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Hello, I'm DatGuy, and I'm applying for the CheckUser team. After my RfA last year, I was going over the administrative backlogs when SPI caught my eye in a way I didn't expect. After reading up on the patrolling administrator instructions, I've gone about handling the cases that are available to me,
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