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MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group
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MediaWiki Stakeholders' Group
aims to advocate the needs of MediaWiki users.
MediaWiki Farmers user group
The
MediaWiki Farmers user group
is a group of developers who work on wiki farms.
Wikimedia user groups
User Groups
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The
English Wikimedia planet blog aggregator
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