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Thanks! Finn! (talk) 03:44, 8 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Vandalism Barnstar
I checked your contributions, and it looks like you've been doing a lot of patrolling of recent changes and the reversion of vandalism lately! I just wanted to leave you this barnstar to thank you for your time and dedication to anti-vandalism. It's a thankless job that isn't for everyone. Keep up the great work, and remember that AIV exists where you can report repeat offenders. If you keep spending time toward reverting vandalism and reporting users to AIV, in a month or so, I'll make you a rollbacker! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:30, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! Finn! (talk) 01:34, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply
No problem! You deserve it! :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 01:38, 15 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Revert on Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment

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Thank you for reverting vandalism on Wikipedia, especially on that article. Your efforts are going un-appreciated! Deauthorized. (talk) 22:55, 25 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. :) Finn! (talk) 01:11, 26 April 2021 (UTC)Reply

May 2021

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  The Recent Changes Barnstar
I see you out here fixing up the Wikipedia and I applaud you. Yungli0n (talk) 03:54, 2 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Thank you! Finn! (talk) 03:57, 2 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Rollback granted

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Hi Finneus. After reviewing your request, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when using rollback:

  • Getting rollback is no more momentous than installing Twinkle.
  • Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits.
  • Rollback should never be used to edit war.
  • If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
  • Use common sense.

If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into trouble or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! —Tom Morris (talk) 21:20, 7 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Finn! (talk) 15:29, 9 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

Twittbird2020

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I was born on September 16th was adopted and all records sealed by ( this is so very rare by a federal judge but ton make it even even a greater question mark and a extremely uncommon event it was such a high ranking federal judge that only 2 things can open my records of adoption and they are an act of god which is the easiest of the two second am act of the united states' Congress and theyust shut down all government business and vote to review my record depending on vote just to see about reveiwingy documents if so they reveiw them then another vote to seeing they leave. It sealed or release it .as you see why I one of the only secretes of our government that rains sealed after 50 years all classified documents are opened after 50. Years so why is or am I still to be a government secret or is it because it in loves a foreign Nation as well as our own and why am I still being mislead and lied to by'all that have any knowledge of my birth and I mean all not just a couple but l people close to or far from my birth or is it to hide a bloodline so deep that it scares not just people but nations a true bloodline of pure good or evil but a bloodline not to be found or revealed until a set time or set period for some reason please help


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Sorry, but I have no idea what you're trying to say. Finn! (talk) 18:25, 26 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

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State capture

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Maybe you did not see it, but I wrote an edit summary. Please stop reverting my edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dongó 4 (talkcontribs) 02:23, 12 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Removing an entire section of well-sourced content is not appropriate, even if you believe it is biased. Instead, use the talk page to explain why you believe the content is biased and see if others agree. Andethyst (talk) 02:41, 12 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Macy

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That contributor vandalized the Macy page again. You might wanna undo their changes and block them now. 108.30.110.252 (talk) 21:34, 15 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

I reverted the vandalism and warned the user. Thanks for the report! Andethyst (talk) 02:34, 16 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Balzac Billy

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But ballsac billy sound much better Æfæđéæň (talk) 02:29, 2 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

715 watchers

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You are an one-year participant and have 4,000+ edits. You probably have the most watchers, I've seen under these circumstances. Best, --Victor Trevor (talk) 19:56, 12 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Nice work with your recent changes patrol!

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God damn you are fast! Almost feels futile for me to be patrolling when you are active. Cheers, Satricious (talk) 02:01, 14 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! Huggle really helps with that. Andethyst (talk) 02:13, 14 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

A brownie for you!

