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Kalman Taigman

Hi, Poeticbent. Would you please reconsider starting the article for Kalman Taigman? It appears to me that most of the best sources are in Polish, which I do not speak unfortunately. I would then be able to add in the material from the relevant BBC documentary.Hoops gza (talk) 15:04, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Hoops gza. Please let me see that documentary. Poeticbent talk 15:10, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

It's a small part, let's see, you can view it here, starting at the 4 minute mark to 4:42: [1]. He might appear again in the series - I have not yet finished watching it all. He does not appear again in Episode 3.Hoops gza (talk) 15:24, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

The actual DVD identifies him in real time.Hoops gza (talk) 15:26, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

From what I can tell he does not appear elsewhere in the series.Hoops gza (talk) 18:37, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Hoops gza. I already started collecting little bits of info about him in the Polish language. The main problem is that (unlike Willenberg) he did not come back to Poland for over 55 years afterwards. Therefore, little has been written about his life in general.[2] [3] — Poeticbent talk 19:34, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

True, his article would not be very long. But that is not a requirement in order to have an article.Hoops gza (talk) 19:48, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

I would need to type in 1,500 chars of readable prose for a DYK nom in order to make it all worthwhile. It could be doable (with a fair use photograph of a deceased subject) that's why I don't want to stub it yet. Poeticbent talk 20:01, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
— I don't even know where and when he was born, and if it was in Poland, or maybe somewhere else? The name Kálmán comes from the Czech and Hungarian diasporas.[4] Poeticbent talk 20:26, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm afraid I won't be of much help. I assume this birth information would be helpful in finding the other information on him.Hoops gza (talk) 21:28, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for creating the article. I would have appreciated you notifying me about it. Why do you name the section header "highlights"? It is an inappropriate word to use in English for this topic.Hoops gza (talk) 20:56, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

On the Treblinka article you listed Taigman's date of death as 3 August 2012, but on Taigman's article you listed it as 8 August.Hoops gza (talk) 21:11, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Hoops gza. I was going to let you know about this new article, but you beat me to it. Thanks for fixing the old section title. It was the leftover from my initial stage of research when most of the content was disorganized. I need your advice. — The birth date you're referring to was changed by a mobile user (possibly a family member) 2620:0:1CFE:E:8249:71FF:FE11:2799 (talk · contribs) in a series of five revisions shown here with a lot of new little factoids added to article. No reference was provided. I left a message on his talk page about that, but to no effect. I don't know whether to keep it. Only some of it I was able to confirm later from Google books. What do you think? Poeticbent talk 22:44, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I would suggest keeping what you can verify. In addition to problems with the birth date, the death date for Taigman differs on the articles Treblinka extermination camp and Kalman Taigman. I may be mistaken, but I believe that the death date issue is your own doing.Hoops gza (talk) 23:29, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Hoops gza. I see exactly what you mean. The article I used was published on 13 August 2012 at Erec Israel. In that article Willenberg stated that Taigman died some 10 days earlier: 13 – 10 = 3 (August). However, that same article stated at the very bottom that it was a reprint from MAARIV daily published 8 August 2012 minus 10 days (as quoted) equals end of July 2012 (July has 31 days). This is not an exact science, but the revision made by the IP user seemed bang on. That's why I thought that that was in fact Taigmans' family member. I will wait one more day and probably delete what can't be verified. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 00:34, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
One more thing. Thanks for the expansion Hoops gza although I was trying hard to be more careful about at least some of the points you brought up in your edits. Taigman did not work at the upper camp, where the gassing took place. He worked at the Auffanglager sorting barracks (Camp 2) completely screened from Camp 3 (the killing zone) by a big earth bank built by the crawler excavator. When reading his court testimonies we can see that neither did he know anybody (not even by name) from the Vernichtungslager in charge of the actual uprising as it erupted. The gas chambers were not his memories, but the result of talks with his friends from Israel. Only his description of residential compound for the Jews at Camp 1 is real (i.e. his very own). Poeticbent talk 01:41, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject Poland Newsletter • January 2014 • Issue II

WikiProject Poland Newsletter • January 2014 • Issue II
For our freedom and yours

