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title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents">Help</a></b></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <hr/>Information</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:About" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:About">About</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:About#core" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:About">Core administrators team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:History" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:History">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Roadmap" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Roadmap">Roadmap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Scope" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Scope">Scope</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Content_posting_guidelines" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Content posting guidelines">Content posting guidelines</a></li> <li><a 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title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Legal documentation">Legal documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policies" title="Special:MyLanguage/Policies">Organization policies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Security" title="Special:MyLanguage/Security">Security documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Endowment:Main" title="Special:MyLanguage/Endowment:Main">Wikimedia Endowment documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Enterprise" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Enterprise">Wikimedia Enterprise documentation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Main" title="Special:MyLanguage/Memory:Main">Wikimedia Foundation Memory Bank</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <hr/><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Policies,_guidelines,_and_procedures" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Policies, guidelines, and procedures">Policies</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Accounts_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Accounts policy">Accounts policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Conduct_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Conduct policy">Conduct policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Content_protection_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Content protection policy">Content protection policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Editing_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <hr/><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Wiki_maintenance" title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Wiki maintenance">Wiki maintenance</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Administrators">Administrators</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia:Administrators_toolbox" title="Wikimedia:Administrators toolbox">Administrators toolbox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:About#core" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:About">Core administrators team</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Editors" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia:Editors">Editors</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia:Editors_toolbox" title="Wikimedia:Editors toolbox">Editors toolbox</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Edit_requests" title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Edit requests">Edit requests (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Deletion_requests" title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Deletion requests">Deletion requests (1)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Proposed_deletions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Category:Proposed 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