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| <div>[[#Things to do|Things to do]]</div>
| <div>[[#New featured content|New featured<br />content]]</div>
| <div>[[#Collaborations|Collaborations]]</div>
| <div>[[#Policies and guidelines|Policies and<br />guidelines]]</div>
| <div>[[#Wikipedia by department|Wikipedia<br />by department]]</div>
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{{Tip of the day - community portal}}
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==Things to do==
* Respond to a [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment|request for comment]].
* Can you draw or take pictures? Make a [[Wikipedia:Requested pictures|requested image]].
* [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]] or [[Wikipedia:Article assessment|assess]] some articles, especially those [[:Category:Recently revised|recently revised]].
* Offer your thoughts and ideas on [[:Category:Wikipedia proposals|proposed policies]].
* Can you use [[Geographic information system|GIS]] tools? Help make [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Requested and orphan maps|requested maps]].
* Can you speak another language? There are articles that need [[Wikipedia:Translation into English|translation into English]].
* Would you like to respond to [[Wikipedia:Requests|more requests]]?
* Comment on the wisdom of [[Wikipedia talk:Bots|new bot proposals]].
* Can you code? Code a [[Wikipedia:Bot requests|useful bot]] or update an [[Wikipedia:Maintenance#Reports|offline report]].
* [[WP:TIE#Recently completed translations|Proofread a finished translation]].
* Become a ''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia tipster|Wikipedia tipster]]''
* [[User:SuggestBot|Let a bot suggest pages for you to edit]]
'''Or...'''

{{opentask}}

Not sure where to report a certain type of problem with article content? If it exists, it's probably listed at [[Wikipedia:Maintenance]].
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<h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em;border-bottom:0;font-weight:bold;">Collaborations</h2>
In order to improve the quality of articles which are short or lacking in detail, Wikipedia's community takes part in '''[[Wikipedia:Collaborations|collaborations]]''' to expand articles. 
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<h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em;border-bottom:0;font-weight:bold;">Policies and guidelines</h2>
Wikipedia has many established policies, guidelines, conventions, and traditions. This is a very brief sampling of some of the most important.
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==Working with others==
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 |[[Wikipedia:Assume good faith|Assume good faith]]
 |align=right|[[WP:AGF]] · [[WP:FAITH]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Civility|Civility]] and [[Wikipedia:Etiquette|etiquette]]
 |align=right|[[WP:CIV]] and [[WP:EQ]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Don't bite the newcomers]]
 |align=right|[[WP:BITE]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|No personal attacks]]
 |align=right|[[WP:NPA]] · [[WP:ATTACK]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point|Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point]]
 |align=right|[[WP:POINT]]
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==Article standards==
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 |[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Neutral point of view]]
 |align=right|[[WP:NPOV]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Verifiability|Include only verifiable information]]
 |align=right|[[WP:V]] · [[WP:VERIFY]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:No original research|No original research]]
 |align=right|[[WP:NOR]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]]
 |align=right|[[WP:CITE]] · [[WP:REF]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:External links|External links]]
 |align=right|[[WP:EL]]
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 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | ''[[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|More policies and guidelines]]''
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<h2 style="margin:.5em; margin-top:.1em;border-bottom:0;font-weight:bold;">Wikipedia by department</h2>
Wikipedia has hundreds of unique departments, each maintaining a certain subject, or a template, or resolving disputes. Here is a list of many of these groups.
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==Information: [[Wikipedia:About|About Wikipedia]]==
[[Wikipedia:Welcome,_newcomers|Welcome!]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Introduction|New user tutorial]] ·
[[Wikipedia:New user log|New user log]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Sandbox|Sandbox]] ·
[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|What Wikipedia is not]] ·
[[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] · 
[[Wikipedia:Glossary|Glossary]] · 
[http://wikimediafoundation.org/fundraising Donations]

[[Help:Contents/Account settings and maintenance|Account settings and maintenance]] · 
[[Help:Contents/Communication#Getting in touch|Getting in touch]]
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Articles are contributed and edited directly by users. All Wikipedians belong to the editorial team.
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==WikiProjects==
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProjects]] are ongoing collaborations to improve articles having to do with a particular subject.  Hundreds exist &mdash; to find one that interests you, '''''[[Wikipedia:List of WikiProjects|click here]]'''''.  Wikipedia's general projects are listed here.

