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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2017-06-16T15:32:58Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="16443" pageid="10319" ns="0" title="Голубев Виктор Максимович" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:44:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13705" prev="13704" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16442" pageid="10319" ns="0" title="Голубев Виктор Максимович" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:43:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13704" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16441" pageid="10318" ns="6" title="Файл:Golubev-vm.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:43:26Z" comment="Голубев Виктор Максимович" />
      <item logid="16440" pageid="10317" ns="0" title="Хрюкин Тимофей Тимофеевич" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:40:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13702" prev="13701" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16439" pageid="10317" ns="0" title="Хрюкин Тимофей Тимофеевич" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:39:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13701" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16438" pageid="10316" ns="6" title="Файл:Hryukin-tt.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:38:46Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="16437" pageid="2530" ns="0" title="Баклан Андрей Яковлевич" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:37:15Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13699" prev="13698" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16436" pageid="2530" ns="0" title="Баклан Андрей Яковлевич" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:36:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13698" prev="4757" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="16435" pageid="10315" ns="6" title="Файл:Baklan-aya.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:36:16Z" comment="Баклан Андрей Яковлевич" />
      <item logid="16434" pageid="10314" ns="0" title="Иванов Леонид Петрович" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Bask" timestamp="2017-06-16T15:33:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="13696" prev="13695" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>