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I suggest posting full references instead of bare URLs

Again, welcome! Fettlemap (talk) 18:22, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

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Digital audio support

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Mozilla Firefox 4, Opera 10.5 and Google Chrome 3 (and later versions) each include their own support for Ogg Vorbis files.

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Speedy deletion nomination of Tana McCoy

Hello Steven Brinkley,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Tana McCoy for deletion, because it doesn't appear to contain any encyclopedic content. Take a look at our suggestions for essential content in short articles to learn what should be included.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Joel.Miles925 (talk) 14:41, 11 February 2016 (UTC)