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      <comment>Undo revision [[Special:Diff/188306|188306]] by [[Special:Contributions/ViktorChampion|ViktorChampion]] ([[User talk:ViktorChampion|talk]])</comment>
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&lt;h1 style="font-size: 1.75em; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0.714em; padding: 0; border-bottom: 0; overflow: visible; border-radius:25px"&gt;Welcome to '''Esolang''', the [[esoteric programming language]]s wiki!&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 1.25em"&gt;This wiki is dedicated to the fostering and documentation of programming languages designed to be unique, difficult to program in, or just plain weird.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="float: right; margin-top: 1.25em; margin-right: 1.25em"&gt;Why not [[Esolang:Community portal|join us on IRC]]?&lt;/p&gt;
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You'll probably want to find out what on earth an [[esoteric programming language]] is in the first place.

Then, you might want to explore the [[:Category:Languages|complete list of languages]], or find something more specific with the [[Esolang:Categorization|categories]].

You could also visit the [[joke language list]], which lists languages that can't even be programmed in.

Failing that, you could take a look at a [[Special:RandomInCategory/Languages|random language]].

You could also take a look at the list of [[Special:SpecialPages|special pages]].
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{{Esolang:Featured languages/Current}}
&lt;p style="text-align: right"&gt;Previously featured: {{Esolang:Featured languages/Recent}} &amp;middot; [[Esolang:Featured languages|''more…'']]&lt;/p&gt;
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If you've just created a language, you can create an article for it by typing its name into the search box, assuming the name is not already taken, but be sure to take a look at the [[Esolang:Help|help guide]] first. Then you should add it to the [[language list]] (or the [[joke language list]], as appropriate).

If you haven't got that far yet, you could take a look at the [[list of ideas]] for inspiration.

Otherwise, you could help out with an esolang [[:Category:Works-in-Progress|in progress]].
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* Learn [[Esolang:About|about this wiki]]
* Check out the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]]
* View the [[Esolang:Policy|site policies]]
* Download an [[Esolang:Wiki dumps|XML dump]] of the wiki content
* Discuss the wiki on the [[Esolang talk:Community portal|community portal's talk page]]
* Talk with other esolang enthusiasts in the places listed in the [[Esolang:Community portal|community portal]]
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