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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
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      <page pageid="54270" ns="10" title="Шаблон:Объявления" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="ru" touched="2024-03-12T13:09:39Z" lastrevid="146972" counter="" length="113" />
      <page pageid="22722" ns="10" title="Шаблон:Сообщения сообщества vk.yspu org" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="ru" touched="2016-11-03T18:31:01Z" lastrevid="75034" counter="" length="43" />
      <page pageid="37628" ns="10" title="Шаблон:Шапка" contentmodel="wikitext" pagelanguage="ru" touched="2023-01-17T20:41:32Z" lastrevid="139653" counter="" length="110" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>