User talk:Hmich176/Archive 1

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Templates
Hi, and welcome from me too! Be a bit cautious when you edit the templates such as Template:Disambig, because changes there have ramifications throughout the encyclopedia. The disambig template is "transcluded" to all the disambiguation pages, so when you edited the disambig-template here, the links to Central Dauphin High School and the school district turned up on every single disambiguation page we have. Ah well, I have made that kind of mistake at least twice myself. Happy editing! Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I have begun to figure out what I am doing with that. myselfalso 14:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Lightning Racer
Where did you find that photo of Lightning Racer? Search 4 Lancer 02:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I had the picture on my computer. I am unsure what website I found it on, but I do know that the picture was taken from the Ferris Wheel. myselfalso 02:22, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Image
Do you know the source of Image:The Tackle.jpg? The copyright might be tricky on this one. Thanks. Chick Bowen 21:24, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I believe it's an AP photo, actually. I got it in an e-mail sent to me shortly after the game last Sunday. myselfalso 21:44, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it would be very difficult to make a fair use argument, since it's used in the Bettis article but doesn't mention him. I've listed it at Images and media for deletion.  Sorry.  Feel free to comment here if you feel I'm mistaken.  Thanks. Chick Bowen 22:10, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

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Olympic Participants
Hi, I'm not sure this list is very useful. What would someone use it for? The list of participants in Olympic Games is rather similar to the list of countries in the world. The only interest in it lies in the differences between the two, but there are other ways to cover it. This is just a friendly observation, not a vicious criticism. If you want to carry on writing this list, I don't care. I just invite you to think about it a bit more. Grace Note 06:10, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Request for edit summmary
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A Western Sahara-related vote
===>Here Make your voice heard. Vote or die. And all that. -Justin (koavf), talk 20:34, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

U.S. Routes
This only goes on primary (1 and 2 digit plus 101, 163, 400, 412, 425) U.S. Routes. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)  20:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, it's not opinion that matters here- it's what is defined by the AASHTO as official. All one and two digit numbers are included in their definition of primary, as well as 101 (for example) since it has absolutely no relation to US 1. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)  02:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No since all the spurs are linked from the primary route. If you're interested, also check out WP:USH. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)  03:47, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

DirecTV
Thanks for the heads-up; I didn't have that one watched. I'll put it on my watch-list now. Mhking 03:07, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

ps3 release date vandalism
Why did you change the release date on History of video game consoles (seventh generation) for the ps3 to spring 2007?

My apologies, I had a source that incorrectly stated that it was delayed to spring 2007. --myselfalso 04:54, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I've never heard of that. I've only heard that the release date is November '06. Hopefully as I've incorporated a script for 'number of days left' on the home page of my site, http://www.ps3xs.com.

RE:Starship Enterprise
''Hey, just wanted to let you know that you placed the Enterprise-F in a list that was specifically talking about Enterprises seen on television or in the movies. Also, the books are not conisdered Star Trek canon. --myselfalso 15:26, 29 March 2006 (UTC)''


 * Hi, Sorry, I was busy editing the Enterprise redirect page, and needed to dump that info somewhere so it wasn't lost. Please do not delete it, but rather, place it in the appropriate place. Fosnez 15:33, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

New TV userbox
You created a new userbox User WikiProject Television, which is basically a duplicate of User WP:TV, which has existed for much longer and is also mentioned on WikiProject Television - The DJ 09:28, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Censorship
A watered-down version of the proposed policy against censorship is now open for voting. Will you kindly review the policy and make your opinions known? Thank you very much.Loom91 18:01, 5 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I think many who would take our side against the menace of censorship do not know about this poll. If you have some time to spare, would you mind posting a short message on their talk page (like mine) to let them know of this poll and invite them to voice their opinions? By involving more people, a larger portion of the Wikipedia community can have their say, for or against the policy. Some places you can go for a list of users are Wikipedia_talk:Censorship, Category:Wikipedians_against_censorship and Category:Wikipedians_opposed_to_censorship_of_the_human_body,. Please check that I've not already posted a message with the heading Wikipedia_talk:Censorship in their talk page to avoid double-postings. If you don't have the time, feel free to ignore this request. Thank you.Loom91 09:18, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

