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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<allcategories>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Википедия:Способы оформления статей</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Википедия:Справка</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Википедия:Шаблоны для документирования шаблонов</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Шаблоны:Для шаблонов</c>
</allcategories>
</query>
</api>