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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:South Dakota Senate districts
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If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 01:25, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
- You may delete it. I recently created Category:South Dakota legislative districts, which renders it obsolete. Longestview (talk) 01:34, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
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Results of the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
[edit]I actually meant the talk page of Talk:2024 Republican Party presidential primaries in my restoration of Binkley. But it would seem its more contested on that talk page than I originally thought regarding whether to label him a "major" candidate. Regardless, I don't think this matters in regards to including him in this results page. It makes no sense to include Asa Hutchinson who received less than a third of the votes and vote share of Binkley on this results page but not include Binkley. Either we remove both Hutchinson and Binkley or have them both. But to include a withdrawn candidate who received far less votes and not include a relatively much better voted candidate that is still in the race doesn't make sense. Helper201 (talk) 09:03, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
Deletion discussion about 2023 Tucker municipal elections
[edit]Hello Longestview, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia.
While your contributions are appreciated, I wanted to let you know that I've started a discussion about whether an article that you created, 2023 Tucker municipal elections, should be deleted, as I am not sure that it is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia in its current form. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 Tucker municipal elections.
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Plagerism
[edit]Ok, so I am a little confused on why you replaced my work with your own work that is literally the exact same. I even updated mine to remove the state abbreviations. Did you plagerize me? Petjayso (talk) 02:52, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
- Nope! Hope this clears things up. Longestview (talk) 02:55, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
- Ok thank you Petjayso (talk) 16:35, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 February newsletter
[edit]The 2024 WikiCup is off to a flying start, with 135 participants. This is the largest number of participants we have seen since 2017.
Our current leader is newcomer 
Generalissima (submissions), who has one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher) and 10 GAs and 12 DYKs mostly on New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures. Here are some more noteworthy scorers:
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), with one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, and two DYKs;
Vami_IV (submissions), with one FA on Doom (2016 video game), one GA on Boundary Fire (2017), and 11 reviews;
MaranoFan (submissions), with one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and two DYKs;
Skyshifter (submissions), with one FA on OneShot and one DYK;
Sammi Brie (submissions), with five GAs and five DYKs on television and radio stations;
voorts (submissions) and 
Elli (submissions), both with one FA and one DYK each.
As a reminder, competitors may submit work for the first round until 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February, and the second round starts 1 March. Remember that only the top 64 scoring competitors will make it through to the second round; currently, competitors need at least 15 points to progress. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAN, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges (Cwmhiraeth (talk · contribs), Epicgenius (talk · contribs), and Frostly (talk · contribs)) are reachable on their talk pages. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:58, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 March newsletter
[edit]The first round of the 2024 WikiCup ended at 23:59 (UTC) on 27 February. Everyone with at least 30 points moved on to Round 2, the highest number of points required to advance to the second round since 2014. Due to a six-way tie for the 64th-place spot, 67 contestants have qualified for Round 2.
The following scorers in Round 1 all scored more than 300 points:
Generalissima (submissions), who has 916 points mostly from one FA on John Littlejohn (preacher), 15 GAs, and 16 DYKs on a variety of topics including New Zealand coinage and Inuit figures, in addition to seven reviews- Vami_IV (submissions), who has 790 points from two FAs on Felix M. Warburg House and Doom (2016 video game), two GAs, one DYK, and 11 reviews
- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who has 580 points from one FA on Hö'elün, two GAs on Mongolia-related articles, two DYKs, and five reviews
- Sammi Brie (submissions), who has 420 points mostly from nine GAs and seven DYKs on television and radio stations
- MaranoFan (submissions), who has 351 points from one FA on Holidays (Meghan Trainor song), a nine-article FT on 30 (album), and three DYKs
- Skyshifter (submissions), who has 345 points from one FA on OneShot, one DYK and two reviews
In this newsletter, the judges would like to pay a special tribute to 
Vami_IV (submissions), who unfortunately passed away this February. At the time of his death, he was the second-highest-scoring competitor. Outside the WikiCup, he had eight other featured articles, five A-class articles, eight other good articles, and two Four Awards. Vami also wrote an essay on completionism, a philosophy in which he deeply believed. If you can, please join us in honoring his memory by improving one of the articles on his to-do list.
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WikiCup 2024 April newsletter
[edit]We are approaching the end of the 2024 WikiCup's second round, with a little over two weeks remaining. Currently, contestants must score at least 105 points to progress to the third round.
Our current top scorers are as follows:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 642 points, mostly from 11 GAs about radio and television;
- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two FAs (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three GAs;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 523 points, mostly from 11 GAs about coinage and history;
SounderBruce (submissions) with 497 points, mostly from a FA about the 2020 season of the soccer club Seattle Sounders FC and two GAs;
Tamzin (submissions) with 410 points, mostly from a FA about the drink Capri-Sun and three GAs;
Kusma (submissions) with 330 points, mostly from a FA about the English botanist Anna Blackburne and a GA.
