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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2020)

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The Sims (video game)

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This Month in GLAM: March 2020

 




Headlines
  • Australia report: Know My Name; Public libraries of Queensland join Wikidata
  • Colombia report: Gender gap, Wikipedia and Libraries from the GLAM team
  • France report: WikiGoths; WikiTopia Archives
  • Indonesia report: Volunteers' meet-up; Wiki Cinta Budaya 2020 structured data edit-a-thon
  • Ireland report: Video tutorials; Celtic Knot Conference 2020
  • Kosovo report: WoALUG and NGO Germin call Albanian Diaspora to contribute to Wikipedia
  • Netherlands report: Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen contributes to Wikimedia Commons again; Student research on GLAM-Wiki at Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Serbia report: March Highlights - Everything is postponed
  • Sweden report: FindingGLAMs; Wikipedia in libraries; Art from the Thiel Gallery Collections; Kulturhistoria som gymnasiearbete
  • UK report: Colourful Kimonos from Khalili
  • USA report: Women & Editing in the time of virus
  • Special story: COVID-19
  • Wikidata report: Lockdown Levellings
  • WMF GLAM report: Mapping GLAM-Wiki collaborations
  • Calendar: April's GLAM events
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DYK for Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States

On 11 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that industry analysts have predicted that up to 75 percent of independent restaurants in the U.S. will not survive the coronavirus pandemic? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:33, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2020)

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Anna Lindh

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Orphaned non-free image File:Independent Restaurant Coalition logo.jpg

 

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The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

  The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Good work! --evrik (talk) 23:48, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Detroit-style pizza

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Detroit-style pizza you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria.   This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 19:01, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

The Rambling Man, well that was quick lol! Thanks for starting review! —valereee (talk) 19:06, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Detroit-style pizza

The article Detroit-style pizza you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold  . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:Detroit-style pizza for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 16:20, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

DYK for Kitchen hack

On 24 April 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Kitchen hack, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that NPR called Robinson Crusoe the "patron saint of the kitchen hack" (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kitchen hack. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Kitchen hack), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Your GA nomination of Detroit-style pizza

The article Detroit-style pizza you nominated as a good article has passed  ; see Talk:Detroit-style pizza for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of The Rambling Man -- The Rambling Man (talk) 07:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2020)

 
Elements of the human body by mass. Trace elements are less than 1% combined (and each less than 0.1%).
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Human body

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May 2020 at Women in Red

 
May 2020, Volume 6, Issue 5, Numbers 150, 151, 163, 164, 165, 166


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WikiCup 2020 May newsletter

The second round of the 2020 WikiCup has now finished. It was a high-scoring round and contestants needed 75 points to advance to round 3. There were some very impressive efforts in round 2, with the top ten contestants all scoring more than 500 points. A large number of the points came from the 12 featured articles and the 186 good articles achieved in total by contestants, and the 355 good article reviews they performed; the GAN backlog drive and the stay-at-home imperative during the COVID-19 pandemic may have been partially responsible for these impressive figures.

Our top scorers in round 2 were:

  •   Epicgenius, with 2333 points from one featured article, forty-five good articles, fourteen DYKs and plenty of bonus points
  •   Gog the Mild, with 1784 points from three featured articles, eight good articles, a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews and lots of bonus points
  •   The Rambling Man, with 1262 points from two featured articles, eight good articles and a hundred good article reviews
  •   Harrias, with 1141 points from two featured articles, three featured lists, ten good articles, nine DYKs and a substantial number of featured article and good article reviews
  •   Lee Vilenski with 869 points,   Hog Farm with 801,   Kingsif with 719,   SounderBruce with 710,   Dunkleosteus77 with 608 and   MX with 515.

The rules for featured article reviews have been adjusted; reviews may cover three aspects of the article, content, images and sources, and contestants may receive points for each of these three types of review. Please also remember the requirement to mention the WikiCup when undertaking an FAR for which you intend to claim points. Remember also that DYKs cannot be claimed until they have appeared on the main page. As we enter the third round, any content promoted after the end of round 2 but before the start of round 3 can be claimed now, and anything you forgot to claim in round 2 cannot! Remember too, that you must claim your points within 14 days of "earning" them. When doing GARs, please make sure that you check that all the GA criteria are fully met.

