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 *Granted, that's not the best behavior, but tasteless posts on user talk pages are mostly harmless. I concede that he has made some genuinely disruptive edits (including his vfd of Ainu people and his faux admin nomination), that he has often comported himself in an abrasive manner, and the sockpuppetry is troubling. Nevertheless, I choose to maintain my belief that he is on a path to reform.   "