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Your <b>help reviewing changes</b> is welcome!</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Privilege_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Privilege policy">Gerrit/Privilege policy</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit/Privilege_policy" title="Gerrit/Privilege policy"> </a></span> - Development policy for reviewers with merging rights in Gerrit</li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r3251256"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r6706488"> <div class="wiki-template-infocard wiki-template-infocard--frameless"> <h3 id="For_project_owners" class="wiki-template-infocard-title" data-mw-thread-id="h-For_project_owners"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-For_project_owners"></span>For project owners<span data-mw-comment-end="h-For_project_owners"></span></h3> <div class="wiki-template-infocard-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/New_repositories" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/New repositories">Gerrit/New repositories</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit/New_repositories" title="Gerrit/New repositories"> </a></span> - How to create a new project in Gerrit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Privilege_policy" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Privilege policy">Gerrit/Privilege policy</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit/Privilege_policy" title="Gerrit/Privilege policy"> </a></span> - How to become the owner of a project in Gerrit, Development policy for reviewers with merging rights in Gerrit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Inactive_projects" title="Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/Inactive projects">Gerrit/Inactive projects</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Gerrit/Inactive_projects" title="Gerrit/Inactive projects"> </a></span> - Guidelines how to handle inactive projects</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Gerrit/L10n-bot" 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