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July 2010

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Simple references These require two parts; a) Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref> b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}"; == References == {{reflist}} (an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections) To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:Simbagraphix/reftest and try it out. Named references Chzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook"> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/> Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result. Citation templates You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look; Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation | last = Smith | first = John | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century | publication-date = 2001 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | page = 125 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4 }} </ref> Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result. For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

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Hi. I hope you won't mind, I made one edit to your test page, please see here.

You can 'name' a reference when you want to use it more than once, and then it only shows once in the reflist, with a letter a,b,c, etc. Hope that helps.  Chzz  ►  01:28, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Outstanding! I see how that works and appreciate the help, I hope to learn fast to get past the editing/rewriting stage and start creating pages of historical issues of value...Simbagraphix (talk) 12:09, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

No problem; note, my previous replies to you have now been archived, and are at the top of User talk:Chzz/Archive 25..but please don't edit that page. If you have any other questions, any time, just start a new section on my current talk page. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  14:28, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Greeting

Thank you for your greeting! I hope to work with you to improve many articles that are a part of WP:Adventist. Best of luck. WikiManOne (talk) 02:31, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

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Nature of Christ debate....

Hi friend, Since there has been a significant debate recently between you, 8teen and Tonic regarding the nature of Christ I thought this link may be beneficial to you personally in your study of the matter. http://www.greatcontroversy.org/main/natx_.html

Also the QOD quote which has a heading Christ "Took Sinless Human Nature", see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Seventh-day_Adventist_theology#Distinction_between_physical_and_mental_human_nature_in_QoD_Ellen_White_quotes_in_Appendix

The annotated edition of QOD from Andrews University in 2003 states the following....

• Froom and his colleagues were less than transparent on the denomination’s position since the mid-1890s” (Questions on Doctrine, Annot. Ed., Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 2003), p. xv.
• “Suspicion of the Adventist conferees having hedged on the truth of the traditional Adventist position is seemingly confirmed in the section of the appendix to Questions on Doctrine on ‘Christ’s Nature During the Incarnation.’ In that appendix of Ellen White quotations the authors of the book supply a heading stating that Christ ‘Took Sinless Human Nature.’ That heading is problematic in that it implies that that was Ellen White’s idea when in fact she was quite emphatic in repeatedly stating that Christ took ‘our sinful nature,’ and that ‘He took upon Himself, fallen, suffering human nature, degraded and defiled by sin’” (Ibid., p. xvi).
• “It is... difficult to justify the Adventist conferees’ presentation and manipulation of the data they presented on the human nature of Christ... the change of position on the human nature of Christ was one of substance. Whether Froom and his colleagues were willing to admit it or not, the view of Christ’s human nature that they set forth was a genuine revision of the position held by the majority of the denomination before the publication of Questions on Doctrine” (Ibid., p. xvii).
• “The authors at times push the facts a bit too far... they even present their data in a way that creates a false impression on the human nature of Christ” (Ibid., p. xxx).
• “Due to... the problematic presentation of the topic in Questions on Doctrine... the human nature of Christ would become central to much Adventist theological discussion for the second half of the twentieth century” (Ibid., p. 305, annot. fn.).
• “Questions on Doctrine not only supplied a misleading heading, but it also neglected to present the evidence that would have contradicted the heading” (Ibid., p. 516, annotated fn.).
• “Both the heading to page §650§ and the non-inclusion of Ellen White’s statements claiming that Christ had a sinful nature were less than straightforward and transparent” (Ibid., p. 517, annot. fn.).
• “The authors of Questions on Doctrine apparently were tempted to avoid some of Ellen White’s strong statements in their compilation and to provide the misleading heading on page §650§” (Ibid., p. 518, annot. fn.).
• “The data was manipulated by the authors of Questions on Doctrine” (Ibid., p. 520, annot. fn.).
• “Leroy Froom and his colleagues in the evangelical dialogue had not told the truth about the longstanding denominational teaching on the human nature of Christ” (Ibid., p. 521, annot. fn.).

