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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2021-01-10T21:23:03Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="4987" ns="0" title="Sehyun Han" pageid="1324" type="move" action="move" user="Paul" timestamp="2023-05-03T01:48:55Z" comment="Create new page with data from old page">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Sei Han" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4986" ns="10" title="Template:Quotes" pageid="360" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Freds" timestamp="2022-11-19T18:44:17Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="5941" prev="5771" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4985" ns="2" title="User:MaikaH" pageid="0" type="rights" action="rights" user="Freds" timestamp="2022-06-09T16:04:44Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop, bureaucrat, manager" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4984" ns="2" title="User:MaikaH" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="create2" userid="47" user="Freds" timestamp="2022-06-09T16:02:26Z" comment="new admin" />
      <item logid="4983" ns="2" title="User:Maika" pageid="0" type="rights" action="rights" user="Freds" timestamp="2022-05-29T13:38:30Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop, bureaucrat, manager" old="sysop" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4982" ns="2" title="User:Maika" pageid="0" type="rights" action="rights" user="Freds" timestamp="2022-05-29T13:37:42Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4981" ns="2" title="User:Maika" pageid="0" type="newusers" action="byemail" userid="46" user="Freds" timestamp="2022-05-29T13:36:05Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4980" ns="2" title="User:Aarnav" pageid="0" type="block" action="block" user="Freds" timestamp="2022-05-29T13:32:57Z" comment="">
        <block duration="infinite" flags="nocreate" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4979" ns="6" title="File:KatieWang.jpg" pageid="1320" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="e9zps6tx2sdjy0lm8hqgibz8qhpxhq4" img_timestamp="2021-01-10T21:32:35Z" user="Tejas" timestamp="2021-01-10T21:32:35Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="4978" ns="6" title="File:DavidGabriel.jpg" pageid="1318" type="upload" action="upload" img_sha1="9emvgj2a1w47oyjhfs2ewl4c8jhduke" img_timestamp="2021-01-10T21:30:06Z" user="Tejas" timestamp="2021-01-10T21:30:06Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>