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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20160920083839|232" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="242" ns="0" title="その他" pageid="82" logpage="82" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Harlan" timestamp="2025-02-12T04:11:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="306" prev="305" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="241" ns="0" title="その他" pageid="82" logpage="82" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Harlan" timestamp="2025-02-12T03:54:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="305" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="240" ns="0" title="メインページ" pageid="1" logpage="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Harlan" timestamp="2021-06-30T13:14:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="304" prev="303" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="239" ns="0" title="メインページ" pageid="1" logpage="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Harlan" timestamp="2019-02-27T14:00:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="303" prev="288" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="238" ns="2" title="利用者:Guest" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="21" type="newusers" action="create" user="Guest" timestamp="2019-02-27T13:51:54Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="237" ns="2" title="利用者:Zeiko" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="20" type="newusers" action="create" user="Zeiko" timestamp="2019-02-25T05:52:46Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="236" ns="2" title="利用者:げすと" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="19" type="newusers" action="create" user="げすと" timestamp="2018-01-07T08:59:40Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="235" ns="2" title="利用者:かしゅう" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="18" type="newusers" action="create" user="かしゅう" timestamp="2017-12-31T13:59:51Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="234" ns="2" title="利用者:らいみ" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="17" type="newusers" action="create" user="らいみ" timestamp="2017-08-23T13:31:14Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="233" ns="2" title="利用者:Rukoshiba" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="16" type="newusers" action="create" user="Rukoshiba" timestamp="2016-12-01T09:45:11Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>