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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2022-02-21T10:30:57Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="732" pageid="2817" ns="0" title="ROD rota" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Andrew Mcnab 40269d547a" timestamp="2022-06-05T09:36:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21221" prev="21220" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="731" pageid="2817" ns="0" title="ROD rota" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Andrew Mcnab 40269d547a" timestamp="2022-05-27T11:17:39Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21220" prev="21219" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="730" pageid="2817" ns="0" title="ROD rota" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Andrew Mcnab 40269d547a" timestamp="2022-05-27T11:17:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21219" prev="21218" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="729" pageid="2817" ns="0" title="ROD rota" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Andrew Mcnab 40269d547a" timestamp="2022-05-21T03:21:08Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21218" prev="21217" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="728" pageid="2817" ns="0" title="ROD rota" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Andrew Mcnab 40269d547a" timestamp="2022-05-13T21:47:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21217" prev="21216" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="727" pageid="2817" ns="0" title="ROD rota" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Andrew Mcnab 40269d547a" timestamp="2022-05-04T15:11:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="21216" prev="21137" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="726" pageid="4671" ns="6" title="File:At sign.png" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="ldco4izgshntto3j8wohf9bxl9mxomj" img_timestamp="2022-04-22T13:31:00Z" user="Gerard Hand 5177b94160" timestamp="2022-04-22T13:31:00Z" comment="At sign image used to obfuscate email addresses" />
      <item logid="725" pageid="4668" ns="0" title="NewUser" type="move" action="move" user="Timothy Noble 142318329a" timestamp="2022-04-14T13:15:05Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="RucioNewUsers" />
      </item>
      <item logid="724" pageid="4664" ns="6" title="File:VomsSnooper class.png" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="3ppnv0n80kl1zkukzrd38v2v5pxrlym" img_timestamp="2022-03-09T14:59:08Z" user="Gerard Hand 5177b94160" timestamp="2022-03-09T14:59:08Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="723" pageid="4663" ns="6" title="File:VomsSnooper.gif" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="t52pu4zfxh2wx5ggowc8t6e8oeu243f" img_timestamp="2022-03-09T14:51:26Z" user="Gerard Hand 5177b94160" timestamp="2022-03-09T14:51:26Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>