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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="48" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Wikiroot" timestamp="2013-01-07T17:38:24Z" comment="Wikiroot moved page [[Main Page]] to [[Sykes NMR Wiki]] over redirect" />
          <rev user="Wikiroot" timestamp="2013-01-07T17:42:58Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Wikiroot" timestamp="2013-01-07T17:43:59Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Wikiroot" timestamp="2013-01-07T17:44:10Z" comment="Redirected page to [[Sykes NMR Wiki]]" />
          <rev user="Wikiroot" timestamp="2013-01-07T17:44:50Z" comment="" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvcontinue="105" />
  </query-continue>
</api>