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<p>Reverted edits by <a href="/index.php/Special:Contributions/12.27.7.94" title="Special:Contributions/12.27.7.94">12.27.7.94</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:12.27.7.94&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:12.27.7.94 (page does not exist)">Talk</a>); changed back to last version by <a href="/index.php/User:Dave" title="User:Dave">Dave</a></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='1' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='1' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 05:31, 15 October 2007</td> </tr></table>

Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=4598&oldid=prev 2004-09-12T22:57:11Z

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Dave http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=434&oldid=prev 2004-09-12T22:48:58Z

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Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=433&oldid=prev 2004-09-12T22:44:40Z

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Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=432&oldid=prev 2004-08-26T00:09:37Z

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Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=251&oldid=prev 2004-08-26T00:09:23Z

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Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=250&oldid=prev 2004-08-26T00:01:29Z

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Jimbo http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=237&oldid=prev 2004-08-25T23:59:28Z

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Dave http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=234&oldid=prev 2004-08-25T23:58:35Z

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Dave http://freebsdwiki.net/index.php?title=Man_page&diff=233&oldid=prev 2004-08-25T23:57:55Z

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