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<api>
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    <logevents lestart="2018-01-12T08:18:10Z" />
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  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
      <item logid="3074" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Mar-Tanjaj" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="28" user="Mar-Tanjaj" timestamp="2018-03-31T14:09:49Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="3073" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Starfister" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create" userid="27" user="Starfister" timestamp="2018-02-11T12:44:15Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="3072" ns="0" title="Sternstein-System" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="JoelH" timestamp="2018-01-12T08:19:29Z" comment="Inhalt war: „#WEITERLEITUNG [[Sternstein]]“ (einziger Bearbeiter: [[Special:Contributions/JoelH|JoelH]])" />
      <item logid="3071" ns="0" title="Chronik des Universums" pageid="34" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="JoelH" timestamp="2018-01-12T08:19:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3091" prev="2987" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3070" ns="0" title="Sonnensysteme" pageid="97" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="JoelH" timestamp="2018-01-12T08:19:08Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3090" prev="3070" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3069" ns="0" title="STERNENFAUST II" pageid="155" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="JoelH" timestamp="2018-01-12T08:18:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3089" prev="3055" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3068" ns="0" title="Solare Welten" pageid="156" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="JoelH" timestamp="2018-01-12T08:18:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3088" prev="2988" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3067" ns="0" title="Kridan (Zyklus)" pageid="253" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="JoelH" timestamp="2018-01-12T08:18:24Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="3087" prev="3069" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>