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Virgin Islands elections
[edit]Hello. Regarding this edit, I think it may be best (more convenient for readers) to keep a single article on the elections, rather than having separate articles for the governor, delegate, legislature etc. It is unlikely that the articles will be very long and should be easily combined into a single one (which can be split if it gets too large). All the election articles on Puerto Rico aside from the current year ones have been merged in this way. Cheers, Number 57 23:44, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
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[edit]Hi Longestview. Thank you for your work on 1964 United States Virgin Islands legislative election. Another editor, SunDawn, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
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WikiCup 2024 May newsletter
[edit]The second round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 April. This round was particularly competitive: each of the 32 contestants who advanced to Round 3 scored at least 141 points. This is the highest number of points required to advance to Round 3 since 2014.
The following scorers in Round 2 all scored more than 500 points:
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 707 points, mostly from 45 good article nomination reviews and 12 good articless about radio and television;
- Generalissima (submissions) with 600 points, mostly from 12 good articles and 12 did you know nominations about coinage and history;
- SounderBruce (submissions) with 552 points, mostly from a featured article about the 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, three featured lists, and two good articles;
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 548 points, mostly from a featured article about the snooker player John Pulman, two featured lists, and one good article;- voorts (submissions) with 530 points, mostly from two featured articles (Well he would, wouldn't he? and Cora Agnes Benneson) and three good articles.
The full scores for Round 2 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 18 featured articles, 22 featured lists, and 186 good articles, 76 in the news credits and at least 200 did you know credits. They have conducted 165 featured article reviews, as well as 399 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 21 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 April but before the start of Round 3 can be claimed during Round 3, which starts on 1 May at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
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RFK campaign ballot access map
[edit]Thank you for updating the ballot access map! I wondering why Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and South Carolina are a different color than the other awaiting certification states? C. W. Edward (talk) 04:08, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Because either the states' petition was rejected or restarted. Sources are typically located on the Third party and independent candidates for the 2024 United States presidential election page; I have a habit of only updating one page at a time. Longestview (talk) 04:12, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
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Minor Party Nominations
[edit]Hell Longestview. From the research you have done, are you aware of which of those political parties I listed in the "Talk:Third party and independent candidates for the 2024 United States presidential election" have nominated a presidential candidate before? That would be very useful information for me. Thecommander236 (talk) 04:09, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
- Yes! Putting the list of those in that talk page. Longestview (talk) 04:24, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
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I have sent you a note about a page you started
[edit]Hi Longestview. Thank you for your work on List of third-party and independent performances in Louisiana state legislative elections. Another editor, Voorts, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:
The candidate names in the first State house section should not be bolded.
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Nomination of 1978 West Virginia judicial elections for deletion
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LNC Map
[edit]Small note: I believe IL should be ter Maat/Oliver on first ballot as they received six votes each. Thank you so much for doing this by the way! Crazysportsdude1 (talk) 00:30, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Good catch - fixed it. Refresh cache. Longestview (talk) 01:07, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 July newsletter
[edit]The third round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 28 June. As with Round 2, this round was competitive: each of the 16 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 256 points.
The following editors all scored more than 400 points in Round 3:
- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,059 points, mostly from 1 featured article on DeLancey W. Gill, 11 good articles, 18 did you know nominations, and dozens of reviews;
- Skyshifter (submissions) with 673 points, mostly from 2 featured articles on Worlds (Porter Robinson album) and I'm God, 5 good articles, and 2 did you know nominations;
- Sammi Brie (submissions) with 557 points, mostly from 1 featured article on KNXV-TV, 5 good articles, and 8 did you know nominations; and
AryKun (submissions) with 415 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Great cuckoo-dove, with a high number of bonus points from that article.
The full scores for round 3 can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 28 featured articles, 38 featured lists, 240 good articles, 92 in the news credits, and at least 285 did you know credits. They have conducted 279 featured article reviews, as well as 492 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 22 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Remember that any content promoted after 28 June but before the start of Round 4 can be claimed during Round 4, which starts on 1 July at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. Remember, if two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed.
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Mayoral elections in Fargo, North Dakota
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Userbox
[edit]Um, I do not think you have been on Wikipedia for 99 years. If that was unintentional, maybe you should fix that? Jayson (talk) 20:33, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
Michele Reneau Article?
