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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;&amp;lt;big&amp;gt;'''&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;MediaWiki has been successfully installed&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;Welcome to the wiki of Prof&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Dr. Peter Güntert's group!&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;Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.&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;Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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