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CVU Academy
Hello! I noticed that you have a spot open for training in the CVUA, and I would really like for you to train me because you are in EDT (EST? I don't remember which one it is anymore) which is way more convenient for me considering I live in CDT/CST. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:50, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
- If you aren't available and you just forgot to update it, please make sure to let me know! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 13:44, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze The Wolf, I am available! I'd be happy to help. What are your goals with CVUA? And what is your preferred method of communication? Best, Vermont (talk) 15:08, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- One of my main goals is to get better at being able to recognize what is and isn't vandalism. My preferred method of communication is either on Talk Pages or on Discord. HOwever throughout most of the day Talk Pages is best because I am in school so I am unable to access Discord during the school day. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:09, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I'll make a subpage for ya. Vermont (talk) 15:12, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- Alright thank you! Ping me in it so I can find it. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:19, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- User:Vermont/CVUA/Blaze The Wolf. Vermont (talk) 15:20, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- I've completed the survey. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:44, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- User:Vermont/CVUA/Blaze The Wolf. Vermont (talk) 15:20, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- Alright thank you! Ping me in it so I can find it. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:19, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I'll make a subpage for ya. Vermont (talk) 15:12, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- One of my main goals is to get better at being able to recognize what is and isn't vandalism. My preferred method of communication is either on Talk Pages or on Discord. HOwever throughout most of the day Talk Pages is best because I am in school so I am unable to access Discord during the school day. Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 15:09, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
- Blaze The Wolf, I am available! I'd be happy to help. What are your goals with CVUA? And what is your preferred method of communication? Best, Vermont (talk) 15:08, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
Portal:Vermont
Another user has created Portal:Vermont. If I remember correctly, you worked on it before, so a friendly notice to you. North America1000 15:56, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
CVU Academy
Hello! I saw that you were open for students, so I'm here now. I made my Wikipedia account two years ago, but started editing 6 months ago. I've been focused on vandals since. I've made over 300 edits (maybe 315? not a lot) and I would like to learn more about battling vandals. I use Twinkle and RedWarn. I hope you're available! Thanks, Midknight1342 (talk) 18:20, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
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CVUA request
Hi Vermont, I'd like to learn how to better fight vandalism! Do you have any student slots available? dudhhrContribs 17:10, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Dudhhr! I would say yes, but I've been quite busy lately and can't guarantee quick response times to updates. If you're unable to find another trainer, however, I would be happy to help. Best, Vermont (talk) 22:16, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Vermont: You're the only one that fits within my time zone. The other CVUA trainers are in Europe or Australia, and I'm in the western US. dudhhrContribs 22:23, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Welp, okay. Just be aware that my time zone and times I am awake do not always coincide. What's your preferred method of communication? I can use discord, IRC, email, on-wiki pages, or some other services. Best, Vermont (talk) 22:32, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Discord is probably the best method of communication for me right now, my username is Dudhhr#0046. dudhhrContribs 23:26, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Welp, okay. Just be aware that my time zone and times I am awake do not always coincide. What's your preferred method of communication? I can use discord, IRC, email, on-wiki pages, or some other services. Best, Vermont (talk) 22:32, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Vermont: You're the only one that fits within my time zone. The other CVUA trainers are in Europe or Australia, and I'm in the western US. dudhhrContribs 22:23, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
Reply-link officially superseded by DiscussionTools
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WikiProject Military history coordinator election voting has commenced
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New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
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Please join this discussion - there is increase in the abuse of Wikipedia and its processes by POV pushers, Paid Editors, and by holders of various user rights including Autopatrolled. Even our review systems themselves at AfC and NPR have been infiltrated. The good news is that detection is improving, but the downside is that it creates the need for a huge clean up - which of course adds to backlogs.
Copyright violations are also a serious issue. Most non-regular contributors do not understand why, and most of our Reviewers are not experts on copyright law - and can't be expected to be, but there is excellent, easy-to-follow advice on COPYVIO detection here.
At the time of the last newsletter (#25, December 2020) the backlog was only just over 2,000 articles. New Page Review is an official system. It's the only firewall against the inclusion of new, improper pages.
There are currently 706 New Page Reviewers plus a further 1,080 admins, but as much as nearly 90% of the patrolling is still being done by around only the 20 or so most regular patrollers.
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Vandalism request
Hello Vermont, I hope you are well. I am contacting you because I know you are on the countervandalism team. Recently I edited an article about Pope Honorius I. A user immediately appeared telling me that what I wrote was not what the source said: even though I quoted it verbatim. He removed my edit. and I spent a few hours looking through all the sources on the topic to make it as unbiased as possible. I know that my form is a work in progress, and I need to start summarising what my edits actually do, and I am working on it, but this same user accused me of plagiarism and insisted he had to edit it. I did not plagiarise, I referenced every source I used and nor had I ever seen the webpage he accused me of plagiarising from, but I didn't want to press the matter, to cause needless argument. Now after he had finished editing it, I thanked him for pointing out my mistakes and apologised, but it seems like he took that as a green flag to simply remove all the primary sources that were not specifically Catholic, and now the article has become an opinion piece. His supposedly necessary edit was perfectly fine in his revision immediately preceding the one currently online. I don't know why he changed it again afterwards, but I feel that if I press the matter he will just continue to remove it, and accuse me of plagiarism again. A lot of valuable primary source content on the topic is now missing. Is there a way to revert it to his own edit, immediately preceding the one currently online? What do I do?
