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href="/2006/tools/wiki/HelpOnAccessControlLists/edit?redlink=1" class="new" title="HelpOnAccessControlLists (page does not exist)">HelpOnAccessControlLists</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.w3.org/Systems/Wiki#accessControl">W3C Wiki Admin Guide</a> </p><p>The information below may be outdated, per <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Team/sysreq/2010Aug/0069.html">Jean-Gui's mail of 13-August-2010</a>. 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