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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1403" action="patrol" ns="0" title="Hauptseite" pageid="1" type="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2017-08-07T10:36:24Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="9288" prev="8544" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1402" action="delete" ns="0" title="Go-Unterricht bei Ryo Kato" pageid="0" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2017-08-07T10:36:02Z" comment="Unterricht wird nicht mehr angeboten." />
      <item logid="1401" action="delete" ns="1" title="Diskussion:Fotos" pageid="0" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2009-06-22T18:50:00Z" comment="Spam" />
      <item logid="1400" action="delete" ns="9" title="MediaWiki Diskussion:Addgroup" pageid="0" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2009-06-22T18:49:05Z" comment="Spam" />
      <item logid="35" action="delete" ns="4" title="GoVB:Geschützte Seiten" pageid="1537" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2009-01-19T11:33:04Z" comment="Spam" />
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      <item logid="33" action="delete" ns="9" title="MediaWiki Diskussion:Newpage" pageid="1534" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2009-01-14T08:11:52Z" comment="Spam" />
      <item logid="32" action="delete" ns="9" title="MediaWiki Diskussion:Newpage" pageid="1534" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2009-01-11T16:44:50Z" comment="Spam" />
      <item logid="31" action="delete" ns="9" title="MediaWiki Diskussion:Newpage" pageid="1534" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2008-12-30T01:54:03Z" comment="Spam" />
      <item logid="30" action="delete" ns="9" title="MediaWiki Diskussion:Newpage" pageid="1534" type="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2008-12-26T15:29:45Z" comment="Spam" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2008-12-21T16:38:21Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>