If you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article nominations, a featured process, or anything else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews Needed (remember to remove your listing when no longer required). Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. 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. Godot13 (talk), Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Vanamonde (talk) and Cwmhiraeth. - MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:45, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2020).

 

  Administrator changes

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  CheckUser changes

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  Oversight changes

  HJ Mitchell

  Guideline and policy news

  Technical news

  Miscellaneous


DYK for Feed sack dress

On 3 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Feed sack dress, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that an estimated 3 million women and children in the United States were wearing clothing made from feed sacks (example pictured) at any given time during World War II? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Feed sack dress. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Feed sack dress), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

 — Amakuru (talk) 00:01, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2020)

 
The beach promenade in Kühlungsborn, Germany runs along the coast of the Baltic Sea.
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Coast

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DYK for Goat tower

On 4 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Goat tower, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that many goat towers (example pictured) have become tourist attractions? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Goat tower. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Goat tower), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

— Maile (talk) 12:01, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Xiahe mandible

 
Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted
Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Xiahe mandible.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Armbrust The Homunculus 20:34, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2020)

 
The original map by John Snow showing the clusters of cholera cases in the London epidemic of 1854, which is a classical case of using human geography.
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Human geography

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This Month in GLAM: April 2020

 




Headlines
  • Brazil report: GLAMce at Museu Paulista: making things machine-readable
  • Czech Republic report: WikiGap 2020 in Czech Republic; International event; support for Wikimedia community; edit-a-thon run with the US embassy and the Swedish Embassy
  • France report: Association des Archivistes Francais; Palladia, a museum collection portal based on Wikimedia resources
  • Indonesia report: Wikisource Competition 2020
  • Ireland report: Hunt Museum image donation; Livesteaming and video demonstrations
  • Italy report: Archivio Ricordi, webinars and videos
  • Kosovo report: One Village, One Article for each village in Albania and Kosovo
  • Netherlands report: Photo collections Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden; meetup and media donations for Wiki goes Caribbean; first online WikiFriday
  • Sweden report: Skrivstuga (edit-a-thon) online – Wikipedia in libraries
  • Switzerland report: More women on Wikipedia
  • UK report: Japanese silk and Spanish iron
  • USA report: Earth Day
  • Wikidata report: Seven Million People Can't Be Wrong
  • Calendar: May's GLAM events
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Ohio Wikimedians User Group: May 2020 newsletter

 

General Updates

I hope this message finds you well and in good health during these trying times. Below is a list of some online activities that you may be interested in participating in.

  • The Wiki Global Check In has started! This initiative is gathering check-ins from Wikimedians all around the world, and asks for a photo that captures something related to life in your context or part of the world during the pandemic.
  • WALRUS (Wikimedians Active in Local Regions of the United States) is now hosting virtual meetings twice a month on Monday evenings. This is a place to discuss anything Wikimedia, as well as a place for Wikimedians to come together and mutually support each other. The next virtual meeting should be on Memorial Day, May 25th. You can sign up for the Wikimediaus-l mailing list to stay up to date on all WALRUS happenings and to receive meeting invites.
  • Wikipedians have been busy documenting the pandemic. In Ohio, we have articles on the pandemic in Ohio and in Columbus (the latter of which was written by our newest Ohio Wikimedians member, !). If interested, you're encouraged to help update and expand these articles, or even consider creating articles documenting the pandemic in other Ohio metro areas.
 
View of Florence from San Miniato by Thomas Cole, an American painter who once settled in Steubenville, Ohio, and won third-place in a competition to design the Ohio Statehouse. This painting is in the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection.
  • If you miss visiting your local museums, don't forget that the Cleveland Museum of Art's entire collection is available online and in the public domain (when permissible). Our WikiProject Cleveland Museum of Art is currently tracking 44 English Wikipedia articles and 40,322 images, which are now acquiring over 2,000,000 views a month. If you're interested in contributing, there is still plenty of work to be done to expand and create new articles!

Movement Strategy

  • The finalized Movement Strategy Recommendations have been published! This is a clarified and refined version of the recommendations that were released in January.
  • The Wikimedia Summit 2020 that was to occur in April was canceled, and Wikimedia Deutschland will not be hosting a virtual replacement. In its stead, Ryan Merkley, members of the movement strategy core team, and external consultants are exploring options to move the contents of the conference into a series of virtual events.
 
