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 **Fixes #0000**
 
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+**Confirmed**
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+- [ ] for visual or frontend changes that the changes work as intended via visual confirmation on a local flarum installation.
+- [ ] for php changes that the unit tests are all AOK (green) by running them locally (`php vendor/bin/phpunit`).
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+**Required changes:**
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