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      <item logid="1608" ns="4" title="Simultan:Bücher/proximités" pageid="1373" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:06:38Z" comment="">
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      </item>
      <item logid="1607" ns="0" title="Laurence Lanier" pageid="1372" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:06:14Z" comment="">
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      <item logid="1606" ns="0" title="Rue Aliénor" pageid="1378" type="move" action="move" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:05:57Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Laurence Lanier" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1605" ns="0" title="Laurence Lanier" pageid="1372" type="delete" action="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:05:40Z" comment="Inhalt war: „Thème&amp;nbsp;: L&#039;identité   Forme&amp;nbsp;: roman par lettres / récit   Personnages&amp;nbsp;: deux adolescentes, des amies d&#039;enfance (18 ans)   Premier texte&amp;nbsp;: Extra…“ (einziger Bearbeiter: [[Special:Contributions/Laurencel|Laurencel]])" />
      <item logid="1604" ns="0" title="Arthur Brügger" pageid="1371" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:05:05Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7729" prev="7727" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1603" ns="0" title="Le roman inachevé" pageid="1377" type="move" action="move" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:04:53Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Arthur Brügger" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1602" ns="0" title="Arthur Brügger" pageid="1371" type="delete" action="delete" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:04:13Z" comment="Inhalt war: „Etudiant de première année à l&#039;ILS.&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;   J&#039;ai créé le personnage de [[:Category:Thomas|Thomas]].“ (einziger Bearbeiter: [[Special:Contributions/Arthurb|Arthurb]])" />
      <item logid="1601" ns="0" title="Leïla Pellet" pageid="1370" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:03:50Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7726" prev="7724" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1600" ns="0" title="Le beau mort" pageid="1376" type="move" action="move" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:03:36Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="Leïla Pellet" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1599" ns="0" title="Pablo Jakob" pageid="1369" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2012-05-08T20:03:03Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="7723" prev="7721" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>