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This week's article for improvement (week 41, 2016)
 A spelling bee at Jhenidah Cadet College in Bangladesh
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This is about Draft: Paul Clark (designer). In August you put a copyvio tag on the draft. Could you please take another look at it and see whether the copyright violation has been removed? Robert McClenon (talk) 13:26, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
- @Robert McClenon: I believe the copyvio is now gone and the tag can be removed now. Woodstop45 • Talk (Contribs) 17:20, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
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- Colours used in the Wikimedia wikis' main interface changed slightly. This is to make them easier to see for readers and editors with reduced eyesight. [3]
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- Hidden HTML comments will be more visible when you edit with the visual editor.
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