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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-10-18T19:27:27Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1006" ns="0" title="Forside" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2019-10-12T20:14:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="992" prev="810" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1005" ns="0" title="Deltager liste 2017" pageid="0" type="move" action="move" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-25T06:32:39Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Deltager liste DHW17" suppressedredirect="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1004" ns="0" title="Åbningscermoni" pageid="11" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:36:50Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="990" prev="989" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1003" ns="0" title="Åbningscermoni" pageid="11" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:36:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="989" prev="823" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1002" ns="0" title="Transport økonomi" pageid="18" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:34:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="988" prev="987" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1001" ns="0" title="Transport økonomi" pageid="18" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:32:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="987" prev="986" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1000" ns="0" title="Transport økonomi" pageid="18" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:31:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="986" prev="979" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="999" ns="0" title="Transport tidsplan" pageid="44" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:29:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="985" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="998" ns="0" title="Transport tidsplan" pageid="44" type="move" action="move" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:28:35Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Transport tidsplan DHW17" suppressedredirect="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="997" ns="0" title="Deltager liste" pageid="43" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Troels Olesen" timestamp="2018-10-18T19:27:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="983" prev="982" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>