diff --git a/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore b/docs/plugins/tmpl/.gitignore
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-*.bak
-*-unused.sgml
diff --git a/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-gnomevfssink.sgml b/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-gnomevfssink.sgml
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-<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
-gnomevfssink
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
-<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="element-gnomevfssink-details.xml" />
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### -->
-
-
diff --git a/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-multifdsink.sgml b/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-multifdsink.sgml
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index 6d40e96036..0000000000
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-<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
-multifdsink
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
-Send data to multiple filedescriptors
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
-<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="element-multifdsink-details.xml" />
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### STRUCT GstMultiFdSink ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@element: 
-@bytes_to_serve: 
-@bytes_served: 
-@clientslock: 
-@clients: 
-@fd_hash: 
-@mode: 
-@fdset: 
-@control_sock: 
-@streamheader: 
-@previous_buffer_in_caps: 
-@protocol: 
-@mtu: 
-@bufqueue: 
-@running: 
-@thread: 
-@unit_type: 
-@units_max: 
-@units_soft_max: 
-@recover_policy: 
-@timeout: 
-@sync_method: 
-@buffers_queued: 
-@bytes_queued: 
-@time_queued: 
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstMultiFdSinkFlags ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_MULTIFDSINK_OPEN: 
-@GST_MULTIFDSINK_FLAG_LAST: 
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstRecoverPolicy ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_RECOVER_POLICY_NONE: 
-@GST_RECOVER_POLICY_RESYNC_START: 
-@GST_RECOVER_POLICY_RESYNC_SOFT: 
-@GST_RECOVER_POLICY_RESYNC_KEYFRAME: 
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstSyncMethod ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_SYNC_METHOD_NONE: 
-@GST_SYNC_METHOD_WAIT: 
-@GST_SYNC_METHOD_BURST: 
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstUnitType ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_UNIT_TYPE_BUFFERS: 
-@GST_UNIT_TYPE_TIME: 
-@GST_UNIT_TYPE_BYTES: 
-
-<!-- ##### ENUM GstClientStatus ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@GST_CLIENT_STATUS_OK: 
-@GST_CLIENT_STATUS_CLOSED: 
-@GST_CLIENT_STATUS_REMOVED: 
-@GST_CLIENT_STATUS_SLOW: 
-@GST_CLIENT_STATUS_ERROR: 
-@GST_CLIENT_STATUS_DUPLICATE: 
-
diff --git a/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-tcpserversink.sgml b/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-tcpserversink.sgml
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-<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
-tcpserversink
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
-Send data as a server over the network via TCP
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
-<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="element-tcpserversink-details.xml" />
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### STRUCT GstTCPServerSink ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@element: 
-@server_port: 
-@host: 
-@server_sin: 
-@server_sock: 
-
diff --git a/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-vorbisenc.sgml b/docs/plugins/tmpl/element-vorbisenc.sgml
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-<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
-vorbisenc
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
-Encodes audio in Vorbis format
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
-<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="element-vorbisenc-details.xml" />
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-<!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### -->
-
-
-<!-- ##### STRUCT GstVorbisEnc ##### -->
-<para>
-
-</para>
-
-@element: 
-@sinkpad: 
-@srcpad: 
-@vi: 
-@vc: 
-@vd: 
-@vb: 
-@eos: 
-@managed: 
-@bitrate: 
-@min_bitrate: 
-@max_bitrate: 
-@quality: 
-@quality_set: 
-@channels: 
-@frequency: 
-@samples_in: 
-@bytes_out: 
-@tags: 
-@setup: 
-@header_sent: 
-@last_message: 
-