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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20200416123610|17527" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="79018" prev="0" auto="0" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17534" ns="2" title="Benutzer:AlexEF" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="3009" type="newusers" action="byemail" user="Kenobi98" timestamp="2022-10-09T20:23:34Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="17533" ns="10" title="Vorlage:News" pageid="986" logpage="986" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Kenobi98" timestamp="2022-10-09T20:20:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="79016" prev="79013" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17532" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Kenobi98" pageid="0" logpage="10146" type="delete" action="delete" user="Kenobi98" timestamp="2022-10-09T20:19:45Z" comment="Wunsch des Autors" />
      <item logid="17531" ns="10" title="Vorlage:News" pageid="986" logpage="986" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Caesar" timestamp="2022-02-03T21:00:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="79013" prev="78894" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17530" ns="3" title="Benutzer Diskussion:Sunreview" pageid="0" logpage="7819" type="delete" action="delete" user="Sunreview" timestamp="2021-10-10T19:47:55Z" comment="Persönliche Daten löschen" />
      <item logid="17529" ns="0" title="OGame-Skript" pageid="6184" logpage="6184" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Schumacher" timestamp="2020-09-04T13:09:17Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="79012" prev="78465" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17528" ns="0" title="Changelog Redesign" pageid="8574" logpage="8574" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Honor Harrington" timestamp="2020-04-16T12:36:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="79011" prev="79010" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>