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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <general mainpage="Hauptseite" base="http://wiki.derliterflaschenserver.net/index.php?title=Hauptseite" sitename="1,5 Liter Flasche - Wiki" generator="MediaWiki 1.19.1" phpversion="5.3.28" phpsapi="cgi-fcgi" dbtype="mysql" dbversion="5.7.16-log" case="first-letter" rights="Creative Commons „Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen“" lang="de" fallback8bitEncoding="windows-1252" writeapi="" timezone="Asia/Kuwait" timeoffset="180" articlepath="/index.php?title=$1" scriptpath="" script="/index.php" variantarticlepath="" server="http://wiki.derliterflaschenserver.net" wikiid="mediawiki-mw_" time="2024-11-21T10:22:04Z">
      <fallback>
        <lang code="en" />
      </fallback>
    </general>
  </query>
</api>