Wikipedia:Source assessment/Republic of Balochistan
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The Republic of Balochistan is a self-proclaimed quasi-state reportedly founded by separatists in the Pakistani province of Balochistan in May 2025.
An article with this title was deleted and later recreated as a redirect to Operation Herof 2.0.
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|src= {{cite web |title=Balochistan deserves to be independent of Pak|first=Savio|last=Rodrigues |url=https://sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/balochistan-deserves-to-be-independent-of-pak |website=The Sunday Guardian |access-date=11 May 2025|date=23 March 2025}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= {{section link|Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 310#The Sunday Guardian}}
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|src= {{Cite web |title='Balochistan Activists Claim Independence From Pakistan'; Request India For Embassy In Delhi, Ask UN For Recognition |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/balochistan-activists-claim-independence-from-pakistan-request-india-for-embassy-in-delhi-ask-un-for-recognition |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Per comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Disha Vadgama
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|src= {{Cite web |date=2025-05-10 |title=If Pakistan splits now, only Rajasthan-sized part may stay: Who is Baloch Liberation Army, and why are they ready to kill or die for Balochistan? |url=https://www.bhaskarenglish.in/originals/news/pakistan-balochistan-bla-rebellion-independence-movement-2025-134998838.html |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Bhaskar English |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |date=2025-05-10 |title=Baloch fighters seize city in Kalat, launch 39 attacks across Balochistan - Baloch fighters seize city in Kalat, launch 39 attacks across Balochistan BusinessToday |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/baloch-fighters-seize-city-in-kalat-launch-39-attacks-across-balochistan-475702-2025-05-10 |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Business Today |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Ditto
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|src= {{Cite news |last=Admin |first=Site |date=2025-05-11 |title=Baloch Liberation Army claims responsibility for attacks at 39 different locations across Balochistan - |url=https://www.newsonair.gov.in/baloch-liberation-army-claims-responsibility-for-attacks-at-39-different-locations-across-balochistan/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250511070026/https://www.newsonair.gov.in/baloch-liberation-army-claims-responsibility-for-attacks-at-39-different-locations-across-balochistan/ |archive-date=2025-05-11 |access-date=2025-05-11 |language=en-US}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite news |title=In attacks across 39 sites in Balochistan, BLA targets Pakistan police and military infrastructure |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/in-attacks-across-39-sites-in-balochistan-bla-targets-pakistan-police-and-military-infrastructure-101746946117121.html |work=Hindustan Times}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite news |title=Baloch separatists declare freedom, seek recognition from UN and India |url=https://arunachalobserver.org/2025/05/11/baloch-separatists-declare-freedom-seek-recognition-from-un-and-india/ |work=Arunachal Observer}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |last=Tandon |first=Dishti |date=2025-05-10 |title=Baloch Leader Challenges Pakistan: 'No One Kills Hindus by Reciting Kalma..' {{!}} WATCH |url=https://thedailyguardian.com/viral-news/baloch-leader-challenges-pakistan-no-one-kills-hindus-by-reciting-kalma-watch/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=The Daily Guardian |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= The Daily Guardian, an Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= "We accept sponsored blog posts and SaaS product reviews on Thedailyguardian.com . This is a business and marketing blog for entrepreneurs, and business brands."
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|src= {{Cite web |last=Ranjith |first=Lakshmi |title='Baloch Jasbati Nahi, Nazriyati Hain'- Who Is Mahrang Baloch? The Fiery Voice Of Balochistan Who Makes Pakistan’s Military Brass Tremble News24 - |url=https://news24online.com/newsroom/who-is-mahrang-baloch-the-fiery-voice-of-balochistan-who-shakes-pakistans-military-brass/555753/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=News24 |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= News 24, an Indian news channel
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |title=BAC's Tara Chand backs Indian strikes, calls for support to free Balochistan from Pakistan |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/bacs-tara-chand-backs-indian-strikes-calls-for-support-to-free-balochistan-from-pakistan20250509221536/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=ANI News |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= ANI News is considered generally unreliable for events related to India and Pakistan.
