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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
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      <ns id="7" subpages="" canonical="File talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni file</ns>
      <ns id="8" canonical="MediaWiki" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki</ns>
      <ns id="9" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni MediaWiki</ns>
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      <ns id="12" canonical="Help" xml:space="preserve">Aiuto</ns>
      <ns id="13" subpages="" canonical="Help talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni aiuto</ns>
      <ns id="14" canonical="Category" xml:space="preserve">Categoria</ns>
      <ns id="15" subpages="" canonical="Category talk" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni categoria</ns>
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    <namespacealiases>
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      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Image talk</ns>
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      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Discussioni immagine</ns>
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</api>