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  I see you a lot in Recent Changes as a fellow recent changes patroller (often because you ninjaed those reverts :P). I see Huggle has been a big help too. I used to use it but found Twinkle easier. InterstateFive (talk) - just another roadgeek 02:48, 10 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! Andethyst (talk) 02:50, 10 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Damn you Dylan! 67.162.148.139 (talk) 05:25, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Quick question

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I don't want to be disruptive (not sure if this is talk page material) but I was curious on how you changed the link color of your signature. I've tried using span but it hasn't been working out for me. Thanks! Sylvie N (she/they) (talk) 01:27, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

I just used this page as a guideline. Here's the code I use for my signature: '''[[User:Andethyst|<span style="color:#009691">Andethyst</span>]]''' [[User_talk:Andethyst|<span style="color:#009691;font-size:85%">(talk)</span>]] Feel free to model yours off of it. And don't worry, this isn't disruptive at all. Andethyst (talk) 01:48, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
I appreciate it. Thank you! Sylvie N (she/they) (talk) 01:52, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
You're very welcome! Andethyst (talk) 02:01, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

A talk for you

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Hello, i know who you are, you're the guy who changed back Ionia page but please read my question: Are the Ionia facts that i put wrong? -Anonymous person who edited Ionia for no reason — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:280:4F81:4490:688E:7B3E:A228:DA96 (talk) 04:17, 14 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Who would win?

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Kat Slater or Squidward 2A01:4C8:1C07:16AD:D31:E7C3:1390:68FF (talk) 01:47, 18 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

A cheeseburger for you!

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  I’m glad to see people like you around here because I appreciate your work reverting vandalism! You deserve this! LPS and MLP Fan (Littlest Pet Shop and My Little Pony Fan) 02:06, 30 March 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! Andethyst (talk) 00:50, 31 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Special Barnstar
For reverting vandalism within THREE SECONDS of it being made! Take that, vandals! interstatefive  (talk) - just another roadgeek 01:34, 5 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! Andethyst (talk) 01:36, 5 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks

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Thanks for helping revert vandalism! I would give a barnstar but I forgot how to add it. ;) 47.227.95.73 (talk) 01:36, 9 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! :) Andethyst (talk) 01:40, 9 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Nick Yarris

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Thank you for reverting vandalism on the Nick Yarris page. Would you be willing also to look at a section of the article on The Fear of 13, which covers an award-winning documentary on Yarris's case. My feeling is that it probably violates several WP norms, including lack of a reliable source. I have been accused of having a conflict of interest in regards to Yarris, so I am reluctant to take unilateral action without support from a more experienced and clearly objective editor. PDGPA (talk) 01:23, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

I looked at the section, but I really don't know enough about the topic to determine whether or not that information is accurately sourced. Andethyst (talk) 01:51, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

A cheeseburger for you!

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  Nice work on Huggle tonight! Scorpions13256 (talk) 01:34, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! Andethyst (talk) 01:36, 11 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Original Barnstar
For your many contributions. Keep it up! Volten001 01:38, 16 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! Andethyst (talk) 01:45, 16 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Most welcome and happy editing... Volten001 04:53, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Just this session of my editing, you have beaten me to reverting vandalism over 5 times. Very good job. ;) — 3PPYB6TALKCONTRIBS01:34, 21 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! :) Andethyst (talk) 01:37, 21 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
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  . TotallyFact.real (talk) 01:44, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

more cookies!

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I love cookies, thanks! :) Andethyst (talk) 01:15, 5 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Ack!

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Sorry, I blocked you via a misclick. It happens to the best of us  .-- Jezebel's Ponyobons mots 22:47, 10 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

It's fine, no worries!   Andethyst (talk) 01:26, 11 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

Update blocked for “not being constructive”

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But can’t dispute accuracy of said update. Wikipedia is a joke. 2600:1700:5D99:92C0:A960:B63B:B864:581F (talk) 01:13, 31 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

I love your work

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Hi Andethyst. I really love the work you are doing like reverting vandalizm. I saw the edit history and I saw your account and I like your username so I clicked on it. You reverted so much vandalism. I am also a new account and I need to learn more about the rules of Wikipedia. I always copy and paste links and signatures and userboxes and edit signatures when I first use one a little bit. Train and unicorn fan🦄🚆 talk 13:00, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

Thanks! If you're interested, there are some great resources for new users on this page. Andethyst (talk) 00:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
Ok. Train and unicorn fan🦄🚆 talk 07:19, 2 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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  The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You've beaten me so many times to reverting that I wonder how you're so fast! Capsulecap (talkcontribs) 01:41, 2 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! Huggle helps a lot with that.   Andethyst (talk) 01:45, 2 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

A pie for you!

