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V.F.! I appreciate the energy with which you are working on Golden Crown Literary Society. Could you do me a favor and stop clicking that "minor edit" checkbox when you do? I realize you think that adding just a little information, or adding a source, or removing a bit or piece is minor, and perhaps on the big scheme of things it is, but under our guidelines (which you can see at WP:MINOR), none of them are minor. Thanks, Nat Gertler ( talk) 03:59, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
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