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Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Vancouver
Please help me in dealing with User:Shyam_Bihari on the Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Vancouver. He reminds me a lot of User:Joke137 from Featured article candidates/Vancouver in his comments. Mkdw talk 21:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Article 'Toronto subway'
I've deleted Toronto subway to make way for the proposed move you've indicated. I deleted with the following action summary: Deleting this as a WP:IAR action - this should have gone to WP:RFD I think rather than being speedy tagged - deleted to make way for an article move. Regards --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 03:14, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hello! Thanks for your note. Sorry but, actually, my reversion of your move -- made without any discussion -- violates nothing and reflects the commonality of all terms in the current title: the TTC itself bills both the 'Subway' and 'RT' in promotional/marketing materials, like on their maps of the system; the latter is, for all intents and purposes, considered one of the four main rail lines. Many natives/users of the system also know this. You also did not make an editorial changes to the article introduction to reflect your move, where the above usage is touched upon. Perhaps you should request/propose this move (and I won't be supporting it); regardless, let me know if you've any questions. Psychlopaedist 18:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Great -- thanks! Psychlopaedist 18:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

TTC Digital Renderings
Hello Selmo, Please stop tagging the images I've uploaded and saying that they're licensed under CC and thus eligible for speedy deletion. The Wikimedia Foundation already has proof that I've contacted the creator of the images and that he HAS released them under the GFDL. The permission is archived in the OTRS system, so talk to someone with access to it and use this link. Thanks! Suigi 05:40, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Vancouver/DYK
Never knew you couldn't use fair use images. How do portals get around fair use images when used in selected articles, and pictures? Mkdw talk 06:07, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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Made a stab at a userbox; check 'er out: Template:User WikiProject British Columbia (use ). Fudged around with the colours and borders for a while, tried to use colours taken from the dogwood but wound up blue-adjusting the background, not quite happy with the bkgnd colour but it's better than the grey-transparent on the Vancouver userbox. Trying to think which stubs are needed; I think one for mountain and moutain range stubs (there'll be hundreds of these...), though the dogwood won't do for that; could use it for parks stubs, though, no? There's already a protected area stub that has a thing from the US Southwest on it; might as well replace it with the dogwood (d'ya like the dogwood? It's from Wikimedia Commons...I thumbed it down though). Trying to remember which other stubs are needed....bio-stub I guess for biographies, I'm thinking one for communities/settlements, have to think what else. Suggestions?Skookum1 02:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Promotion of Vancouver Portal
Hi Selmo. With all due respect, when you are the nominator of the portal, you shouldn't be making that call, especially when you're not prepared to complete the task correctly. However, it's not worth the trouble of re-listing it and I've addressed any issues that might reasonably have attracted objections, so I'll let the promotion stand (those who disagree may initiate a review). The promotion has been completed by a couple watchful users, but please in future leave promotions to uninvolved parties or me. Thanks,--cj | talk 04:34, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Selmo, have you seen this? You should respond to him, as this is (as far as I know) the first time a portal has been promoted with an outstanding oppose vote. Carson 10:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Ronald McDonald
I see you have reconsidered my edits to this article. I'd be happy to discuss them with you if you have any questions about them. I generally don't make a practice of blanking out sections, but this particular section seemes unsalvagable. I'm sure that at some point an editor will find some nice WP:V research on the impact Ronald McDonald has had on culture(s), but until then, I think that citing specific examples of references to the character violate WP:NOR. Thoughts? Rklawton 04:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No confusion. A blanked section looks pretty suspicious to any experienced editor.  I was hoping you had an interest what I perceive to be fairly frequent abuse of the "popular culture" sections in articles.  Cheers, Rklawton 05:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

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Template:Vancouverproject
Take a look at the Portal talk:Vancouver. You'll see that the 'this article is associated with Vancouver' section is outside of the template. I thought perhaps you'll know what to do. Mkdw talk 20:11, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The problem seems to still be there on the Portal talk:Vancouver. Mkdw talk 23:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

