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      <item logid="8557" ns="0" title="Beknur Kissikov" pageid="8741" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Moderator" timestamp="2017-12-20T20:33:25Z" comment="">
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        <patrol cur="20270" prev="20251" auto="1" />
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      <item logid="8554" ns="0" title="&quot;Keep me logged in&quot; extended to one year/tr" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Moderator" timestamp="2017-10-20T17:23:05Z" comment="content was: &quot;&lt;languages/&gt; 16 Ağustos 2016 Salı günü saat 15.00 (Salı günü saat 08.00), oturum oturumlarını Vikimedia sitelerinde bir yıla kadar sürecek şekilde değiştireceğiz. Bu, yalnızca giriş ekranında &quot;{{int|userlogin-remembermy...&quot;" />
      <item logid="8553" ns="0" title="&quot;Keep me logged in&quot; extended to one year/it" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Moderator" timestamp="2017-10-20T17:22:57Z" comment="content was: &quot;&lt;languages/&gt; Da martedì 16 agosto 2016 alle 15:00 GMT (08:00 PDT) circa, nei siti Wikimedia sono state modificate le sessioni di &#039;&#039;login&#039;&#039; in modo che possano durare fino a un anno. Questo avrà effetto solo sugli utenti che selezionano...&quot;" />
      <item logid="8552" ns="0" title="&quot;Keep me logged in&quot; extended to one year/fr" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Moderator" timestamp="2017-10-20T17:22:31Z" comment="content was: &quot;&lt;languages/&gt; Le mardi 16 août 2016 vers 15h00 UTC nous avons changé les sessions de connexion pour qu&#039;elle durent un an sur les sites Wikimedia. Cela ne concerne que les utilisateurs ayant sélectionné l&#039;option « {{int|userlogin-reme...&quot;" />
      <item logid="8551" ns="0" title="Linkbuilding488" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Moderator" timestamp="2017-10-20T17:19:25Z" comment="content was: &quot;Linkbuilding can be tiresome bland and at circumstances it may appear to be a waste to power. However, as time passes it can be very successful acti...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/88.150.210.118|88.150.210.118]]&quot;)" />
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</api>