==[[Wikipedia:Maintenance|General maintenance]]==
* [[Wikipedia:Cleaning department]]
* [[Wikipedia:Counter Vandalism Unit|Counter vandalism unit]]

==Active improvement teams==
* [[Wikipedia:Categorization projects (current)|Categorization projects]]
* [[Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce|Cleanup Taskforce]]
* [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]
* [[Wikipedia:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards|Forum for Encyclopedic Standards]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias]]

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==Fix-up projects==
[[:Category:Category needed|Article Categorization]]<br>
[[:Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention|Bad category names]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:List of blank pages|Blank pages]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Bad links|Bad links]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Dead-end pages|Dead-end pages]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|Disambig pages w/ links]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Duplicated sections|Duplicated sections]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Elements of Style improvement project|''Elements of Style'']]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Dead external links|Linkrot]]<br>
[[:Category:Orphaned categories|Orphaned categories]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Punctuation|Punctuation]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles|Missing articles]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Most wanted articles|Most wanted articles]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Most wanted stubs|Most wanted stubs]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Neglected articles|Neglected articles]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Shortpages|Shortpages]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|Stub sorting]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax|Syntax Project]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Templates with red links|Templates with red links]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Transwiki log|Transwiki log cleanup]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Typo|Typos]]<br>
[[Wikipedia:Untagged Images|Untagged Images]]<br>
[[User:Bluemoose/Untagged stubs|Untagged stubs]]<br>
<small>[[Commons:Commons:Untagged images|Commons:Untagged img]]</small><br>
[[Wikipedia:User categorisation|User categorisation]]<br>
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==Deletion departments==
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 |[[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|Deletion policy]]
 |align=right|[[WP:DP]] · [[WP:DEL]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators|Deletion guidelines for administrators]]
 |align=right|[[WP:DGFA]]
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 |[[:Category:Candidates for speedy deletion|Candidates for speedy deletion]]
 |align=right|[[CAT:CSD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion|Proposed deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:PROD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|Articles for deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:AFD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion|Templates for deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:TFD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion|Images and media for deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:IFD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Categories for deletion|Categories for deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:CFD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion|Stub types for deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:SFD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion|Redirects for deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RFD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion|Miscellany for deletion]]
 |align=right|[[WP:MD]] · [[WP:MFD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Deletion review|Deletion review]]
 |align=right|[[WP:DRV]]
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 |[[Special:Log/delete|Deletion log]]
 |align=right|&nbsp;
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 |[[Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense|Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense]]
 |align=right|[[WP:)]] · [[WP:BJ]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Archived delete debates|Archived delete debates]]
 |align=right|&nbsp;
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 |[[Template:Deletiontools|Deletion tools]]
 |align=right|&nbsp;
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==Help departments==

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 |align=right|[[WP:]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Tip of the day|Tip of the day]]
 |align=right|[[WP:TIP]]
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 |align=right|[[WP:HD]]
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 |align=right|[[WP:RD]]
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 |&nbsp; &nbsp; [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities|Humanities]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RD/H]]
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 |&nbsp; &nbsp; [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science|Science]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RD/S]]
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 |&nbsp; &nbsp; [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics|Mathematics]]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
 |align=right|&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [[WP:RD/Math]]
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 |&nbsp; &nbsp; [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language|Language]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RD/L]]
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 |&nbsp; &nbsp; [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RD/M]]
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 |&nbsp; &nbsp; [[Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archive|Archives]]
 |align=right|&nbsp; 
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 |[[Wikipedia:Newcomers help page|Newcomers help page]]
 |align=right|[[WP:NUH]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Computer help desk|Computer help]]
 |align=right|[[WP:CHD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)|Village pump (technical)]]
 |align=right|[[WP:VPT]]
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==[[Help:Contents/Communication#Keeping informed:_News|News]] departments==

