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These are policies with ] implications. Outside of policies, such as those below and the ] policy, ] of content that may be objectionable or offensive, or adopt other ] over content, so long as the content obeys the ]. Legal issues are raised by filing a formal complaint with the Wikimedia Foundation. |
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