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Image copyright problem with Image:Wii.PNG
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Additions to coaster infobox require article updating, need help
I've made several large additions to the Infobox roller coaster template, which will require updating of EVERY article using it. These additions are automatic unit conversion for the statistics and automatic categorization. I have also provided full documentation of every parameter on the template page, which I strongly encourage you to read. Every article will need the following changes:


 * These parameters must be delinked: location, section, manufacturer, and type. They will be automatically linked, and will (except for section) be used for automatic categorization.
 * The type parameter must be Steel or Wood.
 * The secondary type (Inverted, Floorless, Duelling etc.) should be moved to the type2 parameter. If a second secondary type is necessary, it goes in type3. In either case, don't link them, it will be done automatically.
 * height, drop, length, speed, and restriction must have all non-numeric characters removed. height, drop, and length must be expressed in feet (using decimals instead of inches if necessary), speed must be expressed in miles per hour, and restriction must be expressed in inches. All of these parameters will automatically be converted to metric and displayed in both forms.

Also, the rcdb_number parameter should be added to every coaster article that doesn't have it yet.

If the article is about a widely-cloned coaster such as Batman: The Ride where the template covers multiple installations of the same coaster, the redesigned template will not be appropriate. For these articles, simply change the template to "Infobox roller coaster simplified". This is the old version, without all the automation.

I've already updated over 50 articles myself, but I can't do this all day and I'll need your help to get it done quickly. The list of pages using the template can be found here. I'm sending this message to all listed participants of WikiProject Roller Coasters. Dusso Janladde 07:46, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging for Image:Capital Beltway.gif
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Brain Teaser AfD
To all WikiProject Roller coasters participants: Brain Teaser, a kiddie coaster at Six Flags Darien Lake is up for deletion via WP:AFD. This isn't my article, but if it's deleted, it sets the prescident for many small coasters to be deleted, such as Mild Thing, which runs counter to the Coaster Wikiproject and also will make a lot of park templates look dumb since they can't include all coasters. Dusso Janladde 20:19, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Image:Pashield.png listed for deletion
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PA Shields
Greetings. Here is a shield for PA 581:. I also made shields for PA 582 and PA 641 for use on the page. Regards, -- T M F T - C 17:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Final state highway naming conventions debate
Myselfalso, your participation is welcome in the State route naming conventions poll. Please give your input as to the process by 23:59 UTC on August 8.

Regards, Rschen7754 (talk - contribs)  22:17, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

PA Shields
Greetings. Here is a shield for PA 581:. I also made shields for PA 582 and PA 641 for use on the page. Regards, -- T M F T - C 17:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

PA 40
Greetings. According to, PA 40 was never assigned, so I am curious as to why the designation requires a shield. Also, I don't mind if you use the header. You can change it if you want, but if you keep it the same, that's fine too. -- T M F T - C 00:22, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Pennsyvania Route ##
You just added over a dozen Pennsyvanis Route ##s which are nothing but links to other pages, which are unwanted. I took the time to add the template to them. If you plan on adding more to them later, please say so in the edit summary. Reywas92 20:09, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

More PA shields
In the voice of Peter: "Oh my god, we forgot Meg!" Seriously, I love Family Guy, so the reference to Peter in your request made my day. Here's the shields:. Regards,  T M F T - C 04:02, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

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WP:OHSH
Welcome aboard! I'm working on starting some overall improvements to the project, so just be aware that the articles are not standardized as of yet. Our project is a little caught-up in the debate, and as a result, our naming convention is not yet standardized. Just wanted you to be aware of the goings on, but happy to have you aboard. I've seen some of your contributions at WP:PASH, and it will be good to have someone with your eagerness on our project, whether a little or a lot. Homefryes Say•Do 12:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Here is another welcome :) It's good to see other constructive editors coming aboard the project! Despite the whole debate and controversy over one user, feel free to add whatever you like to the project using the current naming conventions (e.g. Ohio State Highway XXX) as I just did with Ohio State Highway 141. Good luck!  Seicer  (talk) (contribs) 03:51, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: PA 29
Thanks for carrying out the merge! I'll start working on cleaning it up sometime today. -- T M F T - C 16:21, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

