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title="User:Milowent">Milowent</a></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> (#20) returns for its annual domination of this chart with <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a> (#8) having been played on February 7, placing thirteen articles in our top 25, only slightly off <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report/February_1_to_7,_2015" title="Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/February 1 to 7, 2015">last year's showing</a> of fifteen articles. Aside from <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a>, the new film <i><a href="/wiki/Deadpool_(film)" title="Deadpool (film)">Deadpool</a></i> takes two slots in the top 10, as did two <a href="/wiki/Reddit" title="Reddit">Reddit</a> "Today I Learned" threads. The American domination of the chart this week also saw <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> high again at #4 after easily winning the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016#February_2016:_First_caucuses_and_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">New Hampshire primary</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> at #9 for winning the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016">Democratic</a> side of that contest. </p><p><b>For the full top-25 list, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TOP25" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TOP25">WP:TOP25</a>. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report#Exclusions" title="Wikipedia:Top 25 Report">this section</a> for an explanation of any exclusions. For a list of the most edited articles of the week, see <a href="/wiki/User:DataflowBot/output/Top_20_enwiki_articles_by_edits_and_editors_in_past_7_days_(id-1)" title="User:DataflowBot/output/Top 20 enwiki articles by edits and editors in past 7 days (id-1)">here</a>.</b> </p><p>For the week of February 7 to 13, the ten most popular articles on Wikipedia, as determined from the report of the <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:West.andrew.g/Popular_pages&oldid=705029372">most viewed pages</a>, were: </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Article </th> <th>Class </th> <th>Views </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="Good Article"><img alt="Good Article" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/16px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/24px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/32px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">2,454,310 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peyton_Manning_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Peyton_Manning_%28cropped%29.jpg/98px-Peyton_Manning_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Peyton_Manning_%28cropped%29.jpg/146px-Peyton_Manning_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Peyton_Manning_%28cropped%29.jpg/195px-Peyton_Manning_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="592"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>In what may have been his final hurrah after a long career, the American football quarterback led the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> (#25) to a solid victory over <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Cam Newton</a> (#7) and the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a> (#8) on February 7. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deadpool_(film)" title="Deadpool (film)"><i>Deadpool</i> (film)</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="Start-class"><img alt="Start-class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/16px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/24px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/32px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,939,593 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/67px-Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="67" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/100px-Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/134px-Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1744" data-file-height="2600"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> <a href="/wiki/Antihero" title="Antihero">antihero</a> film starring <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds" title="Ryan Reynolds">Ryan Reynolds</a> (pictured) was released on February 12. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Omayra_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Omayra Sánchez">Omayra Sánchez</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="Featured Article"><img alt="Featured Article" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/16px-Featured_article_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/24px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/32px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,871,179 </td> <td> </td> <td>As <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/45edq5/til_in_1985_a_colombian_girl_was_trapped_in_a/">Reddit learned this week</a>, a photo of this young girl, taken before she died in a volcanic eruption in <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Armero_tragedy" title="Armero tragedy">Armero tragedy</a>), was the <a href="/wiki/World_Press_Photo_of_the_Year" title="World Press Photo of the Year">World Press Photo of the Year</a> for 1985. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="B-Class"><img alt="B-Class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/16px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/24px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Symbol_b_class.svg/32px-Symbol_b_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,504,756 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg/69px-Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg" decoding="async" width="69" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg/103px-Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg/137px-Donald_Trump_announcing_latest_David_Blaine_feat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1773" data-file-height="2578"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>Trump won the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016#February_2016:_First_caucuses_and_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">New Hampshire primary</a> for U.S. President on February 9. He roundly clobbered his opponents with over 35% of the vote. His promises of winning so well we could not not believe it have become reality, and as improbable as it once seemed, the prospect of Trump winning the party's nomination is now being taken very seriously. </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deadpool" title="Deadpool">Deadpool</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="C-class"><img alt="C-class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/16px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/24px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/32px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,452,087 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/67px-Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="67" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/100px-Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/134px-Ryan_Reynolds_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1744" data-file-height="2600"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>The character on which #2 