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        <revisions>
          <rev user="Umbaglo" timestamp="2010-09-14T15:14:50Z" comment="" contentformat="text/x-wiki" contentmodel="wikitext" xml:space="preserve">==Project Index==

===Series===

* [[After War Gundam Another X]]
* [[Bullseye! Top Shooter Challenge]]
* [[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]
* [[Hyper Combining Centurion Force]]
* [[Dimensional Travelers Stargate SG-1]]
* [[District 52]]
* [[Macross Centris]]
* [[Matey Match]]
* [[Mobile Infantry Patlabor]]
* [[New Jagged Universe]]
* [[The Saviour]]
* [[Sensational Defender Trooper Squad]]
* [[Shift Mazinger]]
* [[Super Robot Wars V]]
* [[Thunder Gear Sidestory: Snake Eater]]

===Unaffiliated Projects===

* [[MechDev Submissions]]
* [[Other Projects]]

== Getting started ==

* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]</rev>
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