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This is a fairly simple issue - the article that's been created so far is a profile of the character as can be seen from the episodes, which isn't considered appropriate material in spite of the "not paper" (an article cannot be written off just becuase it would be a waste of paper in a conventional
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Charlie to chat up girls before season 9, and if you have a problem with this sort of thing why don't you get rid of some of the nicknames? Mr. "I'm not a doctor" Harper was only used once. (for some reason when I use the four tildes it calls me "sleepyhead" so I sign it
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It's been that way for at least 2 years and you have a problem after I edit it? Really? Aliases don't always have to be common they have to notable, Brodrick is a celebrity and
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