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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query-continue>
<allcategories accontinue="Namespace_manipulation_templates" />
</query-continue>
<query>
<allcategories>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Articles with incorrect citation syntax</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Business continuity and disaster recovery</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Citation templates</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Cloud storage</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Documentation subpages without corresponding pages</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Exclude in print</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">File hosting</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Hard disk software</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Image insertion templates</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Mathematical formatting templates</c>
</allcategories>
</query>
</api>