (talk) 07:46, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Six degrees of Wikipedia listed at Redirects for discussion

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[edit] Lololol

Space pirates! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.25.193.206 (talk) 23:17, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

Balls, I think I messed up. 82.25.193.206 (talk) 23:20, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] NOTIFY

Hi, Greg - you'd offered some help on the wording of the NOTIFY essay. I don't think that it necessarily has to be lengthy or detailed; I had in mind something roughly like this:

“

When you seek sanctions against a user, it is expected that you notify them by posting a message on their talk page. There are two sides to most stories, and it is only fair that the accused is given notice and opportunity to be heard. Notification is expressly required on various administrator noticeboards. For example, the Admin's noticeboard and ANI require that you "inform other users and editors if they are mentioned in a posting, or if their actions are being discussed" or are even "the subject of a discussion." The Wikiquette Alerts noticeboard requires that you "[n]otify the reported user(s)." And when you file a formal sockpuppetry investigation request, you must "[n]otify all the users you are accusing." These warnings, however, are not isolated, unrelated provisions applicable only to the pages containing them. Rather, they are manifestations of a broader judgment by the community that both sides of a dispute should be heard. This principle applies to any public action you take that is designed to get another user into hot water, whether it is on an administrator's noticeboard, an article talk page, an administrator's talk page, etc.

”

That's pretty rough, and any input would be appreciated. The metaphor that I'm looking for to describe the explicit notification requirements, and which is eluding my grasp, is that I want a word or term that denotes a series of islands that appear seperate on the surface but that are in fact all interconnceted peaks in a single undersea mountain. I just can't think what that term is (I had thought archipelago, but apparently not).- Simon Dodd { U·T·C·WP:LAW } 00:23, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

• If the metaphor is sound but there isn't a word, I'll try just writing it out concisely as an illustration. Re judgment/judgement, it seems to be an American English / British english difference. Certainly the no e form prevails in the context I'm most familiar with, e.g. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c) or FRAP 36; Fowler's confirms the intuition, noting that while both are correct, the include-e form prevails in British everyday usage, the no e form prevails in British legal usage and universally in American usage (third ed. 1996 at 426). - Simon Dodd { U·T·C·WP:LAW } 16:21, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

• I'm tempted to suggest following the guidance of Mr. C (viz., that great philosophical writing that "Es are good"), but I fear that would mark my age. ;) I've created it per your suggestion at the village pump (i.e. at Wikipedia:Notification with a redirect from WP:NOTIFY), and feel free to edit it as you'd like. :) - Simon Dodd { U·T·C·WP:LAW } 16:35, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Is Blip.FM not well known?

A lot of Twitter accounts I follow seem to use it. Admittedly I can't think of a media reference to it. If I were to get a figure for what percentage of Twitter users use it, would It be notable?----o̴̿c̡̯̗̗̲̤͆͊̔̄c͖͇͌͂̏̍̎ọ̥͈͎̭͒n͇͈͔͚̰͈͖ͩ͌̆̆o̼͕̺̯̫̭ͣͪ̍ͬͪ̈ (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WP:VG/N tool

Do you know what happened to your cool conversion tool? MrKIA11 (talk) 14:23, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

OK, np, take your time. I just wasn't sure if you were aware of it. Thanks, MrKIA11 (talk) 19:59, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

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[edit] Renaming {{otheruses4}}

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