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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="2010-01-21T20:53:23Z" />
          <rev user="121.91.214.254" anon="" timestamp="2010-01-22T01:12:03Z" comment="Linked up a test page." />
          <rev user="Farbs" timestamp="2010-02-15T12:56:25Z" comment="Nice new welcome screen. Why not?" />
          <rev user="Farbs" timestamp="2010-02-16T01:19:09Z" comment="Futzing. Adding a clear direction for initial exploration. Just playing really though." />
          <rev user="Farbs" timestamp="2010-02-16T04:00:01Z" comment="Testing hotspot saving/loading" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="22" />
  </query-continue>
</api>