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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2020-05-21T08:51:08Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
      <item logid="1517" ns="0" title="Freeman Lake" pageid="578" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Greg Miller" timestamp="2022-07-11T14:42:20Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="772" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1516" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Greg Miller" timestamp="2022-07-11T14:36:52Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="771" prev="770" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1515" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Greg Miller" timestamp="2022-07-11T14:35:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="770" prev="766" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1514" ns="2" title="User:Glitterrat13" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="756" user="Glitterrat13" timestamp="2022-03-26T21:01:56Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="1513" ns="2" title="User:Billiarious" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="755" user="Billiarious" timestamp="2021-08-18T20:30:29Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="1512" ns="2" title="User:Ngoldring" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="754" user="Ngoldring" timestamp="2021-06-19T15:43:46Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="1511" ns="0" title="Ohio River" pageid="2" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Greg Miller" timestamp="2021-02-16T18:17:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="769" prev="754" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1510" ns="0" title="Elkhorn Creek" pageid="13" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Greg Miller" timestamp="2020-09-03T01:03:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="768" prev="132" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1509" ns="0" title="Harrods Creek" pageid="15" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Greg Miller" timestamp="2020-06-12T18:41:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="767" prev="759" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>