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  <query-continue>
    <revisions rvcontinue="2590" />
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    <pages>
      <page pageid="413" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <revisions>
          <rev user="Itunes89" timestamp="2012-04-02T15:03:51Z" comment="moved [[Main Page]] to [[ComputerCraft Wiki - Home]]: I think it should have a better name then homepage." />
          <rev user="92.76.162.42" anon="" timestamp="2012-08-11T23:30:52Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="Eforen" timestamp="2012-08-11T23:40:00Z" comment="Undo revision 2586 by [[Special:Contributions/92.76.162.42|92.76.162.42]] ([[User talk:92.76.162.42|talk]])" />
          <rev user="92.76.162.42" anon="" timestamp="2012-08-11T23:40:31Z" comment="" />
          <rev user="99.109.103.40" anon="" timestamp="2012-08-11T23:50:41Z" comment="Undo revision 2588 by [[Special:Contributions/92.76.162.42|92.76.162.42]] ([[User talk:92.76.162.42|talk]])" />
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      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>