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|src= {{Cite web |title=BACs Tara Chand backs Indian strikes, calls for support to free Balochistan from Pakistan |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/bacs-tara-chand-backs-indian-strikes-calls-for-support-to-free-balochistan-from-pakistan/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |date=2025-05-10 |title=Indian Balochs urge for recognising Independent Balochistan |url=https://www.assamtimes.org/node/23413 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Assam Times |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Per statement of nominator at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wasbir Hussain (2nd nomination)
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|src= {{Cite web |title=पाकिस्तान का शांति और युद्धविराम महज धोखा, भारत हमला करता है तो हम साथ हैं... BLA ने किया ऐलान |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-peace-and-ceasefire-is-a-hoax-if-india-attacks-then-we-are-with-them-says-balochistan-liberation-army/articleshow/121080085.cms |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title='Ready to attack': BLA hits 51 locations in Pakistan amid heating tensions |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/ready-to-attack-bla-hits-51-locations-in-pakistan-amid-heating-tensions-glbs-2723310-2025-05-12 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=India Today |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |title=Free Balochistan Movement urges UN to intervene, end Pakistani aggression and secure Balochistan's independence |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/free-balochistan-movement-urges-un-to-intervene-end-pakistani-aggression-and-secure-balochistans-independence20250221135414/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=ANI News |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= ANI News is considered generally unreliable for events related to India and Pakistan.
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|src= {{Cite web |date=2025-05-09 |title=Baloch writer claims independence from Pak, urges UN for recognition |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/baloch-writer-claims-independence-from-pak-urges-un-for-recognition-glbs-2721889-2025-05-09 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |last=Mukherjee |first=Srishti |date=2025-05-08 |title=Baloch Separatists Declare Push for Independence; Seek Global Support Amid Rising Conflict |url=https://www.newsx.com/world/baloch-separatists-declare-push-for-independence-seek-global-support-amid-rising-conflict/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=NewsX World |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=i9eyXcFYRbIVBtds&v=TuLnM7qFXFI&feature=youtu.be |title=India, UN Given Message About Pakistan Splitting Into Two? 'Possible Announcement Soon' {{!}}Balochistan |date=2025-05-09 |last=Hindustan Times |access-date=2025-05-09 |via=YouTube}}
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|r=n|rj= YouTube video
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|src= {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=vAVNkfPlzbVYazsI&v=CnE4FfRwPg4&feature=youtu.be |title=Republic Of Balochistan Announced {{!}} Watch How A New Independent Nation Looks |date=2025-05-13 |last=NewsX Live |access-date=2025-05-13 |via=YouTube}}
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|r=n|rj= YouTube video
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|src= {{cite news |title=Baloch fighters seize city in Kalat, launch 39 attacks across Balochistan |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/baloch-fighters-seize-city-in-kalat-launch-39-attacks-across-balochistan-475702-2025-05-10 |work=Business Today |date=10 May 2025 |access-date=11 May 2025}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Ditto
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|src= {{Cite web |last= |last2= |first2= |date=2025-05-09 |title=Balochistan |url=https://www.insightsonindia.com/2025/05/09/balochistan-2/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=INSIGHTS IAS |language=en-US}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{citation |last=Bangash |first=Yaqoob Khan |title=State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security |year=2015 |editor1=Roger D. Long |chapter=Constitutional integration of the princely states of Pakistan |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzivCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-44820-4 |ref={{sfnref|Bangash, Constitutional integration of the princely states|2015}} |editor2=Ian Talbot |editor3=Gurharpal Singh |editor4=Yunas Samad}}
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{citation |last=Talbot |first=Ian |title=Provincial Politics and the Pakistan Movement: The Growth of Muslim League in North-West and North-East India, 1937-1947 |pages=117–119 |year=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oQeAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-577387-3 |ref={{sfnref|Talbot, Provincial Politics and the Pakistan Movement|1988}}}}
|i=y|ij= Oxford University Press
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{citation |last=Bangash |first=Yaqoob Khan |title=A Princely Affair: The Accession and Integration of the Princely States of Pakistan, 1947-1955 |year=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199066490}}
|i=y|ij= Oxford University Press
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Farhan Hanif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KN7fCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 |title=The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan: The Baloch, Sindhi and Mohajir Ethnic Movements |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-33697-3 |ref={{sfnref|Siddiqi, The Politics of Ethnicity in Pakistan|2012}}}}
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{citation |last=Axmann |first=Martin |title=Back to the Future: The Khanate of Kalat and the Genesis of Baloch Nationalism, 1915-1955 |year=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ngMAQAAMAAJ |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-547645-3 |ref={{sfnref|Axmann, Back to the Future|2008}}}}
|i=y|ij= Oxford University Press
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{cite journal |last1=Khanam |first1=Attiya |date=January–June 2016 |title=An Historical Overview of the Accession of Princely States |url=https://www.bzu.edu.pk/jhs/vol2-1/4.%20Accession%20of%20Princely.pdf |journal=Journal of Historical Studies |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=97–98 |ref={{sfnref|Khanam, An Historical Overview of the Accession of Princely States|2016}}}}
