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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <logevents lestart="2018-08-10T20:53:01Z" />
  </query-continue>
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    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="437" prev="369" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="423" ns="0" title="Frequently asked questions" pageid="25" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Favyen Bastani" timestamp="2021-02-24T20:20:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="436" prev="430" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="435" prev="418" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="421" ns="0" title="API" pageid="24" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Favyen Bastani" timestamp="2018-12-17T23:15:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="434" prev="397" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="420" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Favyen Bastani" timestamp="2018-12-08T03:28:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="433" prev="432" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="419" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Favyen Bastani" timestamp="2018-11-30T17:45:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="432" prev="431" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="418" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Favyen Bastani" timestamp="2018-11-30T17:45:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="431" prev="425" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="417" ns="0" title="Frequently asked questions" pageid="25" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Favyen Bastani" timestamp="2018-08-10T20:57:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="430" prev="429" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>