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To see the non HTML representation of the XML format, set format=xml.
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
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      <externalimages>
        <prefix>aquapedia.waterdiplomacy.org/whitelist/</prefix>
      </externalimages>
      <fallback />
      <thumblimits>
        <limit>120</limit>
        <limit>150</limit>
        <limit>180</limit>
        <limit>200</limit>
        <limit>250</limit>
        <limit>300</limit>
      </thumblimits>
      <imagelimits>
        <limit width="320" height="240" />
        <limit width="640" height="480" />
        <limit width="800" height="600" />
        <limit width="1024" height="768" />
        <limit width="1280" height="1024" />
      </imagelimits>
    </general>
    <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" 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">AquaPedia</ns>
      <ns id="5" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Project talk" xml:space="preserve">AquaPedia talk</ns>
      <ns id="6" case="first-letter" 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" 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" 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="90" case="first-letter" canonical="Thread" xml:space="preserve">Thread</ns>
      <ns id="91" case="first-letter" canonical="Thread talk" xml:space="preserve">Thread talk</ns>
      <ns id="92" case="first-letter" canonical="Summary" xml:space="preserve">Summary</ns>
      <ns id="93" case="first-letter" canonical="Summary talk" xml:space="preserve">Summary talk</ns>
      <ns id="102" case="first-letter" canonical="Property" xml:space="preserve">Property</ns>
      <ns id="103" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Property talk" xml:space="preserve">Property talk</ns>
      <ns id="104" case="first-letter" canonical="Type" xml:space="preserve">Type</ns>
      <ns id="105" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Type talk" xml:space="preserve">Type talk</ns>
      <ns id="106" case="first-letter" canonical="Form" xml:space="preserve">Form</ns>
      <ns id="107" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Form talk" xml:space="preserve">Form talk</ns>
      <ns id="108" case="first-letter" canonical="Concept" xml:space="preserve">Concept</ns>
      <ns id="109" case="first-letter" canonical="Concept talk" xml:space="preserve">Concept talk</ns>
      <ns id="112" case="first-letter" canonical="Case Reflection" xml:space="preserve">Case Reflection</ns>
      <ns id="113" case="first-letter" canonical="Case Reflection talk" xml:space="preserve">Case Reflection talk</ns>
      <ns id="114" case="first-letter" canonical="ASI" content="" xml:space="preserve">ASI</ns>
      <ns id="115" case="first-letter" canonical="ASI talk" xml:space="preserve">ASI talk</ns>
      <ns id="170" case="first-letter" canonical="Filter" xml:space="preserve">Filter</ns>
      <ns id="171" case="first-letter" subpages="" canonical="Filter talk" xml:space="preserve">Filter talk</ns>
      <ns id="420" case="first-letter" canonical="Layer" xml:space="preserve">Layer</ns>
      <ns id="421" case="first-letter" canonical="Layer talk" xml:space="preserve">Layer talk</ns>
    </namespaces>
    <namespacealiases>
      <ns id="6" xml:space="preserve">Image</ns>
      <ns id="7" xml:space="preserve">Image talk</ns>
    </namespacealiases>
    <statistics pages="1930" articles="761" views="5907997" edits="11850" images="208" users="150" activeusers="0" admins="3" jobs="8" />
  </query>
</api>