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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-04-14T08:56:22Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="914" prev="887" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="590" ns="2" title="User:Vaeltaja" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="49" user="Vaeltaja" timestamp="2019-12-21T12:21:34Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="589" ns="0" title="Driver Profile Settings" pageid="115" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bo3b admin" timestamp="2019-11-28T00:11:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="913" prev="910" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="588" ns="0" title="HelixMod Feature List" pageid="63" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bo3b admin" timestamp="2019-09-09T04:36:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="912" prev="911" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="587" ns="0" title="HelixMod Feature List" pageid="63" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bo3b admin" timestamp="2019-09-09T04:35:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="911" prev="889" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="586" ns="2" title="User:Kaimastah" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="48" user="Kaimastah" timestamp="2019-04-06T14:56:33Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="585" ns="6" title="File:TheBall002 050 - Copy.jpg" pageid="166" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="6b6pvlnsocbg25f1oio3c9pihdh8z6u" img_timestamp="2019-01-13T23:37:28Z" user="Dakobed" timestamp="2019-01-13T23:37:28Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="584" ns="2" title="User:Dakobed" pageid="167" type="newusers" action="create" userid="47" user="Dakobed" timestamp="2019-01-13T18:31:41Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="583" ns="0" title="Hot tips" pageid="51" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bo3b admin" timestamp="2018-12-03T05:08:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="902" prev="173" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="582" ns="0" title="List of glitches" pageid="2" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bo3b admin" timestamp="2018-08-07T01:26:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="901" prev="426" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>