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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query-continue>
<allcategories accontinue="Countryside" />
</query-continue>
<query>
<allcategories>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">' .. error category .. '</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">' .. v ..'</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">All pages needing cleanup</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Articles which use embedded infobox templates with the title parameter</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows</c>
<c size="1" pages="1" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Articles with ' .. name .. '-language external links</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Book templates</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Citation Style 1 templates</c>
<c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Citation Style 2 templates</c>
<c size="4" pages="4" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Country data redirects</c>
</allcategories>
</query>
</api>