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Note: I only created a redirect at this title, not the draft content at issue. BD2412T 02:26, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
@The Transhumanist: I think it is worth noting that AWB can also be used to create new articles from a list of redlinks, if you have database information to incorporate into them. BD2412T 02:25, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
"Worth nothing", or "worth noting"? Also, what did you mean by "have database information to incorporate into them"? Thanks for the input, and I look forward to your clarifications. — The Transhumanist 02:34, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Fixed! Worth noting. I mean if you have some basic information to create a set of articles with content and a source. BD2412T 02:39, 10 November 2023 (UTC)
Your recent edit of Astrological sign contained a wiki syntax error in the Hat Group. The rest of your edit was so useful (thank you) that I corrected rather than reverted. Please audit my corrections. OrewaTel (talk) 20:49, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
@OrewaTel: Your edit is correct. The error appears to have been introduced by a bug in WP:AWB, which I will bring up on their message-board. BD2412T 01:25, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
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Hi BD2412,
I see you systematically made WP:RLOTE of Kangxi radicals the primary redirects to their radical meaning. It's generally preferred while they're actually not characters themselves but radicals of characters (similar to affixes of words) and in rare cases, they might not be the primary topic as a radical, if they can also be the characters. Comparing with -ing, an English suffix who has its own article while doesn't hold the primary topic at Ing. NmWTfs85lXusaybq (talk) 03:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
That sounds like something I would have done at some point. It's been a while since I worked on those, though. BD2412T 03:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)
It would be a very interesting argument that comes to the conclusion that the citation was not required. I would love to hear it. OrewaTel (talk) 06:04, 15 November 2023 (UTC)
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In this edit you indicate that judge Richard F. Lyon (judge) retired, but the article on him says he lost the election to Dawson A. Walker. Do you have clear source on this, so we can make it consistent? Dicklyon (talk) 16:25, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
@Dicklyon: You are entirely correct. I rather hastily misread the first paragraph of the source, which actually goes into extensive detail later on about the series of votes that resulted in this outcome. BD2412T 16:58, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, great source! Except they call him "Lyons", an error that I still get plenty of these days, as that name is about 10X more common than Lyon. Dicklyon (talk) 17:26, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
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In theory some men who were later Holy Roman Emperors had wives who died or divorced before thry became Emperor. Whether such woman need to be in a category based on an office their husband only held after the marriage is an open question.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:41, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
I tend to think not, but I also think that it is a very low priority issues. BD2412T 15:54, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
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Would you be so kind as to undelete John Furth to my sandbox? I found a few more sources, and his being a book author will also help. Atsme💬📧 20:24, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
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Hi there, Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2023 November 18 is closed as consensus to refund to draftspace. Before I undelete Draft:Alex Zhavoronkov, are there any particular versions of Alex Zhavoronkov that you believe should also be refunded to draftspace in the history? Happy to be guided by you on the detail here, as you have (judging by deletion log) had one go at 'cleaning up the edit history'. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 10:43, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
@Daniel: Thanks for asking! To retain the most correct course of the edit history, I would suggest restoring Draft:Alex Zhavoronkov first, then moving it over the mainspace article, then restoring the old history underneath, then moving the entirety back to draft without a redirect. I will be all set from there. Cheers! BD2412T 13:02, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
Should be all done (I did it by moving the article to draftspace first then undeleting the draftspace history, but should hopefully have achieved the same goal). Cheers, Daniel (talk) 18:42, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
That works, thanks again. BD2412T 19:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
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I noticed you "undrafted" / removed from draftspace the drafts on the Delaware Supreme Court judges - I am wondering why did you do this / what does it mean? I found the drafts kind of helpful whenever I wanted to do one of them as they usually had some useful starter information. BeanieFan11 (talk) 00:43, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
The ones that I removed are the Colonial-era judges, who likely do not meet the threshold of presumed notability afforded to state supreme court judges, and for whom I have not been able to find anything of use to otherwise demonstrate notability. We still have drafts for seven Delaware state supreme court justices. BD2412T 01:30, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Colonial-era members are not given the NJUDGE pass that post-Colonial-era ones are? Wasn't aware of that. Though I'd bet there's some coverage on some of them; I have a few resources and books on historical Delaware people, so I'll check to see if any of them are covered. BeanieFan11 (talk) 01:39, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
