Acadiana Wiki inivitation edit

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Thanks for replacing my old photo of Cypress Lake. Very good job! Aaron charles (talk) 16:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

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Pride of Acadiana edit

Once a Sinfonian, always a Sinfonian. Long live Sinfonia!

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WikiProject Sociology Newsletter: II (April 2010) edit

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Spreading the meme since August 2006

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Louisiana State Penitentiary edit

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A barnstar for you! edit

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Love the LUSFiber article Smerdyakov911 (talk) 22:15, 11 November 2021 (UTC)Reply