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October 2010

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On behalf of so many Massachusetts towns, you are thanked. David notMD (talk) 12:59, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
:Absolutely. Middlesex County was my stomping grounds for awhile. :) ECTran71 (talk) 03:47, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

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Accidents and incidents are not necessarily disasters

Re https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Railway_accidents_in_2023&diff=prev&oldid=1174239008 ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Maritime_incidents_in_2023&diff=prev&oldid=1174239244 ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_2023&diff=prev&oldid=1174239493 ↗

Accidents and incidents are not necessarily disasters - see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Aviation/Aviation_accident_task_force#Accidents_and_incidents_are_not_necessarily_disasters ↗. Discuss there please. (Free free to start a new discussion on a more general page if appropriate, but link back to that original discussion.) Mitch Ames (talk) 08:21, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

:Ahh, yes. I did not realize that this was under discussion, I should have checked the edit history, apologies. I figured 2023 was different from the previous years because we just forgot to add it. I will let the discussion pan out there and respect whatever consensus you guys come to. ECTran71 (talk) 08:31, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

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