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- <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"><span>Main Page</span></h1>
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- <div id="siteSub">From XOWA: the free, open-source, offline wiki application</div>
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- <span class="mbox-text-span">The XOWA Android apk is available for download</span>
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- <span class="mbox-text-span">Please help test! See: <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/wiki/Android" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/wiki/Android</a></span>
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- Contents
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- <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1">
- <a href="#Disclaimer"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Disclaimer</span></a>
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- <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2">
- <a href="#Release_notes"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release notes</span></a>
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- <a href="#New_users"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">New users</span></a>
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- <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4">
- <a href="#Online_setup"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Online setup</span></a>
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- <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5">
- <a href="#Offline_setup"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Offline setup</span></a>
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- <a href="#Upgrade_users"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Upgrade users</span></a>
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- <a href="#Tips"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Tips</span></a>
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- <a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a>
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- <a href="#Links"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Links</span></a>
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- <span class="mw-headline" id="Disclaimer">Disclaimer</span>
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- <p>
- Please note that this program is beta software. Although it is my best hope that you find this program functional and useful, I make no assurances regarding stability or fitness of purpose. For more details, see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/License/Code.html" id="xolnki_2" title="Help/License/Code" class="xowa-visited">Help/License/Code</a>.
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- <span class="mw-headline" id="Release_notes">Release notes</span>
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- v3.4.2.1 features the following:
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- <ul>
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- (Desktop) Faster search database build
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- (Desktop) New English Wikipedia images update (2016-03)
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- (Desktop) Minor Wikia parser tags
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- (Android) New pages for "Import new wiki" and "XOWA Wikis"
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- (Android) Minor fixes for crashes / obsoleted items
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- </ul>
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- For more details about this release, please see the <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Blog.html" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog" class="xowa-visited">blog</a> and the <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">change log</a>.
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- For more details about the release schedule, please see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Release_schedule.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Help/Release schedule" class="xowa-visited">the release schedule</a>.
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- <h2>
- <span class="mw-headline" id="New_users">New users</span>
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- <p>
- If this is the first time you've run XOWA, then please choose either the <b>online</b> or <b>offline</b> setup:
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- <h5>
- <span class="mw-headline" id="Online_setup">Online setup</span>
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- <ul>
- <li>
- <b>Import Simple Wikipedia</b>
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- <dd>
- Simple Wikipedia is a small wiki that fits in about 200 MB and sets up in about 3 minutes.
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- When you are ready to start, click this link:
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- Set up Simple Wikipedia ⊗
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- </dd>
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- Feel free to look around during the import process. You can start at <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Contents.html" id="xolnki_6" title="Help/Contents" class="xowa-visited">Help/Contents</a>. When the process completes, it will open Simple Wikipedia.
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- After the setup completes, you can visit these pages:
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- <dd>
- <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture.html" id="xolnki_7" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic architecture</a>
- </dd>
- <dd>
- <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet).html" id="xolnki_8" title="Saturn (planet)">Saturn (planet)</a>
- </dd>
- <dd>
- <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Chess">Chess</a>
- </dd>
- <dd>
- <a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_History.html" id="xolnki_10" title="World History">World History</a>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- </dl>
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- <li>
- <b>Import other wikis</b>
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- </ul>
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- <dd>
- After exploring Simple Wikipedia, you may want to import another wiki such as English Wikipedia, French Wiktionary, German Wikisource, Wikidata, Commons, etc.
- </dd>
- <dd>
- To import another wiki, please visit <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Online.html" id="xolnki_11" title="Dashboard/Import/Online" class="xowa-visited">import online</a>.
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- <h5>
- <span class="mw-headline" id="Offline_setup">Offline setup</span>
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- <ul>
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- <b>Import from a dump file</b>: See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Offline.html" id="xolnki_12" title="Dashboard/Import/Offline" class="xowa-visited">import offline</a>.
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- </ul>
- <h2>
- <span class="mw-headline" id="Upgrade_users">Upgrade users</span>
- </h2>
- <p>
- If you are upgrading from any version before v3.4.1, you should download a xowa_app_v3.4.1+ file.
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- v3.3.4 has a new auto-complete address bar. It also has a faster Search system. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Search/Overview.html" id="xolnki_13" title="App/Search/Overview" class="xowa-visited">App/Search/Overview</a>
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- </ul>
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- <dd>
- v3.3.4 also uses sqlite 3.8.2
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- </dl>
- <ul>
- <li>
- v3.1.3 has a new XOWA Android application
- </li>
- <li>
- v2.8.1 has a language converter dropdown for the Chinese wikis.
