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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="16985" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Paulehoffman" type="newusers" action="create" user="Paulehoffman" timestamp="2023-12-08T23:53:54Z" comment="">
        <param>445</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="16984" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:KitsumiTheFox" type="newusers" action="create" user="KitsumiTheFox" timestamp="2023-11-28T00:04:43Z" comment="">
        <param>444</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="16983" pageid="11717" ns="2" title="User:Partyspace" type="newusers" action="create" user="Partyspace" timestamp="2023-11-17T16:09:30Z" comment="">
        <param>443</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="16982" pageid="11714" ns="0" title="Empty Pic" type="move" action="move" user="Jsummers" timestamp="2023-11-12T16:49:08Z" comment="No use of &quot;Empty Pic&quot; found (except filenames).">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Empty Picture" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16981" pageid="11682" ns="14" title="Category:File formats with extension .frozen.RS" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dan Tobias" timestamp="2023-11-05T18:26:39Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="46230" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16980" pageid="11681" ns="14" title="Category:File formats with extension .shielded" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dan Tobias" timestamp="2023-11-05T18:26:19Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="46229" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16979" pageid="11680" ns="14" title="Category:File formats with extension .ecsbx" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Dan Tobias" timestamp="2023-11-05T18:21:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="46228" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16978" pageid="11656" ns="2" title="User:Secure Waste" type="newusers" action="create" user="Secure Waste" timestamp="2023-11-04T11:30:23Z" comment="">
        <param>442</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="16977" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Sharps waste services" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Sharpswaste" timestamp="2023-10-30T08:04:28Z" comment="">
        <param>441</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="16976" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Sharpswaste" type="newusers" action="create" user="Sharpswaste" timestamp="2023-10-30T07:56:56Z" comment="">
        <param>440</param>
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2023-10-28T22:18:37Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>