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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20240703132828|300" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="310" ns="0" title="Marketing Committee" pageid="913" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-09-25T19:27:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6575" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="309" ns="0" title="Communications" pageid="21" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-09-25T19:26:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6574" prev="6554" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="308" ns="0" title="Marketing Committee" pageid="913" type="delete" action="delete" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-09-25T19:24:24Z" comment="move to Communications Dept." />
      <item logid="307" ns="2" title="User:Dorland2" pageid="0" userid="20" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-08-22T14:03:53Z" comment="Comm. Chair." />
      <item logid="306" ns="2" title="User:Leedor" pageid="0" olduser="Leedor" newuser="Dorland" edits="0" type="renameuser" action="renameuser" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-08-18T14:42:50Z" comment="standardization" />
      <item logid="305" ns="2" title="User:Dorland" pageid="0" type="rights" action="rights" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-08-18T14:41:56Z" comment="">
        <rights new="" old="bureaucrat" />
      </item>
      <item logid="304" ns="2" title="User:Dorland" pageid="0" type="rights" action="rights" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-08-18T14:41:48Z" comment="">
        <rights new="bureaucrat" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="303" ns="2" title="User:Leedor" pageid="0" userid="19" type="newusers" action="byemail" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-08-16T17:59:53Z" comment="Committee Chair" />
      <item logid="302" ns="2" title="User:Hartwell" pageid="0" userid="18" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-07-04T18:25:59Z" comment="officer" />
      <item logid="301" ns="2" title="User:Jhartwell" pageid="0" type="block" action="block" user="Augustan admin" timestamp="2024-07-04T18:24:47Z" comment="cannot login">
        <block flags="nocreate,noemail" duration="infinite" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>