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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20180526185832|6634" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="6641" ns="0" title="Wild Liger (Zoids Wild Anime)" pageid="2538" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Steve" timestamp="2018-08-11T01:28:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13327" prev="13326" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6640" ns="0" title="Wild Liger (Zoids Wild Anime)" pageid="2538" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Steve" timestamp="2018-08-11T01:08:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13326" prev="13321" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6639" ns="0" title="Zoids: New Century (Anime)" pageid="26" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Steve" timestamp="2018-08-11T00:38:58Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13325" prev="13181" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6638" ns="0" title="Helcat (Zoid)" pageid="1957" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Steve" timestamp="2018-08-08T21:15:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13324" prev="13054" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6637" ns="0" title="Gilraptor (Zoids Wild Anime)" pageid="2541" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Steve" timestamp="2018-05-26T19:02:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13323" prev="13319" auto="1" />
      </item>
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      <item logid="6635" ns="0" title="Wild Liger (Zoids Wild Anime)" pageid="2538" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Steve" timestamp="2018-05-26T18:58:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13321" prev="13305" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>