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 o3-base
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 This project seeks to replace o2-base as an easy python base to build IRC bots
-on. It is not related to the faile oonbotti3 project, but is rather based on
+on. It is not related to the failed oonbotti3 project, but is rather based on
 the IRC bot framework of HynneFlip.
 
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