Paint Drying (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Paint Drying" in English language version.

Last modified: 03:03:57, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

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avclub.com (Global: 227^th place; English: 126^th place)

Rife, Katie (26 January 2016). "British censors deem 10-hour movie of paint drying appropriate for all ages". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

bbfc.co.uk (Global: 359^th place; English: 282^nd place)

"Paint Drying". British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). n.d. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
"Out 1". British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). n.d. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

betaseries.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Lagier, Luc (narrator) (1 March 2016). Vous connaissez "Paint Drying" de Charlie Lyne ? [Do You Know "Paint Drying" by Charlie Lyne?]. Camera Lucida Productions (Episode). Blow Up (in French). Arte. Season 3, episode 7. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022 – via BetaSeries.

bfi.org.uk (Global: 239^th place; English: 131^st place)

www2.bfi.org.uk

"Paint Drying". British Film Institute. n.d. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

collections-search.bfi.org.uk

"Paint Drying (title): Materials held in the BFI National Archive". BFI National Archive. British Film Institute (BFI). n.d. N-1431840. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2026.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Iversen et al. 2019, pp. 171, 194 Balsom, Erika (2019). "Watching Paint Dry". In Iversen, Gunnar; Horak, Laura; Hennefeld, Maggie; Baer, Nicholas (eds.). Unwatchable. Rutgers University Press. pp. 194–199. doi:10.36019/9780813599625-031. ISBN 978-0-813-59958-8. S2CID 262032655.
Iversen et al. 2019, p. 195 Balsom, Erika (2019). "Watching Paint Dry". In Iversen, Gunnar; Horak, Laura; Hennefeld, Maggie; Baer, Nicholas (eds.). Unwatchable. Rutgers University Press. pp. 194–199. doi:10.36019/9780813599625-031. ISBN 978-0-813-59958-8. S2CID 262032655.

cbr.com (Global: 329^th place; English: 202^nd place)

Segura, John (18 November 2023). "How a 10-Hour Movie Protested Censorship in 2016". CBR. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

cinemasaojorge.pt (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Paint Drying" (in Portuguese). Cinema São Jorge. n.d. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

collinsdictionary.com (Global: 1,831^st place; English: 1,216^th place)

"something is like watching paint dry". Collins English Dictionary (Online). HarperCollins Publishers. n.d. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

comedy.co.uk (Global: 1,234^th place; English: 546^th place)

"Series P, Episode 6 – Pictures". British Comedy Guide. n.d. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

dailydot.com (Global: 1,514^th place; English: 928^th place)

Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (27 January 2016). "We talked to the man who forced the U.K. film board to watch 10 hours of paint drying". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

dazeddigital.com (Global: 1,987^th place; English: 1,140^th place)

Kale, Sirin (26 January 2016). "Why would anyone film or watch paint drying for ten hours?". Dazed Digital. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

digitalspy.com (Global: 235^th place; English: 128^th place)

Sandwell, Ian (25 January 2016). "Right now, two experts are sat in a room for ten hours watching a film of paint drying. But why?". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

dn.pt (Global: 1,710^th place; English: 2,160^th place)

"Com 7 mil euros obrigou censores a assistir a 10 horas de tinta a secar" [With 7 thousand euros, he forced censors to watch 10 hours of paint drying]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Iversen et al. 2019, pp. 171, 194 Balsom, Erika (2019). "Watching Paint Dry". In Iversen, Gunnar; Horak, Laura; Hennefeld, Maggie; Baer, Nicholas (eds.). Unwatchable. Rutgers University Press. pp. 194–199. doi:10.36019/9780813599625-031. ISBN 978-0-813-59958-8. S2CID 262032655.
Iversen et al. 2019, p. 195 Balsom, Erika (2019). "Watching Paint Dry". In Iversen, Gunnar; Horak, Laura; Hennefeld, Maggie; Baer, Nicholas (eds.). Unwatchable. Rutgers University Press. pp. 194–199. doi:10.36019/9780813599625-031. ISBN 978-0-813-59958-8. S2CID 262032655.
Pismenny, Arina (18 January 2022). "Boredom and Its Values". Journal of Philosophy of Emotion. 2 (3): 32. doi:10.33497/2022.winter.4. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022 – via PhilArchive.

ew.com (Global: 59^th place; English: 45^th place)

Holub, Christian (27 January 2016). "This 10-hour documentary is really like watching paint dry". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

gale.com (Global: 914^th place; English: 441^st place)

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Miller, Nick (28 January 2016). "Watching paint dry no chore for a censor". The Age. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Gale Academic OneFile.

