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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20190717120026|338" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="348" ns="10" title="Template:Datasets" pageid="4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thm" timestamp="2026-01-12T15:23:46Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="398" prev="397" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="347" ns="10" title="Template:Datasets" pageid="4" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thm" timestamp="2026-01-12T15:22:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="397" prev="386" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="346" ns="2" title="User:Marvin" pageid="88" userid="13" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Thm" timestamp="2024-04-02T12:00:56Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="345" ns="2" title="User:Azdz" pageid="0" type="rights" action="rights" user="Jbauer" timestamp="2020-11-13T13:14:33Z" comment="Weil Johannes das so gesagt hat">
        <rights new="bureaucrat" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="344" ns="2" title="User:Azdz" pageid="0" userid="12" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Jg460" timestamp="2020-11-13T11:24:48Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="343" ns="0" title="IoT Device ID" pageid="85" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jbauer" timestamp="2019-08-05T07:25:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="385" prev="382" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="342" ns="0" title="Fieldbus traffic simulation logs" pageid="46" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sw674" timestamp="2019-07-22T15:22:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="384" prev="383" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="341" ns="0" title="Fieldbus traffic simulation logs" pageid="46" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sw674" timestamp="2019-07-22T15:21:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="383" prev="339" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="340" ns="0" title="IoT Device ID" pageid="85" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jbauer" timestamp="2019-07-17T12:01:46Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="382" prev="380" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="339" ns="2" title="User:Jbauer" pageid="86" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jbauer" timestamp="2019-07-17T12:01:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="381" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>