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Your article Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? has been nominated to be on the Main Page under the Did You Know region. This is where interesting facts about recently created or expanded Wikipedia articles are placed. Template:Did you know nominations/Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? to join the discussion.
A kitten for you!
Yo m8, happy holidays
RoyalMate1 06:27, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
- Damn, thank you. :D You've made my day. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 08:46, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
PatGallacher created the article; I was just nominating and editing the article. --George Ho (talk) 07:26, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for the note. It has been corrected. -ceradon (talk • contribs) 22:51, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
Why on earth did you relist this? Spartaz Humbug! 09:35, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
AfD
Hi Ceradon!
You seem to have jumped into AfD pretty heavily in the last couple of days. Which is good! AfD could use all the attention it can with the massive amount of nominations per day. However, you seem to be trying to get involved in quasi-administrative tasks such as relisting and closing debates, which isn't so great given your inexperience. If you don't mind, I'll try to give you some pointers in the most respectful way possible, and then ask that you refrain from the admin tasks until you've built up some more solid experience at AfD by restricting yourself to !voting.
First, per WP:REDIRECT, a debate generally shouldn't be relisted more than twice without good reason and accompanied by a relisting statement (i.e. relisting to raise consensus on a redirect/merge target after rough consensus is established to do so, or because an editor has recently found a bunch of new sources on the subject.) A discussion with little-to-no discussion after two relistings should generally be closed as no consensus with no prejudice against speedy renomination; this is to keep AfD from getting bogged-down with low-traffic month-old discussions. You should also not !vote on AfDs that you either have relisted or will relist. As you are WP:INVOLVED in the debate, you are no longer a neutral party and therefore incapable of carrying out a relist without introducing bias. Although this should go without saying, this should especially apply to closing debates (even though you technically didn't execute the deletion, you are still involved and should let a completely uninvolved party complete the process.) Per WP:BADNAC, Non-admin closure is not appropriate in any of the following situations: (1) The non-admin has demonstrated a potential conflict of interest, or lack of impartiality, by having expressed an opinion in the discussion or being otherwise involved, with the exception of closing their own withdrawn nomination as a speedy keep when all other viewpoints expressed were for keep as well.
On a related note, you should generally not try to close AfDs unless an obvious consensus has been achieved and you have the technical ability to do so yourself, meaning closing as delete. (The latter is currently being debated but still very contentious.) An administrator closing discussions is a matter of judgement about a rough consensus in the discussion. As a non-admin, you don't have that trust vested in you by the community; thus, you shouldn't make any closures where judgement and evaluation of consensus is required. Per WP:NAD, Extra care should be taken if a closure may be controversial or not clearly unambiguous. With the understanding that the closure may be reversed, non-admins should generally avoid closing such discussions.
Finally, and I mean this respectfully, you just don't have the experience at AfD to be able to close discussions knowledgeably. For example, you don't seem to entirely understand the requirements to speedy keep, including your own nominations. Of your twelve delete !votes on closed discussions, only half of them closed as such. All of these things, combined with your lack of understanding of closing guidelines, illustrates that you are new to AfD, and inexperienced.
None of these are bad things! The only way to gain experience at AfD is to !vote at AfD and view plenty of deletion discussions. However, I really hope you agree that relisting and closing discussions isn't for you yet. I'm not trying to condescend whatsoever, but those are roles that are better left to admins and experienced AfD editors. I really hope you stick around AfD, but your best area of productivity right now would be in participating in discussions, not maintaining and closing them.
Please read the pages I've linked you, and let me know if you have any questions. Best, Deadbeef 09:55, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- I have undone some of your closes and deleted some of your relists. I'm afraid you are not ready to be closing deletion discussions and your relists are too eager. Perhaps you can just participate for a while until you get more experience. Spartaz Humbug! 10:11, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- @Deadbeef: and @Spartaz:: Fair enough. (Although, I have taken a liking to deletion sorting, though. Simple enough to understand; I can see that being a problem.) I shouldn't have jumped in so quickly and so heavily, this I understand. Admittedly, though, I don't even remember listing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Hawaiian composers. It was likely a Twinkle misclick. Nevertheless, I'll familiarize myself with protocols established before relisting any debates, and refrain entirely from non-admin closures. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 10:19, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Must have been one hell of a misclick. Anyways, delsorting is fine, even in discussions you !vote in; all delsorting is is bringing a discussion to the attention of editors with a specific interest. If it makes you happy, go for it. Thanks for understanding, hope to keep seeing you around AfD!
