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with media for a long time period</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Marathon" title="Marathon">Marathon</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the overlapping concept of binge-watching, see <a href="/wiki/Binge-watching" title="Binge-watching">binge-watching</a>.</div> <p>A <b>marathon</b> or <b>watchalong</b> is an event in which viewers or readers engage many hours' worth of <a href="/wiki/Media_(communication)" title="Media (communication)">media</a> (film, television, books, <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> videos etc.) in a condensed time period. This phrase represents a two-fold shift from <a href="/wiki/Binge-watch" class="mw-redirect" title="Binge-watch">binge-watch</a> in that it incorporates other media (not just television) and it reduces the negative connotations associated with bingeing. In the 2014 book <i>Media Marathoning: Immersions in Morality,</i> Lisa Perks describes media marathoning as a "comprehensive and complimentary phrase" that "connotes a conjoined triumph of commitment and stamina. This phrase also captures viewers' or readers' engrossment, effort, and sense of accomplishment surrounding their media interaction."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> executive Todd Yellin is quoted as saying "I don't like the term 'binge,' because it sounds almost pathological. 'Marathon' sounds more celebratory."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Media marathons can be organized around particular series, particular artists (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Kurosawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurosawa">Kurosawa</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hitchcock" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitchcock">Hitchcock</a>), or genres (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Horror_film" title="Horror film">horror films</a> or <a href="/wiki/Chick_flick" title="Chick flick">chick flicks</a>). Marathons can be user-created: one person decides to undertake a marathon solo or to organize a group marathon. Marathons may also be producer-created. Producer-created marathons are usually orchestrated by movie theaters, fan sites, or by cable channels that show already-run seasons, and, more recently, with original first-run programming through streaming services (such as Netflix's <a href="/wiki/House_of_Cards_(American_TV_series)" title="House of Cards (American TV series)"><i>House of Cards</i></a>). In television, a marathon is an extension of the concept of <a href="/wiki/Block_programming" title="Block programming">block programming</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reasons">Reasons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marathon_(media)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Reasons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most common reasons for a network to run a marathon are: </p> <ol><li>to celebrate the acquisition of a series,</li> <li>to commemorate the loss of rights to a series</li> <li>to lead into a highly anticipated episode of a series (such as a return from a hiatus or a <a href="/wiki/Series_finale" title="Series finale">series finale</a>),</li> <li>likewise to allow viewers to catch up on a series before a season finale or a series finale,</li> <li>to honor the retirement or death of a person associated with the series (this is particularly popular on networks that specialize in <a href="/wiki/Rerun" title="Rerun">reruns</a>),</li> <li>to mark a milestone associated with that series (such as the anniversary of its premiere, or reaching a certain number of episodes)</li> <li>to celebrate (or to take advantage of additional viewers on) a <a href="/wiki/Holiday" title="Holiday">holiday</a>, especially with holiday-themed episodes,</li> <li>to <a href="/wiki/Burning_off" title="Burning off">burn off</a> a contract for a television series that has proved unprofitable,</li> <li>to <a href="/wiki/Stunting_(broadcasting)" title="Stunting (broadcasting)">signal the end of a channel format and/or the start of a new one</a>,</li> <li>or to inexpensively <a href="/wiki/Counterprogramming_(television)" title="Counterprogramming (television)">counterprogram</a> against more popular programs such as the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-usatoday-bowls2009_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usatoday-bowls2009-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>Marathons are attractive to genre movie fans, or families that like watching their favourite movies/TV shows in blocks at a time.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com.au_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com.au-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marathon_(media)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting in the late 1940s, Journalists began using "marathon" in association with television events, according to archival research by media scholar Emil Steiner.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "TV marathon" usages from 1949-1959 adhered to these categories: (1) Telethon, (2) Political Stunt/Punditry, (3) Lengthy Oratory, (4) Plus-Sized Show, (5) Plus-Sized Series, and (6) Plus-Sized Programming. “TV marathon” remained associated with live fundraising events through the early 1950s. This remained the most frequent journalistic usage of “marathon” until the 1980s, though the frequency really began falling in 1952, as journalists and style guides began using <a href="/wiki/Telethon" title="Telethon">telethon</a> instead. The portmanteau saved typesetters between two and 10 letters per mention of the most common usage of “television/TV marathon.” The While “movie marathon” appeared as early as 1948,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> journalists did not describe viewing them as “TV marathons.” Even when televised movie marathons began becoming common in the 1970s, journalists modified marathons by the content’s original medium. Films and TV shows were separated, and journalists stuck to these six usages. “TV marathon” was used nearly 10 times more frequently than “TV binge” in English language periodicals from 1948 to 2011. </p><p>Japanese <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">manga</a> magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Jump" title="Weekly Shōnen Jump">Weekly Shōnen Jump</a></i> developed a successful formula of publishing individual manga chapters and then compiling them into separate standalone <a href="/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon" title="Tankōbon">tankōbon</a> volumes that could be "binged" all at once. This <i>Jump</i> formula produced major <a href="/wiki/Japanese_pop_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese pop culture">Japanese pop culture</a> hits such as <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Ball" title="Dragon Ball">Dragon Ball</a></i> (1984 debut), <i><a href="/wiki/One_Piece" title="One Piece">One Piece</a></i> (1997 debut) and <i><a href="/wiki/Naruto" title="Naruto">Naruto</a></i> (1999 debut). According to Matt Alt of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Yorker" title="The New Yorker">The New Yorker</a></i>, "<i>Jump</i> presaged the way the world consumes streaming entertainment today."