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Treblinka Death Camp

Hello, I'm Beni2525. As to my contribution to Nazis' Treblinka death camp in Poland: It is a shame that you can't use the video I refer there. As to using the text from NBC, I thought that mentioning them as a source will be enough. I'm sorry. Will you leave the text for a few hours, until I'll write it in my own words? Thanks, Benny — Preceding undated comment added 18:37, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

This is my second time to try to accept your HARSH demands. I can't imagine things that are not written in the article, so it is obvious that some of the structure will be similar. Do you enjoy harassing me? I'm doing this voluntarily so please don't threaten me. — Benny — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beni2525 (talk • contribs) 00:09, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry for causing you grief, User:Beni2525. It wasn't my intention. You came to Wikipedia with no regard for intellectual property of others and in your first edit to Treblinka you plagiarized an article written by Alan Boyle for NBC News. That one copy-paste job was in fact your edit number 11 (eleven) in all of Wikipedia. The only other article you edited (about a desert lynx) was to add Caracal Battalion of the Israel Defense Forces to that article without a single citation (someone else cleaned up your edit for cohesion after you left). You edited Treblinka only once, to promote the subject of the article you plagiarized (i.e. Ms Caroline Sturdy Colls). I cannot tell if you actually read the whole article about Treblinka (probably not) because in order to push your own agenda, you created a new section for your WP:COPYVIO, out of proportion with the rest of it. And finally, you came here to accuse me of harassing you in your selfish ways, ignoring the warm welcome I placed on your talk page initially, with link to Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines, so you can learn what is and isn't allowed in this department. They were not my demands. Poeticbent talk 15:09, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Poeticbent and thank you for your huge upgrade of the "See also" links I added [5] to the Treblinka extermination camp article by incorporating them into the text seamlessly. You have been doing an amazing job on this article and on other topics. I am glad to meet you, IZAK (talk) 11:06, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts

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Blue Army neutrality dispute

Hello, I'm trying to bring back the Controversies section in the Blue Army article to a state where the text does not reflect a bias POV against the army, and it's length does not create issues of undue weight. Unfortunately, one of the users is very hostile to any changes to the text, and argues for the section to remain as is. Here are the main points that I'm trying to use to show a potential bias in how the controversial issues are presented:

  • In Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War on page 25 we can find this statement: "their ordeal [Jewish casualties caused by BA] could not be equated with the raw genocide committed by Petliura's and Denikin's armies in the eastern "integral" Ukraine".
  • In Poland's Holocaust: Ethnic Strife, Collaboration with Occupying Forces; page 43, historian Norman Davies is quoted, that Jewish casualties were "minimal" during the war, and a figure of 400-500 actual casualties is provided, in contrast to the 25,000 to 50,000 jewish casualties caused by the Ukrainian army commanded by Symon Petliura.

Any additional input regarding the neutrality dispute would be greatly appreciated. --COD T 3 (talk) 15:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the note COD T 3, although I'm already quite aware of your dispute with Faustian. It pains me to see how protracted and impossible it is likely to be. That's why I'd rather limit myself to developing new content, that's it. Poeticbent talk 16:42, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Kalman Taigman

Thank you for this article Victuallers (talk) 16:02, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Grand Duchy of Cracow

I apologise, but in the context of the Grand Duchy, consensus is to write it 'Cracow', as you can see at that article (Grand Duchy of Cracow). Please do not remove this spelling. RGloucester — ☎ 03:41, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

Please look closer at the history of that article. It was targetted by opposing nationalists. As of now, it promotes the spelling introduced in 1870 by Henry de Worms in his work: The Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Policy of Count Beust. Mind you, Poland did not exist in 1870. But it does now. Poeticbent talk 04:11, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I'm aware of the current spelling. However, as you can see at the move discussions on the talk page of Grand Duchy of Cracow, consensus on Wikipedia dictates that we should use 'Cracow' in the context of the Grand Duchy. If you'd like to change that, start a requested move at that page. As it stands, 'Cracow' is used for the Duchy. I do not know anything about nationalists. I merely know that the arguments put forth in that discussion were that English language sources in connection with the Duchy (not the city) overwhelming use 'Cracow'. RGloucester — ☎ 04:33, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
Quote from "Requested move": "Grand Duchy of Cracow → Grand Duchy of Kraków — The correct, modern English name of the town in question is Kraków, not Cracow". Reply: "Oppose the diacritic form is unnecessary..." Oh, really? Is that how we do things in Wikipedia these days? Not! Why the heck did we bother bringing the diacritics here at all? You say, you "do not know anything about nationalists". But I do... I've been here five years longer than you, RGloucester. Poeticbent talk 04:45, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
I feel your pain, as that is quite ridiculous (though I'm no good with Slavic languages, and have trouble with the diacritics myself). However, it is certain that use of 'Grand Duchy of Cracow/Kraków' should be consistent across the encyclopaedia. As the article is at Grand Duchy of Cracow, mentions elsewhere should follow the same usage. Like I said, why not start a move discussion there? I'd voice support for such a proposal. RGloucester — ☎ 04:53, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
The new request would only work if the rationale was longer and well written, explaining in black and white, what Wikipedia policy/guidelines say about using diacritics in regional toponymy. There's no need to spell the Duchy differently from the City. We are equipped with full fonts. Poeticbent talk 05:26, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