givergy.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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"Only released copy of PAINT DRYING Blu-ray + custom artwork". Cinema for Gaza. April 2024. Item 182. Archived from the original on 26 July 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via Givergy UK.

gizmodo.com.au (Global: low place; English: 7,343^rd place)

Simpson, Campbell (27 January 2016). "A 10-Hour Film About Paint Drying Is A Film For Everyone". Gizmodo AU. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

hipersonica.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"La burbuja de los festivales tambalea, las reviews personales de Letterboxd, un 2024 sonado y otras noticias, discos nuevos y pelis de estreno con las que ponerte al día" [The festival bubble is shaky, Letterboxd's personal reviews, a buzzy 2024 and other news, new albums and new releases to catch up on]. Hipersónica (in Spanish). 23 February 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

independent.co.uk (Global: 46^th place; English: 29^th place)

Loughrey, Clarisse (26 January 2016). "BBFC rates Paint Drying film 'U', after sitting through all 607 minutes". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

indiewire.com (Global: 177^th place; English: 117^th place)

Bell, Josh (20 February 2024). "The Letterboxd Page That Became Something Much More". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

instagram.com (Global: 98^th place; English: 96^th place)

Letterboxd [@letterboxd]; Shackleton, Charlie [@charlie.shackleton] (16 November 2025). "Shackleton's Paint Drying Wall 👨‍🎨". Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Instagram.

jn.pt (Global: 3,481^st place; English: 5,184^th place)

"Festival IndieLisboa com mais uma edição "que tenta responder ao contemporâneo"" [IndieLisboa Festival with another edition 'that tries to respond to the contemporary']. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 30 April 2025. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

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Shackleton, Charlie (29 July 2025). "Interview with Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton: On True Crime & The Creative Process". ZINE. Interviewed by Klein, Matt. Archived from the original on 4 August 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2026. …the truth is it's an incredible honor to have inadvertently brought that space into existence.

letterboxd.com (Global: 2,545^th place; English: 2,319^th place)

Shackleton, Charlie [interviewee] (31 January 2025). "Paint Drying filmmaker Charlie Shackleton shares his message to the Letterboxd community". Letterboxd. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

mashable.com (Global: 1,051^st place; English: 654^th place)

Haysom, Sam (26 January 2016). "Man forces UK film censors to watch 10 hours of paint drying". Mashable. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

megalodon.jp (Global: 855^th place; English: 1,189^th place)

Shackleton, Charlie [@charlieshack] (26 September 2018). "All my films have recently been collected into the BFI National Archive, including Paint Drying, which means you can now view all 607 minutes of it in the mediatheque at BFI Southbank. Enjoy!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 27 July 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Twitter.
Shackleton, Charlie [@charlieshack] (9 April 2024). "After 6,770 off-topic @letterboxd reviews, you could be the first person to log Paint Drying for real—by bidding on the only copy of the film ever released to the public" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 27 July 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).
"Only released copy of PAINT DRYING Blu-ray + custom artwork". Cinema for Gaza. April 2024. Item 182. Archived from the original on 26 July 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via Givergy UK.

nationalpost.com (Global: 1,018^th place; English: 559^th place)

Calum, Marsh (28 April 2017). "Is any documentarian as funny as Charlie Lyne, a man with the rare gift of knowing how to make an audience laugh?". National Post. Archived from the original on 26 July 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

newstatesman.com (Global: 1,323^rd place; English: 717^th place)

Leszkiewicz, Anna (24 November 2015). "The filmmaker forcing the British Board of Film Classification to watch Paint Drying for hours on end". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

npr.org (Global: 114^th place; English: 75^th place)

Scott, Simon (22 November 2025). "Charlie Shackleton discusses his newest documentary, 'Zodiac Killer Project'". NPR. Archived from the original on 7 January 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.

nzherald.co.nz (Global: 390^th place; English: 205^th place)

"Ten-hour film about paint drying approved by censors". New Zealand Herald. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

philarchive.org (Global: low place; English: 7,457^th place)

Pismenny, Arina (18 January 2022). "Boredom and Its Values". Journal of Philosophy of Emotion. 2 (3): 32. doi:10.33497/2022.winter.4. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022 – via PhilArchive.

publico.pt (Global: 1,011^th place; English: 1,801^st place)

Mourinha, Jorge (5 May 2025). "No IndieLisboa, vamos ver tinta a secar com Charlie Shackleton?" [At IndieLisboa, are we going to see paint dry with Charlie Shackleton?]. Público (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

qagoma.qld.gov.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

Shackleton, Charlie; Robert, Hughes (n.d.). "Paint Drying – Cinema Obstructed". Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

qz.com (Global: 1,740^th place; English: 1,127^th place)

