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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="351" pageid="0" ns="0" title="Octave Vandendriessche" type="move" action="move" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-07-15T16:27:52Z" comment="originally misnamed (?) as Octave">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Octavius Vandendriessche" suppressedredirect="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="350" pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-07-15T16:26:11Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1048" prev="927" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="349" pageid="188" ns="0" title="Rose Budai" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-07-15T16:24:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1047" prev="760" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="348" pageid="0" ns="6" title="File:Ramona.jpg" type="move" action="move" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-07-15T16:21:07Z" comment="misidentified as Ramona">
        <move new_ns="6" new_title="File:Joanna.jpg" suppressedredirect="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="347" pageid="126" ns="10" title="Template:Vandendriessche family tree" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-07-15T16:18:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1045" prev="914" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="346" pageid="280" ns="6" title="File:JoeNDeloreswedding.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Lynda" timestamp="2018-07-03T21:40:11Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="345" pageid="273" ns="6" title="File:Joe Van.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Lynda" timestamp="2018-07-02T11:04:53Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="344" pageid="272" ns="6" title="File:Johann obit.jpeg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Lynda" timestamp="2018-05-19T19:15:22Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="343" pageid="271" ns="6" title="File:Ben&amp;Marg Wedding photo.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Lynda" timestamp="2018-05-18T18:41:37Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="342" pageid="270" ns="6" title="File:Kollinfamily.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Lynda" timestamp="2018-05-18T18:40:39Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-05-18T18:40:25Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>