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FPC
You say the image of the Burrard Street bridge is unfixable. I was wondering if you knew of how to fix it. I did some googleing, and the results looked promising. How would you usually go about fixing artifacts? -- Selmo  (talk) 03:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi, so the compression artifacts in the image appear prety large - about 7px across. To truly making them not noticable you would have to reduce the image size by 7:1, which would put it well under the minimal resolution requirements for the FP criteria. As for fixing it algorithmically, remember that no manipulations done computationally can add information to the photo, all they can do is remove information, and if you were to try to "de-noise" the artifacts you would likely loose a lot of detail. Do you have the original un compressed data files? That would be the way to go. Debivort 04:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It's a pity we don't have access to an uncompressed version. Maybe your camera has a setting in which it can save uncompressed images. Debivort 04:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

more FPC
Hey Selmo. I appreciate your tendency to jump right into something and eagerness to learn, so I thought I'd pass on some friendly advice that may or may not be useful. I like your Burrard Bridge photo, but think it has serious problems besides just the artifacts to make it unfeaturable. It's much too blurry and the composition is problematic. I personally like the orangeiness, but that'll be a deal-breaker for FP: to me, it makes it kind of surreal, for those people, it'll look fake. Of the 2 versions you posted on the portal, the composition in the 1st one is better, and the crispness better in the 2nd, but even if the best of the 2 were combined, it still couldn't be featured, methinks. I also think the shot for almost any bridge looks better if it's taken on an angle, because it gives the image a feel of depth because of the perspective (ie, closer=bigger, further=smaller) and therefore less flat. Also, unless you can cram the entire span of the bridge into the pic, it'll look like the subject is cut-off.

Night photography is particularly tricky, and I think a tripod is needed for a really good nighttime shot. Also, alot, if not most, of the photos that do make FP are taken with really pricey cameras. Compare with Image:Sydney harbour bridge night.jpg, another FPC - look at it full-size and check the detail and clarity. That one probably won't get featured either because it has too much black, and it's not all that interesting visually, or not what it could be with the subject matter, but it was most likely taken with a pricey camera and a tripod. Fast ISO speeds can take night shots, but they're usually pretty grainy. Longer exposure time is necessary for a really clear image, but is impossible if there's any shakiness.

I've learned alot from following the FPC discussions. I'm no pro, but I bought a $500 camera last fall, and have spent countless hours trying to improve photos with photoshop, and still haven't come up with anything featurable. I presume from your question that you have photoshop (if not, you should buy it, of course, rather than download it for free from torrentspy.com, like some villainous people do). I don't think artifacts can be fixed, just like increasing the size on photoshop won't improve the resolution (echoing the above comment). But here's some things photoshop can do:

Usually the first thing I do is to check the "levels"; auto-levels often improves the raw image, but most times it's better to manually adjust them. Crop the image so that it's nicely framed, making sure not to crop too tight. Rotate it with "free transform" if necessary to make it as straight as possible. Play around with the colour adjustments, which allow you increase the saturation (but unless you're trying to be artsy, keep it as natural looking as you can), as well as "shadow/highlights," "brightness/contrast" and so forth. You can use "sharpen" to overcome minor blurriness, but like Debivort says, you're removing data, and can make it worse by over-sharpening.

Another tip is to stitch photos together to improve resolution. If you have optical zoom, you'll get better resolution by taking multiple photos and stitching them. I don't know what your camera's like, but don't use digital zoom at all. I've used photoshop's "photomerge" with some okay results, but you'll need other software to make something absolutely seamless (the panorama on the Vancouver article is about the best I've managed, but the seams are still visible). This has been a big time-waster for me though, so I've given up for now.

One good source for tips and advice is to note the regular users who submit to FPC and routinely get their work featured (for some people, that's all they do on Wikipedia). Peek at their talk pages and you'll typically find some good advice, or even ask them if you have a specific inquiry. Somewhere I saw a reccomendation of what software to use for seamless stitching, but I can't remember who it was. Possibly User:Fir0002. He's got a ton of amazing featured photos and also does impressive photoshop touch-ups. Even with a pro like that though, check through some of his photos, and you can tell when he bought a new camera and the improvement that made (I think he went from an okay kodak to an expensive Canon DSLR). Anyway, blah, blah, blah. Like I said, I'm totally amateur-ville, but having been trying to learn some of this stuff recently, and thought you might benefit from some of my experiences. Cheers, Bobanny 05:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

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It was all you!
You were the fantastic genius who sorted out the terrible, barely readable, unsourced mess that was Mass Transit! How do i go about getting you an award of some sort?! :D Bjrobinson 15:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Showcase Biography
Hey Selmo, I finally got the Showcase article done and wrote a little blurb about Showcase Picture. I hope you dont mind. I also organized the archive stuff. For some reason we missed the February archive. I was just wondering if you were going to do the Biography? I didn't want to step on your toes and do it. Mkdw talk 22:27, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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You were the fantastic genius who sorted out the terrible, barely readable, unsourced mess that was Mass Transit! How do i go about getting you an award of some sort?! :D Bjrobinson 15:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Showcase Biography
Hey Selmo, I finally got the Showcase article done and wrote a little blurb about Showcase Picture. I hope you dont mind. I also organized the archive stuff. For some reason we missed the February archive. I was just wondering if you were going to do the Biography? I didn't want to step on your toes and do it. Mkdw talk 22:27, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

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Vancouver Central Library photo
Hi Selmo, thanks for your message - I'm glad you realised that my comments weren't intended to be offensive, but rather an observation on the level of civility that is often shown when people perceive an image to have "no chance" at FPC.

