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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-03.html" id="xolnki_2" title="Blog/2017-03" class="xowa-visited">2017-03</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-04.html" id="xolnki_2" title="Blog/2017-04" class="xowa-visited">2017-04</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-03.html" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2017-03" class="xowa-visited">2017-03</a>
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<b>2017-02</b>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-01.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2017-01">2017-01</a>
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2016<br>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-12.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2016-12">2016-12</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2017-01.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2017-01">2017-01</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-11.html" id="xolnki_6" title="Blog/2016-11">2016-11</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-12.html" id="xolnki_6" title="Blog/2016-12">2016-12</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-10.html" id="xolnki_7" title="Blog/2016-10">2016-10</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-11.html" id="xolnki_7" title="Blog/2016-11">2016-11</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-09.html" id="xolnki_8" title="Blog/2016-09">2016-09</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-10.html" id="xolnki_8" title="Blog/2016-10">2016-10</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-08.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Blog/2016-08">2016-08</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-09.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Blog/2016-09">2016-09</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-07.html" id="xolnki_10" title="Blog/2016-07">2016-07</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-08.html" id="xolnki_10" title="Blog/2016-08">2016-08</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-06.html" id="xolnki_11" title="Blog/2016-06">2016-06</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-07.html" id="xolnki_11" title="Blog/2016-07">2016-07</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-05.html" id="xolnki_12" title="Blog/2016-05">2016-05</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-06.html" id="xolnki_12" title="Blog/2016-06">2016-06</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_13" title="Blog/2016-04">2016-04</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-05.html" id="xolnki_13" title="Blog/2016-05">2016-05</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/Archives.html" id="xolnki_14" title="Blog/Archives">Archives</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/Archives.html" id="xolnki_14" title="Blog/Archives" class="xowa-visited">Archives</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.3.0.1702_.282017-02-21_18:00_Tue.29">Release: v4.3.0.1702 (2017-02-21 18:00 Tue)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.3.0.1702_.282017-02-21_18:00_Tue.29">Release: v4.3.0.1702 (2017-02-21 18:00 Tue)</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=Release:_v4.3.0.1702_.282017-02-21_18:00_Tue.29" title="Edit section: Release:_v4.3.0.1702_.282017-02-21_18:00_Tue.29" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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The PC version is a major release. It adds page deletion, category updates, wiki import, and a high-DPI machine support.
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The Android version has no release.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Wiki.29_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis">(Wiki) Publish 2017-02 English Wikipedia and 2017-02 Gujarati wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Wiki.29_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis">(Wiki) Publish 2017-02 English Wikipedia and 2017-02 Gujarati wikis</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28Wiki.29_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis" title="Edit section: .28Wiki.29_Publish_2017-02_English_Wikipedia_and_2017-02_Gujarati_wikis" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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2017-02 English Wikipedia is officially up. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/English_wikis.html" id="xolnki_15" title="Wiki setup/English wikis" class="xowa-visited">Wiki_setup/English_wikis</a>
2017-02 English Wikipedia is officially up. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/English_wikis.html" id="xolnki_15" title="Wiki setup/English wikis">Wiki_setup/English_wikis</a>
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In addition, I reuploaded the entire English Wikipedia file database set. This is a periodic task which is necessary to keep the image databases small for new users.
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Also, per request, I generated 2017-02 Gujarati wikis. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Wiki_setup/Gujarati_wikis.html" id="xolnki_17" title="Wiki setup/Gujarati wikis">Wiki_setup/Gujarati_wikis</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_.22Delete_page.22_button">(PC) Add "Delete page" button</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_.22Delete_page.22_button">(PC) Add "Delete page" button</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Add_.22Delete_page.22_button" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Add_.22Delete_page.22_button" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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This build adds a <code>Delete page</code> button. To use it, do the following:
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Support_editable_Categories">(PC) Support editable Categories</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Support_editable_Categories">(PC) Support editable Categories</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Support_editable_Categories" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Support_editable_Categories" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<p>
This build also adds editable Categories. To try it, do the following:
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This feature is also mainly for personal wikis. However, it will also work with Wikimedia wikis (like en.wikipedia.org)
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis">(PC) Add Import option for Personal wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis">(PC) Add Import option for Personal wikis</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Add_Import_option_for_Personal_wikis" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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The previous build didn't have an easy way to move a personal wiki from one machine to another. This build now has an import button. To use it, do the following:
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines">(PC) Fix extremely short url bar on some machines</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines">(PC) Fix extremely short url bar on some machines</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Fix_extremely_short_url_bar_on_some_machines" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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XOWA had issues with machines with different DPI settings. This resulted in one of the following:
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Both of these are resolved with this build.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Other_changes_including_curid.2C_Special:XowaSql.2C_and_keyboard_shortcuts">(PC) Other changes including curid, Special:XowaSql, and keyboard shortcuts</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Other_changes_including_curid.2C_Special:XowaSql.2C_and_keyboard_shortcuts">(PC) Other changes including curid, Special:XowaSql, and keyboard shortcuts</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Other_changes_including_curid.2C_Special:XowaSql.2C_and_keyboard_shortcuts" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Other_changes_including_curid.2C_Special:XowaSql.2C_and_keyboard_shortcuts" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<p>
This build also has a few other notable changes:
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Dev.29_Change_license_to_GPLv3_.2F_Apache2">(Dev) Change license to GPLv3 / Apache2</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Dev.29_Change_license_to_GPLv3_.2F_Apache2">(Dev) Change license to GPLv3 / Apache2</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28Dev.29_Change_license_to_GPLv3_.2F_Apache2" title="Edit section: .28Dev.29_Change_license_to_GPLv3_.2F_Apache2" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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This change affects the XOWA source-code only. It has no direct impact on users.
