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  <compare fromrevid="1" torevid="2" xml:space="preserve">&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Which they call &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;contributor Louie Binford to he totally digs that name&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;What she or he loves doing will be electronics and my hubby would never using doing it&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;His job is going to be a librarian and furthermore he will and not change it each time soon. For years he&lt;/ins&gt;'s &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;been quite living in Arkansas&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Check available his website here: http&lt;/ins&gt;://www.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;discolingua&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;jet&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;fixer-fourretout-michael-kors-c-1&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;html&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Consult &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[//meta&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wikimedia&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;org/wiki/Help:Contents User&lt;/del&gt;'s &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Guide] for information on using the wiki software&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;== Getting started ==&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* [&lt;/del&gt;//www.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;mediawiki&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;org&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;announce MediaWiki release mailing list]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-deletedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* [//www&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-addedline'&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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