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marathon viewing sessions of Japanese <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> television series have been a common trend in <a href="/wiki/Anime_fandom" class="mw-redirect" title="Anime fandom">anime fandom</a> for decades, dating back to the late 1970s to 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-McKevitt_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKevitt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kotaku_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kotaku-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to an early American anime <a href="/wiki/Cosplayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosplayer">cosplayer</a>, Karen Schnaubelt, Japanese anime were "incredibly difficult to come by" with "nothing available except broadcast TV until" <a href="/wiki/VHS" title="VHS">VHS</a> videotapes became commonly available in the late 1970s, allowing fans to import anime shows from Japan; she noted that a friend "would record the episodes" and then "a group of us would gather at his apartment and watch a marathon of the episodes."<sup id="cite_ref-Kotaku_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kotaku-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Comic_conventions" class="mw-redirect" title="Comic conventions">comic conventions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sci-fi_conventions" class="mw-redirect" title="Sci-fi conventions">sci-fi conventions</a> in the 1980s, fans brought video tapes to hold marathon anime screenings; BayCon 1986, for example, held an 80-hour long anime marathon.<sup id="cite_ref-McKevitt_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKevitt-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On broadcast TV, the first TV marathons aired on Nickelodeon's <a href="/wiki/Nick_at_Nite" title="Nick at Nite">Nick at Nite</a>, on July 1, 1985, presenting multiple episodes from <i>Donna Reed</i> and <i>Route 66</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The idea by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Goodman" title="Alan Goodman">Alan Goodman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Seibert" title="Fred Seibert">Fred Seibert</a> was based on a similar concept that radio stations used, in which songs by one particular artist would be played for a prolonged period of time. </p><p>A marathon may be used by a broadcaster to celebrate its acquisition of a specific series or film franchise (such as <a href="/wiki/FXX" title="FXX">FXX</a>'s "Every Simpsons Ever" marathon, which celebrated the channel's acquisition of the cable rights to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> honor a long-running series before its <a href="/wiki/Series_finale" title="Series finale">series finale</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Jersey_Shore_(TV_series)" title="Jersey Shore (TV series)">Jersey Shore</a></i> marathon in 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an online marathon of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show_with_Jon_Stewart" class="mw-redirect" title="The Daily Show with Jon Stewart">The Daily Show with Jon Stewart</a></i> held by <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> in 2015, which both featured the series' entire run),<sup id="cite_ref-thewrap-jonvoyage_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thewrap-jonvoyage-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> celebrate a milestone involving a long-running series,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or as a memorial for an entertainer that had recently died.<sup id="cite_ref-Alexander_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alexander-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a few cases, especially with classic television, <a href="/wiki/Lost_episode" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost episode">lost episodes</a>, originally unseen <a href="/wiki/Television_pilot" title="Television pilot">television pilots</a>, and other programming that may not have been seen during the show's original run may be included. </p><p>While many marathons were initially considered rare, special events, since the 2010s it has become common for some channels to structure their daily schedules into blocks devoted to specific programs (usually three-to-four hours in length), mainly to appeal to and compete with subscription <a href="/wiki/Video-on-demand" class="mw-redirect" title="Video-on-demand">video-on-demand</a> services (such as <a href="/wiki/Hulu" title="Hulu">Hulu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a>) that have enabled voluntary "<a href="/wiki/Binge-watching" title="Binge-watching">binge-watching</a>" of television series.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Free_ad-supported_streaming_television" title="Free ad-supported streaming television">Free ad-supported streaming television</a> (FAST) services often carry narrowly-formatted linear channels that are devoted specifically to a single television series.<sup id="cite_ref-vty-fast-approach_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty-fast-approach-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perks attributes the contemporary marathoning trend to three factors: advances in content-delivery technologies, active audience behaviors, and increasing complexity of storytelling.