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Anthem in infobox

I noticed you removed the anthem from the infobox. It'd be appreciated if you dumped your reasoning at Template talk:Infobox country#Can we add a small button to play the anthem?. These anthems have been added and removed on and off, and I think it's about time we start collecting opinions about them. CMD (talk) 13:14, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living persons

Invitation to diacritics guideline discussion at WT:BLP

Hi, you were one of 100+ Users who has commented on a living person Requested Move featuring diacritics (e.g. the é in Beyoncé Knowles) in the last 30 days. Following closure of Talk:Stephane Huet RM, a tightening of BLP guidelines is proposed. Your contribution is invited to WT:BLP to discuss drafting a proposal for tightening BLP accuracy guidelines for names. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)