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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20260904002338|16744" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="17116" prev="17115" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="17115" prev="17110" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="17114" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16750" ns="14" title="Category:People from Cleveland" pageid="6042" logpage="6042" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dewelar" timestamp="2026-09-17T01:44:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="17113" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16749" ns="0" title="Dinky" pageid="6041" logpage="6041" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dewelar" timestamp="2026-09-17T01:44:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="17112" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16748" ns="0" title="Stag clan" pageid="6040" logpage="6040" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dewelar" timestamp="2026-09-17T01:30:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="17111" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16747" ns="0" title="The Abyss Stares Back" pageid="5936" logpage="5936" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dewelar" timestamp="2026-09-10T19:11:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="17110" prev="17102" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16746" ns="0" title="Now Entering: Promise Junction" pageid="5278" logpage="5278" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dewelar" timestamp="2026-09-10T18:54:31Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="17109" prev="16144" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16745" ns="14" title="Category:Lightning mephits" pageid="6039" logpage="6039" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Phichta" timestamp="2026-09-04T00:30:46Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="17108" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>