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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <general mainpage="Main Page" base="http://wiki.apidesign.org/wiki/Main_Page" sitename="APIDesign" generator="MediaWiki 1.12.0rc1" case="first-letter" rights="GNU Free Documentation License 1.2" lang="en" />
    <namespaces>
      <ns id="-2">Media</ns>
      <ns id="-1">Special</ns>
      <ns id="0" />
      <ns id="1">Talk</ns>
      <ns id="2">User</ns>
      <ns id="3">User talk</ns>
      <ns id="4">APIDesign</ns>
      <ns id="5">APIDesign talk</ns>
      <ns id="6">Image</ns>
      <ns id="7">Image talk</ns>
      <ns id="8">MediaWiki</ns>
      <ns id="9">MediaWiki talk</ns>
      <ns id="10">Template</ns>
      <ns id="11">Template talk</ns>
      <ns id="12">Help</ns>
      <ns id="13">Help talk</ns>
      <ns id="14">Category</ns>
      <ns id="15">Category talk</ns>
    </namespaces>
    <namespacealiases />
    <statistics pages="1327" articles="754" views="35104638" edits="11480" images="126" users="1219831" admins="1" jobs="0" />
  </query>
</api>