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July 2023
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Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Pan-Slavic colors. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Vanjagenije (talk) 22:09, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
Please do not attack other editors, as you did at Special:Diff/1164917906. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. –Vipz (talk) 02:43, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
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