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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="spwhitton"
+ ip="163.1.166.255"
+ subject="comment 2"
+ date="2012-12-08T21:57:37Z"
+ content="""
+It does, which is what one would have expected I guess, but I didn't look.  Thanks so much.
+"""]]