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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="8" ns="0" title="Email bounce" pageid="6" logpage="6" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2020-07-13T18:31:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="7" ns="4" title="NC Pilgrimage Wiki:About" pageid="5" logpage="5" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2017-05-12T18:10:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="8" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6" ns="0" title="Email bounces" pageid="4" logpage="4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2015-10-29T01:49:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7" prev="6" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="5" ns="0" title="Email bounces" pageid="4" logpage="4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2015-10-29T01:16:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4" ns="6" title="File:CaptchaPage.png" pageid="3" logpage="0" type="upload" action="upload" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2014-04-09T12:38:39Z" comment="Screenshot of the initial Captcha page." />
      <item logid="3" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" logpage="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2014-04-09T12:17:31Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4" prev="1" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2" ns="0" title="User roles" pageid="2" logpage="2" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2013-12-21T16:40:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3" prev="2" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1" ns="0" title="User roles" pageid="2" logpage="2" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Aceberle" timestamp="2013-12-21T16:40:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>