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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="API" missing="" />
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="WhiteWizard" timestamp="2007-03-29T15:41:55Z" comment="/* Test Content */" xml:space="preserve">== Note ==
this is the original MediaWiki installed Main Page. It serves no purpose at this point.

== Installed Main Page ==
&lt;big&gt;'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''&lt;/big&gt;

Consult the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

== Getting started ==

* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]</rev>
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>