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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 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Строка 1:&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;lt;big&amp;gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Вики&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;движок «MediaWiki» успешно установлен&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;/big&amp;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;lt;big&amp;gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Это мега&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;тема про Унию Элементум&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;/big&amp;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;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-context'&gt;&lt;div&gt;Информацию по работе с этой вики можно найти в [http://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 руководстве пользователя].&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 [http://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 руководстве пользователя].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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