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<api>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1216" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="MediaWiki default" anon="" timestamp="2009-08-28T06:13:18Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Daniel Müllner" timestamp="2009-08-28T07:01:53Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Daniel Müllner" timestamp="2009-08-28T07:07:58Z" comment="Protected &quot;[[Main Page]]&quot; ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))" />
          <rev user="Diarmuid Crowley" timestamp="2009-09-17T10:42:33Z" comment="/* Write in the Manifold Atlas */" />
          <rev user="Diarmuid Crowley" timestamp="2009-09-17T20:41:24Z" comment="/* Welcome to the Manifold Atlas Project */" />
        </revisions>
      </page>
    </pages>
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</api>