[edit]Hi! You seem pretty good with wikipedia - is there anyway you can create a page for Michele Reneau? It'd be nice if we could try to have all the Tennessee House people with their own pages, since Reneau just won an election. Thank you! DrMcLego (talk) 17:52, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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WikiCup 2024 August newsletter
[edit]The fourth round of the 2024 WikiCup ended on 29 August. Each of the 8 contestants who advanced to Round 4 scored at least 472 points, and the following contestants scored more than 700 points:
- Generalissima (submissions) with 1,150 points, mostly from 3 featured articles, 2 featured lists, 7 good articles, and 13 did you know nominations;
Arconning (submissions) with 791 points, mostly from 2 featured lists, 8 good articles, 4 did you know nominations, and plenty of reviews;- AirshipJungleman29 (submissions) with 718 points, mostly from a high-multiplier featured article on Genghis Khan and 2 good articles; and
- BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 714 points, mostly from 1 featured article on Susanna Hoffs, 2 featured lists, and 3 good articles.
Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated. Contestants put in extraordinary amounts of effort during this round, and their scores can be seen here. So far this year, competitors have gotten 36 featured articles, 55 featured lists, 15 good articles, 93 in the news credits, and at least 333 did you know credits. They have conducted 357 featured content reviews, as well as 553 good article reviews and peer reviews, and have added 30 articles to featured topics and good topics.
Any content promoted after 29 August but before the start of Round 5 can be claimed during Round 5, which starts on 1 September at 00:00 (UTC). Invitations for collaborative writing efforts or any other discussion of potentially interesting work is always welcome on the WikiCup talk page. If two or more WikiCup competitors have done significant work on an article, all can claim points. If you are concerned that your nomination—whether for a good article, featured content, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed. Remember to claim your points within 14 days of earning them, and importantly, before the deadline on 31 October.
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Thank you for creating this article! Bearian (talk) 04:03, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
A brownie for you!
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Thank you for your contribution to presidential election. In my view, it will shape America and the world. Regarding the inforBox photo, I would like some feedback on when and how we can finialise the RfC. It started in April 2024, so it's been quite a while now, so I hope we can replace the photo. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 11:48, 20 September 2024 (UTC) |
2012 Guamanian local elections moved to draftspace
[edit]Thanks for your contributions to 2012 Guamanian local elections. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.
Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 18:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
WikiCup 2024 November newsletter
[edit]The 2024 WikiCup has come to an end, with the final round being a very tight race. Our new champion is 
AirshipJungleman29 (submissions), who scored 2,283 points mainly through 3 high-multiplier FAs and 3 GAs on military history topics. By a 1% margin, Airship beat out last year's champion, 
BeanieFan11 (submissions), who scored second with 2,264 points, mainly from an impressive 58 GAs about athletes. In third place, Generalissima (submissions) scored 1,528 points, primarily from two FAs on U.S. Librarians of Congress and 20 GAs about various historical topics. Our other finalists are: 
Sammi Brie (submissions) with 879 points, 
Hey man im josh (submissions) with 533 points, 
BennyOnTheLoose (submissions) with 432 points, 
Arconning (submissions) with 244 points, and 
AryKun (submissions) with 15 points. Congratulations to our finalists and all who participated!
The final round was very productive, and contestants had 7 FAs, 9 FLs, 94 GAs, 73 FAC reviews, and 79 GAN reviews and peer reviews. Altogether, Wikipedia has benefited greatly from the activities of WikiCup competitors all through the contest. Well done everyone!
All those who reached the final will receive awards and the following special awards will be made, based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, these prizes are awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round, or in the event of a tie, to the overall leader in this field.
- Generalissima (submissions) wins the featured article prize for 3 FAs in round 4, and 7 FAs overall.
Hey man im josh (submissions) wins the featured list prize for 23 FLs overall.- MaranoFan (submissions) wins the featured topic prize for 9 articles in featured topics in round 1.
