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Knowledge to software that kept page histories reliably. It was discovered as having Knowledge's
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February 2001. At that time a script was designed that converted all pre-existing CamelCase links to the new format, including the "UnitedStates" link on this page. The "UnitedKingdom" was unaffected since it was not at the time an
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in 2006. Browne has not edited the page since its creation; he has deeded all his contributions to
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