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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2017-11-23T10:24:43Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1097" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Eric Stefanov" type="newusers" action="byemail" userid="101" user="Karl Kirst" timestamp="2024-10-09T19:13:49Z" comment="Benutzerkonto beantragt" />
      <item logid="1096" pageid="594" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Karl Kirst" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Karl Kirst" timestamp="2024-10-09T18:42:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2988" prev="1192" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1095" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Vincent Steinl" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-06-28T12:24:33Z" comment="">
        <rights new="" old="bureaucrat, sysop" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1094" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Franziska Knöppchen" type="rights" action="rights" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-06-28T12:24:14Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop, bureaucrat" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1093" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Benutzer:Franziska Knöppchen" type="newusers" action="byemail" userid="100" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-06-28T12:23:53Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="1092" pageid="0" ns="2" title="Benutzer:ZUM-Team" type="newusers" action="create2" userid="99" user="Karl Kirst" timestamp="2018-06-09T15:36:00Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="1091" pageid="861" ns="4" title="Werkstatt schulentwicklung.digital:Datenschutz" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Karl Kirst" timestamp="2018-05-24T22:09:10Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2814" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1090" pageid="860" ns="6" title="Datei:Team.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Arne Brix" timestamp="2017-11-23T12:46:59Z" comment="User created page with UploadWizard" />
      <item logid="1089" pageid="859" ns="6" title="Datei:Schüler.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Arne Brix" timestamp="2017-11-23T12:46:59Z" comment="User created page with UploadWizard" />
      <item logid="1088" pageid="858" ns="6" title="Datei:Veraltete Medientechnik an Schulen.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Arne Brix" timestamp="2017-11-23T12:46:56Z" comment="User created page with UploadWizard" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>