You are looking at the HTML representation of the XML format.
HTML is good for debugging, but is unsuitable for application use.
Specify the format parameter to change the output format.
To see the non HTML representation of the XML format, set format=xml.
See the complete documentation, or API help for more information. 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="20170503040907|2434" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="2444" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2019-02-27T04:37:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2779" prev="2778" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2443" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2019-02-27T04:36:19Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2778" prev="2777" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2442" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2019-02-27T04:12:25Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2777" prev="2776" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2441" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2019-02-27T04:10:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2776" prev="2775" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2440" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2019-02-27T04:05:27Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2775" prev="2774" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2439" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2019-02-27T03:39:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2774" prev="2773" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2438" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2017-11-12T07:05:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="2773" prev="2772" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="2437" ns="0" title="&#039;Confidence Level&#039; Improvements Explained" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2017-05-03T04:10:12Z" comment="content was: &quot;[[Votewrap Process Flow - Detailed#Confidence Level|&#039;&#039;Back to&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Confidence Level&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;]]  The current method of voting presents an issue as being true. However,...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Thorlp|Thorlp]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="2436" ns="0" title="&#039;Domain Quorum&#039; Settings Improvements Explained" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2017-05-03T04:09:57Z" comment="content was: &quot;[[Votewrap Process Flow - Detailed#&#039;Domain Quorum&#039; Settings|&#039;&#039;Back to&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Domain Quorum&#039; Settings&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;]]  The word &quot;quorum&quot; is Latin, and is taken from a phras...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Thorlp|Thorlp]]&quot;)" />
      <item logid="2435" ns="0" title="&#039;Issue Importance &amp; Urgency and Variable Consensus Level&#039; Improvements Explained" pageid="0" type="delete" action="delete" user="Thorlp" timestamp="2017-05-03T04:09:41Z" comment="content was: &quot;In the simple majority voting method the Importance &amp; Urgency of an issue is not formally taken into account. This can and usually does cause problems as voters hav...&quot; (and the only contributor was &quot;[[Special:Contributions/Thorlp|Thorlp]]&quot;)" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>