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remove all instances of country links where they are preceded by another linked term. Specific piped links to US cities, districts of London, Oxford and
Cambridge colleges are simplified to remove unnecessary parts of 'chain links' rather than total unlinking. (for example, '], ]' becomes ']'). Chain links involving certain countries (namely, France, England, Spain, Italy, Germany, Canada, China) and their subdivisions are removed: thus ], ], ] will be simplified to ], Bavaria, Germany.
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as they bring little of value to the subject of the article. If, however, it's a place that is important to the person, then it may be worth retaining: for example, where someone went on a spiritual pilgrimage to, say, Tibet and the bio mentions some lasting influence on the person's spirituality, it would be important enough to warrant a link.
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