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English varieties and other things

Hello, thanks for your copyedits at French Polynesia. However, please don't change English varieties per the relevant guidelines. Graham87 04:59, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Also, don't put hatnotes on already-disambiguated pages, as you did at Rachel Nichols (actress) and Rachel Nichols (journalist), or link to anchors, as you did at Teak, unless absolutely necessary. Graham87 09:31, 11 January 2019 (UTC)