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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <namespaces>
      <ns id="-2" case="first-letter" canonical="Media" xml:space="preserve">Media</ns>
      <ns id="-1" case="first-letter" canonical="Special" xml:space="preserve">Special</ns>
      <ns id="0" case="first-letter" subpages="" content="" xml:space="preserve" />
      <ns id="1" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Talk" xml:space="preserve">Talk</ns>
      <ns id="2" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User" xml:space="preserve">User</ns>
      <ns id="3" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User talk" xml:space="preserve">User talk</ns>
      <ns id="4" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Project" xml:space="preserve">The Elder Scrolls Wiki</ns>
      <ns id="5" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Project talk" xml:space="preserve">The Elder Scrolls Wiki talk</ns>
      <ns id="6" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="File" xml:space="preserve">File</ns>
      <ns id="7" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="File talk" xml:space="preserve">File talk</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 talk</ns>
      <ns id="10" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Template" xml:space="preserve">Template</ns>
      <ns id="11" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Template talk" xml:space="preserve">Template talk</ns>
      <ns id="12" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Help" xml:space="preserve">Help</ns>
      <ns id="13" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Help talk" xml:space="preserve">Help talk</ns>
      <ns id="14" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Category" xml:space="preserve">Category</ns>
      <ns id="15" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Category talk" xml:space="preserve">Category talk</ns>
      <ns id="110" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Forum" xml:space="preserve">Forum</ns>
      <ns id="111" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Forum talk" xml:space="preserve">Forum talk</ns>
      <ns id="112" case="first-letter" canonical="Portal" xml:space="preserve">Portal</ns>
      <ns id="113" case="first-letter" canonical="Portal talk" xml:space="preserve">Portal talk</ns>
      <ns id="114" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="WikiProject" xml:space="preserve">WikiProject</ns>
      <ns id="115" case="first-letter" canonical="WikiProject talk" xml:space="preserve">WikiProject talk</ns>
      <ns id="500" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User blog" xml:space="preserve">User blog</ns>
      <ns id="501" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="User blog comment" xml:space="preserve">User blog comment</ns>
      <ns id="502" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Blog" xml:space="preserve">Blog</ns>
      <ns id="503" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Blog talk" xml:space="preserve">Blog talk</ns>
      <ns id="1000" case="first-letter" canonical="Quiz" xml:space="preserve">Quiz</ns>
      <ns id="1010" case="first-letter" canonical="QuizArticle" xml:space="preserve">QuizArticle</ns>
      <ns id="1020" case="first-letter" canonical="PlayQuiz" xml:space="preserve">PlayQuiz</ns>
      <ns id="1200" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Message Wall" xml:space="preserve">Message Wall</ns>
      <ns id="1201" case="first-letter" canonical="Thread" xml:space="preserve">Thread</ns>
      <ns id="1202" case="first-letter" canonical="Message Wall Greeting" xml:space="preserve">Message Wall Greeting</ns>
      <ns id="2000" case="first-letter" canonical="Board" xml:space="preserve">Board</ns>
      <ns id="2001" case="first-letter" canonical="Board Thread" xml:space="preserve">Board Thread</ns>
      <ns id="2002" case="first-letter" canonical="Topic" xml:space="preserve">Topic</ns>
    </namespaces>
    <namespacealiases>
      <ns id="4" xml:space="preserve">TES</ns>
      <ns id="5" xml:space="preserve">TES talk</ns>
      <ns id="110" xml:space="preserve">F</ns>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Video</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Video talk</ns>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Image</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Image talk</ns>
    </namespacealiases>
  </query>
</api>