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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <logevents lecontinue="20211227104017|3794" />
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="5585" prev="5584" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3800" ns="0" title="Fundstellen in Ägypten" pageid="8" logpage="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ederieker" timestamp="2023-10-20T12:43:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5584" prev="5583" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3799" ns="0" title="Fundstellen in Ägypten" pageid="8" logpage="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ederieker" timestamp="2023-10-20T12:43:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5583" prev="5582" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3798" ns="0" title="Fundstellen in Ägypten" pageid="8" logpage="8" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ederieker" timestamp="2023-10-20T12:42:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5582" prev="5552" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3797" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="0" logpage="1" type="delete" action="delete" user="Adminsteinzeit" timestamp="2023-07-06T16:15:16Z" comment="Inhalt war: „&#039;&#039;&#039;MediaWiki has been successfully installed.&#039;&#039;&#039;  Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User&#039;s Guide] for information on using the wik…“ (einziger Bearbeiter: [[Special:Contributions/MediaWiki default|MediaWiki default]])" />
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        <patrol cur="5581" prev="5580" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3795" ns="0" title="Hauptseite" pageid="1572" logpage="1572" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Ederieker" timestamp="2022-04-04T16:56:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5580" prev="5388" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>