Template:Original research section

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Put this template at the top of a section that contains original research.
Don't forget to start a discussion on the talk page that explains your concerns. If you don't start a discussion, then any editor that doesn't see obvious violations of Wikipedia's No Original Research policy may remove this tag.

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