Have something for the next newsletter? Add it to our June 2020 draft.

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This week's article for improvement (week 21, 2020)

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Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

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May

May · Mary · Monteverdi
 

Thank you for article improvements in May! - DYK my list of people for whose life I'm thankful enough to improve their articles? - I have a FAC open, one of Monteverdi's exceptional works, in memory of Brian who passed me his collected sources. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:55, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

today a composer pictured who wrote a triple concerto for violin, harp and double bass, in honour of the composer who died and my brother who plays double bass. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:26, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Gerda! —valereee (talk) 15:54, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Arena, Vienna


This week's article for improvement (week 22, 2020)

 
Abu Nuwas drawn by Khalil Gibran in 1916
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June 2020 at Women in Red

 
Women in Red

June 2020, Volume 6, Issue 6, Numbers 150, 151, 167, 168, 169

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DYK for Detroit-style pizza

On 27 May 2020, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Detroit-style pizza, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Detroit-style pizza (example pictured) is traditionally baked in automotive drip trays? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Detroit-style pizza. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Detroit-style pizza), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 12:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

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Some pizza for you

  Yum
Thanks for bringing Detroit-style pizza to GA-class through your volunteer work on English Wikipedia, and have a good one! North America1000 14:48, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
I went through Detroit twice a few months ago and not only tried the real stuff (plus a Detroit-style coney) but was able to buy some Wisconsin brick cheese so I could make the pizza at home. Wish I had the exact right pan, but I'm loathe to spend $40 on the authentic pan for something I'll likely make once or twice a year. Trying to convince myself a nice heavy pan is always a good addition to the kitchen :) —valereee (talk) 17:41, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Revert

Hello, might I ask why you reverted this edit to the Muskogee Phoenix article? Thanks, Sharper {talk} 17:26, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Sharper, whoa, I was waiting for my watchlist to refresh and realized I hadn't visited a certain edit, and I clicked, and as it was mid-refresh I misclicke to (what I thought was) your edit, which wasn't what I was interested in, and I just shook my head, closed the window, and went back to my watchlist to try again. I didn't even realize I clicked revert, not just clicked to the edit, and my apologies, I didn't look at it closely enough -- I didn't realize I'd actually made an edit! Sorry, just a freak misclick! —valereee (talk) 17:32, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
No worries, thank you for clarifying! Sharper {talk} 17:45, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 May 2020

This week's article for improvement (week 23, 2020)

 
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition or process, and the invention process is a process within an overall engineering and product development process.
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Administrators' newsletter – June 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2020).

 

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  • A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.

The talk (parenting)

Hello! As a Canadian I have always understood "the talk" as referring to the sex talk parents give to their children. (Five examples, several of which are book titles: "The Talk: What Your Kids Need to Hear from You About Sex", "OK—IT'S TIME FOR “THE TALK” Now that we understand our need to talk to our children about sex", "Facing "The Talk": Conversations with My Four Daughters About Sex", "More Than Just the Talk: Becoming Your Kids' Go-To Person About Sex", "Of course, they won;t brag about getting The Talk, but they will actually be proud of you if you honestly approach the issue ol sex in a conversational, nonjudgmental way.") I wonder if some kind of disambiguation will be necessary at some point? That said, I think your article is a great addition. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:59, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

PS: It is actually explicitly mentioned in the lede for The birds and the bees. It's a tricky one to disambiguate!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 00:04, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
ThatMontrealIP, yes, that was my original understanding of 'the talk', too, and it's surprising we don't have an article for that, either. I was thinking The talk (racism) and The talk (sex) might eventually be the correct titles? —valereee (talk) 10:46, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Hello! To tell you the truth, I don't know hat is the best solution. I do think that the (parenting) modifier is too definitive in that it leaves out the other meanings. I just wanted to make sure you knew about the other possible meaning of the phrase, seeing as this is global encyclopedia whose editors span many cultures!ThatMontrealIP (talk) 19:10, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm with you. I think I'll just leave it to the community. Someone will no doubt have a better idea. :) —valereee (talk) 19:22, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

I reverted one of your changes.

