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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20230715042340|3310" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="3320" ns="1" title="Talk:2024 Server Migration" pageid="912" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vance" timestamp="2024-02-24T04:26:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4924" prev="4921" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3319" ns="0" title="2024 Server Migration" pageid="909" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vance" timestamp="2024-02-24T03:42:35Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4923" prev="4922" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3318" ns="0" title="2024 Server Migration" pageid="909" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vance" timestamp="2024-02-24T03:23:15Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4922" prev="4919" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3317" ns="2" title="User:Ldaberko" pageid="0" userid="1519" type="newusers" action="create" user="Ldaberko" timestamp="2024-02-15T23:08:29Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="3316" ns="0" title="2024 Server Migration" pageid="909" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vance" timestamp="2024-01-25T16:48:29Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4919" prev="4918" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3315" ns="0" title="2024 Server Migration" pageid="909" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vance" timestamp="2024-01-25T16:47:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4918" prev="4917" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3314" ns="0" title="2024 Server Migration" pageid="909" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vance" timestamp="2024-01-25T16:30:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4917" prev="4915" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3313" ns="0" title="2023 Server Migration" pageid="911" type="move" action="move" user="Vance" timestamp="2024-01-25T16:24:02Z" comment="actually not 2023">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="2024 Server Migration" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3312" ns="2" title="User:Tdr" pageid="910" type="move" action="move" user="Tdr" timestamp="2023-09-02T21:43:56Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="2" new_title="User:Media-wiki-hates-deleting-me-doesnt-sound-&quot;free&quot;" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3311" ns="0" title="2023 Server Migration" pageid="911" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Vance" timestamp="2023-07-15T07:15:42Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4911" prev="4910" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>