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+I have:
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+* [ ] Checked that the problem is not about the Strimzi documentation.
+  Documentation issues (those with URLs starting http://strimzi.io/docs/...) should be reported [here](https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/issues/new).
+* [ ] Included the URL of the page my issue is about
+* [ ] Described what I did see and what I was expecting to see