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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
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    <namespaces>
      <ns id="-2" case="first-letter" canonical="Media" xml:space="preserve">Medium</ns>
      <ns id="-1" case="first-letter" canonical="Special" xml:space="preserve">Spezial</ns>
      <ns id="0" case="first-letter" content="" xml:space="preserve" />
      <ns id="1" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Talk" xml:space="preserve">Diskussion</ns>
      <ns id="2" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User" xml:space="preserve">Benutzer</ns>
      <ns id="3" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User talk" xml:space="preserve">Benutzer Diskussion</ns>
      <ns id="4" case="first-letter" canonical="Project" xml:space="preserve">AnnoWiki 1602</ns>
      <ns id="5" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Project talk" xml:space="preserve">AnnoWiki 1602 Diskussion</ns>
      <ns id="6" case="first-letter" canonical="File" xml:space="preserve">Datei</ns>
      <ns id="7" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="File talk" xml:space="preserve">Datei Diskussion</ns>
      <ns id="8" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki</ns>
      <ns id="9" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="MediaWiki talk" xml:space="preserve">MediaWiki Diskussion</ns>
      <ns id="10" case="first-letter" canonical="Template" xml:space="preserve">Vorlage</ns>
      <ns id="11" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Template talk" xml:space="preserve">Vorlage Diskussion</ns>
      <ns id="12" case="first-letter" canonical="Help" xml:space="preserve">Hilfe</ns>
      <ns id="13" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Help talk" xml:space="preserve">Hilfe Diskussion</ns>
      <ns id="14" case="first-letter" canonical="Category" xml:space="preserve">Kategorie</ns>
      <ns id="15" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Category talk" xml:space="preserve">Kategorie Diskussion</ns>
    </namespaces>
    <namespacealiases>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Image</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Image talk</ns>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Bild</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Bild Diskussion</ns>
    </namespacealiases>
    <statistics pages="650" articles="173" views="8100835" edits="3692" images="275" users="2161" activeusers="-1" admins="12" jobs="0" />
  </query>
</api>