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				Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word on-topic.
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								Participants in the comments are kindly requested to be civil, and at least vaguely on-topic. 
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								[Moderator's note: I have disemvoweled a part of this post, consistent with version 1.3 of the comments policy, which states "I may disemvowel the URL to commercial sites even if a post is arguably on-topic when I believe the poster is engaged in a pattern of linking to different commercial sites under false names, or even to a single site under multiple names or linked terms."] 
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								According to TP posting policy, being on-topic is, actually, required. 
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								And kind of on-topic: And for all the tea parties and whining about government “socialism”, Mississippi is also the biggest federal sponge in the country. Think Progress » Mississippi school district cancels prom after same-sex couple planned to attend. 2010 
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								How about an on-topic, civil debate about why INTERPOL has nearly full diplomatic immunity now? 
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								Even though this is barely on-topic, I had to reply. 
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								There are quite a few funny responses which don't answer the question asked, but of the on-topic ones my favourites are the person disappointed that Miami Vice wasn't about woodworking and those who thought Wizard of Oz was a biopic of Don Bradman. February 2009 Maxine 2009 
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								There are quite a few funny responses which don't answer the question asked, but of the on-topic ones my favourites are the person disappointed that Miami Vice wasn't about woodworking and those who thought Wizard of Oz was a biopic of Don Bradman. Miscellaneous Maxine 2009 
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								The on-topic padding consists of potted history, mostly very elementary with little focus on population movements. Britain 2010 
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								I find it curious that you now castigate others for not making on-topic posts. 
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