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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1063" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Balzac" timestamp="2006-09-30T08:57:05Z" comment="updated front page" />
          <rev user="Balzac" timestamp="2007-04-22T08:11:52Z" comment="Updated" />
          <rev user="Balzac" timestamp="2007-04-22T08:27:07Z" comment="updated categories" />
          <rev user="Balzac" timestamp="2007-04-22T08:31:37Z" comment="Updates" />
          <rev user="Balzac" timestamp="2008-12-17T13:18:34Z" comment="Added bit about needing an email address" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="29581" />
  </query-continue>
</api>