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<div id="mp-welcome"><h1>Welcome to [[Sanarchive]]</h1>,</div>
<div id="mp-free">the [[free content|free]] [[art]] [[encyclopedia]] that [[Help:Introduction to Sanarchive|anyone can edit]].</div>
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<li>[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}]] active editors</li>
<li>[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles in [[English language|English]]</li>
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