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+title: "Please welcome The 8472 to the Library team"
+author: Mara Bos
+team: the library team <https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/library>
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+We're very excited to announce that [The 8472](https://github.com/the8472)
+has joined [the Library team](https://www.rust-lang.org/governance/teams/library)!
+
+The 8472 has been working on [many optimizations and other improvements](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Athe8472) to the standard library,
+is [involved in many library-related changes and discussions](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pulls?q=involves%3Athe8472),
+and regularly [reviews](https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Arust-lang%2Frust+%22r%3Dthe8472%22&type=commits&s=committer-date&o=desc) pull requests.
+
+Congratulations The 8472, and thanks for everything you do!