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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="20426" pageid="11188" ns="0" title="List of ius sententiae dicendae" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus" timestamp="2026-01-20T23:21:24Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="63571" cur="63921" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20425" pageid="13907" ns="6" title="File:CIV-Gaius Catilius Catilina.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-16T20:21:50Z" comment="[[Category:Citizen photos]]" />
      <item logid="20424" pageid="0" ns="6" title="File:CIV-Gaius Catilius Catilina.jpeg" type="delete" action="delete" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-16T20:21:13Z" comment="Wrong File Type" />
      <item logid="20423" pageid="0" ns="6" title="File:CIV-Gaius Catilius Catilina.jpeg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-16T20:19:00Z" comment="[[Category:Citizen photos]]" />
      <item logid="20422" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Gaius Catilius Catilina" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-16T20:11:37Z" comment="Account Requested, password sent by e-mail">
        <param>446</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="20421" pageid="13905" ns="6" title="File:CIV-Decimus Cornelius Scipio.jpg" type="upload" action="upload" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-16T20:02:09Z" comment="[[Category:Citizen photos]]" />
      <item logid="20420" pageid="7811" ns="0" title="List of current senators" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-16T15:09:02Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="63893" cur="63902" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20419" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Lucius Aurelius Lepidus" type="rights" action="rights" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-13T14:14:34Z" comment="Quaestor - Edit permissions">
        <rights new="editor" old="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="20418" pageid="0" ns="2" title="User:Lucius Aurelius Lepidus" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Decimus Aurelius Ingeniarius" timestamp="2026-01-13T14:13:56Z" comment="Quaestor - New Account, password sent by e-mail">
        <param>445</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="20417" pageid="13904" ns="0" title="Provincia Thracia - History (Nova Roma)" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus" timestamp="2026-01-10T20:04:52Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="63896" cur="63897" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2026-01-10T20:04:34Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>