Meanwhile, it happens that Bobanny's talk page is on my watchlist and I noticed your attempt to use Photomerge to combine the images you've taken of Vancouver Central Library. To avoid the difference in brightness/colour balance between frames, it's useful to lock the exposure settings so that the camera uses the same aperture, shutter and sensitivity settings each time. Unfortunately I'm doubtful as to whether your camera will allow you to do that (as it requires manual controls and you have a point-and-shoot model), but you can possibly 'trick' it to achieve more consistent results. To do this whilst achieving a good exposure, you need to identify the brightest part of the image (probably the sky in this case), and half-press the shutter whilst that area is in the viewfinder. To make sure the camera focuses correctly, you'll need to put the central box of the viewfinder over a part of the building as you do this; you probably need to aim at the top of the tower part of the building, so that the viewfinder contains about half-and-half of building and sky. Without releasing the shutter button, once the camera has focused reposition your aim so that you're framing the part of the building you want to photograph. Then depress the shutter fully to take the photo, and repeat this process for each frame, always aiming for the same spot for the camera to register its exposure settings. While I can't guarantee that this'll give perfect (or even near-perfect) results, it should make the exposures more similar than you've had so far.

Once you've got all your shots, you need to combine them to make the 'panorama'. Now, while Photoshop is very good at a lot of things (and should be, it costs enough), one thing it's particularly bad at is creating composite photos through the Photomerge plugin. I was thoroughly put off shooting panoramas for a long time by the appalling results you get from this program - then I realised the fault lay not with my photography but with the software. I now use Arcsoft Panorama Maker 4, which is basic but effective and inexpensive. You get very little control over the stitching with this program but it generally makes an excellent job of things. Other users (Diliff and Fir0002, for example) recommend other programs which are more complex to use but allow greater control over things like perspective correction, control points etc.

If you've still got all the separate frames, I can have a go at stitching them for you in Arcsoft if you'd like. It's very difficult (if not impossible) to fix images that are already stitched, as I'm sure you've realised. Panorama Maker automatically compensates for different exposures (up to a point at least) and matches the frames up seamlessly in most cases. If you like, you can email me your individual frames rather than uploading them to Wikipedia - my address is my username (in full, not as displayed in my signature) at hotmail dot com. It might be best to send one image per email, in case either of our email providers falls over on encountering large file attachments.

One other piece of advice that might be helpful concerns JPEG compression. JPEG is 'lossy' and the quality of the image depends on the quality level you set; Photoshop seems to make relatively big JPEGs at the higher quality settings but it's worth using them as lower than about 10 or 11 will result in a noticeable loss of detail and the introduction of artifacts. If you're working on an image and saving intermediate edits, use a non-lossy file format like (uncompressed) TIFF or PSD, otherwise each save will result in a further deterioration of quality. Repeated JPEG saving results in images where the compression algorithm mistakes earlier compression artifacts for useful data, and creates even more artifacts on top of them. Also, set the in-camera compression to as high a quality level as possible. In-camera JPEG compression tends to be horrible, particularly at lower quality settings, and it's much better to have a few usable, higher-quality shots than a memory card filled with hundreds of grainy, blurry photos.

I hope that lot makes sense (sorry for the huge post!) - let me know if you're going to email me the separate files and I'll get the stitched image back to you ASAP. I'll be happy to help you out if you have any other queries, too. All the best, --YFB Â¿ 06:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, that's more than I could offer! When I was poking around on this question, I found Diliff and Fir0002's advice here. Somewhere else I saw a reccomendation for Smartblend, which you can download for free. I haven't tried it, but the examples look impressive. Bobanny 06:58, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

