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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rccontinue="20260904002338|18303" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
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      <rc type="new" ns="14" title="Category:People from Cleveland" pageid="6042" revid="17113" old_revid="0" rcid="18309" timestamp="2026-09-17T01:44:53Z" />
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      <rc type="new" ns="0" title="Stag clan" pageid="6040" revid="17111" old_revid="0" rcid="18307" timestamp="2026-09-17T01:30:04Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="The Abyss Stares Back" pageid="5936" revid="17110" old_revid="17102" rcid="18306" timestamp="2026-09-10T19:11:21Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Now Entering: Promise Junction" pageid="5278" revid="17109" old_revid="16144" rcid="18305" timestamp="2026-09-10T18:54:31Z" />
      <rc type="new" ns="14" title="Category:Lightning mephits" pageid="6039" revid="17108" old_revid="0" rcid="18304" timestamp="2026-09-04T00:30:46Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
</api>