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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query-continue>
<allcategories accontinue="Hatnote_templates_for_user_pages" />
</query-continue>
<query>
<allcategories>
<c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Article message boxes</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Articles to be expanded</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Articles to be expanded with sources</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Correct title templates</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Disambiguation and redirection templates</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Documentation subpages without corresponding pages</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Graphic templates</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Hatnote templates</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Hatnote templates documentation</c>
</allcategories>
</query>
</api>