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Sincerely, - MrX 03:12, 5 April 2013 (UTC)Reply

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Your submission at AfC Soto-Michigan Jewish Community Center was accepted edit

 
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MatthewVanitas (talk) 16:19, 9 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

November 2013 edit

  Hello, I'm BracketBot. I have automatically detected that your edit to Al Hansen may have broken the syntax by modifying 1 "[]"s. If you have, don't worry: just edit the page again to fix it. If I misunderstood what happened, or if you have any questions, you can leave a message on my operator's talk page.

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