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Display title	Wikipedia:What is an article?
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Page creator	Mav (talk | contribs)
Date of page creation	00:38, 14 August 2002
Latest editor	ToadetteEdit (talk | contribs)
Date of latest edit	18:22, 9 January 2024
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