is based. </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Paul_Neil" title="Christopher Paul Neil">Christopher Paul Neil</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="C-Class"><img alt="C-Class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/16px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/24px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/32px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,445,649 </td> <td> </td> <td>Reddit <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/44zeqp/til_a_pedophile_in_thailand_posted_a_picture_of/">learned this week</a> that Neil is a notorious pedophile known as "Mr. Swirl" or "Swirl Face" who was tracked down and arrested in 2007 after police were able to digitially "unswirl" photos of his face available online. </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Cam Newton</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="C-class"><img alt="C-class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/16px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/24px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/32px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,411,026 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cam_Newton_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Cam_Newton_2014.jpg/71px-Cam_Newton_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="71" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Cam_Newton_2014.jpg/107px-Cam_Newton_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Cam_Newton_2014.jpg/143px-Cam_Newton_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1719" data-file-height="2403"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>Cam Newton, the quarterback for the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a>, lost in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a> (#8) to the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a> (#25), primarily because the Broncos' defense was able to shut down Newton unlike any other team had this season. </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="Start-class"><img alt="Start-class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/16px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/24px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Symbol_start_class.svg/32px-Symbol_start_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,283,341 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Broncos_vs_49ers_preseason_game_at_Levi%27s_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Broncos_vs_49ers_preseason_game_at_Levi%27s_Stadium.jpg/100px-Broncos_vs_49ers_preseason_game_at_Levi%27s_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Broncos_vs_49ers_preseason_game_at_Levi%27s_Stadium.jpg/150px-Broncos_vs_49ers_preseason_game_at_Levi%27s_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Broncos_vs_49ers_preseason_game_at_Levi%27s_Stadium.jpg/200px-Broncos_vs_49ers_preseason_game_at_Levi%27s_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2040"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>Up from #17 and 636,927 views last week, it was played on February 7 at the <a href="/wiki/Levi%27s_Stadium" title="Levi's Stadium">Levi's Stadium</a> outside <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> (pictured). Last year's <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIX" title="Super Bowl XLIX">Super Bowl XLIX</a> placed <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Top_25_Report/February_1_to_7,_2015" title="Wikipedia:Top 25 Report/February 1 to 7, 2015">fourth on this report</a> with about 110,000 more views than this year. Personally I blame the drop on the failure to use <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a> this year. </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="C-class"><img alt="C-class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/16px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/24px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e6/Symbol_c_class.svg/32px-Symbol_c_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">1,272,272 </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bernie_Sanders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Bernie_Sanders.jpg/79px-Bernie_Sanders.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Bernie_Sanders.jpg/118px-Bernie_Sanders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Bernie_Sanders.jpg/158px-Bernie_Sanders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="864"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td>The lovable <a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic socialist">democratic socialist</a> easily won the Democratic Party <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hampshire primary">New Hampshire primary</a> over <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>. While even some in his own party view his plans as quixotic at best and confrontational at worst, his idealism has proven <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/the-kids-are-for-bernie-but-are-the-kids-alright/461925/">catnip to disenchanted young voters</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">List of Super Bowl champions</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment#Grades" title="Featured List"><img alt="Featured List" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/16px-Featured_article_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/24px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/32px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180"/></a></span> </td> <td align="right">999,486 </td> <td> </td> <td>This list invariably pops up once a year, as Americans first scramble for facts to determine which team will win, then rush back to see if their dream/nightmare came true. </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li><b>Just missing the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TOP25" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TOP25">WP:TOP25</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Gravitational_wave" title="Gravitational wave">Gravitational wave</a> (#26) due to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nature.com/news/einstein-s-gravitational-waves-found-at-last-1.19361">this</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a> (#27), who also played at #19; <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> (#28) who lost to #25; <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kardashian" title="Robert Kardashian">Robert Kardashian</a> (#29), an attorney who represented #12; and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_of_Pablo" title="The Life of Pablo">The Life of Pablo</a></i> (#30), the new album of <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a>. <a href="/wiki/Zika_virus" title="Zika virus">Zika virus</a>, which was #3 last week, falls to #31.</li></ul> </div> <div style="width:46em; line-height:1.6em; font-size:1em; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding-left:5em;" class="plainlinks"> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236342446">.mw-parser-output .signpost-article-footer{clear:both;display:flex;flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:4em}.mw-parser-output .signpost-succession{border-bottom:1px solid #CCC;box-sizing:border-box;clear:both;display:flex;flex:0 0 100%;flex-wrap:wrap;font-size:116%;font-family:Georgia,Palatino,"Palatino Linotype",Times,"Times New 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