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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-08-29T00:46:20Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="14021" ns="0" title="Harold Edward Quinlan" pageid="19" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2022-11-23T01:04:45Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21726" prev="21725" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14020" ns="0" title="Harold Edward Quinlan" pageid="19" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2022-11-23T00:59:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21725" prev="21597" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14019" ns="0" title="Giovanni Ruffini" pageid="5" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2022-10-24T14:36:54Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21724" prev="21723" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14018" ns="0" title="Giovanni Ruffini" pageid="5" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2022-10-24T14:36:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21723" prev="21328" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14017" ns="0" title="Caroline (or Celia) Kimer Davis" pageid="130" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2021-05-06T17:44:31Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21722" prev="21149" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14016" ns="0" title="Girolamo Ruffinu" pageid="366" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2020-02-12T01:03:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21721" prev="21355" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14015" ns="2" title="User:Karen" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="byemail" userid="5289" user="Admin" timestamp="2020-01-22T13:44:19Z" comment="To let Karen do edits." />
      <item logid="14014" ns="0" title="Karen Ruffini" pageid="240" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2020-01-22T13:41:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21720" prev="510" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14013" ns="0" title="Domenico Ruffino" pageid="367" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-09-23T02:28:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21718" prev="21356" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="14012" ns="0" title="Michael Levy" pageid="7534" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-09-01T02:17:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21717" prev="21410" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>