Deadbeef10:28, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Must have been one hell of a misclick. Anyways, delsorting is fine, even in discussions you !vote in; all delsorting is is bringing a discussion to the attention of editors with a specific interest. If it makes you happy, go for it. Thanks for understanding, hope to keep seeing you around AfD!
Cerabot double Dating
This edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chabad_messianism&oldid=640217716&diffonly=1&diff=prev
Cerabot added a 2nd "date" parameter after the (capitalized) "Date" parameter.
Wouldn't it be simpler to just change "D" to "d"? 172.164.53.78 (talk) 10:39, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Fixed. Thank you for pointing that out. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 10:54, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Cetabot error detecting creator of article
Cerabot appears to have made an error detecting the creator of an article that was subsequently renamed. Details. Mitch Ames (talk) 12:34, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Cerabot presumptions
Cerabot presumed that I created Floyd Smith (doctor), while I just moved it. The creator is EtienneDolet.--The Theosophist (talk) 13:21, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
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- Template:Did you know nominations/Armenia–Azerbaijan relations in the Eurovision Song Contest
It is not helpful for DYK to know who the original page creator is on a 5x expansion, since the DYK nomination only concerns the 5x expander. The original page creator is never notified of the DYK nomination, only the 5x expander. If the latter editor is blocked, the DYK reviewer will spot that pretty quickly. Yoninah (talk) 13:26, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- I've decided to withdraw the bot task entirely. It just doesn't seem like a useful thing to be doing and I could see it being particularly contentious. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 14:23, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Since your bot is not approved for this task, please revert this edits of your bot. Thank you. Jim Carter 15:15, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- The bot was in trial, for the record. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 15:45, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- You haven't reverted those edits yet. Look at this for example. Since you have withdrawn the request for Bot approval hence it the task is unapproved, so I think you should go ahead and undo edits that are unhelpful. Cheers, Jim Carter 15:54, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- The edits made were made with clear consensus by the community. I withdrew my request because I thought it would be controversial. There is still another bot that will do the exact same task Cerabot did. Reverting these edits for another bot to simply re-do them is unnecessary to say the least. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 16:26, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) I appreciate that you're trying to help out but I don't think there was a requirement to notify editors on the DYK nomination. When I read a nomination I don't need to consider who it credits, so those notices just end up being spammy as I try to review. APersonBot notifies user talkpages without tagging the nomination template.
- You haven't reverted those edits yet. Look at this for example. Since you have withdrawn the request for Bot approval hence it the task is unapproved, so I think you should go ahead and undo edits that are unhelpful. Cheers, Jim Carter 15:54, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- The bot was in trial, for the record. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 15:45, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Since your bot is not approved for this task, please revert this edits of your bot. Thank you. Jim Carter 15:15, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- On another issue, the bot seems to be notifying the original article creators rather than those named on the nomination template. If you go through the original bot request, it asks for a notification system based on the Template:DYKmake - not the article history. So we now have random editors showing up confused, having created forgotten redirects or pages moves months ago but otherwise unaffiliated with the article.
