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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <blocks>
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      <block id="78236" by="Abuse filter" timestamp="2018-04-19T16:41:23Z" expiry="infinity" reason="Automatically blocked by abuse filter.&#10;Description of matched rule: Handbag Spam" automatic="" nocreate="" autoblock="" />
      <block id="77607" by="Abuse filter" timestamp="2018-04-13T00:29:40Z" expiry="infinity" reason="Automatically blocked by abuse filter.&#10;Description of matched rule: Handbag Spam" automatic="" nocreate="" autoblock="" />
      <block id="77601" by="Abuse filter" timestamp="2018-04-12T00:40:08Z" expiry="infinity" reason="Automatically blocked by abuse filter.&#10;Description of matched rule: Bots Use HTML" automatic="" nocreate="" autoblock="" />
      <block id="77594" by="Abuse filter" timestamp="2018-04-11T16:17:16Z" expiry="infinity" reason="Automatically blocked by abuse filter.&#10;Description of matched rule: Handbag Spam" automatic="" nocreate="" autoblock="" />
    </blocks>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <blocks bkstart="2018-04-10T23:36:08Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>