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Parents

This will interest you ... I've added a video on which her parents appear -- now the second external link, at Sarah Avraham. Tx.--Epeefleche (talk) 05:15, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Categories

Hi, Poeticbent. I see that you've reverted to not catting articles which you have created. Why not?Hoops gza (talk) 20:26, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Which one?! I thought I was right on the dot, dear Hoops gza. Poeticbent talk 21:02, 13 April 2014 (UTC)

Treblinka renomination on May 9, 2014

Hello there, Poeticbent! I am pleased to see you still hard at work improving Wikipedia's Poland-related content. Anyway, I thought I'd give you a heads up: My semester ends on May 9th, so I thought that we could renominate Treblinka at that time.

Here's the blurb I have prepared for the FAC review page. Let me know if you'd like to make any changes.

Somewhere between 800,000 and 1,200,000 people died at Treblinka, second only to Auschwitz. More Polish Jews died in its gas chambers than at any other single location. And besides for the death toll, we have the futile but heroic prisoner uprising, its neglect for a time in the postwar years, the long wait to bring those responsible to justice...it makes for interesting, if not especially happy, reading. Poeticbent and I have addressed all issues from the first FAC, and I put the article through a rigorous peer review of my own after the FAC failed. With all that said, we present to you the finest English-language encyclopedia article on Treblinka in the world. We will do our best to address your concerns promptly; it won't be hard, since the article's about as good as it's ever going to get.

Recent history of the article

The article has been expanded and completely rewritten in the past eight months:

1. Poeticbent improved and expanded the article beginning in August and continuing through most of September.
2. In late October, Khazar2, one of Wikipedia's best GA reviewers (now retired, sadly), reviewed the article and recommended a thorough copyedit, which I performed.
3. Based on the comprehensive GA review, Poeticbent decided to nominate at FAC in early November. I performed a second copyedit during this time.
4. Squemish Ossifrage made 100+ comments at the FAC review page in late November, which took Poeticbent two or three weeks to address.
5. The FAC was archived in mid-December, leading me to embark on a third and final copyedit of the article.

We've waited to renominate because I've been busy with school, but now I have time to address any concerns that may come up during the FAC review.

I also plan to notify all of the reviewers from the first FAC and try to get them to take a second look: Squeamish Ossifrage, John, Hamiltonstone, and Casliber.

Additionally, I think I'll resume my peer review of War crimes in occupied Poland during World War II at that time. If you'd rather not have me review the article at the same time we have the Treblinka FAC going, I'll just work on improving the article. (I plan to buy five or six books on the Holocaust at the end of the semester, so I'll have some high quality sources to work with.) Let me know what works best for you. AmericanLemming (talk) 16:02, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

This is great news, thanks AmericanLemming and good luck with your academic work until May 9th. I will keep my fingers crossed for your best end-of-the-semester results. The blurb looks good. – Having this article featured would certainly be our finest achievement around here, so let's keep it separate from the GA on war crimes, which can be worked on again as soon as we succeed with the Treblinka FAC. All best, Poeticbent talk 16:39, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Pseudorealism and Devajyoti Ray

There seem to be a lot of issues here. Notredane (t·c) Seems to share this view on Pseudorealism and Devajyoti Ray. I am very art-ignorant and only through huggling did I come across this. I restored Ray's infobox btw. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 17:40, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Removing source and text used as WP:OR justifying attacks on Jewish population

