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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|4|Community_Portal" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="2024/08/03 Silver Spring, MD" />
          <pl ns="0" title="2024/08/17 Chicago, IL" />
          <pl ns="0" title="2024/09/01 Reno, NV" />
          <pl ns="0" title="2024 Tour: North American Tour Leg" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Five Finger Death Punch" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Instagram photo gallery archive (2024)" />
          <pl ns="0" title="MansonWiki" />
          <pl ns="0" title="MansonWiki:Hall of people who donate" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Marilyn Manson" />
          <pl ns="4" title="The Marilyn Manson Wiki:About" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>