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Paul the Apostle
Hi,

I am a beginner but have noticed abuse on this page:

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When Jesus talks to Saul (Paul) someone has written about kicking pricks. It was last edited by Telpardic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserProfile/Telpardec

Please fix.

Thank you, Snowdonia777 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowdonia777 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I've made edits as necessary. The issue was that the translation used was the KJV, which is not the most accurate translation of the Bible, but the most poetic translation.  James ( T •  C ) • 9:34 PM • 10:34, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

Shanghainese recording
Hi James! Thanks for creating. I'm writing to ask if you could provide a transcription of it in Chinese characters—I think it would be a very helpful piece of information to add to the file description. Thanks! —Granger (talk · contribs) 02:15, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi Granger! Goodness, that recording was made a while back. I've added transliterations in Chinese characters and a Simplified Chinese translation of the English description. Thanks for letting me know!  James  ( T •  C ) • 4:00 PM • 05:00, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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 * Thanks I was actually going to use G6, but I decided against it and used nouser instead. Nouser seemed to fit, but, of course, I hadn't thought about response times. Thanks for letting me know, though. If something like this happens again, I'll be sure to use G6. Regards,   James  ( T •  C ) • 9:01 PM • 10:01, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

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