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See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">patent nonsense</a>.</li> <li><span id="A2"></span><span id="A-test"></span>Test pages (<i>e.g.</i>, "Can I really create a page here?").</li> <li><span id="A3"></span>Pure <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:vandalism" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:vandalism">vandalism</a> (see also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:dealing_with_vandalism" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:dealing with vandalism">dealing with vandalism</a>).</li> <li><span id="A4"></span>Very short articles with no context (<i>e.g.</i>, "He was a funny man that created Factory and the Hacienda. 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