Hey, I brought the first sentence of George Floyd article to the previous version as the newer version seemed a little awkward to read. Hope that's okay with you. Regards, --Amazingcaptain (talk) 18:16, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

This week's article for improvement (week 24, 2020)

 
Anna Holmlund in 2015 at the FIS Ski Cross World Cup 2015 Finals
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Floyd talk page

FYI, this edit request seems to be a common cut and paste from at least one (unreliable) website. I'm not sure if I'm going overboard with WP:BLP and revdel'ing it, but I wont that particular one as there's been quite a few intermediate edits after. Do you know what is common (not necessarily written) practice on highly visible BLP talk pages? Or what is your M.O for this page? (I'm too lazy to query at WP:BLPN or WP:AN.) Thanks.—Bagumba (talk) 12:39, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Bagumba, hm, no, I don't. I don't have any particular MO in mind, feel free to declare one! We could maybe just archive it? —valereee (talk) 12:51, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
I've deleted BLP vios as I see them, leaving "<REDACTED>" if any of the request is worth salvaging. Copyvios I delete—also revdeling unless there's been major edits since.—Bagumba (talk) 13:01, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Works for me! —valereee (talk) 13:03, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Pinging El C for their take too (hope you dont mind this on your page valereee), as they made a note about the film actor BLP issue.—Bagumba (talk) 13:05, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Not at all! I appreciate the opportunity to learn :) —valereee (talk) 13:08, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Summarily removing that request was the right call. Thanks for taking decisive action, Bagumba. El_C 18:20, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Veganism and vegetarianism wikiproject

Hi, I looked around on some vegan related articles and see you have an academic interest and you are an experienced editor and have done good edits. I have proposed a a wikiproject on veganism and vegetarianism, I would be interested in knowing if you have any thoughts about the matter, you can leave comments on the proposal page if you are interested, thanks. Psychologist Guy (talk) 21:06, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

 

Thanks for the catch!

DTM (talk) 05:22, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

DiplomatTesterMan, thanks for the kitten! I'm trying to remember what I caught lol...:) —valereee (talk) 10:18, 10 June 2020 (UTC)


This Month in GLAM: May 2020

 




Headlines
  • Armenia report: Edit-a-thon dedicated to International Museum Day
  • Colombia report: A #1Lib1Ref to close the gender gap
  • Côte d'Ivoire report: #1Lib1Ref 2020 from 26 to 28 May in Côte d'Ivoire
  • France report: WikiArchives; IMD 2020: Cross-Chapter Collaboration
  • Indonesia report: Wikisource Competition 2020 recap; International Museum Day 2020
  • Italy report: New collaborations and contents!
  • Netherlands report: Analysis of Dutch GLAM-Wiki projects in relation to the Dutch Digital Heritage Reference Architecture, Content donation from Utrecht Archives, Detecting Wikipedia articles strongly based on single library collections and Collection highlights of the KB
  • Sweden report: Free music on Wikipedia; NHB webinars; Wikipedia in libraries – Projekt HBTQI
  • Switzerland report: International Museum Day 2020
  • UK report: Japanese art
  • USA report: Workshops & COVID-19 Symposium
  • Special story: Content partnership category - your help is needed
  • WMF GLAM report: GLAM metadata standards and Wikimedia projects
  • Calendar: June's GLAM events
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Howard Brennan Article

Hey Valereee, I wanted to ask about your edit on the Howard Brennan page: do you really think that is necessary? We take on the eyesight issue elsewhere in the article. Thanks.Rja13ww33 (talk) 16:02, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Rja13ww33, this wasn't an eyesight thing, it was whether pretty much anyone could see that accurately from that far away. —valereee (talk) 16:43, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Ok. Brennan has said he had "super" eyesight for things at a distance (he was farsighted). (Prior to the post-assassination sandblasting accident.) Maybe I'll add a quote from him on that at some point. Thanks.Rja13ww33 (talk) 16:48, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
We can argue how best to use the sources if the article survives AfD. The point of pulling up additional sources, even if they're simply additional sources for what's already there, is to show that there is significant coverage in reliable non-primary sources, which is the rationale the nominator used for AfD. Prove the article is worth keeping first. Then we can argue about details. :) —valereee (talk) 16:55, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

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The Panama Canal is an example of a ship canal.
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