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+ALTER TABLE bans CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+ALTER TABLE bans MODIFY reasonLong TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+
+ALTER DATABASE ubs CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;