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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-12-04T21:36:40Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="2089" ns="2" title="User:PurpleHootis" pageid="352" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PurpleHootis" timestamp="2023-08-07T16:34:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2275" prev="2268" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2088" ns="0" title="Nagul Graveyard" pageid="798" type="move" action="move" user="PurpleHootis" timestamp="2020-04-22T18:09:23Z" comment="Change the name">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="The Old Graveyard" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2087" ns="0" title="Nagul Graveyard" pageid="798" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PurpleHootis" timestamp="2020-04-22T18:08:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2272" prev="2271" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2086" ns="0" title="Nagul Graveyard" pageid="798" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PurpleHootis" timestamp="2020-04-22T18:04:50Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2271" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2085" ns="0" title="Deathchat" pageid="0" type="move" action="move" user="PurpleHootis" timestamp="2020-04-20T16:05:11Z" comment="Change name, adding Space">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Death Chat" suppressedredirect="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2084" ns="0" title="Deathchat" pageid="0" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PurpleHootis" timestamp="2020-04-20T16:02:40Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2269" prev="1627" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2083" ns="2" title="User:PurpleHootis" pageid="352" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PurpleHootis" timestamp="2019-07-17T21:12:30Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2268" prev="2237" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2082" ns="14" title="Category:Experience" pageid="139" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Borkweb" timestamp="2018-12-04T21:56:39Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2267" prev="811" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2081" ns="0" title="Goblin Encampent" pageid="796" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Borkweb" timestamp="2018-12-04T21:45:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2266" prev="2265" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2080" ns="0" title="Goblin Encampent" pageid="796" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Borkweb" timestamp="2018-12-04T21:44:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2265" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>