See http://qod.andrews.edu/docs/16_larry_kirkpatrick.doc p. 45-46

Have a blessed week! Willfults (talk) 01:50, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent links and information on Nature of Christ. Thanks Simbagraphix (talk) 11:28, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Looking for a little help in Dover

I am trying to make sure I stay within the objective "just the facts" guidelines for Wiki - but it is more than a little apparent that feelings sometimes run high on a few topics. The wiki article on the Kitzmiller trial in Dover being my most recent encounter of this aspect here on Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District

My intent in updating on that article is simply to avoid misleading the readers by objectively summarizing facts already present in the article. However that effort seems to be in the minority at present. Ideas, suggestions welcomed. BobRyan777 (talk) 00:25, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Heather J. Knight

Dr. Knight is the current President of Pacific Union College. There is currently a collaboration occurring to provide her with a suitable wiki-presence at WP:SDA/Heather J. Knight. I noticed your recent activity in WP:ADVENTIST and thought you may be interested in helping out.. your contributions are welcomed! WikiManOne (talk) 22:56, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Dr. Knight has been approved for a DYK and is undergoing Good Article review. That's done. If you're interested, ditto the above for WP:SDA/Larry Geraty. BelloWello (talk) 00:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Southern Adventist University

Thank-you for the edits you made. They are more neutral. Fountainviewkid (talk) 03:57, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

You are invited to return to the above named article's Talk page. The "progressive" label issue with Cottrell has returned again and your input would be appreciated. Fountainviewkid 00:58, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Just an update (warning) that Bello's been unblocked. Fountainviewkid 04:20, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

ANI-Southern Adventist University

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Let me put a list who is in the discussion to see if I got everyone:Simbagraphix (talk) 11:57, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Fountainviewkid User talk:Kubigula User talk:Mathsci User talk:BelloWello User talk:Lionelt User talk:Tatababy User talk:Jasper Deng User talk:ResidentAnthropologist User talk:Mojoworker User talk:N5iln User talk:DonaldRichardSands User talk:Will Beback User talk:Simbagraphix

SDA articles

Hello, Simbagraphix. I'm enjoying working with you on improving the SAU article and others. Could you do me a favor though, and not leave spaces before references? Thanks and keep up the good work! Kenatipo ^speak! 16:57, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

So thats why my typing teacher kept that long ruler at the ready, she was thinking if he leaves a extra space, I will let him have it......LOL....will try to remember, thanks for the heads up. Simbagraphix (talk) 19:19, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

• Hi Simba, thanks for helping with the Leonard R. Brand article. It is pleasant to have a few other editors seeking to improve the article. DonaldRichardSands (talk) 15:16, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Weimar College

Please visit this link [1] as your opinion and expertise would be appreciated. You have extensive knowledge in the SDA church especially of the relationship of the "supporting ministries". I know BW will probably accuse me of canvassing so thanks in advance BW. Fountainviewkid 21:36, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Antillean Adventist University

Hi Simbagraphix, The Antillean Adventist University and Cuban Revolution connection is fascinating. Is there an online source for the info? DonaldRichardSands (talk) 14:26, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

YEC

Your changes to the YEC article are unsourced,POV and not useful. Please discuss on the article talk page. Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 12:51, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

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Hi, Thanks for your message. I will try to have a look at this soon. Tonicthebrown (talk) 13:37, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

References

Hi, You added some text to Archangel Michael with no references. Please try to add WP:RS references whenever you add text, else they will be subject to deletion. But in this case, I looked and found a reference from the 1940s that can be used and so I fixed it. However, not knowing that denomination's theology, I am not at all sure if this is an "official teaching" because The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary Supplement and the Seventh-day Adventist Church Manual do not seem to have that. But some blogs on the internet say that - yet blogs are not WP:RS and the only confirmation was the 1949 book from England. I think we can just leave it as is, but please try to have WP:RS sources as you add items to Wikipedia, else they will be viewed as personal commentary and get deleted sooner or later. But in this case, I did find a WP:RS ref, so it should be ok. History2007 (talk) 13:38, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Walter Veith (2nd nomination)