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For more background, see <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/115" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/115</a> as well as <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/License/Code.html" id="xolnki_20" title="Help/License/Code">Help/License/Code</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release">Next release</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release">Next release</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=Next_release" title="Edit section: Next_release" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.2.0.1702_.282017-02-11_10:00_Sun.29">Release: v4.2.0.1702 (2017-02-11 10:00 Sun)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.2.0.1702_.282017-02-11_10:00_Sun.29">Release: v4.2.0.1702 (2017-02-11 10:00 Sun)</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=Release:_v4.2.0.1702_.282017-02-11_10:00_Sun.29" title="Edit section: Release:_v4.2.0.1702_.282017-02-11_10:00_Sun.29" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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The PC version is a major release. It adds support for personal wikis.
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The Android version has no release.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App.2FPersonal_wikis">(PC) Support creation of personal wikis. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Personal_wikis.html" id="xolnki_21" title="App/Personal wikis">App/Personal_wikis</a></span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App.2FPersonal_wikis">(PC) Support creation of personal wikis. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Personal_wikis.html" id="xolnki_21" title="App/Personal wikis">App/Personal_wikis</a></span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App.2FPersonal_wikis" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Support_creation_of_personal_wikis._See_App.2FPersonal_wikis" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<p>
A user was kind enough to suggest supporting personal wikis. These are standalone wikis that are entirely created and edited by a user. A reddit thread was created and there looks like there's some interest in the worldbuilding community:
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I've used the XOWA home wiki as a personal wiki for over three years, and find it useful. Hopefully others will as well.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central">(PC) Add minor changes to Download Central</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central">(PC) Add minor changes to Download Central</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Add_minor_changes_to_Download_Central" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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There were basically two minor changes:
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release_2">Next release</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release_2">Next release</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=Next_release_2" title="Edit section: Next_release_2" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.1.0.1702_.282017-02-04_21:00_Sat.29">Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v4.1.0.1702_.282017-02-04_21:00_Sat.29">Release: v4.1.0.1702 (2017-02-04 21:00 Sat)</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=Release:_v4.1.0.1702_.282017-02-04_21:00_Sat.29" title="Edit section: Release:_v4.1.0.1702_.282017-02-04_21:00_Sat.29" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<p>
The PC version is a major release. It adds a new in-app updater and better support for images in custom wikis
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The Android version has no release.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_new_in-app_updater">(PC) Add new in-app updater</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_new_in-app_updater">(PC) Add new in-app updater</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Add_new_in-app_updater" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Add_new_in-app_updater" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<p>
v4.1.0 has a new in-app updater. It has two main features:
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More info is available at <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Setup/Update/In-app.html" id="xolnki_23" title="App/Setup/Update/In-app">App/Setup/Update/In-app</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis">(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis">(PC) Add better support for images in Wikia and other custom wikis</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Add_better_support_for_images_in_Wikia_and_other_custom_wikis" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<p>
XOWA had only minimal support for images in Wikia wikis. However, as a result of tickets <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/124" rel="nofollow" class="external text">#124</a> and <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/125" rel="nofollow" class="external text">#125</a>, the following changes were made:
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases">(PC) Fix Random not working for HTML databases</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases">(PC) Fix Random not working for HTML databases</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Fix_Random_not_working_for_HTML_databases" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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<p>
This was reported in issue #121: <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/121" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/121</a>
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Thanks to Ope30 for reporting the issue
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page">(PC) Add Creative Commons footer to bottom of page</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page">(PC) Add Creative Commons footer to bottom of page</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=.28PC.29_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page" title="Edit section: .28PC.29_Add_Creative_Commons_footer_to_bottom_of_page" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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This was a minor request made by Ope30 also. Pages will now show the Creative Commons footer at the bottom of the page. I also redesigned the footer as well.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release_3">Next release</span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release_3">Next release</span> <span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/wiki/Blog/2017-02?action=edit&amp;section_key=Next_release_3" title="Edit section: Next_release_3" class="xowa-hover-off">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span>
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