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2002 Wyoming Senate Maps
[edit]@Longestview: Hello. I notice you've recently uploaded a map of the 2006 Wyoming Senate election. I wanted to ask where you got the district map. As you've seen, I've been making articles for Wyoming Senate districts, but in terms of historical district boundaries, I've only been able to find maps from the 2012 apportionment plan. If you could send me a link to a source for earlier district maps, I'd very much appreciate it. RoundSquare (talk) 21:35, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- I found a link to the 2002 district shapefiles using the Wayback Machine (here.) The House files are there too. Cheers, LV ✉ ✎ 21:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Oh wow, this is a good find. Thank you for sharing. I load the descriptions of the districts which is very nice, however, all the actual maps appear to be unarchived. Do you have a link to actual archived map? It would certainly be helpful in the process of making maps highlighting each specific district. If not, that's fine and I still thank you. I may still be able to use what's available. RoundSquare (talk) 22:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I don't think I understand. What exactly do you mean by "actual map"? If you're wondering how I know which district is which number, and if that's what you're asking, there's a powerpoint from the redistricting committee (here.) LV ✉ ✎ 22:10, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Yup, that was basically what I was asking. Thank you, so much! RoundSquare (talk) 22:16, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- No problem! I also found a link to the 1992 district plans (here,) but unfortunately most of the links seem to be dead. Might still be useful. Cheers, LV ✉ ✎ 22:20, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Thanks, but yeah, unfortunately all of the relevant links seem dead. It's kind of a bummer, if only one of those links worked we could have a complete history of all the current Wyoming state legislative districts. Oh well. I do have a very VAGUE idea of what the 1992 districts looked like because of this newspaper clip listing which counties they were in. Perhaps the information is still out there somewhere. RoundSquare (talk) 22:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- @RoundSquare I found the shapefiles of maps for both legislative chambers (here,) used from 1992-2002, which I have used for the 2000 Wyoming Senate election page. LV ✉ ✎ 08:25, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Oh wow! This is an incredible find. Thank you for sharing it with me. I do have one question however: How did you determine the numbers of the districts? Like how did you determine which district corresponds to each number? I don't really know how to work with those files on the site myself (I just know how to edit already existing SVGs), so I don't know if they contain the information already. It seems though we now have the complete legislative district history of Wyoming, which is very satisfying. RoundSquare (talk) 19:59, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @RoundSquare The information on the numbers of the districts is contained within the shapefiles themselves. The desktop version of Google Earth can be used to easily visualize them. LV ✉ ✎ 20:19, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Hey, very sorry to keep bothering you, I hope you don't mind. I already had Google Earth Pro installed, but I'm having trouble visualizing the districts in the program. It seems Google Earth as a default will open KML files properly, but not XML. Is there a way to convert the files on the site to KML? Is there a way for Google Earth process them as is? Is there a video or text tutorial you could send to help me out? Very sorry, I've never messed around with mapping tools like this before. Like I said, I mostly just edit existing SVG files people make. RoundSquare (talk) 20:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @RoundSquare The .shp files are what I used. LV ✉ ✎ 20:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Alright! That did the trick. Again, thank you, both for the map and for the additional help just then. RoundSquare (talk) 20:47, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @RoundSquare The .shp files are what I used. LV ✉ ✎ 20:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Hey, very sorry to keep bothering you, I hope you don't mind. I already had Google Earth Pro installed, but I'm having trouble visualizing the districts in the program. It seems Google Earth as a default will open KML files properly, but not XML. Is there a way to convert the files on the site to KML? Is there a way for Google Earth process them as is? Is there a video or text tutorial you could send to help me out? Very sorry, I've never messed around with mapping tools like this before. Like I said, I mostly just edit existing SVG files people make. RoundSquare (talk) 20:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @RoundSquare The information on the numbers of the districts is contained within the shapefiles themselves. The desktop version of Google Earth can be used to easily visualize them. LV ✉ ✎ 20:19, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Oh wow! This is an incredible find. Thank you for sharing it with me. I do have one question however: How did you determine the numbers of the districts? Like how did you determine which district corresponds to each number? I don't really know how to work with those files on the site myself (I just know how to edit already existing SVGs), so I don't know if they contain the information already. It seems though we now have the complete legislative district history of Wyoming, which is very satisfying. RoundSquare (talk) 19:59, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @RoundSquare I found the shapefiles of maps for both legislative chambers (here,) used from 1992-2002, which I have used for the 2000 Wyoming Senate election page. LV ✉ ✎ 08:25, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Thanks, but yeah, unfortunately all of the relevant links seem dead. It's kind of a bummer, if only one of those links worked we could have a complete history of all the current Wyoming state legislative districts. Oh well. I do have a very VAGUE idea of what the 1992 districts looked like because of this newspaper clip listing which counties they were in. Perhaps the information is still out there somewhere. RoundSquare (talk) 22:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- No problem! I also found a link to the 1992 district plans (here,) but unfortunately most of the links seem to be dead. Might still be useful. Cheers, LV ✉ ✎ 22:20, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Yup, that was basically what I was asking. Thank you, so much! RoundSquare (talk) 22:16, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, I don't think I understand. What exactly do you mean by "actual map"? If you're wondering how I know which district is which number, and if that's what you're asking, there's a powerpoint from the redistricting committee (here.) LV ✉ ✎ 22:10, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Longestview: Oh wow, this is a good find. Thank you for sharing. I load the descriptions of the districts which is very nice, however, all the actual maps appear to be unarchived. Do you have a link to actual archived map? It would certainly be helpful in the process of making maps highlighting each specific district. If not, that's fine and I still thank you. I may still be able to use what's available. RoundSquare (talk) 22:00, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
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