I think that your comments on this page are an unwarranted accusation of bad-faith editing: I can only assume that you either have a poor command of English or that you do not know how to read the edit history of a page.TheLongTone (talk) 16:56, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Hi Simbagraphix, some of these pages, like Veith's, are somewhat more difficult to establish. Veith is a notable person within Adventism and within the YEC community. As you have noted, the page needs lots of work. DonaldRichardSands (talk) 08:50, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

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Amazing Discoveries and/or Amazing Facts

• Hi Simbagraphix, there seems to be a confusion of terms. Amazing Discoveries is the subject of one page whereas Amazing Facts is the name of another minister connected with Doug Batchelor. DonaldRichardSands (talk) 02:10, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

• How distinct from Walter Veith is Amazing Discoveries? Has Amazing Discoveries made a reputation for itself apart from Veith. Can this separate reputation be demonstrated? Let's show the documentation for this... DonaldRichardSands (talk) 02:10, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Don, it appears they are using the Amazing Facts online bible study, not clear, I will have to call them and find out. Yes on the documentation, getting the other speakers and showing how they have come together to make Amazing Discoveries what it is, distinct from just Walter Veith may be one direction that can be used to demonstrate a separate reputation. Lots of work....Simbagraphix (talk)

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Request for input

I spent some time looking for what sources for Walter Veith and was surprised by the huge number of hits, combined with the total lack of "obviously reputable secondary" sources. He is obviously a polarizing figure within Adventist circles, but hasn't captured the attention of a wider audience. I have certainly seen far less well sourced (even completely unsourced) articles survive, which makes me wonder if Veith being targeted by someone who just doesn't like him. The article itself does not show any of the criticism being poured by so many of the sources. It also appears to be a coathanger for various SDA topics. This discussion has the feel of a family fight! I will continue to look into this, but since I don't have knowledge of nor passion for the subject matter, I'm not likely to be of much help with editing.

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Hi Simbagraphix. After skimming through both articles, I would say that they suffer from a common weakness--lack of third-party mainstream references. In the past, I had a couple of Adventist-related articles that met the same fate. I had third-party references but they were not mainstream. There would have been many other Wikipedia articles about Adventist/Adventist-related organizations/personalities that I would have written had I not encountered the same roadblock. I am just short of generalizing that, in most cases, this problem may be due to the failure of the Adventist church or its related organizations to involve third-party mainstream media when they have noteworthy and not-so-noteworthy events. Maybe they feel they don't need "outside" coverage because they already have the Adventist News Network. Or maybe because Adventists (most of the ones I know) are generally expected not to draw attention to themselves, hence the avoidance of publicity--and mainstream news media coverage is a form of publicity. I guess, you cannot do anything about this lack of references, except, if you are in the position to, inform the parties concerned of the necessity to have mainstream media coverage as the lack of such coverage indicates the non-noteworthiness of such an entity.

Another issue I would like to point out is the difference between fact and belief. When you write an article about Adventists, you have to write it from the viewpoint of a non-Adventist, in fairness to those who are not members of that particular organization. For example, the statement "It promotes the view that Roman Catholicism works behind the scenes with Jesuits, Freemasons and the Illuminati to establish itself as the dominant church of the world" would be considered a conspiracy theory among non-Adventists, but would be "factual" among certain groups in the Adventist church. If you rewrote that statement as: "It promotes certain views considered to be conspiracy theories" you would have lesser opposition to your article. I know you would not like Walter Veith or Amazing Discoveries to be classified under Conspiracy Theories but from a neutral (non-Adventist) point of view it appears to be the easier path towards Wikipedia acceptance.

