Wikipedia>SimpleObjects-9ei: replace "Mark" with "Jake" in the MyWidgetsUSA example to avoid confusion with the word

2026-07-18T15:38:27Z

replace "Mark" with "Jake" in the MyWidgetsUSA example to avoid confusion with the word

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Wikipedia>SimpleObjects-9ei: replace "Mark" with "Jake" in the MyWidgetsUSA example to avoid confusion with the word