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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="956" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Macduff" timestamp="2005-02-12T23:13:18Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Macduff" timestamp="2005-02-13T13:32:26Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="24.218.136.175" anon="" timestamp="2005-02-13T18:48:34Z" comment="add a new article link" />
          <rev user="Macduff" timestamp="2005-02-14T14:50:44Z" comment="added link to Entries page" />
          <rev user="Macduff" timestamp="2005-02-14T15:06:18Z" comment="" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="149" />
  </query-continue>
</api>