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 |[[Wikipedia:Signpost|The Signpost]]
 |align=right|[[WP:POST|WP:SIGN]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media|Wikipedia in the media]]
 |align=right|[[WP:MEDIA]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]] (for news or issues that need discussion)
 |align=right|[[WP:VP]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Announcements|Announcements]]
 |align=right|[[WP:A]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Press releases|Press releases]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Statistics|Stats]]
 |align=right|[[WP:S]]
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 |[[m:Milestones|Milestones]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Regional notice boards|Regional notice boards]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RNB]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Watch|Public watchlist]]
 |align=right|[[WP:W]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Current surveys|Current surveys]]
 |align=right|[[WP:CS]]
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==Community support groups and programs ==
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 |[[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee|Welcoming committee]]
 |align=right|[[WP:WC]]
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 |align=right|[[WP:AMA]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign|Kindness Campaign]]
 |align=right|[[WP:KC]]
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 |[[Template:Barnstarpages|Wikipedia awards program]]
 |align=right|[[WP:AW]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Esperanza|Esperanza]]
 |align=right|[[WP:ESP]] · [[WP:HOPE]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Department of Fun|Department of Fun]]
 |align=right|[[WP:DoF]] · [[WP:FUN]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Meetup|Meetup]] (Regional meetings)
 |align=right|[[WP:MEET]]
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==Dispute resolution departments==
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 |[[Wikipedia:Wikilove|Wikilove]]
 |align=right|&nbsp;
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 |align=right|[[WP:DR]]
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 |align=right|[[WP:RFC]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Requests for mediation]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RFM]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration]]
 |align=right|[[WP:RFAR]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Mentorship|Mentorship]] and [[Wikipedia:probation|probation]]
 |align=right|&nbsp;
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==Main Page departments==
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 |[[Talk:Main Page|Main Page design discussions]]
 |align=right|&nbsp;
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 |[[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's featured article (dept.)]]
 |align=right|[[WP:TOFA]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Picture of the day|Picture of the day (dept.)]]
 |align=right|[[WP:POTD]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Did you know|Did you know (dept.)]]
 |align=right|[[WP:DYK]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:In the news section on the Main Page|In the news (dept.)]]
 |align=right|[[WP:ITND]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries|Selected anniversaries (dept.)]]
 |align=right|[[WP:SA]]
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 |[[Wikipedia:Main Page alternatives|Main Page alternatives]]
 |align=right|[[WP:MPA]]
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==Related communities==

Wikipedia is hosted by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]], a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other [[Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination|multilingual]] and [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|free-content]] [[Wikimedia:Our_projects|projects]]. Here are the links to their '''''main community pages''''':

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[[wiktionary:Wiktionary:Community Portal|'''Wiktionary''']]<br />Dictionary and thesaurus
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<div style="float:left;height:3.5em;margin-right:.5em;padding-top:5px">[[File:Wikibooks-logo-35.png|35px|link=wikibooks:Wikibooks:Community Portal|wikibooks:Wikibooks:Community Portal]]</div>
[[wikibooks:Wikibooks:Community Portal|'''Wikibooks''']]<br />Free textbooks and manuals
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[[wikinews:Wikinews:Workspace|'''Wikinews''']]<br />Free-content news
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<div style="float:left;height:3.5em;margin-right:.5em;padding-top:5px">[[File:Wikisource-logo-35.png|35px|link=wikisource:Wikisource:Community Portal|wikisource:Wikisource:Community Portal]]</div>
[[wikisource:Wikisource:Community Portal|'''Wikisource''']]<br />Free-content library
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<div style="float:left;height:3.5em;margin-right:.5em;padding-top:5px">[[File:Wikispecies-logo-35.png|35px|link=wikispecies:Wikispecies:Community Portal|wikispecies:Wikispecies:Community Portal]]</div>
[[wikispecies:Wikispecies:Community Portal|'''Wikispecies''']]<br />Directory of species
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[[wikiquote:Wikiquote:Community Portal|'''Wikiquote''']]<br />Collection of quotations
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[[meta:Goings-on|'''Meta-Wiki''']]<br />Wikimedia project coordination
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[[Wikimedia|About Wikimedia]] · [[Wikipedia:Multilingual coordination|Other Wikipedia languages]] · <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.wikipedia.org Multilingual portal]</span> · 
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