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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2017-03-23T06:16:43Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="14673" prev="7898" auto="1" />
      </item>
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      <item logid="4668" ns="2" title="User:Goblyn" pageid="3401" type="newusers" action="create" userid="256" user="Goblyn" timestamp="2019-01-22T03:10:00Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4667" ns="6" title="File:Crowletter.jpg" pageid="3400" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="b0m8lmpr50pokj1arlt4wsi9rx2pgfr" img_timestamp="2018-11-26T02:08:02Z" user="Niabh" timestamp="2018-11-26T02:08:02Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4666" ns="2" title="User:Khalidan Steyr" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="255" user="Khalidan Steyr" timestamp="2018-11-25T19:15:46Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4665" ns="6" title="File:BenedictRaven.jpeg" pageid="3398" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="ekl1odlvynlqnn4ledhhn914bd1jlxf" img_timestamp="2018-04-15T00:48:02Z" user="Niabh" timestamp="2018-04-15T00:48:02Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4664" ns="6" title="File:Auri-placeholder.png" pageid="3384" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="8i00yfyadltzrsgef94d86p876gvi1a" img_timestamp="2017-04-18T23:33:30Z" user="Niabh" timestamp="2017-04-18T23:33:30Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4663" ns="2" title="User:WetBeard" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="254" user="WetBeard" timestamp="2017-04-13T01:48:45Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>