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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;Строка 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-context'&gt;&lt;div&gt;Информацию по работе с этой вики можно найти в [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%89%D1%8C:%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5 справочном руководстве].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-context'&gt;&lt;div&gt;Информацию по работе с этой вики можно найти в [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%89%D1%8C:%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5 справочном руководстве].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&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;Некоторые полезные ресурсы &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;Выберите категорию вопросов &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;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Список возможных настроек&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;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Хостинг&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;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;FAQ Часто задаваемые вопросы и ответы по MediaWiki&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;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Домены&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;* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Рассылка уведомлений о выходе новых версий MediaWiki&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;* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Интернет-магазины SaaS&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;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Translation_resources &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Перевод MediaWiki на свой язык&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;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation#Translation_resources &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Общие (работа биллинга, заказы, оплаты и тд.)&lt;/ins&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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