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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvcontinue="508" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="8" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Manitougs" timestamp="2010-05-25T22:07:59Z" comment="Created page with &#039;Brainstorming about the classification of the wiki-categories:  Kategories:      * First Time User     * Downloads     * Installation           o providerspecific?      * First s…&#039;" />
          <rev user="Manitougs" timestamp="2010-05-25T22:10:02Z" comment="typo" />
          <rev user="Xtra" timestamp="2010-06-01T01:02:45Z" comment="translated German version over and moved previous content to discussion page where it belongs." />
          <rev user="BugBuster" timestamp="2010-08-14T16:07:57Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Manitougs" timestamp="2011-02-13T12:10:17Z" comment="new main page" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>