- </li>
- <li>
- v2.7.3 introduces a new Bookmarks page. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Special:XowaBookmarks.html" id="xolnki_14" title="Special:XowaBookmarks" class="xowa-visited">Special:XowaBookmarks</a>
- </li>
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- v2.6.5 uses SWT v4.5 and XULRunner v24. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dev/SWT.html" id="xolnki_15" title="Dev/SWT">Dev/SWT</a> and <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/UI/HTML_Browser.html" id="xolnki_16" title="App/UI/HTML Browser">HTML Browser</a>
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- v2.6.3 uses WebKit for MacOSX. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Blog.html" id="xolnki_17" title="Blog" class="xowa-visited">Blog</a><br>
- </li>
- </ul>
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- <dd>
- v2.6.3 also fully supports multiple-word-highlight when using find. Press Ctrl+F and try it out.
- </dd>
- </dl>
- <ul>
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- v2.5.4 has changed online file downloads. Among other things, ImageMagick and Inkscape are no longer required. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Basics/Files.html" id="xolnki_18" title="App/Basics/Files" class="xowa-visited">Files</a>
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- <li>
- v2.4.2 has improved Search performance and v2.4.4 has added multi-wiki Search. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Search/Overview.html" id="xolnki_19" title="App/Search/Overview" class="xowa-visited">App/Search/Overview</a>
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- v2.4.1 has introduced major database layout changes. For more info, see <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dev/Design/Database.html" id="xolnki_20" title="Dev/Design/Database">Database</a>
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- </ul>
- <h2>
- <span class="mw-headline" id="Tips">Tips</span>
- </h2>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <b>Autocomplete address bar</b>: The address bar supports autocomplete. Type something like "search" and see the results.
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>Navigation buttons</b>: The arrow icons in the upper left-hand corner represent the back and forward button. Click on them just like you would in a web browser. You can also use Alt+Left and Alt+Right.
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>Font size</b>:
- <ul>
- <li>
- If the font size is too small, right-click and choose Font Increase
- </li>
- <li>
- If you need more control over the font, customize it on the <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Options/Window.html" id="xolnki_21" title="Options/Window" class="xowa-visited">Options/Window</a> and <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Options/HTML.html" id="xolnki_22" title="Options/HTML" class="xowa-visited">Options/HTML</a>
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>Find box</b>: Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard. This will show the Find box (in the lower left-hand corner). Type "tips". Notice that the word "Tips" is highlighted above. Note that Alt+P (Previous) and Alt+N (Next) will change search direction. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/UI/Find_box.html" id="xolnki_23" title="App/UI/Find box" class="xowa-visited">Find Box</a> for more info.
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>Address bar</b>: Press Alt+D or Ctrl+L on your keyboard. This will take you to the Address bar at the top of the screen. Type "s.w:Earth" (no quotes) and press Enter. This will open the Simple Wikipedia page for Earth. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/UI/Address_bar/Shortcuts.html#Default_shortcuts" id="xolnki_24" title="App/UI/Address bar/Shortcuts">Address bar/Shortcuts</a> for more shortcuts.
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>Middle-click in address bar</b>: Copy and paste urls directly into the address bar with the middle mouse button to open the page. For example:
- <ul>
- <li>
- Right-click the following url: <code><a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_history</a></code>
- </li>
- <li>
- Select "Copy"
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- <li>
- Click the middle mouse button in the address bar above. The "World history" page in "Simple Wikipedia" will open.
