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137	Tanks in the Soviet Union (talk)	Add sources
12	Zello (talk)	Add sources
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154	Command & Conquer: Red Alert series (talk)	Add sources
311	BMP-1 (talk)	Add sources
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211	Torchlight (talk)	Cleanup
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441	Kamov Ka-50 (talk)	Expand
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27	Bloons (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
487	Constitution (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
100	Northern Cities Vowel Shift (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
190	ZeniMax Media (talk)	Merge
3,651	BioShock Infinite (talk)	Merge
39	Ice protection system (talk)	Merge
769	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (talk)	Wikify
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267	Killzone 2 (talk)	Wikify
4	Jahan Rabii (talk)	Orphan
2	Hayduke trail (talk)	Orphan
0	Adhapara (talk)	Orphan
1	Lervik (talk)	Stub
36	Coast Guard One (talk)	Stub
4	Crystal Mountain (British Columbia) (talk)	Stub
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The Signpost: 08 January 2014

Public Domain Day: Why the year 2019 is so significant

Traffic report: Tragedy and television

Technology report: Gearing up for the Architecture Summit

News and notes: WMF employee forced out over "paid advocacy editing"

Op-ed: WikiCup competition beginning a new year

WikiProject report: Jumping into the television universe

Featured content: A portal to the wonderful world of technology

VisualEditor newsletter for Janaury 2014

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The Signpost: 15 January 2014

News and notes: German chapter asks for "reworking" of Funds Dissemination Committee; should MP4 be allowed on Wikimedia sites?

Technology report: Architecture Summit schedule published

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251	History of Microsoft Flight Simulator (talk)	Add sources
213	Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit (talk)	Add sources
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225	Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour (talk)	Add sources
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1,157	ARMA 2 (talk)	Cleanup
1,647	Danube (talk)	Cleanup
209	Day of Defeat (talk)	Cleanup
914	Main battle tank (talk)	Expand
3,796	Need for Speed (talk)	Expand
153	Colin McRae: Dirt 2 (talk)	Expand
511	Tactical role-playing game (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
15,630	Duck Dynasty (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
3,140	Doctor (Doctor Who) (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
65	Frank Tenpenny (talk)	Merge
58	Toni Cipriani (talk)	Merge
4,754	OS X (talk)	Merge
633	Northeast blackout of 2003 (talk)	Wikify
641	T-62 (talk)	Wikify
181	BTR-50 (talk)	Wikify
2	Alexander Lugo (talk)	Orphan
1	Apostolic Vicariate of Soddo–Hosanna (talk)	Orphan
0	Arcuatopterus (talk)	Orphan
3	HNLMS Pelikaan (A804) (talk)	Stub
16	Black & Bruised (talk)	Stub
8	Deep Sea Tycoon (talk)	Stub
7	AirForces Monthly (talk)	Stub
44	Unguided bomb (talk)	Stub
9	Cocos Finch (talk)	Stub

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Book review: Missing Links and Secret Histories: A Selection of Wikipedia Entries from Across the Known Multiverse

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Traffic report: No show for the Globes

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

Traffic report: Six strikes out

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Arbitration report: Kafziel case closed; Kww admonished by motion

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136	Kane (Command & Conquer) (talk)	Cleanup
642	XCOM: Enemy Within (talk)	Cleanup
55	Aspyr (talk)	Cleanup
1,724	Land Rover (talk)	Expand
488	Boeing 737 Classic (talk)	Expand
953	Max Payne 3 (talk)	Expand
406	Fictional military aircraft (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
5,600	2013 Seattle Seahawks season (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
286	PaRappa the Rapper (talk)	Unencyclopaedic
430	Need for Speed: The Run (talk)	Merge
210	MetaTrader 4 (talk)	Merge
20	EA Autolog (talk)	Merge
108	Equipment of the United States Armed Forces (talk)	Wikify
531	Availability (talk)	Wikify
840	Rage (video game) (talk)	Wikify
7	The King's School, Mugalli (talk)	Orphan
47	Hammerwatch (talk)	Orphan
1	Américo Pereira da Silva (talk)	Orphan
2	Trnovitički Popovac (talk)	Stub
22	Manufacturer's empty weight (talk)	Stub
15	South Tyneside College (talk)	Stub
32	Bits and Bytes (talk)	Stub
131	Farming Simulator (talk)	Stub
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In the media: WikiVIP; Art Feminism; Medical articles; PR manipulation; Azerbaijani Wikipedia

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