So what can be done to remedy the said articles? For the Amazing Discoveries article, I would suggest that you check the Amazing Facts article and take note of its non-confrontational, non-argumentative, non-promotional nature. Also note the focus on the ministry and not on the backgrounds of the evangelists/speakers, as you have done in the History section of the Amazing Discoveries article. Also compare your Veith article with the Doug Batchelor article. Notice that Batchelor's beliefs are not specified, thus eliminating the issue of whether he should be classified as a conspiracy theorist or not. Hope this helps. Qzxpqbp (talk) 10:36, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Simbagraphix, regarding GASP in the Pacific Union College article... If there are reliable sources for the group's mention, then it ought to be mentioned, at least. If reliable and noteworthy sources report on any issues arising from the group's activity then that should be noted as well, IMO. DonaldRichardSands (talk) 17:13, 8 January 2015 (UTC)

Don, I have no issue with that but they put what is basically a direct word by word description from a blog which reads like a advertisement for eharmony.com for LGBT...Simbagraphix (talk) 10:19, 9 January 2015 (UTC)

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We're brothers, both remembering the seventh, and preparing for the Advent. Can we discuss the issue raised, as brothers? Please do show me how I am in error, if you think that is the case. I will return here in 8 hours or so. Plasmic Physics (talk) 13:09, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Yes, we are brothers, but still you need to explain with sources where you are getting these changes, we have time there is no need to rush. Then together, in consensus, put what Adventism truly holds as their beliefs so that others may see the truth....Simbagraphix (talk) 10:45, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

The source is an interview. I just want to clarify that it is not an alternative interpretation, but a rather a more in depth one. Plasmic Physics (talk) 22:52, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

With who, and were is the documentation, beliefs of a institutions such as a church don't change on a interview, especially the SDA church with its history.Simbagraphix (talk) 10:53, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Please reconsider that reversion, only a fraction is based on the interview. In any case, you did not fully remove the assertions, but only the elucidation of the assertions, removal of which I feel, does it more harm than good. Plasmic Physics (talk) 13:02, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Even though I said it before, I must stress that these edits do not reflect a change to beliefs of the SDA church. However, since an interview is not an accepted form source, will you at least restore the reversion, and allow me to remove the assertions myself so that the simpler interpretation is shown, at least until proper sources are found? Plasmic Physics (talk) 13:31, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

I took the liberty and proceeded. Plasmic Physics (talk) 23:20, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Please post your changes here so we can review and discuss them before any revision and come to a consensus, and all may be blessed.....Simbagraphix (talk) 21:57, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

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If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, etc., please reach out to me personally on my talkpage! Cheers!--Jamie Tubers (talk) 20:50, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Welcome to the Months of African Cinema!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which has been dedicated to improving contents that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

This is a global online edit-a-thon, which is happening in at least 5 language editions of Wikipedia, including the English Wikipedia! Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section, if you haven't done so already.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing Users who are able to achieve the following:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Country Winners
• Diversity winner
• High quality contributors
• Gender-gap fillers
• Page improvers
• Wikidata Translators

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 22:50, 03 October 2018 (UTC)

Ways to improve Tanks of Cuba

Thanks for creating Tanks of Cuba.

A New Page Patroller Cwmhiraeth just tagged the page as having some issues to fix, and wrote this note for you:

A useful article, but parts are under-referenced.

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You may also want to read User:Ian.thomson/ChristianityAndNPOV. We at Wikipedia are highbrow (snobby), heavily biased for the academia. Tgeorgescu (talk) 13:04, 17 November 2018 (UTC) ::Working on it. Simbagraphix (talk) 00:54, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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I am working on it, need to give it a bit. Simbagraphix (talk) 00:33, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

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It seems you may be confusing different interpretations of the '70 weeks'. In the interpretation being discussed in the paragraph you edited, the actual view is that the 70th week is separated from the first 69 weeks by a protracted period of time. Your presentation as if these are separate views held by a subset of adherents to that interpretation is a misrepresentation of that belief. Do not change it back without further discussion at the article's Talk page. (The separate view that the 70th week immediately follows the 69 weeks is already presented in the previous paragraph.)--Jeffro77 (talk) 11:49, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

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AfroCine: Join the Months of African Cinema this October!