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  Great work reverting vandalism and other problematic edits! When I was patrolling recent changes today, I would sometimes check a diff, only to see that you reverted it! LPS and MLP Fan (Littlest Pet Shop and My Little Pony Fan) 02:00, 20 June 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks!   Andethyst (talk) 00:40, 21 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

A cupcake for you!

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  Well done in your anti-vandalism work! I've just installed RedWarn and I haven't gotten to try it once because you've beaten me to every revert. Thanks for protecting the encyclopedia! Perfect4th (talk) 15:03, 8 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you!   Andethyst (talk) 15:08, 8 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Stop the hasty, badly thought-out reversion

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While in the midst of editing the article Murder of Nick Corwin for incomplete / ill-formatted citations, I found the following message on my IP address talk page:

Hello, I'm Andethyst. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Murder of Nick Corwin—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse or the Help desk. Thanks. Andethyst (talk) 01:39, 12 July 2022 (UTC)

I am quite confident that you made a hasty reversion, without examining the changes to the article. In other words, you have failed in your duty as an editor.

I also was insulted by your evaluation: The phrase "not constructive" is a euphemism used

  1. for amateurish edits, near-vandalism, or unbalanced narrow point-of-view inserts, and
  2. for change to one's own contributions to an article (falsely believed to not be improve-able).

Your hasty action and ill-considered reversion suggest the second option might be the case.

I recommend that your behavior must improve before you can further act as a faithful reviewer of article changes. Your reversion appears to have been a bad-faith change.

Since you were obviously wrong to do so, I have recovered the emendations from the article history and re-posted them. I needed to finish inserting the citations that the footnote mentioned, but did not explicitly link in, anyway. If you still feel itchy to revert the changes, kindly give it some time: Say wait an hour after the last change.

And always, without exception, you are obliged to ACTUALLY READ the changes made – ALL of them – before a blanket reversion. If you find only one or two objectionable changes, you are NOT entitled to revert the whole, but my only edit back in the particular text that you believe was not improved. And since you manifestly have in evidence the judgement of another editor that the text did need revision, you might consider trying your own improvement of the impeached text.

One thing that was imperfect about my own revisions to the article is that I moved a digression out of the citations and into a footnote, but neglected to insert the "notelist" template. My bad. I've corrected my error in that regard. 107.115.33.49 (talk) 02:16, 12 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

My apologies, I made a mistake and shouldn't have reverted that edit. I'll try to be more careful in the future. Andethyst (talk) 12:51, 12 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Was trying to reverse vandalism

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Thank you for getting in touch. I apologise for not giving an explanation.I was trying to remove the following

Proposed deletion of Fuad Kavur

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The article Fuad Kavur has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:CREATIVE notability not established. Article is mainly promotional, with numerous edits apparently by the subject of the article.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion.


This is an act of vandalism on behalf of the proposer. The revisions and updates are clearly not by the subject. The subject has clearly been targeted by someone with reasons unexplained to delete this article. Your help in restoring it would be much appreciated. Nobuna2022 (talk) 14:43, 12 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Derrick Jensen and transphobia

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Hi, I noticed that someone had removed the mention of transphobia from Derrick Jensen's wikipedia page, so I've been attempting to re-add that information with sources. I noticed you left me the following message after reverting one of my edits:

Hello, I'm Andethyst. I noticed that you made an edit to a biography of a living person, Derrick Jensen, but you didn't support your changes with a citation to a reliable source. Wikipedia has a strict policy concerning how we write about living people, so please help us keep such articles accurate. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.

The first source I provided was an article with multiple direct quotes from Jensen in which he espouses transphobic beliefs, including misgendering transgender women and asserting that trans people exist because of pornography. I have added two additional sources, one an interview with Jensen published by his own organization Deep Green Resistance in which he defends his transphobic beliefs, asserting that "female" and "male" should be defined biologically, and that cisgender women should be able to exclude transgender women from women-only spaces. This is transphobia, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transphobia#Misgendering. I also added a third source, a news article about protests against Jensen, which also documents Jensen's belief that transgender women should be excluded from women's spaces.

