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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="MediaWiki default" anon="" timestamp="2007-07-18T17:00:08Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Robert Gentel" timestamp="2007-07-18T18:27:02Z" comment="filler blurb test" />
          <rev user="Robert Gentel" timestamp="2007-07-18T18:27:35Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Robert Gentel" timestamp="2007-07-18T18:28:10Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Robert Gentel" timestamp="2007-07-18T18:49:56Z" comment="" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="1371" />
  </query-continue>
</api>