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After a successful first iteration of the “Months of African Cinema” last year, we are happy to announce that it will be happening again this year, starting from October 1! In the 2018 edition of the contest, about 600 Wikipedia articles were created in at least 8 languages. There were also contributions to Wikidata and Wikimedia commons, which brought the total number of wikimedia pages created during the contest to over 1,000.

The AfroCine Project welcomes you to October, the first out of the two months which have been dedicated to creating and improving content that centre around the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. Join us in this global edit-a-thon, by helping to create or expand articles which are connected to this scope. Also remember to list your name under the participants section.

On English Wikipedia, we would be recognizing participants in the following manner:

• Overall winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd places)
• Diversity winner
• Gender-gap fillers

For further information about the contest, the recognition categories and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. See you around :).--Jamie Tubers (talk) 00:50, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

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Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

Greetings!

The AfroCine Project invites you to join us again this October and November, the two months which are dedicated to improving content about the cinema of Africa, the Caribbean, and the diaspora.

Join us in this exciting venture, by helping to create or expand contents in Wikimedia projects which are connected to this scope. Kindly list your username under the participants section to indicate your interest in participating in this contest.

We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We would be adding additional categories as the contest progresses, along with local prizes from affiliates in your countries. For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. Looking forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 19:22, 22nd September 2020 (UTC)

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The Months of African Cinema Contest Continues in November!

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Thank you very much for participating in the Months of African Cinema global contest/edit-a-thon, and thank you for your contributions so far.

It is already the middle of the contest and a lot have been achieved already! We have been able to get over 1,500 articles created in over fifteen (15) languages! This would not have been possible without your support and we want to thank you. If you have not yet listed your name as a participant in the contest page please do so.

Please make sure to list the articles you have created or improved in the article achievements' section of the contest page, so that they can be easily tracked. To be able to claim prizes, please also ensure to list your articles on the users by articles page. We would be awarding prizes to different categories of winners:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap filler - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

We are very excited about what has been achieved so far, but your contributions are still needed to further exceed all expectations! Let’s create more articles before the end of this contest, which is this November!!!

Thank you once again for being part of this global event! --Jamie Tubers (talk) 10:30, 06 November 2020 (UTC)

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Welcome to the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!

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The AfroCine Project core team is happy to inform you that the Months of African Cinema Contest is happening again this year in October and November. We invite Wikipedians all over the world to join in improving content related to African cinema on Wikipedia!

Please list your username under the participants’ section of the contest page to indicate your interest in participating in this contest. The term "African" in the context of this contest, includes people of African descent from all over the world, which includes the diaspora and the Caribbean.

The following prizes would be recognized at the end of the contest:

• Overall winner
  • 1st - $500
  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
• Gender-gap fillers - $100
• Language Winners - up to $100*

Also look out for local prizes from affiliates in your countries or communities! For further information about the contest, the prizes and how to participate, please visit the contest page here. For further inquiries, please leave comments on the contest talkpage or on the main project talkpage. We look forward to your participation.--Jamie Tubers (talk) 23:20, 30th September 2021 (UTC)

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  • 2nd - $200
  • 3rd - $100
• Diversity winner - $100
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Tanks of the Ukrainian Army

FYI: You did not add the citation for ref name="oryx-equipment-supplies" The references section had numerous error warning. An anon just removed the named-references to that citation. You might consider adding that citation? I don't know were to look. Cheers Adakiko (talk) 22:05, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

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