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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 12:45, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

Please do not recreate deleted content edit

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Your image or other content, TonyShipley.jpg, was recently deleted in accordance with our process and policies. You have recreated this content after it was deleted; please do not do this. If you would like to contest the deletion, please visit Commons:Undeletion requests and follow the instructions there to have the deletion reviewed. Recreating deleted content outside of process is not allowed, and doing so repeatedly may cause you to lose your editing privileges. Thank you for understanding.

. Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 13:57, 18 October 2012 (UTC)Reply

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