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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <messagegroups>
      <group id="page-Main Page" label="Main Page" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/Main Page|Main Page]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K" label="RBE10K" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K|RBE10K]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Community" label="RBE10K/Community" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Community|RBE10K/Community]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Concerns/global-RBE vs local-RBE, abundance, inferior variety and technology - by TZM activist" label="RBE10K/Concerns/global-RBE vs local-RBE, abundance, inferior variety and technology - by TZM activist" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Concerns/global-RBE vs local-RBE, abundance, inferior variety and technology - by TZM activist|RBE10K/Concerns/global-RBE vs local-RBE, abundance, inferior variety and technology - by TZM activist]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Contributors" label="RBE10K/Contributors" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Contributors|RBE10K/Contributors]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Contributors/List" label="RBE10K/Contributors/List" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Contributors/List|RBE10K/Contributors/List]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Differences with other projects" label="RBE10K/Differences with other projects" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Differences with other projects|RBE10K/Differences with other projects]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Needs" label="RBE10K/Needs" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Needs|RBE10K/Needs]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Objectives" label="RBE10K/Objectives" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Objectives|RBE10K/Objectives]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Schedule" label="RBE10K/Schedule" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Schedule|RBE10K/Schedule]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Teams" label="RBE10K/Teams" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Teams|RBE10K/Teams]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Teams/Aid" label="RBE10K/Teams/Aid" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Teams/Aid|RBE10K/Teams/Aid]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Teams/List" label="RBE10K/Teams/List" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Teams/List|RBE10K/Teams/List]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBE10K/Teams/Needed" label="RBE10K/Teams/Needed" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBE10K/Teams/Needed|RBE10K/Teams/Needed]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="page-RBEM" label="RBEM" description="Translation of the wiki page [[Special:MyLanguage/RBEM|RBEM]]." class="WikiPageMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="!additions" label="Recent additions" description="This message group shows new and changed messages." class="RecentAdditionsMessageGroup" exists="1" />
      <group id="!recent" label="Recent translations" description="This message group shows all recent translations into this language.&#10;Most useful for the proofreading tasks." class="RecentMessageGroup" exists="1" />
    </messagegroups>
  </query>
</api>