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    <text xml:space="preserve">&lt;h2&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;SANDBOX&quot;&gt; SANDBOX  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Use this page for experimenting. Post/edit and then click &quot;Preview&quot; (NOT &quot;Save Page&quot;) and play around some more and click &quot;Preview&quot; again to see the results. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When finished, click on &quot;cancel&quot; and return to other pages in the L/H menu. 
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Help:Contents&quot; title=&quot;Help:Contents&quot;&gt;HELP&lt;/a&gt; page.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Practice_below_here&quot;&gt; Practice below here  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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