- Would it be possible to undo those edits? Fuebaey (talk) 18:33, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Why are these notices even being made? My DYK nom was also flagged, and there is absolutely no reason to notify the person who created the article 6 years ago. Anyway, I completely rewrote the article. I'm really confused. – Maky « talk » 18:25, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- I'll try my best to undo the edits made by the bot. I came to the same realization myself: these edits wouldn't be useful. A note should be left at the other bot's BRFA about this as well. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 18:38, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Edits to DYK pages have been reverted. Edits mistakenly added to User talk pages have also been reverted. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 19:31, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you, Ceradon for undoing them. 19:50, 30 December 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim Carter (talk • contribs)
- Thank you from me, too, for reverting it. Yoninah (talk) 22:06, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is deliberate, but the bot notified me as a page creator despite the fact that I just moved the page- the article had existed for a while at a title with alternative capitalisation (as is now common in bird articles). J Milburn (talk) 18:20, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, that was a malfunction. The bot has been disabled indefinitely and the BRFA withdrawn. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 18:22, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
Dr. Floyd Smith
On Template:Did you know nominations/Dr. Floyd Smith, the was not created by The Theosophist, it was merely moved to a new name [1]. Can I remove that comment? Étienne Dolet (talk) 20:20, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
- Sure. The bot malfunctioned. -ceradon (talk • contribs) 20:37, 30 December 2014 (UTC)
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- Well, I've been apart of MilHist for a while now. Just kinda went inactive for quite a while. Regardless, thank you Peacemaker67 for the (re)introduction.
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- Well, I've been apart of MilHist for a while now. Just kinda went inactive for quite a while. Regardless, thank you Peacemaker67 for the (re)introduction.
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Hi Ceradon, I would like to further discuss with you this topic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lucatelospiega#top Thank you in advance Lucatelospiega (talk) 12:48, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
double parameters
Your userpage has double parameters: |edit rate= and |status=. You might want to correct that. Via: CAT:DUPARG. -DePiep (talk) 18:45, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- @DePiep: I just kinda redid my userpage. Hope it was fixed. If not, please leave another not because I'm not seeing a edit rate or status param. Ctrl+F isn't either. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 23:25, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- The bot's userpage! Didn't notice that the talkpage was redirected here ;-). -DePiep (talk) 23:55, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
- btw, did not receive the ping, saw this in my watchlist. -DePiep (talk) 23:56, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
Done, thank you for pointing that out 
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I just wanted to thank you for your courteous response at Template:Did you know nominations/The customer is not a moron. Sometimes it seems like people around here just want to fight, so it's refreshing that, rather than arguing, you said my concerns were reasonable. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 07:17, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
- No problem! I see no problem with labeling reasonable concerns as such. Thanks, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 22:25, 10 January 2015 (UTC)
I have unreviewed a page you curated
Thanks for reviewing Saltbush Bill's Gamecock, Ceradon.
Unfortunately Kudpung has just gone over this page again and unreviewed it. Their note is:
I have removed one unsourced and IMO, unencyclopedic section.
To reply, leave a comment on Kudpung's talk page.
- No problem. But I've added another {{citation needed}} tag for the first line. That would still need a source. Thanks for notifying me though, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 09:13, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
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- @Northamerica1000: Well, everyday is a learning experience. Closed it. I admit I got that wrong. Thank you for pointing that out. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 22:27, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping free speech Victuallers (talk) 15:15, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
Hi Ceradon, as a friendly reminder, you claimed this GAN over a week ago. Will you be able to review it in the next few days? Nick-D (talk) 10:16, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks Nick-D for the reminder. I'll probably get around to it very soon. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 15:33, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks for that Nick-D (talk) 07:46, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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Dumas Brothel review
I have a few initial comments at Talk:Dumas Brothel/GA1. I'm not formally putting it on hold for now, see if you can clean up the informalities and awkward constructions, and maybe I can put together a short sourceable description of the building. Acroterion (talk) 04:18, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
Top Totty DYK
Why did you put Top Totty into the DYK queues today. IT was being held in the April Fools Day area for that day and shouldn't be running before that. The C of E God Save the Queen! (talk) 23:13, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
- @The C of E: An oversight on my part. You're welcome to revert. I'm a bit busy (and mighty focused) researching shit for an article expansion (started here if you care
). Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 23:33, 25 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ceradon, I'm trying to figure out how you could even have seen Top Totty. The nomination template had been moved to the April Fools Day page (and deleted on the main DYK nominations page) back on January 18. If you're looking on any page other than T:TDYK for hooks to build preps, you really shouldn't be. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:14, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- @BlueMoonset: I did stay on T:TDYK. Was looking at Mary Brodric entry and haphazardly clicked the QPQ link to check if the QPQ was done and thought "wow, Top Totty would be pretty cool to promote" and subsequently went frolicking to T:DYK/P1. Entirely missed the April Fools day comment. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 02:26, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- Ceradon, I'm trying to figure out how you could even have seen Top Totty. The nomination template had been moved to the April Fools Day page (and deleted on the main DYK nominations page) back on January 18. If you're looking on any page other than T:TDYK for hooks to build preps, you really shouldn't be. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:14, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- Okay, let's put it another way: if you're get to the nomination page via the QPQ or some other non-standard method, instead of viewing it directly on the T:TDYK page from a transclusion there, it's important that you reconfirm that the transcluded nomination can still be seen directly on T:TDYK before promoting it. That way this problem won't recur with any special occasion hooks, be they April Fools or just ordinary holds. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:44, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- Fair enough. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 03:23, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
- Okay, let's put it another way: if you're get to the nomination page via the QPQ or some other non-standard method, instead of viewing it directly on the T:TDYK page from a transclusion there, it's important that you reconfirm that the transcluded nomination can still be seen directly on T:TDYK before promoting it. That way this problem won't recur with any special occasion hooks, be they April Fools or just ordinary holds. Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:44, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
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21:23:34, 3 February 2015 review of submission by 198.184.147.19
Thank you for your review. We made corrections based on the feedback of the first reviewer by adding several more secondary reliable sources to the manuscript. We were disappointed to now get different reasons for a rejection, even though we made merely minimal changes to the text between the first and second submission. Can you be more specific what you mean by "reads more like an advertisement" (I read the hyperlink and the NPOV)? There is no attempt to sell anything on this page, we point out the notability of Joseph Maroon based on his athletic and neurosurgical career. Joseph Maroon's name has even been published on the Wikipedia page of the National Fitness Hall of Fame, which so far is an empty link. Any specific feedback on what you find inappropriate in the language is much appreciated.198.184.147.19 (talk) 21:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
198.184.147.19 (talk) 21:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hello and welcome to Wikipedia, first of all,
- Here are some pointers I'd like to give you on the article:
- Wikipedia has a very strict policy on articles on living people (as they might contest or object to the content of their articles). Therefore everything must be cited. You must provide a reference the information in the Maroon article and you should only put information in the article that is provided by an independent, neutral source that a reasonable person would deem reliable. This is a must. Additionally, articles can only state what's in the source.
- State the facts and let the reader develop their own opinion about whether or not he's an expert. Instead of saying: "John Smith is an expert in the field of sports medicine," say, "John Smith has worked extensively in the field of sports medicine for fourteen years, having published 500 papers on various topics related to the area, more than half of which has been cited in peer-reviewed journals and other medical literature." The latter will have more of an effect on the reader. Outright telling them he's an expert does nothing to educate Wikipedia's readers, but telling them why he might be considered an expert increases the credibility of the article.
- You must give equal weight to all sides of an argument, or, in this case, all viewpoints of a person. Focusing on the good and giving only passing mentions to the bad doesn't work. Nobody's perfect. Trying to portray someone as Mother Teresa when they're not will hurt or destroy the credibility of your article in the eyes of the reader.
- Articles must not be written like an autobiography. Present the facts, not conjecture or speculation. You seem to have a close connection to Maroon (you said "we" several times and the creator of the draft bears the name of Maroon as their screen name). There is nothing inherently wrong with that (but you should declare it as a potential conflict of interest). However, as I stated above, you must must, must, must remain neutral. We are here to write facts and give all viewpoints of a topic, not opine and speculate, especially not on the biography of a living person.
- I hope this helps. I'd also like to say this: don't worry about making mistakes. We all do. However, intransigence, an unwillingness to change you viewpoints or consider others, is the easiest way to being shoved off into the abyss of irrelevance in this community. Nevertheless, be bold and break things. You'll learn quicker this way. My talk page is always open. Knock on my door any time you like. I'd be happy to help you. All the best with editing and I hope to see you around very soon. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 06:28, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
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BridgeCity album proposed deletion
The album BridgeCity is proposed for deletion.