Poeticbent, below follows an exact copy of the text I added on Talk:Blue Army (Poland) after making an edit you then reverted by saying that my changes were "unexplained". -Darouet (talk) 22:26, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

In this edit, I removed text that appeared to explain or even justify violence against Jewish populations on the Ukrainian Front. The text stated,

"During the fighting on the Ukrainian front, elements of the Blue Army were involved in antisemitic violence, where political Jewish organizations found themselves sharing ideological platforms with Bolshevik Russia, as well as communist elements in Western Ukraine, and post-war revolutionary Germany." [6]

The removed text implied that Jews were targeted where and because Jewish organizations were ideologically linked to communism or postwar Germany. But if you follow the source, you see that it doesn't mention Haller, the Blue Army, or Ukraine at all. Instead it states

"In the last section of the book on the interwar period, she expands the scope of her analysis to include other minority rights advocates as well, examining tensions and alliances between various advocacy groups and their critics (Germans, Hungarians, Czechs, Jews, Romanians, etc.). This section highlights another challenge to minority rights advocacy; namely the problem of alliances and strange bedfellows. During the interwar period, for example, Jewish rights groups found themselves sharing platforms with revisionist Germany and Bolshevik Russia, which did not serve to enhance the credibility of their claims in the eyes of the Great Powers of the West."

Maybe the original book explains that Jews were targeted because they had communist sympathies, but for that we'll need the cite and text to back it up. -Darouet (talk) 21:05, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Darouet. I replied to your double posting over there. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 23:04, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

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Thanks for your review of Hedwig Bollhagen at DYK. I seem to have made a mistake in preferring your hook as it seems to have resulted in both hooks being struck and a new hook being proposed and a new reviewer required. Crazy! I have lost interest, bit I thank you for your help. Victuallers (talk) 07:30, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Jerzy Zakulski

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Thank you, and a kiss for this ;) (but think about "suddenly", really?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:40, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Precious again

poetic art
Thank you for your artistic and poetic way, covering Poland's history, culture and people, but also naming "a symptom of an illness of anxiety" with a clear view, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:28, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Two years ago, you were the 114th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:17, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda Arendt, you are the awesomest of them all. Poeticbent talk 14:06, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you, I was told so in 2010, actually that made me do it. I recite your poem every time I have to enter one to our sad list, too often that is ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

Crimean status referendum, 2014

Hey, what do you mean by "find a better way to edit war you point, massive removal of everything by others is not acceptable"? There is already a consensus that the edits by Volunteer Marek are harmful - see the talk page. Yes, I am removing everything by others just to reapply it all except reactions to VM edits afterwards. That is the only way not to go insane while trying to fix it. — Petr Matas 19:58, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

There's no such consensus. Please stop misrepresenting other people's comment, or entire sections of comments.Volunteer Marek (talk) 20:43, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

@Poeticbent: I'm sorry for my offense, you just jumped into a very hot and frustrating dispute. Eventually I understood that it is not possible to insist on others to respect WP:BRD, which I did not know. I hope you will understand... — Petr Matas 09:30, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

A potential DYK expansion for you?

Just created Józef Kowalski (priest) looks like something you may want to expand into a DYK. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 11:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Polish cuisine

Thank you for corrections in the article Polish cuisine, in particular for the restoration of certain data which somewhat hastily removed, and the improvement of positioning of illustrations. I've added a template "See also" for alcoholic beverages. --Robsuper (talk) 08:05, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the templates Robsuper. Would you be able to find at least one citation there for the "Non-alcoholic" Beverages? It would really help it. Poeticbent talk 12:38, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Right, I'll try to find something. --Robsuper (talk) 13:02, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Józef Kowalski (priest)

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Co-nominating Treblinka?

If you want to, Poeticbent, you can formally become a co-nominator for the FAC by editing the wikicode of the FAC review page as follows:

small Nominator(s): AmericanLemming (talk) 19:51, 9 May 2014 (UTC) put four tildes right here small

It's up to you as whether you add your name to the nomination or not. However, at the very least I do need some help from you with things I can't address. So far I've been taking care of all the concerns that have come up, and I'm fine with that, but both reviewers so far have raised concerns about the "Individuals responsible" table, and the second reviewer has raised a concern about using two different templates in the "Notes" section. You made the table and chose to use the two different templates, so you're really in a better position to resolve these issues.

