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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1542" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="1146488768" timestamp="2006-05-01T12:55:47Z" />
          <rev user="Graybeard" timestamp="2006-05-01T23:10:10Z" comment="Rvt, de-spam" />
          <rev user="1147373464" timestamp="2006-05-11T18:39:28Z" />
          <rev user="Spiketail" timestamp="2006-05-12T00:29:56Z" comment="Reverted edit of 1147373464, changed back to last version by Graybeard" />
          <rev user="Graybeard" timestamp="2006-08-27T17:42:31Z" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="3559" />
  </query-continue>
</api>