WP:NJUDGE by its terms applies to countries and states. I suppose an argument could be made for colonies. Feel free to work on these in my userspace. I would prefer not to have them in my queue to maintain as drafts when it I have had such a hard time finding/confirming basic biographical information. BD2412T 01:45, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
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Thanks for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. LizRead!Talk! 04:08, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
@Liz: Thanks, but this is not my draft. I merely redirected the title eons ago. BD2412T 13:19, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, BD2412. Thank you for taking the time to go through that long-winded discussion. I do not wish to rehash the discussion, but would much appreciate if you could tell me which points of policy the opposing side correctly cited. It might help me formulate next requests. Surtsicna (talk) 17:05, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
Where policy points were raised in the discussion itself, you argued with those raising them that the points had been refuted. I expect that any further citation to the policies raised, of which you are clearly already aware, would be met with a similar assertion of refutation. BD2412T 17:27, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
I am curious whether you believe those points to have been refuted. You said both sides cited policy correctly but I fail to see how two very different interpretations of e.g. WP:RECOGNIZABILITY can both be correct. Surtsicna (talk) 20:51, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
You are here to rehash the discussion, then. WP:RECOGNIZABILITY is not a binary switch to be flipped. It is a matter of degree, and reasonable people can disagree as to the degree that a subject is recognizable. With respect to recognizability of ambiguous topics, titling must take into account how recognizable a title will be to readers most familiar with other uses of the same name. This is the persuasive case that needed to be made to those opposing the move in the discussion. BD2412T 20:56, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
No, I am here seeking clarity that should have been provided in the closing comment. Those opposing the move made no link between ambiguity and recognizability. It was instead argued that "naming the kingdom increases recognizability" because "not everybody will know that there was no Richard II of Scotland". That argument is precisely the opposite of the one you are making now: WP:RECOGNIZABILITY was cited as the reason for disambiguating existing topics from non-existing uses of the same name. Surtsicna (talk) 21:26, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
As I said, you are here to rehash the discussion. As you clearly disagree with the close, please proceed to WP:MR. BD2412T 21:27, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
I'd like to see a move review for this too. I get that the numbers were evenly split, but the oppose votes were so flawed they should have been discounted. WP:NCROY, for instance, was repeatedly misquoted and misinterpreted. – bradv 22:23, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
It just never ends, does it? Does everything have to be so drawn out and painful? It's been a month since the RM opened. If there was a consensus, it would have formed by now. It didn't. There wasn't. Tim O'Doherty (talk) 15:44, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for the close, BD2412. Anyways, I think RMs concerning 'monarch' pages, should be limited to 'one' per month. GoodDay (talk) 22:45, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
A user who was blocked because they used their real name (celebrity) as their user name wants to re-register under a pseudonym. I imagine their IP address might be part of that block, so how can they create a pseudonym without appearing as a block evader? I cannot divulge the name publicly but my advice to them was to not register under their real name; rather, they should register under a pseudonym instead. I am 100% open to your suggestions. Atsme💬📧 22:08, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
That is a novel question - I would rather expect that they would appeal the block with an OTRS ticket demonstrating their claimed identity, but I frankly doubt that their IP address is blocked such that they can't create a new account. We rarely block IP addresses unless the edits as an IP are themselves the problem. BD2412T 22:21, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Exactly, but there are situations that VRT cannot be 100% certain in today's digital age. I know that WMF actually prefers pseudonyms rather than one's RL id for the sake of privacy/safety. I also want to make sure the user understands COI, and that by registering under a pseudonym, they cannot edit their own BLP or other related areas where a COI might exist. Just needed to confirm. Thank you, BD2412! Atsme💬📧 22:52, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Always a pleasure to be of help! BD2412T 00:20, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
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@MicrobiologyMarcus: I don't know why I am being notified of this, I did not create this article. BD2412T 18:47, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Not sure, looks like Twinkle must've picked up the wrong author and you were chosen cause you moved the page once, as far as I can tell—your guess would be as good as mine. Thanks for letting me know though, as I will be sure to notify the real author. Cheers, microbiologyMarcus(petri dish·growths) 18:49, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
Disruptive editing on Jackson child abuse allegations pageedit
Could you please take a look at what user Bhdshoes2 has been doing on this page?
