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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Block</c>
      <c size="1" pages="0" files="0" subcats="1" xml:space="preserve">Documentation</c>
      <c size="2" pages="0" files="2" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Documentation examples</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Edit</c>
      <c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">External link templates</c>
      <c size="1" pages="0" files="1" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">GFDL images</c>
      <c size="1" pages="0" files="1" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">GPL images</c>
      <c size="42" pages="42" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Help</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Info templates</c>
      <c size="5" pages="5" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Internationalization templates</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="Internationalization templates/Category" />
  </query-continue>
</api>