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106:New page patrollers
89:New page patrollers
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2835:Embrace Stop Signs
2715:Assume good wraith
2690:Anti-Wikipedianism
2527:Perennial websites
2517:Other stuff exists
2153:Passive aggression
2116:No angry mastodons
2106:Hate is disruptive
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1931:Don't be a fanatic
1709:Most ideas are bad
1649:Forgive and forget
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1067:Run an edit-a-thon
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