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<small>—Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/67.48.234.219" title="Special:Contributions/67.48.234.219">67.48.234.219</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:67.48.234.219&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:67.48.234.219 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts#c-67.48.234.219-2008-06-23T08:06:00.000Z-Untitled" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:06, 23 June 2008 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-67.48.234.219-2008-06-23T08:06:00.000Z-Untitled"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2008-06-23T08:06:00.000Z","author":"67.48.234.219","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-67.48.234.219-2008-06-23T08:06:00.000Z-Untitled","replies":[]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-67.48.234.219-2008-06-23T08:06:00.000Z-Untitled"></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Martianmister-2009-01-03T07:19:00.000Z-Untitled"></span>Maybe yes?--<a href="/wiki/User:Martianmister" title="User:Martianmister">Martianmister</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Martianmister" title="User talk:Martianmister">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts#c-Martianmister-2009-01-03T07:19:00.000Z-Untitled" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">07:19, 3 January 2009 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Martianmister-2009-01-03T07:19:00.000Z-Untitled"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2009-01-03T07:19:00.000Z","author":"Martianmister","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Martianmister-2009-01-03T07:19:00.000Z-Untitled","replies":[]}}--></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Martianmister-2009-01-03T07:19:00.000Z-Untitled"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONDESKTOP__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Copyright_problem_removed-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z","replies":["c-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z-Copyright_problem_removed"],"text":"Copyright problem removed","linkableTitle":"Copyright problem removed"}--><h2 id="Copyright_problem_removed" data-mw-thread-id="h-Copyright_problem_removed-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Copyright_problem_removed-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z"></span>Copyright problem removed<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Copyright_problem_removed-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Joseph_Jenkins_Roberts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Copyright problem removed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><!--__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Copyright_problem_removed-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z","replies":["c-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z-Copyright_problem_removed"]}}--><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"><!--__DTLATESTCOMMENTTHREAD__{"id":"c-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z-Copyright_problem_removed","timestamp":"2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z"}__--><!--__DTCOMMENTCOUNT__1__--><!--__DTAUTHORCOUNT__1__--></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"><!--__DTSUBSCRIBEBUTTONMOBILE__{"headingLevel":2,"name":"h-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z","type":"heading","level":0,"id":"h-Copyright_problem_removed-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z","replies":["c-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z-Copyright_problem_removed"],"text":"Copyright problem removed","linkableTitle":"Copyright problem removed"}--></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Moonriddengirl-2010-03-07T22:42:00.000Z-Copyright_problem_removed"></span>One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s). 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