PA Shields
Hey. Here's the requested shields, all FCC-approved:   Regards,  T M F T - C 04:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

PA 662 Shield
Once we complete our plans for world domination by way of writing excellent articles on PA routes, this shield will come in handy. Regards,  T M F T - C 02:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Meetup
Since you indicated that you live in (or are originally from) Pittsburgh, you may be interested in a Wikimeet I'm trying to organize in Pittsburgh. You may join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Meetup/Pittsburgh if you like. So far, we have a total of 5 interested people, and we're currently discussing time and location proposals for the first meetup. (Note: If for any reason you do not wish to participate, simply ignore this message.) Scobell302 03:50, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Shield and map
Here's the shield:. Also, I can make a map for PA 39 as soon as we at the MTF get the map legend straightened out, which will probably be in a day or so, so stick around and I'll have a map for PA 39 soon.

It'll be tough to reach GA-status with any road-related article (I've been trying to do the same with New York State Route 104), but hopefully if we work hard enough on the PA 39 article, it'll get to GA-status in the near future. Regards,  T M F T - C 21:58, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

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WP:HbgAR
Sure, I'd definitely be interested in joining this project. I've been to Harrisburg once, but that was five (?) years ago and the closest I got to the city was the Capital Beltway. =) In any case, I'd be glad to join the project and help where I can.

On a side note, I noticed that you're part of the Maps Task Force as well. If you're interested, we're reviewing the final proposal for a map legend over at WT:USRD/MTF and your input is welcome. Regards,  T M F T - C 03:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Route 104B
Thanks for your comments. I responded there. ubiquity 12:49, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Wii.PNG listed for deletion
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PA Routes
Great job maintaining the PA Route status list. The user that you mentioned (Jjc104) has been making some questionable edits to some articles, specifically in terms of the browse system. I left him a message on his talk page, so we'll see what happens. I have no problems about renaming the stub template, but I don't know if this would cause problems with WP:WSS.

Also, I'd like you to give a second opinion regarding Pennsylvania Route 100. I tagged it as a stub earlier today (as it clearly does not meet all of the standards outlined at WP:PASH), but PAWiki removed the tag. If you could provide a second opinion on this, that'd be freakin' sweet. Thanks,  T M F T - C 04:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Pennsylvania
There are four articles being threatened by a merge proposal. The details are listed here WikiProject_Pennsylvania. Would you mind weighing in (hopefully in support) of keeping the articles. --evrik 01:29, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Colonial Road
I created both the SR sign for SR 3017 and an infobox for WP:HbgAR. The finished product can be seen at Colonial Road (Harrisburg). I'll post some instructions regarding the infobox on the project page soon. Regards,  T M F T - C 00:33, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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Requested shields
Hey. Sorry for the delay. Here's the requested shield:. As always, if you need more shields, let me know. Regards,  T M F T - C 19:43, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

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Shields and more
Hey. All the requested shields have been created. Check 'em out!

On another note, User:Albertotineo10 (talk • contribs) is still creating articles that do not come close to meeting WP:PASH standards. Efforts to contact him about his incorrect formatting through his talk page (as you can see) have gone unnoticed, and I personally think that this issue may require a third party intervention. What that intervention is, I don't know. -- T M F T - C 21:14, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

User:205.188.117.74
You'd think he/she'd learn by now. But then again, since it's an AOL IP, no one will block it for very long...--Mhking 21:31, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

The Albertotineo issue
Hey. I contacted Rschen7754 about the Albertotineo issue. He has posted some comments on the Village Pump thread. Check 'em out! -- T M F T - C 05:17, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

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Utah State Highway Userbox...
Hey, I see you joined the Utah SH WP. If you want to put a userbox on your page that says so. It's a bit hard to find it, since I put "SUBST:" on it, but I'll just put it on your page, so here it is (Cheers! Oh, and feel free to alter it...) • The RSJ  • (Say What?!—''' C C D —Give Me Some Ideas!) 22:09, 16 October 2006 (UTC):

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Moving CT Route articles
Hi. Please use the move function when renaming articles instead of doing a cut and paste move like what you did with Connecticut Route 9. Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 16:16, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure, no problem. --myselfalso 16:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

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D*
As you can see, our AOL "friend" lost his happy little mind again. I've semi-protected the page to see if that will calm him down a bit. Mhking 16:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

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AfD vs. ProD
Shalom myselfalso!

