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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="12524" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Goldkatze94" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Fizzlybub" timestamp="2022-09-25T18:22:30Z" comment="">
        <param>702</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="12523" pageid="10960" ns="6" title="File:Map to the Sakura Tree.png" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-20T00:37:37Z" comment="Reverted to version as of 00:35, 20 June 2022" />
      <item logid="12522" pageid="10960" ns="6" title="File:Map to the Sakura Tree.png" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-20T00:37:22Z" comment="Reverted to version as of 00:36, 20 June 2022" />
      <item logid="12521" pageid="10960" ns="6" title="File:Map to the Sakura Tree.png" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-20T00:36:38Z" comment="Reverted to version as of 00:35, 20 June 2022" />
      <item logid="12520" pageid="10960" ns="6" title="File:Map to the Sakura Tree.png" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-20T00:36:15Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12519" pageid="10960" ns="6" title="File:Map to the Sakura Tree.png" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-20T00:35:39Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="12518" pageid="10965" ns="6" title="File:Map to the Sakura Tree Revised.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-20T00:24:21Z" comment="User created page with UploadWizard" />
      <item logid="12517" pageid="10964" ns="6" title="File:Zoushigaya Cemetery Maze C Map.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-19T23:43:45Z" comment="User created page with UploadWizard" />
      <item logid="12516" pageid="10963" ns="6" title="File:Zoushigaya Cemetery Maze A Map.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-19T23:43:45Z" comment="User created page with UploadWizard" />
      <item logid="12515" pageid="10962" ns="6" title="File:Zoushigaya Cemetery Maze B Map.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Merik2013" timestamp="2022-06-19T23:43:45Z" comment="User created page with UploadWizard" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2022-06-19T23:43:45Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>