Anyway, while I will deal with as many of the reviewers' concerns as I can, there will be a few that I can't, especially those regarding sourcing:

1. Half of the content in the article comes from Polish-language sources.
2. You speak Polish. I don't.
3. You have access to these Polish-language sources. I don't.
4. Therefore, you are much better equipped to deal with many of the questions regarding sourcing.

I understand you're busy working with Volunteer Marek on the Timeline of Treblinka article and the thorny issue of the July-November 1942 graph, but I would greatly appreciate it if you could lend me a hand with the FAC, at least with the issues I can't take care of myself. Thanks. AmericanLemming (talk) 08:28, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

  • Hi, AmericanLemming. I decided not to co-nominate because I intend to return the favour from the 1st Treblinka nomination and cast your first Support vote instead in order to put the issue on the right track and give others a lead to follow. You did it for me on 19 November 2013. Now it's my turn. Personally, the question of you not-knowing the Polish language I find irrelevant because of the ease of almost instantaneous translation available online nowadays. The challenge (also for me as a native language speaker) was/is to find the correct reliable source to fall back on to in case of doubt... but that is long behind us now. Most work is already done. I will help you answer the questions from others shortly and I might even come up with some extra suggestions of my own for you to follow, I just have to put my mind to it. Poeticbent talk 12:23, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

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Hans Bothmann

Hello, do you know what Hans Bothmann's final rank was? His article mentions two different ranks, in the lede and in the infobox. Hoops gza (talk) 21:37, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

  • This is a bit tricky. Perhaps you can help, User:Hoops gza. The cited source, which I used for the lede, mentions the SS-Hauptsturmführer.[7] Meanwhile the Axis History Forum says he was a SS-Sturmbannführer.[8] I decided to keep both to be on the safe side, at least for the time being. Poeticbent talk 22:00, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

I'm only asking in order to change the Category:SS officers to officer rank, btw. I'll go with the first cited source here, especially since that is a lower rank and we are sure that he attained it. Thanks for your help. Hoops gza (talk) 23:28, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Józef Kowalski (priest)

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I have another one for you: Dominik Jędrzejewski. Don't worry, this one is easier as the creator didn't bother with any refs, so you might as well delete anything you want and start anew. Sigh. I really hate it when people create such entries, I tend to think they create more work than they save... --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:30, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Pińsk Ghetto At DYK

Hi there, a reviewer raised a query at DYK about six days ago regarding this one - do you want to take a look? Cheers, hamiltonstone (talk) 12:09, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Hamiltonstone for letting me known about this. I will look into it shortly. All best, Poeticbent talk 22:48, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

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Polish article

Greetings, Poeticbent. I have come across an article that you may wish to translate from Polish: pl:Zbrodnia w Józefowie (1942). The Browning source used in the article is available in English as "Ordinary Men". - Hoops gza (talk) 03:25, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

  • Thanks Hoops gza. Below is the short list of other articles from the same Polish Wikipedia category, bearing similar name. I am going to look into it and if we don't have the article I will probably select the location with the most victims. The relevant article about the subject of "Ordinary Men" in English is still missing: i.e. the Reserve Police Battalion 101, the perpetrators of dozens of these massacres. Poeticbent talk 15:23, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
  • Zbrodnia w Bochni
  • Zbrodnia w Distomo
  • Zbrodnia w Józefowie (1942)
  • Zbrodnia w lasach kartuskich
  • Zbrodnia w Łomazach (1942)
  • Zbrodnia w Markowej (1944)
  • Zbrodnia w Palmirach
  • Zbrodnia w Piaśnicy
  • Zbrodnia w Podgajach
  • Zbrodnia w Ponarach
  • Zbrodnia w Skarszewach
  • Zbrodnia w Święcianach
  • Zbrodnia w Wawrze
  • Zbrodnia w Zakroczymiu 1939
  • Zbrodnia w Złoczewie 1939
  • Zbrodnie niemieckie w powstaniu warszawskim
  • Zbrodnie niemieckie w rejonie placu Teatralnego w Warszawie (1944)
  • Zbrodnie w Bukowinie
  • Zbrodnie w Gaju

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DYK nomination of Mińsk Mazowiecki Ghetto

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Jan Matejko

I think the article may be ready for a GA non. Would you like to expand the lead, and do a general read through / c/e? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 12:28, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

DYK for Mińsk Mazowiecki Ghetto

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