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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2021-07-30T12:46:48Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="7795" prev="7772" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2585" pageid="0" ns="0" title="Ryan" type="delete" action="delete" user="Ghostyperson" timestamp="2022-05-10T21:17:42Z" comment="Cleaning up duplicate pages: See User:Ryanp" />
      <item logid="2584" pageid="1333" ns="2" title="User:Kirefuga" type="rights" action="rights" user="Ghostyperson" timestamp="2022-04-08T11:36:59Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop, user+" old="bureaucrat, sysop, user+" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2583" pageid="1778" ns="0" title="Timeline" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ghostyperson" timestamp="2022-04-08T11:06:09Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7791" prev="7736" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2582" pageid="1470" ns="14" title="Category:The Capitol" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ghostyperson" timestamp="2022-03-12T12:17:03Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7790" prev="7788" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2581" pageid="1793" ns="0" title="ZeusTV" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ghostyperson" timestamp="2022-03-12T12:09:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7789" prev="7787" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2580" pageid="1470" ns="14" title="Category:The Capitol" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ghostyperson" timestamp="2022-03-12T12:07:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7788" prev="6681" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2579" pageid="1793" ns="0" title="ZeusTV" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ghostyperson" timestamp="2022-03-12T12:02:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7787" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2578" pageid="1791" ns="6" title="File:90tharena.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Celestials" timestamp="2022-02-08T07:40:10Z" comment="90th arena map" />
      <item logid="2577" pageid="1781" ns="6" title="File:88th map.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Fireflyz" timestamp="2021-07-31T16:38:18Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>