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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;Zeile 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Zeile 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;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;'''MediaWiki wurde erfolgreich installiert.'''&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;Wiki zu Softwareprodukte &lt;/ins&gt;der [//&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;www&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;include&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;de&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Include GmbH&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;&amp;#160;&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;/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;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Hilfe zur Benutzung und Konfiguration &lt;/del&gt;der &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Wiki-Software findest du im &lt;/del&gt;[//&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;wikimedia&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;org/wiki/Help&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Contents Benutzerhandbuch&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;.&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;/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;== Starthilfen ==&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;== Starthilfen ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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