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 01:03, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
- Hi Liz, could I ask you to restore it (and its talk page, more importantly) and move it to my userspace? (User:Vermont/Henry Oakes Kent works fine) Best, Vermont (talk) 13:29, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVI, November 2021
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Hey! I see that you removed yourself from the list of CVUA instructors and you said that you would finish up with your last trainee (which I would assume is me). Are you still planning on finishing up with me or shall I attempt to find someone else? ― Blaze The WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 19:32, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- Oop, yep, sorry about the delay. I do most of my work on other Wikimedia projects now and unfortunately haven't been as up to date here as I'd like to be. I've added in the next section and I'm always available here or on Discord if you have any questions about it, CVUA, or editing. Best, Vermont (talk) 02:19, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
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- Aw, thanks! Have a wonderful holiday season. Vermont (talk) 01:25, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, December 2021
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Are you still adopting users?
I've just added the adoption panel to my page BeardyMike, and spotted you in the list of available adopters as potentially active in "new page patrol". Please let me know if you interested. --BeardyMike (talk) 09:27, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
- Hi BeardyMike! Unfortunately I am not available for the adopt-a-user program, as I don't edit on this project very much anymore. I've updated the list to not include me. Sorry for any confusion, and happy editing! Vermont (talk) 01:27, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
- Hello Vermont. No worries, and thanks for the update. --BeardyMike (talk) 09:52, 4 January 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, January 2022
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WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest.
- AFCH will now show live previews of the comment to be left on a decline.
- The template {{db-afc-move}} has been created - this template is similar to {{db-move}} when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.
Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIV, February 2022
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Steward?!
Steward now, I hear? Congratulations, ami! — Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 22:47, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks!! :-D I hope you've been doing well! Vermont (talk) 01:47, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Love to see it :) – SJ + 14:36, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
- Congratulations, Vermont! You don't really like to have free time, do you? LOL! Good luck with the job. Liz Read! Talk! 02:19, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
- Love to see it :) – SJ + 14:36, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVII, March 2022
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Like my new sig? Make sure to visit my talk page! :-D 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk | contribs | guestbook) 07:55, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
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Happy WikiBirthday!
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Also, have a very happy Passover/Pesach! Read the Haggadah, have a Seder, and eat some good matzah! 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (talk) 00:22, 16 April 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CLXXVIII, April 2022
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
Hello Vermont,
At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.
Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.
In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently 803 New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All 852 administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.
This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.
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The Bugle: Issue CXCIII, May 2022
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Signpost interview
Greetings Vermont, I was reading the article about WP pride in the signpost and I did a double take when I read: "There are various projects with anti-LGBT userboxes"! Could you give me 1 or 2 examples of that? Regards, Dutchy45 (talk) 16:52, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Yep. Here and here as two examples. You can find more by looking at global file usage on Commons anti-LGBT images, a lot of people seem to make their own homophobic userboxes. Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 18:31, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- wow, thanks Dutchy45 (talk) 03:43, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
Hello Vermont,
- Backlog status
At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000[a] at the end of May.
Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.[b]
In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).
While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).
- Backlog drive
A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. 
Barnstars will be awarded.
- TIP – New school articles
Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
- Misc
There is a new template available, {{NPP backlog}}, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
Very high unreviewed pages backlog: 12877 articles, as of 14:00, 19 November 2024 (UTC), according to DatBot
There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.
