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Hello, did you come to a conclusion as for the tensor weight of pressure vs. temperature ? [[1]] Best regards, Bixente — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E34:EC6B:F90:A9E9:FE4D:1A08:5837 (talk) 22:29, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Would you please weigh in at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems#Category:CC-BY-SA-2.0? I'd rather not undo your work without hearing from you. - Jmabel | Talk 16:25, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Jason Quinn! As this userspace essay has a quotation mark at the start of its title, it is currently being sorted around the top of Category:User essays, rather than under Y. Because of this, would you object if a {{DEFAULTSORT}} magic word was added?

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Do you have any opinion on whether we can use Tarrio's mugshot in his bio? It's currently set to be deleted even though Harvard says its "probably" PD but I can't even get it in under fair use. Feoffer (talk) 10:53, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Jason. I'm looking for experienced editors to interview

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