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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1609" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="JimTittsler" timestamp="2013-03-13T03:35:41Z" comment="remove read only wikis from the &quot;in other languages&quot; navbar" />
          <rev user="JimTittsler" timestamp="2013-02-20T22:20:51Z" comment="point to self-directed OCL4Ed materials, update verb tenses" />
          <rev user="JimTittsler" timestamp="2012-10-12T20:04:12Z" comment="Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Wikirandy|Wikirandy]] ([[User talk:Wikirandy|Talk]]) to last revision by [[User:Mackiwg|Mackiwg]]" />
          <rev user="Wikirandy" timestamp="2012-10-12T14:32:45Z" />
          <rev user="Mackiwg" timestamp="2012-09-17T02:21:11Z" comment="typo" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvstartid="811141" />
  </query-continue>
</api>