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What is Misplaced Pages?

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Misplaced Pages is a free encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a wiki. Many people are constantly improving Misplaced Pages, making thousands of edits every minute. All these changes are recorded here, and here. For a more detailed account of the project, see About Misplaced Pages.

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