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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <logevents lecontinue="20260516201526|7540" />
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    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="15082" prev="15081" auto="1" />
      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="7546" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Moderator" timestamp="2026-05-16T20:21:49Z" comment="">
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="7544" ns="0" title="Ian Miller (basketball)" pageid="7526" type="import" action="upload" user="Moderator" timestamp="2026-05-16T20:15:27Z" comment="1 revision" />
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  </query>
</api>