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      <item logid="186" ns="0" title="Patch 1.6" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:20:49Z" comment="content was: &quot;Top Guilds:  Horde:  *ALE (Converted to Zenith) *Internecion *Infiniti  *Hyperion  *Pain for Glory    Alliance:  *Brethren *VoA   *SMACK *RD *GoA (renames to Zi...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Madsushi|Madsushi]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="185" ns="0" title="Wrath of the Lich King" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:20:41Z" comment="content was: &quot;[[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Madsushi|Madsushi]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="184" ns="0" title="Vanilla WoW" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:20:38Z" comment="content was: &quot;[[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.6]] - Blackwing Lair   [[Patch 1.9]] - Ahn&#039;Qiraj   [[Patch 1.11]] - Naxxramas&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Madsushi|Madsushi]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="183" ns="0" title="The Burning Crusade" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:20:35Z" comment="content was: &quot;[[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Madsushi|Madsushi]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="182" ns="0" title="Patch 1.1" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:20:30Z" comment="content was: &quot;Top Guilds:   Horde:  *ALE  *Hyperion  *Infiniti  *Internecion  *Noctem   *AOD *Anti Sobriety *Elysium     Alliance: *BOT *Brethren *Celestial Darkness *Guardia...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Madsushi|Madsushi]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="181" ns="0" title="Cataclysm" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:20:25Z" comment="content was: &quot;[[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core   [[Patch 1.0]] - Molten Core&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Madsushi|Madsushi]]&quot;)" />
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      </item>
      <item logid="179" ns="0" title="Fresco Cafe" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Madsushi" timestamp="2012-12-30T05:19:43Z" comment="content was: &quot; == Fresco North ==  Tuesday: Turkey Cranberry Sandwich, Chicken Picatta     == Fresco 5-points ==  Tuesday: Chicken Marsala, Jack Daniel’s BBQ Baby Back Pork...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Madsushi|Madsushi]]&quot;)" />
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</api>