North Shore Mountains
Hello. I noticed your change citing WP:MOS which lower-cased Shore and Mountains in North Shore Mountains. However, being a recognized and citable geographic entity, I believe this was in error. Most local usage in literature refers to 'North Shore Mountains' with upper case (although granted the 'Mountains' part in this case are not always referred to that way). I'd be happy to cite this if needed ('Greater Vancouver Book', any volume, or the commonly used amongst local mountaineers 'A Guide To Climbing And Hiking In Southwestern British Columbia' Bruce Fairley, 1986 for example), but in the meantime I am reverting it to North Shore Mountains. A bit of consultion on the talk page may have been preferable to the hasty movement. I will add a note on the page in case anyone else feels compelled to change it again (but nothing personal, we all make mistakes). I like the pano shot of them, btw. Thanks.--Keefer4 09:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Panorama
The stitching looks great on your mountains photo. I'd suggest cropping and rotating it so that the shoreline is parallel with the bottom edge of the photo, so it doesn't look like everyting's sliding into the ocean. Also, reducing the image size would make it more user friendly; it took forever for the full image to download on my computer, and the level of detail at that size doesn't seem to warrant it. It also has some technical issues - some frames are pretty blurry at full size, and there's too much contrast in my opinion (this might be improved a little with 'shadow/highlights' in photoshop, but not entirely overcome).

I noticed your exasperated tone when you submitted it for the portal; try not to take negative feedback personally or stake everything on getting featured. There's a lot to be gained just from taking the time to develop skills and an eye for it, whatever our "natural" talents may be. Also, a lot of perfectly good photos add a lot to Wikipedia without being technically perfect. I really like the panorama in the False Creek article for example, but it's far from a perfect photo. I also suggest spending some time critically evaluating other peoples work as a way of improving your own. I'd be curious to know how you think your VPL photo compares with the one already in the Vancouver Public Library article. Similar subject, but very different strengths and weaknesses. Anyway, there's two more cents, I must be up to a nickel by now :=) Bobanny 18:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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It looked like vandalism at the time.
Look at it from my point of view: there literally hadn't been anything happening on that page for just shy of two weeks and then suddenly there's a vandalism reversion from you that basically reduces the page to nothing. I simply figured it as someone being cute and reverted it back. I have no interest in the page at all, I just thought I was reverting what appeared to be some form of vandalism. HalfShadow 01:19, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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"Dont remove fact tags without citing sources."
You wrote, "Dont remove fact tags without citing sources."

I removed the tag because it does not make sense to cite a source for what something is NOT called. I'm removing it again, assuming that you have put it back. If you revert my change again then I will do nothing. However, it was not vandalism and if I was of a mind to take things the wrong way then I would resent that you called it that.

(Note: I am not the only person who has made edits from this IP address, but I am the one who made the edit you were commenting on. Now that I've read your comment and responded to you here, I'm blanking it from the talk page for the IP address in order to avoid any confusion.) 207.176.159.90 22:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

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My Sincerest Apologies
Selmo, I absolutely, sincerely apologize if you were offended by my discussion on changing the box picture on the TTC subway page. That was absolutely not my intention, and I'm very sorry you feel it was.

I did, in fact, think that your edit summary for reverting my change was sarcastic (and still do): 23:51, May 31, 2007 Selmo (Talk | contribs) (57,032 bytes) ("I'm going to replace the picture because my picture is better according to me")

I too, as you said on my talk page, felt offended by "your unnesseasrly harsh criticism" of me and my edit. The discussion was meant to be the civil comprimise to this. Rather than taking issue with you on your talk page in a confrontational way - to "intimidate your fellow editors" - I tried to take it with a good sense of humour. With that in mind, I started a discussion on the box picture. I had hoped that you would be able to do the same as I had and have a sense of humour - after all, in hindsight, this isn't that major an issue. It's just a picture! :-D

In no way did I mean for you to see the discussion as some kind of personal attack on you - after all, your reverting the edits raised a good point: who is to say what box picture is the best? This is why I created the discussion, as I attempted to outline in the preamble. Again, I absolutely did not intend to imply you were unintelligent, or the "enemy" for reverting edits. It was clear people wanted a change, and the best way to agree on what action to take - rather than unilaterally editing the page, as I had - was a discussion. I had fully intended of you to understand, and agree with this comprimise - as well as to add to the discussion in a constructive way.

I did not mean, and do not now intend, to have a confrontational attitude towards you. I see now the tone in the discussion could be misinterpreted as such, for which I do apologize. I had assumed you would have a good sense of humour about it, especially given the humour of your edit summaries. I see now that I was mistaken, and that we have had a misunderstanding about my intentions, so I apologize.

