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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20170723205125|252" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="262" ns="0" title="Scratchspace" pageid="35" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2022-07-04T12:43:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="266" prev="152" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="261" ns="0" title="Wyrmwood Library" pageid="91" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2022-07-04T12:28:45Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="265" prev="264" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="260" ns="0" title="Wyrmwood Library" pageid="91" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2022-07-04T12:28:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="264" prev="263" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="259" ns="0" title="Wyrmwood Library" pageid="91" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2022-07-04T11:32:24Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="263" prev="262" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="258" ns="0" title="Wyrmwood Library" pageid="91" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2022-07-04T11:31:52Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="262" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="257" ns="0" title="Boilerworks" pageid="67" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2017-07-23T21:37:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="261" prev="244" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="256" ns="0" title="Orgram" pageid="64" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2017-07-23T21:05:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="260" prev="247" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="255" ns="0" title="The White City" pageid="57" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2017-07-23T20:56:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="259" prev="153" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="254" ns="0" title="The Celenes" pageid="68" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2017-07-23T20:55:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="258" prev="255" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="253" ns="0" title="The Carnival" pageid="59" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Biotronic" timestamp="2017-07-23T20:51:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="257" prev="226" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>