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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20240411061752|5185" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="9866" prev="9865" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="5191" ns="0" title="Rock3/hardware" pageid="1039" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hipboi" timestamp="2024-05-15T09:16:59Z" comment="">
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      </item>
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      <item logid="5188" ns="6" title="File:We5b.jpg" pageid="1496" type="delete" action="delete" user="Hipboi" timestamp="2024-05-09T04:01:46Z" comment="Deleted old revision 20240509040128!We5b.jpg" />
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      <item logid="5186" ns="0" title="Rock3/3c" pageid="1429" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Hipboi" timestamp="2024-04-19T01:39:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9860" prev="9653" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>