- </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <dl>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dd>
- Now you can copy and paste any Wikipedia url directly into XOWA and its page will open (and all its images will download.) See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/UI/Address_bar/URLs.html" id="xolnki_25" title="App/UI/Address bar/URLs">Address_bar/URLs</a> for more info
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- </dl>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <b>Middle-click on link</b>: Open a tab in a new link by middle-clicking on it. Try middle-clicking the following: <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Options.html" id="xolnki_26" title="Options" class="xowa-visited">Options</a>
- </li>
- <li>
- <b>Right-click</b>: Right click on an image and click save as file
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- </ul>
- <h2>
- <span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span>
- </h2>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <b>Wikidata</b>: If you're seeing {{#property}} in your wikis you should also set up Wikidata. See <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Wiki_types/Wikidata.html" id="xolnki_27" title="App/Wiki types/Wikidata">App/Wiki_types/Wikidata</a>
- </li>
- </ul>
- <h2>
- <span class="mw-headline" id="Links">Links</span>
- </h2>
- <table class="wikitable">
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- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Online.html" id="xolnki_28" title="Dashboard/Import/Online" class="xowa-visited">Import Online</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- Import a wiki from a list of 827 known Wikimedia Foundation wikis
- </td>
- </tr>
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- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Import/Offline.html" id="xolnki_29" title="Dashboard/Import/Offline" class="xowa-visited">Import Offline</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- Import a wiki through a dump; import also through script; also upgrade category to version 2
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" id="xolnki_30" title="Dashboard/Image databases" class="xowa-visited">Image databases</a>
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- Download image databases for your wiki
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Wiki_maintenance.html" id="xolnki_31" title="Dashboard/Wiki maintenance" class="xowa-visited">Wiki Maintenance</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- Update your wikis if they are outdated
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- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/FAQs.html" id="xolnki_32" title="Help/FAQs" class="xowa-visited">FAQs</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- View questions asked by other users
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- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Contents.html" id="xolnki_33" title="Help/Contents" class="xowa-visited">Contents</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- View all help topics
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- </tr>
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- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Options.html" id="xolnki_34" title="Options" class="xowa-visited">Options</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- Configure XOWA options
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_35" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">Change log</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- View changes for each XOWA release
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Diagnostics.html" id="xolnki_36" title="Diagnostics" class="xowa-visited">Diagnostics</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- Run test pages to make sure that XOWA works on your system.
- </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td>
- <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues" rel="nofollow" class="external text">Report issues</a>
- </td>
- <td>
- Report bugs / issues on Github
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
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- </div>
- <div id="mw-head" class="noprint">
- <div id="left-navigation">
- <div id="p-namespaces" class="vectorTabs">
- <h3>Namespaces</h3>
- <ul>
- <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><span><a id="ca-nstab-main-href" href="index.html">Page</a></span></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div id='mw-panel' class='noprint'>
- <div id='p-logo'>
- <a style="background-image: url(https://gnosygnu.github.io/xowa/xowa_logo.png);" href="http://xowa.org/" title="Visit the main page"></a>
- </div>
- <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-home'>
- <h3>XOWA</h3>
- <div class="body">
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/index.html" title='Visit the main page'>Main page</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/screenshots.html" title='See screenshots of XOWA'>Screenshots</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Download_XOWA.html" title='Download the XOWA application'>Download XOWA</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" title='Download offline wikis and image databases'>Download wikis</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-stargin'>
- <h3>Getting started</h3>
- <div class="body">
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Setup/System_requirements.html" title='Get XOWA's system requirements'>Requirements</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Setup/Installation.html" title='Get instructions for installing XOWA'>Installation</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Import/Simple_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up Simple Wikipedia'>Simple Wikipedia</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" title='Learn how to set up English Wikipedia'>English Wikipedia</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/App/Import/Other_wikis.html" title='Learn how to set up other Wikipedias'>Other Wikipedias</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-help'>
- <h3>Help</h3>
- <div class="body">
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/About.html" title='Get more information about XOWA'>About</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Contents.html" title='View a list of help topics'>Contents</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Media.html" title='Read what others have written about XOWA'>Media</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Help/Feedback.html" title='Questions? Comments? Leave feedback for XOWA'>Feedback</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
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- <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-blog'>
- <h3>Blog</h3>
- <div class="body">
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://xowa.org/wiki/home/page/Blog.html" title='Follow XOWA''s development process'>Current</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-links'>
- <h3>Links</h3>
- <div class="body">
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html" title="Get wiki datababase dumps directly from Wikimedia">Wikimedia dumps</a></li>
- <li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=xowa" title="Search archive.org for XOWA files">XOWA @ archive.org</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" title="Visit Wikipedia (and compare to XOWA!)">English Wikipedia</a></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- </div>
- <div class="portal" id='xowa-portal-donate'>
- <h3>Donate</h3>
- <div class="body">
- <ul>
- <li><a href="https://archive.org/donate/index.php" title="Support archive.org!">archive.org</a></li><!-- listed first due to recent fire damages: http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/ -->
- <li><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector" title="Support Wikipedia!">Wikipedia</a></li>
- <!-- <li><a href="" title="Support XOWA! (but only after you've supported archive.org and Wikipedia)">XOWA</a></li> -->
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