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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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    <querypage name="Ancientpages">
      <results>
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        <page value="20140212231710" timestamp="2014-02-12T23:17:10Z" ns="0" title="Pasting text into Editor" />
        <page value="20140212233942" timestamp="2014-02-12T23:39:42Z" ns="0" title="Editor content" />
        <page value="20140222014749" timestamp="2014-02-22T01:47:49Z" ns="0" title="Suggestions for locating images" />
        <page value="20140224181337" timestamp="2014-02-24T18:13:37Z" ns="0" title="Live performance article overview" />
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        <page value="20150107223406" timestamp="2015-01-07T22:34:06Z" ns="0" title="Publishing Checklist" />
        <page value="20150213213601" timestamp="2015-02-13T21:36:01Z" ns="0" title="PSA Scripting" />
      </results>
    </querypage>
  </query>
</api>