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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20191213204525|220" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="230" prev="224" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="229" ns="0" title="Mailing Lists" pageid="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-11-19T09:07:50Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="229" prev="218" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="228" ns="0" title="Packages" pageid="5" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-11-19T09:07:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="228" prev="217" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="227" ns="0" title="GPG Key" pageid="4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-11-19T09:06:49Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="227" prev="9" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="226" ns="0" title="Usage" pageid="7" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-11-19T09:05:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="226" prev="213" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="225" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-11-19T09:05:19Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="225" prev="222" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="224" ns="0" title="IRC" pageid="6" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-11-09T01:02:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="224" prev="216" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="223" ns="4" title="Psychotic:General disclaimer" pageid="12" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-09-16T18:43:35Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="223" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="222" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2021-08-04T05:51:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="222" prev="221" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="221" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="John R. Dennison" timestamp="2020-06-28T08:29:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="221" prev="220" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>