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+Automactic <chris@kiwix.org>
+BPH <contact@perlakidigital.com>
+rgaudin <reg@kiwix.org>
+Kelson <kelson@kiwix.org>
+translatewiki.net <translatewiki@translatewiki.net>
+tvision251 <tvision251@gmail.com>
+Alistair Findlay <psypherium2010@gmail.com>
+codnee <codnee@users.noreply.github.com>
+Denis Gladkikh <denis@gladkikh.email>
+Ernesto Cedeno <codnee@gmail.com>
+Julian Harty <julianharty@gmail.com>
+quocduyvu6262 <quocduyvu6262@gmail.com>
+Valentin Vila <vilavalentin@gmail.com>