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{Cite web |last=Redaktion |date=2025-05-16 |title=Belutschistan: Aktivisten erklären Unabhängigkeit Belutschen wollen Unabhängigkeit von Pakistan |url=https://epo.de/21329-aktivisten-in-belutschistan-erklaeren-unabhaengigkeit/#:~:text=Aktivisten%20des%20Volkes%20der%20Belutschen,Balochistan%20auf%20der%20Plattform%20X |access-date=2025-05-16 |language=de}}
|i=y|ij=German source
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|src= {{Cite web |title=Pakistan: Nächster Zankapfel Belutschistan |url=https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/500132.pakistan-n%C3%A4chster-zankapfel-belutschistan.html#:~:text=Es%20kommt%20einem%20Paukenschlag%20gleich:,des%20Konflikts%20zwischen%20Indien%20und |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=junge Welt |language=de}}
|i=y|ij= Junge Welt, a German newspaper
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|src= {{Cite web |last=Valencia |first=Jean |date=2025-05-14 |title="Baluchistán": la región que declara su independencia de Pakistán en medio de conflicto con India |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/internacional/asia/2025/05/14/baluchistan-la-region-que-declara-su-independencia-de-pakistan-en-medio-de-conflicto-con-india.shtml |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile |language=es}}
|i=y|ij= Radio Bío-Bío, a Chilean radio station
|r=?|rj= BioBioChile was designated reliable in another source assessment table, but whether BBC is reliable for India/Pakistan-related topics has yet to be determined
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|src= {{Cite web |date=2025-05-14 |title=Balochistan declares Independence from Pakistan, seeks India's support |url=https://newsarenaindia.com/international/balochistan-declares-independence-from-pak-seeks-india-s-support/44238?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=News Arena India |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= ChatGPT is mentioned in the URL
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|src= {{Cite web |title=Balochistan Trends On Social Media As Activists Declare Independence From Pakistan, Back India |url=https://www.news18.com/world/balochistan-announces-independence-from-pakistan-republic-of-balochistan-mir-yar-baloch-social-media-trends-india-pakistan-tensions-9336215.html |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=News18 |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Unreliable for this subject
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|src= {{Cite web |title=Balochistan Uprising: 'Republic of Balochistan' Campaign Trends Globally |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/world/republic-of-balochistan-campaign-gains-traction-online-3541454 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= Can only be used to state India's position on the subject
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|src= {{Cite web |author=Online Desk |date=2025-05-12 |title=BLA claims responsibility for 71 attacks across Balochistan, says every talk of ceasefire from Pakistan a 'deception' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/May/12/bla-claims-responsibility-for-71-attacks-across-balochistan-says-every-talk-of-ceasefire-from-pakistan-a-deception?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= ChatGPT is mentioned in the URL
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|src= {{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/digital-census/detailed-results|title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results Table-9 Population by sex, religion and rural/urban|website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|access-date=6 August 2024}}
|i=~|ij= Pakistani source
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{Cite web |title=The Population of Pakistan reaches 241.49 million as the Digital Census concludes |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/Press%20Release.pdf |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Pakistani source
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{Cite web|url=https://kpbos.gov.pk/assets/docs/reports/NTL-PolicyBrief-Aug-1.pdf|title=GDP OF KHYBER PUKHTUNKHWA'S DISTRICTS|website=kpbos.gov.pk}}
|i=~|ij= Pakistani source
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|s=n|sj= If it's dated August 1, then it must predate the Republic
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|src= {{cite web | url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/October/weo-report?c=564,&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,PCPIEPCH,&sy=2020&ey=2022&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1 | title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects }}
|i=y|ij= International Monetary Fund
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{Cite web|url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/shdi/PAK/?levels=1%2B4&interpolation=1&extrapolation=0&nearest_real=0&colour_scales=global|title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|access-date=18 August 2021}}
|i=y|ij= Global Data Lab
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|s=n|sj= Predates the Republic
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|src= {{Cite web |title=Ireland reaffirms commitment to human rights amid rising concerns over Baloch activists' detention |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/europe/ireland-reaffirms-commitment-to-human-rights-amid-rising-concerns-over-baloch-activists-detention20250516145113/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=ANI News |language=en}}
|i=~|ij= Indian newspaper
|r=n|rj= ANI News is considered generally unreliable
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|src= {{Cite web |title=Pakistan blames ‘state patronage’ from Afghanistan as separatist insurgency intensifies in southwest |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2600823/amp |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=Arab News |language=en}}
|i=y|ij= Arab News, a Saudi Arabian newspaper
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|src= {{Cite web |last=Times |first=America |date=2016-09-12 |title=US Respects Territorial Integrity of Pakistan, Shuts Door on Baloch Independence |url=https://www.america-times.com/us-respects-territorial-integrity-of-pakistan-shuts-door-on-baloch-independence/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=The America Times |language=en-US}}
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|r=n|rj= Unreliable for this subject
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