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- I find it interesting that you edited the article to claim it is actually observed immediately prior to nominating it for deletion on the basis that it is not actually observed. Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 16:38, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Elizium23 (talk) 18:07, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- So...you added false information to an article, which you knew was false information, and then used that to dramatically misrepresent the article and sources in your AfD nomination 30 minutes later. Evidently to try to make it easier to delete. Those edits were objectively disruptive, and your nonchalant reply here is concerning. Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 18:30, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- I find your accusations unfounded, disruptive, and personal. Please retract them here and on the article talk page. Elizium23 (talk) 21:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- For posterity, I replied on the talk page. Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 00:29, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
- I find your accusations unfounded, disruptive, and personal. Please retract them here and on the article talk page. Elizium23 (talk) 21:20, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- So...you added false information to an article, which you knew was false information, and then used that to dramatically misrepresent the article and sources in your AfD nomination 30 minutes later. Evidently to try to make it easier to delete. Those edits were objectively disruptive, and your nonchalant reply here is concerning. Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 18:30, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Elizium23 (talk) 18:07, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
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- Thanks. Unfortunately, for all but the first 4 hours, the lead was intentionally disrupted to include false information, by an established editor. Which makes this a bit bittersweet, that the work we put into this was such deliberately misrepresented during its time on the main page. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 15:32, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
The Bugle: Issue CXCVI, July 2022
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Redirected Toka Tū Ake Natural Hazards Commission
Wow that was fast! The page was redirected before I'd finished setting up the links and references. To save future work, how would you feel about including my proposed text on the redirection page? Somej (talk) 04:43, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Somej! Sorry for the speed, it came up on the New Pages Feed, which I have sorted new to old. No problem, I had left a talk page message for you after I moved it describing the reasoning for the move. The content wasn't the issue, it's just that the only reason we'd have a separate page for the new name was if the name itself was notable independently from the commission, which isn't the case. The content you had on the new page would optimally be on the Earthquake Commission page, until it's time to move that page to the new name. TL;DR: one page > two pages for a single subject. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 04:47, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- I figure if the name is officially changing, we'll need to keep two pages for a while ; the "EQC" name has been well=known in New Zealand for decades, and it will take people some time to move to the new Toka Tū Ake Natural Hazards Commission name. I actually thought that setting up the redirection page now would avoid having to create another page for what appears to be an interim name, Toka Tū Ake EQC. Somej (talk) 04:52, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Somej, generally in the past with similar topics we've redirected the new name to the page for the topic, and included a section about the rename, generally with a mention in the lead. Two articles are rarely necessary, unless discussion about the name is notable on its own, in which case that likely wouldn't even be the name of the article. And with two articles, once the rename happens you'd need to integrate the content on the new name's page into the main page regardless. It's best to keep the new name as a redirect to the main topic, and just mention the Commission's rename on its page. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 04:58, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds like you're confident that people searching for the new name will find the current Earthquake Commission page - are you relying on the 'search' box? Somej (talk) 05:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Well...if you search for the new name, you'll get redirected to the Earthquake Commission page. Again, we can and should include the new name and information about the rename in that page, which would get crawled and updated in search engines. But the new name does not itself need an article unless that new name is somehow independently notable from the Commission. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 05:05, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Somej, I've updated Earthquake Commission's lead to better reflect the changes you made previously in the history section. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 05:14, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds like you're confident that people searching for the new name will find the current Earthquake Commission page - are you relying on the 'search' box? Somej (talk) 05:02, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Somej, generally in the past with similar topics we've redirected the new name to the page for the topic, and included a section about the rename, generally with a mention in the lead. Two articles are rarely necessary, unless discussion about the name is notable on its own, in which case that likely wouldn't even be the name of the article. And with two articles, once the rename happens you'd need to integrate the content on the new name's page into the main page regardless. It's best to keep the new name as a redirect to the main topic, and just mention the Commission's rename on its page. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 04:58, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- I figure if the name is officially changing, we'll need to keep two pages for a while ; the "EQC" name has been well=known in New Zealand for decades, and it will take people some time to move to the new Toka Tū Ake Natural Hazards Commission name. I actually thought that setting up the redirection page now would avoid having to create another page for what appears to be an interim name, Toka Tū Ake EQC. Somej (talk) 04:52, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
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“God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” - Genesis 1:27
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” - Genesis 2:24 Msiehta (talk) 02:35, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
- Gender and Judaism is a much more complicated field than the first two chapters of Genesis. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 03:44, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
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- If you have ideas on how to make my userpage more grammatically frustrating, please let me know, I'm all ears <^-^> Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 23:11, 3 November 2022 (UTC)
- Add /jif/ to the random selection of pronunciations for GIF, or use a GIF to cycle between the pronunciations. – dudhhr talk contribs (he/they) 15:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- or do both :) – dudhhr talk contribs (he/they) 15:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- I...love the idea of using a gif to cycle through pronunciations. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 17:04, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- or do both :) – dudhhr talk contribs (he/they) 15:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
- Add /jif/ to the random selection of pronunciations for GIF, or use a GIF to cycle between the pronunciations. – dudhhr talk contribs (he/they) 15:00, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
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Problematic user
Hi, I'm writing because I've seen you around and because you're an admin at Simple. I'm writing about The Syco Killer (horrible user name). I'm trying to sort out if the user is a sock, but in reviewing their edits I noticed significant disruption at en.wiki and similar disruption at Simple. I can't delete pages at Simple, and I'm too lazy to figure out how speedy deletion works, so I'm hoping you can take a look at certain things. I deleted the user's userpage here. At the moment their userpage at Simple is blanked, but if you go back in its history, you'll see what you can't see here. Essentially, the user is saying they are 13 years old and yet hold high political offices in Nepal, e.g., Deputy Prime Minister, among others. This has to be some kind of childish hoax, and certainly the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal article created by the user at Simple should be deleted. Anyway, if you could take a look, I'd appreciate it.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:18, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
- Bbb23, thanks for the heads up. I've blocked the user on simplewiki and deleted the pages they created :-) Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 20:32, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
- Sounds right to me. Now I have to decide what to do, if anything, at en.wiki.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:34, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
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GIF GIF created!
I've created a GIF to cycle through the pronunciations of GIF, as you said you would love one here. – dudhhr talk contribs (he/they) 19:08, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
- This pains me in so many ways, I love it. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 23:32, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
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