It was not my intent to upset anyone with the prod on the list of directv channels article. Per guidelines, I used the prod first because I wasn't sure any opposition existed -- The note I left on the talk page went several days with no response. It certainly was not a "threat to delete" (as you characterized it) -- prod may be removed by any user who contests the deletion. Next step is AfD, which is currently ongoing. I went ahead and bundled all the articles you suggested (though it may not have been your intent) into one "list of directories" AfD. I recognize the utility of the articles in question, but I interpret the Wiki inclusion policy fairly narrowly and believe that Wikipedia shouldn't try to "be everything" -- I'm all for transwiki or user-fy the information contained within. At the very least, these should be stubs of some more encyclopaedic article. Again, I did not mean for anyone to take the prod personally. ;-) /Blaxthos 15:24, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I would tend to agree with you -- there are a number of articles that should be dealt with in the same way. However, I do not think the "well it's done over there too" argument should be used to trump a policy.  Not trying to be difficult, just fair. ;-) /Blaxthos 19:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

wikEd


Hi, I have seen that you are using the Cacycle editor extension. This program is no longer actively maintained in favor of its much more powerful successor wikEd.

wikEd has all the functionality of the old editor plus: • syntax highlighting • nifty image buttons • more fixing buttons • paste formatted text from Word or web pages • convert the formatted text into wikicode • adjust the font size • and much, much more.

Switching to wikEd is easy, check the detailed installation description on its project homepage. Often it is as simple as changing every occurrence of editor.js into wikEd.js on your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page.

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2008 presidential candidate pages
I heartily approve of the new wikitable formatting. Is this a first sign of the much-discussed "change of course" that we've been hearing so much of in the last few days? :) Harr o 5 07:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

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Kait Raymond
Another editor has added the "prod" template to the article Kait Raymond, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also What Wikipedia is not and Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at Talk:Kait Raymond. If you remove the prod template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 03:04, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

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PA 39 and related items
Hey. I just posted a request for a PA 39 map over at the maps task force, so hopefully we'll get a map within a week or so.

Here's a recap of what's happened over the past couple of weeks to (hopefully) get you up to speed:
 * Albertotineo10, after uploading a clear copyvio from state-ends.com, was blocked for a week retroactive to November 7. Over the time since, a number of editors, both registered and anon, have been creating articles in a similar style to Albertotineo. I've thought about filing a checkuser or something similar, but I've had too much on my plate lately. In any case, I've been able to keep up with them to ensure that their edits are standards-compliant.
 * A large-scale cleanup of all PA articles is roughly 60% complete. All of the articles from PA 100 up to PA 999 have been cleaned and brought up to standards (although 90% of them are still stubs). All that remains is PA 1 to PA 99, and if we could get those cleaned by the end of the month, that'd be great.
 * The reason that I've been hard at work on the PA articles is that cleanup on the NY and VT articles wrapped up about 10 days ago, allowing me to fully focus on the PA articles. Hopefully, now that most of the articles are standards-compliant, other editors will take notice and start creating their articles to the same standard.

Other than that, it's been pretty much business as usual around here. In any case, welcome back and let the cleanup commence! =) -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 20:27, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I got on a hot streak the past few days and finished cleaning up the articles. All of them are now project-compliant and stubbed-at-worst. All we have to do now is watch for new articles when they appear and, if necessary, correct them to be project-compliant. Category:Pennsylvania route articles needing work is now down to eight articles, so those will be the next thing to work on. Regards,  T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 22:24, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

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You entered: "The timeline says Enterprise was launched under Captain Pike. However, the star-trek encyclopedia claims the 1st captain was Captain Robert April, although to my recollection (i dont have the book here) no details are given, shouldnt this be mentioned somewhere though? BFS The NCC-1701 was not launched under Captain Pike. It was launched under a captain before him, and an Animated Series episode says that it is Captain Robert April. However, TAS is not considered to be cannon. That having been said, there is no evidence that Captain Pike was the first captain of the NCC-1701." --myselfalso 15:05, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I have a book from the 1960s titled The Making of Star Trek. It says that Captain April was the Captain prior to Chris Pike. I am not at home now due to the holidays but I could dig through the attic upon return home and quote a page number, if you like.

