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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20211018182617|1125" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <patrol cur="1133" prev="1097" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1134" ns="0" title="Accueil" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sysop" timestamp="2022-05-03T10:08:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1132" prev="1131" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1133" ns="0" title="Accueil" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sysop" timestamp="2022-05-03T10:05:24Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1131" prev="1101" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1132" ns="0" title="Ouverture au domaine de l&#039;&quot;étendu&quot;" pageid="194" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sysop" timestamp="2021-10-18T22:51:15Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1130" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1131" ns="0" title="Diktyocène mnématique" pageid="190" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sysop" timestamp="2021-10-18T18:31:39Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1129" prev="1128" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1130" ns="0" title="Diktyocène mnématique" pageid="190" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sysop" timestamp="2021-10-18T18:31:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1128" prev="1125" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1129" ns="0" title="Un format pour la recherche hors-murs ?" pageid="193" type="move" action="move" user="Sysop" timestamp="2021-10-18T18:30:39Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Un format pour la Recherche Hors-Murs ?" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1128" ns="0" title="Diktyocène mnématique" pageid="190" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sysop" timestamp="2021-10-18T18:30:06Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1125" prev="1119" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1127" ns="0" title="Un format de la recheche hors-murs ?" pageid="192" type="move" action="move" user="Sysop" timestamp="2021-10-18T18:29:42Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Un format pour la recherche hors-murs ?" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1126" ns="0" title="Un format de la recheche hors-murs ?" pageid="192" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Sysop" timestamp="2021-10-18T18:27:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1122" prev="1121" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>