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Almost all marathons primarily feature <a href="/wiki/Rerun" title="Rerun">reruns</a> of episodes already previously broadcast, although one may be used to lead into the premiere of a new episode. To compete with the then-typical practice of streaming services releasing entire seasons of original productions all at once, <a href="/wiki/TBS_(American_TV_channel)" title="TBS (American TV channel)">TBS</a> premiered the entire first season of <i><a href="/wiki/Angie_Tribeca" title="Angie Tribeca">Angie Tribeca</a></i> as a marathon, running the 10 episodes on a loop for 25 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Length">Length</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marathon_(media)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Length"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Researchers have operationally defined media marathoning and binge-watching in different ways. Perks provides medium-specific definitions. Marathoners must have "viewed a television season in a week or less, watched three or more films from the same series in a week or less, or read three or more books from the same series in a month or less".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Netflix-commissioned study defined "binge-watching" as viewing 2 to 6 episodes of the same show in one sitting.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2014 TiVo survey defined binge-watching as watching 3 or more episodes of the same show in one day.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>A marathon generally has to have at least five episodes in a row to be considered as such; as writer Patrick Hipes noted, "some networks (promote) 3–4 episodes as a 'marathon,' but that's more like a <a href="/wiki/5000_metres" title="5000 metres">5K</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some of the longest-running marathons are the two <i><a href="/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)" title="The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)">Twilight Zone</a></i> marathons that air on <a href="/wiki/Syfy" title="Syfy">Syfy</a> in the United States on <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> and <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a>; not counting early-morning <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">infomercials</a>, each run for roughly three days straight. Holidays are a common time for marathons; for instance, on <a href="/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a> in 2010, over 40 cable networks aired marathons of various lengths.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>For a time, the longest continuous marathon in the history of television was a twelve-day marathon of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> that aired on <a href="/wiki/FXX" title="FXX">FXX</a>, which aired non-stop from August 21, 2014 until September 2, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-EverySimpsonsEver_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EverySimpsonsEver-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The marathon featured the first 552 episodes of the series (every single episode that had already been released at the time) aired chronologically, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Movie" title="The Simpsons Movie">The Simpsons Movie</a></i>, which FX Networks had already owned the rights to air. The first day of the marathon was the highest-rated broadcast day in the history of the network so far, the ratings more than tripled those of regular prime-time programming for FXX.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ratings during the first six nights of the marathon grew night after night, with the network ranking within the top 5 networks in basic cable each night.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The record was surpassed in 2015 by <a href="/wiki/VH1_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="VH1 Classic">VH1 Classic</a>, which broadcast a nineteen-day marathon of <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> from January 28 to February 15, in honour of the program's 40th season (with its end date coinciding with the <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_40th_Anniversary_Special" title="Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special">40th-anniversary special episode</a> on NBC). The marathon primarily featured the series' most notable episodes in a reverse chronological order (beginning with <a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_(season_39)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saturday Night Live (season 39)">season 39</a> and concluding with its October 11, 1975 series premiere), along with blocks focusing on specific celebrities (such as <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Timberlake" title="Justin Timberlake">Justin Timberlake</a>), a block of the program's retrospective episodes on February 15, as well as Saturday-night airings of films featuring alumni of the series (such as <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sheep_(1996_film)" title="Black Sheep (1996 film)">Black Sheep</a></i> and<i> <a href="/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_(film)" title="Wayne's World (film)">Wayne's World</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Venue">Venue</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marathon_(media)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Venue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Movie marathons may be hosted in a private residence or in movie theaters.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One guide for hosting them notes that viewers should be able to come and go as they please.<sup id="cite_ref-google_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food">Food</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marathon_(media)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some marathons offer story-specific food choices, such as lembas and <a href="/wiki/Butterbeer" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterbeer">butterbeer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Popcorn" title="Popcorn">Popcorn</a> is considered a staple for movie marathons.<sup id="cite_ref-google_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some people prefer to provide multiple flavors of popcorn, while others prefer to provide plain popcorn and flavoring separate so that participants can flavor it themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-google_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marathon_(media)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Binge-watching" title="Binge-watching">Binge-watching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(television)" title="Doubleheader (television)">Doubleheader (television)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omnibus_(broadcast)" title="Omnibus (broadcast)">Omnibus (broadcast)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telethon" title="Telethon">Telethon</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marathon_(media)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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