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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20140904140026|212" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="222" ns="2" title="利用者:Sysop" pageid="0" userid="4" type="newusers" action="create" user="Sysop" timestamp="2024-03-25T06:23:34Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="221" ns="2" title="利用者:そうまる" pageid="0" userid="3" type="newusers" action="create" user="そうまる" timestamp="2017-01-28T15:26:26Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="220" ns="2" title="利用者:Testes" pageid="0" userid="2" type="newusers" action="create" user="Testes" timestamp="2015-11-30T21:59:21Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="219" ns="0" title="メインページ" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Opadmin" timestamp="2015-04-27T15:20:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="447" prev="446" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="218" ns="0" title="メインページ" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Opadmin" timestamp="2015-04-27T15:20:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="446" prev="445" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="217" ns="0" title="メインページ" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Opadmin" timestamp="2015-04-27T15:19:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="445" prev="426" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="216" ns="0" title="メインページ" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Opadmin" timestamp="2014-09-04T16:35:17Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="426" prev="424" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="215" ns="0" title="Aaa" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Opadmin" timestamp="2014-09-04T14:19:25Z" comment="内容:「あ」(投稿者は「[[Special:Contributions/49.242.60.122|49.242.60.122]]」のみ)" />
      <item logid="214" ns="2" title="利用者:ErickItfengqvn" pageid="0" userid="3" type="newusers" action="create" user="そうまる" timestamp="2014-09-04T14:02:25Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="213" ns="0" title="メインページ" pageid="1" type="protect" action="protect" user="Opadmin" timestamp="2014-09-04T14:01:09Z" comment="">
        <param>‎[edit=sysop] (無期限)‎[move=sysop] (無期限)</param>
        <param />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>