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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20180724074936|6532" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="9069" prev="9068" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6538" ns="6" title="Datei:Walter Zeller Porträt.jpg" pageid="2495" type="delete" action="delete" user="Mirco Melone" timestamp="2018-10-23T11:10:01Z" comment="alte Version 20181023110425!Walter_Zeller_Porträt.jpg gelöscht: Duplikat" />
      <item logid="6537" ns="0" title="Walter Zeller" pageid="1251" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mirco Melone" timestamp="2018-10-23T11:07:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9068" prev="9067" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6536" ns="0" title="Walter Zeller" pageid="1251" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mirco Melone" timestamp="2018-10-23T11:06:58Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9067" prev="7458" auto="1" />
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      <item logid="6533" ns="0" title="Martin Birmann" pageid="649" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="René Quillet" timestamp="2018-07-24T07:55:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9064" prev="8881" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>