He made more than 60 edits in about 24 hours, using questionable sources, primary sources or no sources at all, replaced the lead without consensus, rewrote the section headers, frankly created a mess of the Safechuck/Robson section with redundant content and one-sided citations of primary sources. I think this is a case of WP:DISRUPTIVE
castorbailey (talk) 15:37, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
This seems to have been sorted out. BD2412T 15:05, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
@BD2412: The issue is getting worse. Please view these discussions: [3], [4], and [5]. Israell (talk) 10:38, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
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I know it's been a while, but do you remember this? After a few months of working on this I have managed to get it to work.
List of suggestions
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| label | target | page_count |
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| Other races | Race and ethnicity in the United States census | 22529 |
| Eastern (EST) | Eastern Time Zone | 11220 |
| Central (CST) | Central Time Zone | 10523 |
| Black or African American | Race and ethnicity in the United States census | 3893 |
| Other/Mixed | Race and ethnicity in the United States census | 3064 |
| Black or African American | African Americans | 2957 |
| Racial makeup | Race and ethnicity in the United States census | 1314 |
| Mountain (MST) | Mountain Time Zone | 1303 |
| Mixed Race/Multi-Racial | Multiracial Americans | 1209 |
| ZIP code(s) | ZIP Code | 1165 |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial | Multiracial Americans | 1084 |
| Same-sex married couples or partnerships | Domestic partnership | 968 |
| Opposite-sex married couples | Marriage | 950 |
| Pacific (PST) | Pacific Time Zone | 882 |
| GNIS ID | Geographic Names Information System | 755 |
| Eastern (EDT) | Eastern Time Zone | 682 |
| 715 & 534 | Area codes 715 and 534 | 680 |
| Pre-Julian Roman calendar | Roman calendar | 616 |
| 2013 gubernatorial election | 2013 New Jersey gubernatorial election | 575 |
| 2009 gubernatorial election | 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election | 570 |
| Some other race | Race and ethnicity in the United States census | 466 |
| Order of precedence of the United States | United States order of precedence | 440 |
| Home rule-class city | List of cities in Kentucky | 386 |
| State rep. | Alaska House of Representatives | 326 |
| Alaska (AKST) | Alaska Time Zone | 321 |
| Two or more races/Multiracial | Multiracial Americans | 237 |
| U.S. Decennial Census | United States census | 235 |
| 2011 Census | 2011 United Kingdom census | 222 |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | 195 |
| Census of 2020 | 2020 United States census | 190 |
| 539/918 | Area codes 918 and 539 | 185 |
| Of two or more races | Multiracial Americans | 185 |
| OS grid reference | Ordnance Survey National Grid | 182 |
| Top Ten Films | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | 174 |
| Traditional district | Districts of Norway | 174 |
| Census Area | List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska | 169 |
| Formally described | Species description | 169 |
| Hispanics or Latinos | Hispanic and Latino Americans | 164 |
| Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson | J. D. B. De Bow | 161 |
| HDRO (Human Development Report Office) | Human Development Report | 151 |
| Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs | Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development | 146 |
| 910, 472 | Area codes 910 and 472 | 143 |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | 143 |
| Tenth edition | 10th edition of Systema Naturae | 143 |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama | 141 |
| 610 and 484 | Area codes 610, 484, and 835 | 134 |
| Royal resolution | Decree | 132 |
| 937, 326 | Area codes 937 and 326 | 130 |
| 301, 240 | Area codes 301, 240, and 227 | 125 |
| 860/959 | Area codes 860 and 959 | 124 |
| Described | Species description | 123 |
| Bowen, Francis | Francis Bowen | 119 |
| Dialing code | Telephone numbers in the Netherlands | 117 |
| Mixed/multiracial | Multiracial Americans | 114 |
| (of ) | List of English districts by population | 112 |
