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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20230211130004|5886" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="8641" prev="4207" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <move new_ns="6" new_title="Datei:Delete Fjaellgard Halmarsdottir.png" />
      </item>
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      <item logid="5892" ns="6" title="Datei:FjaellgardHalmarsdottir 250px.png" pageid="2889" logpage="2886" type="move" action="move" user="Fjaellgard Halmarsdottir" timestamp="2023-11-21T15:59:58Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="6" new_title="Datei:FjaellgardHalmarsdottir.png" />
      </item>
      <item logid="5891" ns="6" title="Datei:Fjaellgard Halmarsdottir.png" pageid="2891" logpage="2888" img_sha1="j7mfwv0t6x1l8wou88vakmvbtiy0lan" img_timestamp="2023-11-21T15:47:33Z" type="upload" action="upload" user="Fjaellgard Halmarsdottir" timestamp="2023-11-21T15:47:33Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="5890" ns="6" title="Datei:FjaellgardHalmarsdottir 250px.png" pageid="2889" logpage="2886" img_sha1="j7mfwv0t6x1l8wou88vakmvbtiy0lan" img_timestamp="2023-11-21T15:33:21Z" type="upload" action="upload" user="Fjaellgard Halmarsdottir" timestamp="2023-11-21T15:33:21Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="5889" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Fjaellgard Halmarsdottir" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="216" type="newusers" action="create" user="Fjaellgard Halmarsdottir" timestamp="2023-11-21T15:13:58Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="5888" ns="6" title="Datei:Kesvinn.png" pageid="2885" logpage="2885" img_sha1="lj9foa9x4bmwgy0vqlwhzjzb37x9xo1" img_timestamp="2023-08-05T19:14:55Z" type="upload" action="upload" user="Kesvinn" timestamp="2023-08-05T19:14:55Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="5887" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Kesvinn" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="215" type="newusers" action="create" user="Kesvinn" timestamp="2023-06-13T17:43:47Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>