I understand you were offended, but I hope in the future you will assume good faith. Willmolls 04:07, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

My Sincerest Apologies 2
I have taken an interest in seeing SkyTrain (Vancouver), which you nominated, get featured status. While I am only trying to help, I will probably interfere and violate sacred texts. So let me know if I did something wrong or missed the purpose of something. --maclean 07:24, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

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Personal Attacks?
And what personal attacks are you talking about? --Abebenjoe 19:59, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That was a typo because I forgot your name and then realized the mistake as soon as I okayed the edit . Of course you cannot change the edit comment once it is published, unlike a talk page. So if the typo  caused you offence, I do apologize.--Abebenjoe 20:08, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The paragraphs you deleted are within the rules, and should not be treated as "trivia". Please site me the specific rule or rules that they are breaking and then I'll likely stop reverting your edit. --Abebenjoe 20:14, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
 * To quote the guidelines: "This style guideline deals with the way in which these facts are represented in an article, not with whether or not the information contained within them is actually trivia, or if trivia belongs in Wikipedia." Your edit is based not on style but content, so the rule you are referring does not cover your edit.--Abebenjoe 20:28, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

TTC Subway article
As per my previous post, the items you deleted met with the style guideline. To edit for content is different, but again, the information that you deem as trivial either were a major news story,i.e. the baby being born, or deal with the functioning of the subway system, i.e. the chimes and what they mean. In other words, I don't see your rationale for deletion, and I certainly disagree if it is based on WP:TRIVIA, since that reason doesn't follow for this article as stated in my previous post on the subject. --Abebenjoe 20:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Again, even the link to trivia that you sent me, doesn't apply to the deleted items, because that rule belongs to notibility of an entire artice quote: "Notability guidelines give guidance on whether a topic is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia as a separate article, but do not specifically regulate the content of articles, which is governed by other guidelines such as those on using reliable sources and on handling trivia." So it does not meet a standard for deletion under either rule you have shown me. --Abebenjoe 20:38, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit dispute
I am here to ask you and Abebenjoe to declare a truce in your dispute at Toronto subway and RT. Edit wars are not an effective use of anybody's time. I am sympathetic to your arguments about removing excess detail, but you and I can't decide alone what is the appropriate level of detail. I ask that you present your arguments at Talk:Toronto subway and RT, and let other active editors of the article weigh in. I think this is the best way to resolve this amicably. Until then, it is best to leave the article as it stood before you started editing this. I will leave the same message on Abebenjoe's talk page. Regards, Ground Zero | t 20:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi Selmo. An edit war is not just something that violates the 3RR -- it is any situation where two (or more) editors keeping reverting each other. It doesn't achieve anything. Anyway, I am glad that you have posted your points on the talk page. I strongly recommend leaving the article alone until there has been discussion on the talk page, and we can see how other editors feel about the length and level of detail. I'll try to take a look in the next day or two and form my own opinion about the issue to contribute to the debate. Thanks. Ground Zero | t 17:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Request for Account Deletion
I hereby request that my account is deleted, and please forgive me if I have to nuke my user page and replace it with "This user has voluntarily decided to have his/her Wikipedia account deleted." I have faced with excessive resistance in the past and the fact that you marked me for arbitration was the last straw. Therefore, I have decided to have my Wikipedia account permanently deleted. It's been fun. &mdash; Mark Kim (U * T/R * CTD) 03:09, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

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Sorry but I'm adios
Sorry but after 2 years, I'm voluntarily adios. The fact that you got involved in a conspiracy to place me under arbitration is the last straw. Therefore go to another editor if you want various articles to be edited. I don't have any time to waste with Wikipedia anymore. I leave Wikipedia with this one warning: there will be even more fragile editors like myself and soon there will be opposition to Wikipedia's oppresive rules that y'all will have to think things. I don't care about those articles anymore and nobody cared about my edits anyway. Sorry, but I'm voluntarily finished here. &mdash; Mark Kim (U * T/R * CTD) 12:59, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations
Hey Selmo, congratulations on getting your article to featured status. We had briefly talked about it being a featured status-worthy article long ago, but now it looks like its not just old conversation, but fact. The article looks amazing. What are you up to after this? Mkdw talk 18:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

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As a contibutor to the above article would appreciate your feedback as to whether the articles on The Panda Band's album This Vital Chapter should be deleted - your feedback is important as to whether the item is retained or deleted. Dan arndt 09:53, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Selmo. Knowing that you have an interest in an unconnected featured portal, I wondered if you might like to comment on the one I've been working on - energy portal - which is now under consideration for featured status. Compared to other candidates it has had relatively few people contributing to the debate, despite being up for discussion for 2 months. If you have time perhaps you would like to take a look? The candidate page can be found here. Gralo 18:55, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

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