| Hawaii-Aleutian | Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone | 112 |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | 111 |
| (of ) | List of English districts by area | 110 |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Golden Globe Award for Best Director | 110 |
| 803, 839 | Area codes 803 and 839 | 109 |
| Primary economic sector | Primary sector of the economy | 108 |
| 208, 986 | Area codes 208 and 986 | 107 |
| Phoenix–Sky Harbor | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | 107 |
| 442/760 | Area codes 760 and 442 | 105 |
| Modern day Kansas | History of Kansas | 105 |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | 104 |
| Titsingh, Isaac. | Isaac Titsingh | 104 |
| 2000–01 | 2000–01 NHL season | 103 |
| 2002–03 | 2002–03 NHL season | 103 |
| 2005–06 | 2005–06 NHL season | 103 |
| 270 & 364 | Area codes 270 and 364 | 103 |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | 103 |
| Incorporated (town) | Municipal corporation | 103 |
| Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland | List of governors of Newfoundland and Labrador | 102 |
| 2001–02 | 2001–02 NHL season | 101 |
| Area code(s) | North American Numbering Plan | 101 |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | 101 |
| 205, 659 | Area codes 205 and 659 | 100 |
| China Standard | Time in China | 99 |
| Japanese Imperial kamon | Imperial Seal of Japan | 99 |
| Of the body | Heirs of the body | 99 |
| 2003–04 | 2003–04 NHL season | 98 |
| 631, 934 | Area codes 631 and 934 | 97 |
| 2006–07 | 2006–07 NHL season | 94 |
| Kansas State High School | Kansas State High School Activities Association | 93 |
| Department number | Departments of France | 91 |
| Dubai–International | Dubai International Airport | 91 |
| Knight of the Black Eagle | Order of the Black Eagle | 91 |
| NAMM Oral History Collection | NAMM Oral History Program | 91 |
| 1998–99 | 1998–99 NHL season | 90 |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay | 90 |
| "dry" | Dry county | 89 |
| Nebraska license plate system | Vehicle registration plates of Nebraska | 89 |
| 21 inch (533 mm) | American 21-inch torpedo | 88 |
| 843, 854 | Area codes 843 and 854 | 88 |
| Boulenger GA | George Albert Boulenger | 88 |
| Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon | Richard Ponsonby-Fane | 88 |
| Census of 2000 | 2000 United States census | 87 |
| Developing/Emerging | Developing country | 87 |
| Selectman-town meeting | Select board | 86 |
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Particularly I'd like to know how I could refine the list to produce better results. What do you think? — Qwerfjkltalk 17:01, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
I noticed that too. I think it's because there are a lot of towns with formulaic links. E.g. Metro Detroit:
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 4,296,250 people, 1,682,111 households, and 1,110,454 families residing within the metropolitan statistical area. The census reported 70.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 22.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.2% of the population. [[Arab Americans]] were at least 4.7% of the region's population (considered [[Arab American#Census Category|white]] in the US Census).
From the link [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], the target Race (United States Census) is resolved to Race and ethnicity in the United States census. Essentially every article on a town in America has a link like this, which is why it is suggested at the top. Hopefully if I do a full run the vaguer suggestions like this will be filtered out more. — Qwerfjkltalk 17:27, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
Thoughts from a quick glance:
Other races - previously deleted at RfD
Eastern (EST) - seems reasonable
Central (CST) - seems reasonable
Black or African American - this is a classic WP:XY, and the census isn't the only use of this term (and the list wants two different targets for the same redirect)
Census Area - too vague. Census block would be a slightly better target
Formally described - seems fine
Hispanics or Latinos - seems fine
Debow, James Dunwoody Brownson - seems fine
HDRO (Human Development Report Office) - it baffles me why people have piped to this title so may times. Given that I guess a redirect is fine, but some others would disagree.
Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs - seems fine
910, 472 - too vague
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures - seems fine
Tenth edition - too vague
Best Motion Picture – Drama - on the vague side but probably OK
610 and 484 - too vague
Royal resolution - ???
937, 326 - too vague
301, 240 - too vague
860/959 - too vague
Described - too vague (description might work instead)
Bowen, Francis - seems fine
Dialing code - why specifically the netherlands and not telephone number?
Mixed/multiracial - see above
(of ) - too vague and listed twice with two different targets
Hawaii-Aleutian - seems fine
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture - same as above
Best Director – Motion Picture - same as above
803, 839 - too vague
Primary economic sector - seems fine
208, 986 - too vague
Phoenix–Sky Harbor - on the vague side but probably fine
442/760 - too vague
Modern day Kansas - odd, I would probably point to Kansas instead
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture - same as above
Titsingh, Isaac. - not plausible with the period IMO
2000–01 - too vague
2002–03 - too vague
2005–06 - too vague
270 & 364 - too vague
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama - same as above
Incorporated (town) - I guess this makes sense
Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland - is this the same thing?
2001–02 - too vague
Area code(s) - seems fine
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama - same as above
205, 659 - too vague
China Standard - too vague
Japanese Imperial kamon - seems fine
Of the body - too vague
2003–04 - too vague
631, 934 - too vague
2006–07 - too vague
Kansas State High School - not the right target for this
Department number - too vague
Dubai–International - I guess this makes sense
Knight of the Black Eagle - seems fine
NAMM Oral History Collection - seems fine
1998–99 - too vague
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture - same as above
"dry" - oddly formatted, not useful
Nebraska license plate system - seems fine
21 inch (533 mm) - too vague/awkward/redundant
843, 854 - too vague
Boulenger GA - Odd formatting but probably fine
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon - seems fine
Census of 2000 - should point to the dab page 2000 census instead
There seems to be far more chaff than wheat here. * Pppery *it has begun... 18:32, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
Pppery, I'm not too worried about the incorrect suggestions. I was intending something like WP:CTIOC - as long as a decent portion of the suggestions are valid, it's alright. After all, these will be subject to human review. — Qwerfjkltalk 21:35, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
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Done. Cheers! BD2412T 04:17, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve found a few IP user pages where BD2412bot replaced {{OW}} with {{Blanked IP talk}} in August 2022. Given that they’re user pages rather than talk pages, {{OW}} seems more appropriate to me, so I’m planning to change the latter back to the former. This was obviously a little while ago now, but I just wanted to let you know given as I’ll be undoing edits made by the bot.
@A smart kitten: Yes, please go ahead with the recommended substitutions. The history of the deleted subpage was a single edit in 2006, stating:
It all started in 2005.I, as Tdxiang, an editor.
Sometimes, the account automatically logged out, therefore exposing my IP.Furthermore, the IP was shared under Singnet and that was why cases of vandalism popped up.
Tan DX 08:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
I see no encyclopedic value in the maintenance of such a message (the IP itself has been dormant since September 2005). Perhaps User:Tdxiang will have a different perspective. BD2412T 13:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
An editor, Arcendeight, was very active on PolBot pages and now Category:Bot-created FJC subpages needing delete action is filled up. Can I safely delete these pages? I would gather from the page instructions that I can do this but given that this was a rush of editing activity just done today and you are familiar with articles on judges and lawyers, you would know what to do. I'm not familiar with the work of PolBot, which ended over a decade ago and its operator, Quadell, hasn't been active for almost a year. Thanks for any feedback you can provide. LizRead!Talk! 01:19, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
@Liz: Yes indeed. Those are a relic from another time. Let me know if you need help with the deletion task. BD2412T 01:21, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Done That's exactly what I needed to know. I'll leave the category page for now. It's amazing that we have a relatively new editor who set about following up on these old PolBot pages. I wonder how they came upon them in the first place! LizRead!Talk! 02:56, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
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Hello BD2412: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 20:47, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
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