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Orphaned fair use image (Image:We Are the World Jackson.jpg)
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Dmitri Bulykin article
To be honest, I think that your edit made the article much better, so I appreciate that. I just removed cruft like "his nickname is Brioche" and not notable or unsourced (like Borodyuk's one) quotes. All that stuff was added to the article long ago. Feel free to edit in the way you like.  Jhony  |   Talk   15:01, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

February 2008
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Aleksandr Kerzhakov
When updating stats in footballers' infoboxes, please don't forget to fill in the pcupdate parameter, otherwise it is unclear when the stats were last updated and your edits will most likely be reverted, cheers! Ban Ray  10:13, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

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