Purtill, Corinne (27 January 2016). "Here's how UK film censors rated a 10-hour film of paint drying". Quartz. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

radiotimes.com (Global: 326^th place; English: 169^th place)

"UK film censors forced to watch a 10 hour long movie of paint drying". Radio Times. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022. The poor censor at the BBFC wasn't so lucky, spending two days making notes before finally making their judgement: U. Suitable for all ages.

reason.com (Global: 2,693^rd place; English: 1,431^st place)

Butcher, Anne (May 2016). "Epic prank forces film censors to watch paint dry for 10 hours". Reason. Vol. 48, no. 1. Reason Foundation. p. 72. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 – via Reason.com.

sbs.com.au (Global: 1,047^th place; English: 609^th place)

Dwyer, Genevieve (28 January 2016). "UK Filmmaker forces censors to sit through two days of literally watching paint dry". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

screendaily.com (Global: 384^th place; English: 250^th place)

Macnab, Geoffrey (1 February 2016). "'Paint Drying' director in talks to screen protest film". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; English: 8^th place)

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Iversen et al. 2019, pp. 171, 194 Balsom, Erika (2019). "Watching Paint Dry". In Iversen, Gunnar; Horak, Laura; Hennefeld, Maggie; Baer, Nicholas (eds.). Unwatchable. Rutgers University Press. pp. 194–199. doi:10.36019/9780813599625-031. ISBN 978-0-813-59958-8. S2CID 262032655.
Iversen et al. 2019, p. 195 Balsom, Erika (2019). "Watching Paint Dry". In Iversen, Gunnar; Horak, Laura; Hennefeld, Maggie; Baer, Nicholas (eds.). Unwatchable. Rutgers University Press. pp. 194–199. doi:10.36019/9780813599625-031. ISBN 978-0-813-59958-8. S2CID 262032655.

slate.com (Global: 409^th place; English: 260^th place)

Adams, Sam (28 January 2025). "True Crime Is Killing Documentary Filmmaking. Now There's a True-Crime Documentary About That". Slate. Archived from the original on 28 January 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

smh.com.au (Global: 154^th place; English: 94^th place)

Miller, Nick (27 January 2016). "Filmmaker forces UK censorship board to sit through 607-minute film of paint drying". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

sopitas.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Padilla, Greta (27 February 2024). "'Paint Drying', la película de 10 horas que triunfó entre las reseñas de Letterboxd" ['Paint Drying', the 10-hour film that triumphs among Letterboxd reviews]. Sopitas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

stuff.co.nz (Global: 387^th place; English: 194^th place)

Ohlheiser, Abby (21 November 2016). "Filmmaker trolls British film board with 14-hour movie of white paint drying". Stuff. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 40^th place; English: 27^th place)

Boult, Adam (20 November 2015). "Film-maker plots to force the British Board of Film Classification to watch 14 hours of paint drying". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
Vincent, Alice (26 January 2016). "Why the BBFC watched paint dry for 10 Hours: filmmaker Charlie Lyne explains". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

telex.hu (Global: 2,425^th place; English: 3,467^th place)

Zsolt, Hanula (9 November 2023). "Az ember, aki forgatott egy 10 órás filmet a festék száradásáról, csak hogy a korhatárbizottságot kínozza vele" [The man who made a 10-hour long film of paint drying just to torture the age rating board]. Telex.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Leigh, Danny (30 July 2021). "'Mary Whitehouse is living in my head': how the video nasty scandal inspired a hot new film". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

thepinknews.com (Global: 3,465^th place; English: 1,975^th place)

McCormick, Joseph (26 January 2016). "British film censors have been made to watch 10 hours of paint drying". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.

theregister.com (Global: 2,921^st place; English: 1,825^th place)

Haines, Lester (23 November 2015). "Brit filmmaker plans 10hr+ Paint Drying epic". The Register. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

torontofilmcritics.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Shackleton, Charlie (2 May 2016). "Fear Itself: An Interview with Charlie Lyne". Interviewed by Nayman, Adam. Toronto Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2026.

twitter.com (Global: 43^rd place; English: 43^rd place)

