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<api>
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      <item logid="286" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Thc35" type="rights" action="rights" user="WikiSysop" timestamp="2013-05-20T16:09:55Z" comment="can now edit things">
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      </item>
      <item logid="285" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Thc35" type="newusers" action="create2" user="WikiSysop" timestamp="2013-05-20T16:08:50Z" comment="">
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      <item logid="284" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Ebotee" type="block" action="block" user="WikiSysop" timestamp="2012-08-30T19:15:43Z" comment="">
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      <item logid="283" pageid="412" ns="0" title="Medical Informatics Pioneers" type="move" action="move" user="Mcgrew" timestamp="2012-08-16T19:07:49Z" comment="Different word.  Can&#039;t you read?">
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      </item>
      <item logid="282" pageid="408" ns="0" title="Ruth Dayoff" type="move" action="move" user="Mcgrew" timestamp="2012-06-15T16:05:58Z" comment="misspelled the name">
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