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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;Rad 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-deletedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;MediaWiki has been successfully installed&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-addedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Detta är min huvudsida&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Få se hur man sedan redigerar den&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-deletedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Consult the [//meta&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User&amp;#039;s Guide] for information on using the wiki software.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-addedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-deletedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-addedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-deletedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;* [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-addedline&#039;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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