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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2019-05-31T11:11:30Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="17810" action="patrol" ns="0" title="High priests" pageid="174" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2022-10-17T23:47:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6162" prev="6160" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17809" action="patrol" ns="0" title="Thematic Variation" pageid="530" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2022-09-01T03:52:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6161" prev="6117" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17808" action="patrol" ns="0" title="High priests" pageid="174" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2022-08-03T22:55:41Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6160" prev="6159" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17807" action="patrol" ns="0" title="High priests" pageid="174" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2022-08-03T22:55:12Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6159" prev="6155" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17806" action="patrol" ns="0" title="Agoraphobia" pageid="5" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2022-08-02T12:58:29Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6158" prev="5420" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17805" action="patrol" ns="0" title="Faith Rods/Bestowal Costs" pageid="477" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2022-08-02T12:57:52Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6157" prev="6110" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17804" action="patrol" ns="0" title="Divine Vestments" pageid="645" type="patrol" user="Persephone" timestamp="2022-06-29T18:22:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6156" prev="5611" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17803" action="patrol" ns="0" title="High priests" pageid="174" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2022-03-16T12:18:28Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6155" prev="6126" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17802" action="patrol" ns="0" title="High priests" pageid="174" type="patrol" user="Charon" timestamp="2020-07-22T08:02:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6126" prev="6115" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="17801" action="rights" ns="2" title="User:New" pageid="0" type="rights" user="Kloke" timestamp="2019-11-10T16:07:37Z" comment="Unable to edit more than once.">
        <rights new="validated" old="" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>