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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1377" pageid="716" ns="0" title="Testseite duke" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Duke" timestamp="2016-02-26T10:52:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1845" prev="1844" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="1844" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1375" pageid="668" ns="0" title="Vote" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Duke" timestamp="2016-02-25T13:19:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1843" prev="1842" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1374" pageid="668" ns="0" title="Vote" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Duke" timestamp="2016-02-25T13:17:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1842" prev="1841" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1373" pageid="668" ns="0" title="Vote" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Duke" timestamp="2016-02-25T13:05:52Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1841" prev="1798" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1372" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Benutzer:W00denaxe" type="rights" action="rights" user="Chtech" timestamp="2015-04-01T18:52:42Z" comment="">
        <rights new="bureaucrat" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1371" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Benutzer:W00denaxe" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Chtech" timestamp="2015-04-01T18:52:04Z" comment="">
        <param>25</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="1370" pageid="668" ns="0" title="Vote" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Duke" timestamp="2015-03-18T16:55:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1757" prev="1756" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1369" pageid="668" ns="0" title="Vote" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Duke" timestamp="2015-03-18T16:54:15Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1756" prev="1755" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1368" pageid="668" ns="0" title="Vote" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Duke" timestamp="2015-03-08T16:57:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1755" prev="1574" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2015-02-27T14:04:16Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>