I believe that all three of these sources adequately demonstrate the claim they are being cited for. I also believe that the user who originally removed mention of Jensen's transphobia from the page will continue to remove my edits. Please advise, what should I do here?

The edit I reverted only cited one source, and from what I could tell it wasn’t a reliable one. It looks like your other edits were reverted by a different user, C.J. Griffin. Andethyst (talk) 01:12, 20 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello I did not intend to disrupt any page. I am new to wikipedia and just noticed that the page had some suspicious sources such as medium and was essentially written as PR for the pop group BTS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.109.66.34 (talk) 01:47, 11 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hey Andethyst!

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I keep editing transgender celebrities back to their actual gender but you keep reversing it back..why is that? Don’t block me, I’m just trying to help you guys get out more accurate information to the public. Cindy Ruiz (talk) 02:13, 18 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

FYI, I have advised Cindy Ruiz of the need to abide by MOS:GENDERID and related guidelines when editing Wikipedia...and that they will be blocked if the violate the MOS again. —C.Fred (talk) 02:16, 18 August 2022 (UTC)Reply
…And another admin has blocked them. —C.Fred (talk) 02:17, 18 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

Brett storey

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He's a theif that has been hitting gambling shops for years,do some research, the betting shops won't publish, but he's a con man 2A02:C7F:E906:A700:AA28:1EB7:8752:FCB0 (talk) 00:45, 6 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

You need to provide a reliable source for that kind of claim. Andethyst (talk) 00:47, 6 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

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Vandalism

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The new editor User:Politics of Maharashtra is has same vandalised attitude as User: Shivsena Office Dadar and has vandalised pages Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) & Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena So I request to block this editor to stop him from vandalising further He had joined after 2 days of block of User: Shivsena Office Dadar and may be sockpuppet of User: Shivsena Office Dadar He is sockpuppet of used term Sonia Sena[1] used by User: Shivsena Office Dadar and did the same vandalised edits as him Chennai Super Kings Lover (talk) 10:06, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

A barnstar for you!

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Don't ask why I gave this to you but you deserve it. Sadbunny3 (talk) 17:22, 13 December 2022 (UTC)Reply
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Marvin Gaye

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Gay is the family name. Gaye is his professional name. My edit was correct. Please revert your edit. 2601:8C0:785:8530:0:0:0:5C15 (talk) 18:09, 2 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Rus’

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Dear Andethyst, I’ve noticed recently that my contribution about Rus’ was reverted. Can I, by any chance, know why did it happen? Kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olga Vakhnii (talkcontribs)

The edit in question is almost a year old. However, it looks like you didn't provide a reliable source for your change. Andethyst (talk) 15:34, 21 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Langebaan

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I am sorry about the article you told me. I deleted the parts from the Lab or leg something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DianaTears (talkcontribs)

Happy Second First Edit Day!

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  Hey, Andethyst. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!
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Thanks!   Andethyst (talk) 15:05, 4 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Research Questions

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Dear Andethyst, I am a graduate student at the University of Washington researching how information intersects with conflict including right-wing activity within the US. I've been reading up on the "Cascadia Movement" and noticed you have been active reverting edits to that page made from an IP address starting with 2601:600:8e00. I was wondering if you would be willing to be contacted via email to discuss what sort of edits were made from that IP address and what they were reverted to. If you are willing to talk please email me at bing8381@uw.edu 205.175.106.151 (talk) 22:52, 7 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

my edit

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JEEZ I EDIT BUZZ DIXON INTO BUXZZ DIXON (BECAUSE HE TOLD ME THATS HOW IT WAS SPELT. ALL OF A SUDDEN ITS removed??? like- i didnt even do anything wrong just- jeez. AT LEAST RESEARCH BEFORE REMOVING MY EDIT....... 2601:601:CC81:5430:7571:A5EA:9937:82D6 (talk) 18:36, 6 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

removing facts

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If you know nothing about dutch culture you should probably not remove relevant facts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A420:6D:692:844C:D969:ADBE:B314 (talk) 20:40, 2 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

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