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                "id": -2,
                "case": "first-letter",
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                "canonical": "Media"
            },
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                "canonical": "Special"
            },
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                "*": "",
                "content": ""
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                "*": "\u041e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Talk"
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                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u0423\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "User"
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                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "User talk"
            },
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                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u0412\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0426\u0414\u041e",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Project"
            },
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                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Project talk"
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                "id": 6,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u0424\u0430\u0439\u043b",
                "canonical": "File"
            },
            "7": {
                "id": 7,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u041e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0444\u0430\u0439\u043b\u0430",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "File talk"
            },
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                "id": 8,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "MediaWiki",
                "subpages": "",
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            },
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                "id": 9,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u041e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 MediaWiki",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "MediaWiki talk"
            },
            "10": {
                "id": 10,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u0428\u0430\u0431\u043b\u043e\u043d",
                "canonical": "Template"
            },
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                "id": 11,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u041e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0448\u0430\u0431\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0430",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Template talk"
            },
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                "id": 12,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u0421\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0430",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Help"
            },
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                "id": 13,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u041e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0438",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Help talk"
            },
            "14": {
                "id": 14,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u041a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u044f",
                "canonical": "Category"
            },
            "15": {
                "id": 15,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u041e\u0431\u0441\u0443\u0436\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0438",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Category talk"
            },
            "_element": "ns"
        }
    }
}