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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;The &lt;/ins&gt;'''&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wiki&lt;/ins&gt;''' &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(from hawaian ''wiki wiki'', «fast») is a form of website designed for users to create, edit, remove and modify the content in easy, fast and interactive way. Those facilities&amp;#160; make wiki an efficient tool for collaborative writing. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-context'&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-context'&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 the [//meta.wikimedia.org/&lt;/del&gt;wiki&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;/Help&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Contents User&lt;/del&gt;'&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;s 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;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;The web you are using is a &lt;/ins&gt;wiki &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and we encourage you to participate&lt;/ins&gt;: &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;to contribute simply press &lt;/ins&gt;'&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'edit'' button&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-context'&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-context'&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;&amp;#160;&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/&lt;/del&gt;wiki&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;/Manual: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;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[wikipedia:&lt;/ins&gt;wiki&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;|More information on Wikipedia]&lt;/ins&gt;]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&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;* [&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;//www.&lt;/del&gt;mediawiki&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;.org/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;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&lt;/ins&gt;[&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[MediaWiki|Administrative documentation about &lt;/ins&gt;mediawiki]]&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;''&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;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-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;
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