I recall a discussion about this in the old magazine Starlog some years ago. There was material (discussion, speculation, etc.) that CPT April had two 5 year missions, and Pike had two 5 year missions. This was to explain the age of the ship.

I have been watching all of the Star Trek series since the debut in the 1960s. I was in college then and it was difficult to wrest the dorm tv away from other more popular shows. I have read many of the early novels. So, comparatively, I have some knowledge of that time.

I noticed statements from Rick Berman, in 1990's interviews, that he would not follow the chronology of the novels. No reason given. Big Mistake. Is this what you mean by "non-canonical"?

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Hey...sorry I didn't write to you before, but I've been super busy. I edited out the material you added to the HACC simply because it doesn't really add anything to the article. The whole point is to provide information worthy of being added to an encylcopedia style/type article...which I don't belive much of the information on Student Government, Clubs and Organizations really is. There are literally dozens of school sponsored organizations and over a hundred sanctioned clubs...should we list them all??? Lists are discouraged on wikipedia as per Manual of Style. I have been adding articles for the greater Harrisburg area for quite some time now and I've been trying to go back over many of them and source/reference them accordingly. One of my many objectives is to rid articles of unworthy/unsourced blab. I hope you can see my point.

As far as the Midtown Campus goes...maybe the campus itself will be wholey part of the administrative functions of the Wildwood/Harrisburg Campus; however, according to these articles, the campus is officially going to be designated it's own "campus" within the college:, ,

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Hi, I've noticed in 2 articles that I've been editing that you've gone in and reverted changes I've made. Fortunately, you've reverted that so the page was "back to normal". I was just curious about how you've identified my changes (which are somewhat prescribed because I asked for a review of PA 39 and I-283 is clearly an intrastate interstate highway) as vandalism. If you're interested in working on highways, please help out! Stop by WP:USRD and check things out! --myselfalso 23:29, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Please disregard the changes to I-283. Pennsylvania Route 39 was detected as vandalism by the program I am running because you entered "haha" at the top of the article. (example)  When I double-checked, everything else looked correct so I reverted back to that edit, minus the ha-ha part.  Burntsauce 23:55, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


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PA 39
This article looks very good, maybe GA-class. Can I work on the external links, references, and citations so it can be improved? -- JohnnyAlbert10 23:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)


 * This is great! By time were done i think we'll have 2 PA GA-article, PA 39 and PA 145. I'll work with the citations which need major work and the PennDOT maps i'll try to look at. Though these county historic maps work with Adobe Reader and better with a broadband internet which i don't have, i have dial-up so its slower. -- JohnnyAlbert10 22:17, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


 * One last thing i forgot to mention. Can you tell me where all of those newspaper references go in the PA 39 article so i can put citations in the right place. -- JohnnyAlbert10 22:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Changes have all ready been made to PA 39 and there's one last thing left to do and that's the length reference. You can't use Pahighways.com because it's not a reliable source and it was that same reason why PA 65 failed to be a GA. But i think we have two PA route GA's, PA 145 and PA 39. You can look at PA 145 and see what PA 39 needs. -- JohnnyAlbert10 12:40, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll try using mapquest for the length reference, OK? -- JohnnyAlbert10 17:08, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem, always happy to help. It's time to nominate PA 39 to become a good article. Go to this a follow the directions on top, I can't do it because i'm busy with PA 145 but its easy and hopefully we'll have 2 good articles from the PA state highway system. -- JohnnyAlbert10 23:07, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

PA 39 problems
Perhaps the main section should summarize the article and the route description could use some references, otherwise its a GA. --  J-A 10  T · C 0:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I took care of it. --  J-A 10  T · C 0:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

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