Shackleton, Charlie [@charlieshack] (9 October 2019). "For a long time now, I've regretted a decision I made about 15 years ago, when—in a fit of teenage reinvention—I stopped using my mum's surname, Shackleton, and started using my dad's, Lyne. (My mum raised me after my dad left us when I was a baby.)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023 – via Twitter. …so I'm changing my name back to Charlie Shackleton.
Shackleton, Charlie [@charlieshack] (26 September 2018). "All my films have recently been collected into the BFI National Archive, including Paint Drying, which means you can now view all 607 minutes of it in the mediatheque at BFI Southbank. Enjoy!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 27 July 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via Twitter.
Shackleton, Charlie [@charlieshack] (9 April 2024). "After 6,770 off-topic @letterboxd reviews, you could be the first person to log Paint Drying for real—by bidding on the only copy of the film ever released to the public" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 27 July 2026. Retrieved 13 May 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).

variety.com (Global: 21^st place; English: 17^th place)

Murphy, J. Kim (27 January 2025). "'Zodiac Killer Project' Review: A Frustrated Filmmaker Takes Aim at the Industry's True-Crime Addiction". Variety. Archived from the original on 28 January 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

vice.com (Global: 247^th place; English: 175^th place)

Shackleton, Charlie (24 April 2017). "I Went to Extraordinary Lengths to Sidestep Britain's Film Censors". Vice. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

Ohlheiser, Abby (26 January 2016) [Originally published 19 November 2015]. "A filmmaker trolled the British film board with an unbelievably long movie of paint drying". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Shackleton, Charlie [@charlieshack] (9 October 2019). "For a long time now, I've regretted a decision I made about 15 years ago, when—in a fit of teenage reinvention—I stopped using my mum's surname, Shackleton, and started using my dad's, Lyne. (My mum raised me after my dad left us when I was a baby.)" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023 – via Twitter. …so I'm changing my name back to Charlie Shackleton.
"Paint Drying". British Film Institute. n.d. Archived from the original on 9 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
Zsolt, Hanula (9 November 2023). "Az ember, aki forgatott egy 10 órás filmet a festék száradásáról, csak hogy a korhatárbizottságot kínozza vele" [The man who made a 10-hour long film of paint drying just to torture the age rating board]. Telex.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
Shackleton, Charlie; Robert, Hughes (n.d.). "Paint Drying – Cinema Obstructed". Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
"Paint Drying". British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). n.d. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
Loughrey, Clarisse (26 January 2016). "BBFC rates Paint Drying film 'U', after sitting through all 607 minutes". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
Reynolds, Emily (20 January 2016). "Watching paint dry: how artists have challenged censorship". Wired UK. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
"something is like watching paint dry". Collins English Dictionary (Online). HarperCollins Publishers. n.d. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
Mourinha, Jorge (5 May 2025). "No IndieLisboa, vamos ver tinta a secar com Charlie Shackleton?" [At IndieLisboa, are we going to see paint dry with Charlie Shackleton?]. Público (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
Boult, Adam (20 November 2015). "Film-maker plots to force the British Board of Film Classification to watch 14 hours of paint drying". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
Holub, Christian (27 January 2016). "This 10-hour documentary is really like watching paint dry". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
Ohlheiser, Abby (26 January 2016) [Originally published 19 November 2015]. "A filmmaker trolled the British film board with an unbelievably long movie of paint drying". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
Butcher, Anne (May 2016). "Epic prank forces film censors to watch paint dry for 10 hours". Reason. Vol. 48, no. 1. Reason Foundation. p. 72. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022 – via Reason.com.
Miller, Nick (27 January 2016). "Filmmaker forces UK censorship board to sit through 607-minute film of paint drying". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
Kale, Sirin (26 January 2016). "Why would anyone film or watch paint drying for ten hours?". Dazed Digital. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
McCormick, Joseph (26 January 2016). "British film censors have been made to watch 10 hours of paint drying". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
Haines, Lester (23 November 2015). "Brit filmmaker plans 10hr+ Paint Drying epic". The Register. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
Sandwell, Ian (25 January 2016). "Right now, two experts are sat in a room for ten hours watching a film of paint drying. But why?". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
Ohlheiser, Abby (21 November 2016). "Filmmaker trolls British film board with 14-hour movie of white paint drying". Stuff. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
Miller, Nick (28 January 2016). "Watching paint dry no chore for a censor". The Age. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
Leszkiewicz, Anna (24 November 2015). "The filmmaker forcing the British Board of Film Classification to watch Paint Drying for hours on end". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
Purtill, Corinne (27 January 2016). "Here's how UK film censors rated a 10-hour film of paint drying". Quartz. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
"Com 7 mil euros obrigou censores a assistir a 10 horas de tinta a secar" [With 7 thousand euros, he forced censors to watch 10 hours of paint drying]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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