MediaWiki:Apihelp-json-param-ascii
If specified, encodes all non-ASCII using hexadecimal escape sequences. Default when formatversion is 1.
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If specified, encodes all non-ASCII using hexadecimal escape sequences. Default when formatversion is 1.