However, I request it be considered to remove this proposed deletion by yourself. The album has been reviewed by a professional review site (New Release Tuesday) and its release was given coverage by a few professional music sites (like Jesus Freak Hideout). I've seen plenty of articles much worse off than this, with less coverage and sources to boot, yet they aren't being threatened.
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- Got into an edit conflict with you trying to remove the PROD template. Either way, I've nominated the article for deletion. You're welcome to comment there. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 08:28, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
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FAC note
Sorry, I have a couple of reviews going at the moment and won't be able to reply to your responses at the Malvern Hill FAC till tomorrow. I hope to go through the whole article again then. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:58, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Mike Christie: no problem. Cheers, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 02:00, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Seemi Zaidi
Yeah I thought about putting a copyright notice up for Seemi Zaidi but since it was so short I was not sure if it qualified so I put a AFD up (which you can comment as a speedy if you like) Wgolf (talk) 23:35, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Your GA nomination of Dumas Brothel
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- I haven't forgotten the GA review: major house renovation work has consumed evenings and weekends, I'll try to find an hour or two to re-review and to see if I can maybe add an architectural description. Acroterion (talk) 12:58, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
- The National Register nomination for the Butte-Anaconda Historic District is available here [2]. It's 449 pages, so I'm working through it to see if it describes the Dumas. It mentions the red-light district as part of the central business district. Acroterion (talk) 02:01, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- It doesn't, it's just listed as a contributing structure (p. 124 of the appendix, listed as 41 E. Mercury). It does mention the underground connections. Acroterion (talk) 02:06, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- @Acroterion: damn... I'll see what I can dig up as well and reply back if I find anything. Thank you, --ceradon (talk • contribs) 02:16, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- The Dumas is briefly mentioned on p. 27 in several paragraphs, mentioning examples of other houses. Acroterion (talk) 02:19, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- Just throwing this out there: http://www.thedumasbrothel.com/ It's barely secondary but if you cut through the marketing speak, you can quote it verbatim in a {{quote box}} in the Background section. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 02:23, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- I was hoping to add something along the lines of "the brothel is a two-story brick structure with a raised basement. The first and second floors are pierced by a large light well or atrium, surrounded by balconies ..." All of this is eminently true, but it's based on my personal observation, and is not citeable in a Good Article. The website can't support such a detailed description. Acroterion (talk) 02:29, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- https://books.google.bs/books?id=wfGPEX0PA3wC&pg=PA228&dq=dumas+brothel+balcony&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tbPeVMnnFsmXNrPugogI&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=dumas%20brothel%20balcony&f=false Check that out. I think that should do it. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 02:34, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've added a brief description and moved the first ref up to that paragraph. I don't think we'll get much better than that until someone publishes a detailed investigation. Acroterion (talk) 02:45, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- I'll return to the article this weekend for a last review, but not tonight - it's been a long week. Acroterion (talk) 03:49, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- https://books.google.bs/books?id=wfGPEX0PA3wC&pg=PA228&dq=dumas+brothel+balcony&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tbPeVMnnFsmXNrPugogI&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=dumas%20brothel%20balcony&f=false Check that out. I think that should do it. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 02:34, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- I was hoping to add something along the lines of "the brothel is a two-story brick structure with a raised basement. The first and second floors are pierced by a large light well or atrium, surrounded by balconies ..." All of this is eminently true, but it's based on my personal observation, and is not citeable in a Good Article. The website can't support such a detailed description. Acroterion (talk) 02:29, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- Just throwing this out there: http://www.thedumasbrothel.com/ It's barely secondary but if you cut through the marketing speak, you can quote it verbatim in a {{quote box}} in the Background section. --ceradon (talk • contribs) 02:23, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
- It doesn't, it's just listed as a contributing structure (p. 124 of the appendix, listed as 41 E. Mercury). It does mention the underground connections. Acroterion (talk) 02:06, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Dumas Brothel
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DYK for Jerry Lester
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