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1,634		United States presidential election, 2000 ( talk)						Add sources
149		2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification ( talk)						Add sources
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386		Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge ( talk)						Add sources
28		History of post-Communist Albania ( talk)						Cleanup
909		Civilization ( talk)						Cleanup
5		2011–12 in Uruguayan football ( talk)						Cleanup
64		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fifth Round ( talk)						Expand
7		Georgia State Route 23 ( talk)						Expand
46		Surrey Police ( talk)						Expand
74		History of the Soviet Union (1927–53) ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
964		El Paso, Texas ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
95		On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
10		Democratic Constitutional Rally ( talk)						Merge
205		Elvis Presley singles discography ( talk)						Merge
168		Defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ( talk)						Merge
208		History of the European Union ( talk)						Wikify
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148		XQuery ( talk)						Wikify
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2		Vladimir Zakhmatov ( talk)						Orphan
1		Giovanni Battista Amigazzi ( talk)						Orphan
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309		Letterhead ( talk)						Stub
38		Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup ( talk)						Stub
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86		National Popular Vote Interstate Compact ( talk)						Add sources
50		Official Nintendo Magazine ( talk)						Add sources
126		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F ( talk)						Add sources
29		Greenergy ( talk)						Add sources
4		African Socialist International ( talk)						Add sources
120		2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group H ( talk)						Add sources
30		Foreign relations of Libya ( talk)						Cleanup
159		UltraViolet (system) ( talk)						Cleanup
14		Ishikawajima-Harima F3 ( talk)						Cleanup
1		Georgia State Route 297 ( talk)						Expand
762		Endorsements for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 ( talk)						Expand
2		Georgia State Route 78 ( talk)						Expand
4		First Church of Windsor ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
1,791		Teen Titans (TV series) ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
71		Balkans Campaign (World War I) ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
48		Timeline of Paris ( talk)						Merge
63		Dumpster ( talk)						Merge
78		Interstate 75 in Georgia ( talk)						Merge
95		Stakhanovite movement ( talk)						Wikify
1,647		Nationwide opinion polling for the Democratic Party 2016 presidential primaries ( talk)						Wikify
15		Esa no soy yo ( talk)						Wikify
3		Leonor Espinosa ( talk)						Orphan
17		Fergus and Judith Wilson ( talk)						Orphan
0		Rue de la Sourdière ( talk)						Orphan
11		FIFA Disciplinary Code ( talk)						Stub
13		Jerry James Stone ( talk)						Stub
1		Farm to Market Road 159 ( talk)						Stub
14		Intercontinental Futsal Cup ( talk)						Stub
10		Beach Soccer Worldwide ( talk)						Stub
7		Johns Hopkins Blue Jays women's lacrosse ( talk)						Stub

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107		6th arrondissement of Paris ( talk)						Add sources
59		History of FIFA ( talk)						Add sources
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159		Saratoga Race Course ( talk)						Add sources
13		Turkey fryer ( talk)						Cleanup
29		Lyuh Woon-hyung ( talk)						Cleanup
296		Dollywood ( talk)						Cleanup
1,236		Catalonia ( talk)						Expand
29		BSWW Beach Soccer rankings ( talk)						Expand
15		2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group E ( talk)						Expand
12		Alexei Sayle's Stuff ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
95		Abkhaz–Georgian conflict ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
234		Five-year plans for the national economy of the Soviet Union ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
14		Food rescue ( talk)						Merge
20		Stalin Epigram ( talk)						Merge
194		Opinion poll ( talk)						Merge
559		Lyndon LaRouche ( talk)						Wikify
153		Comparison of American and Canadian football ( talk)						Wikify
80		Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command ( talk)						Wikify
0		OFC Futsal Qualifying Tournament ( talk)						Orphan
1		Rue Basse ( talk)						Orphan
7		Lee Kyu-wan ( talk)						Orphan
11		Ames Tribune ( talk)						Stub
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402		Bisexuality in the United States ( talk)						Cleanup
157		Know Your Meme ( talk)						Cleanup
1		Jean-Paul Béraudo ( talk)						Cleanup
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192		Swedish Social Democratic Party ( talk)						Expand
441		Virgin America ( talk)						Expand
10		Harmony Centre ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
594		Liberal Democrats ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
234		Vuvuzela ( talk)						Unencyclopaedic
45		Justice ministry ( talk)						Merge
584		Arbitration ( talk)						Merge
254		Water on Mars ( talk)						Merge
69		Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom ( talk)						Wikify
160		Politics of Switzerland ( talk)						Wikify
29		Foreign relations of Iceland ( talk)						Wikify
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1		Jaak Juske ( talk)						Orphan
2		The UK Government's Knowledge Network Programme ( talk)						Orphan
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0		Farm to Market Road 2776 ( talk)						Stub
473		Alejandro Maldonado Aguirre ( talk)						Stub
1		Farm to Market Road 1252 ( talk)						Stub
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