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{
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                "canonical": "Media"
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                "case": "first-letter",
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                "canonical": "Special"
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                "case": "first-letter",
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                "case": "first-letter",
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                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Talk"
            },
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                "case": "first-letter",
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                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "User"
            },
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                "case": "first-letter",
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                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "User talk"
            },
            "4": {
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                "case": "first-letter",
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                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Project"
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                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Project talk"
            },
            "6": {
                "id": 6,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u6a94\u6848",
                "canonical": "File"
            },
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                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u6a94\u6848\u8a0e\u8ad6",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "File talk"
            },
            "8": {
                "id": 8,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "MediaWiki",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "MediaWiki"
            },
            "9": {
                "id": 9,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "MediaWiki\u8a0e\u8ad6",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "MediaWiki talk"
            },
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                "id": 10,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u6a21\u677f",
                "canonical": "Template"
            },
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                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u6a21\u677f\u8a0e\u8ad6",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Template talk"
            },
            "12": {
                "id": 12,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u4f7f\u7528\u8aaa\u660e",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Help"
            },
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                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u4f7f\u7528\u8aaa\u660e\u8a0e\u8ad6",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Help talk"
            },
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                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u5206\u985e",
                "canonical": "Category"
            },
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                "id": 15,
                "case": "first-letter",
                "*": "\u5206\u985e\u8a0e\u8ad6",
                "subpages": "",
                "canonical": "Category talk"
            }
        }
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}