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<api>
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    <logevents>
      <item logid="3308" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Sbarbiers" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-04-25T11:58:55Z" comment="">
        <rights new="" old="sysop" />
      </item>
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        <rights new="sysop" old="" />
      </item>
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        <param>885</param>
      </item>
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      </item>
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        <param>884</param>
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        <patrol cur="2660" prev="2651" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="3301" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Philipp Stoeckle" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Admin" timestamp="2015-01-12T07:44:45Z" comment="">
        <param>883</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="3300" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Rosenkvist" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Admin" timestamp="2013-10-24T08:30:12Z" comment="password sent by e-mail">
        <param>882</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="3299" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Admin" type="usermerge" action="deleteuser" user="Admin" timestamp="2013-10-24T08:28:52Z" comment="">
        <param>Testjp</param>
        <param>881</param>
      </item>
    </logevents>
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</api>