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DiffList[?, 3] // List of [oldID][Date][User] for page in question
PagesLeft = Length of DiffList[]-1 // Total pages left in question
PageToSearch // Pointer to where we are at in the list
PageToCheck = PagesLeft/2 // The page that needs to be checked, initialized to middle
IsFound = TRUE // TRUE/FALSE return for if LastPageChecked had string
SearchString // String of text we are searching for
CheckPage(page, string) // Checks page for string and return boolean true if found (uses Qurey.php to grab wikimarkup and does a search/find for the string (to be writen))
While (PagesLeft > 2) // If PagesLeft is more than 2 then keep searching.
IsFound = CheckPage(PageToCheck, SearchString)
PagesLeft = PagesLeft/2
If (IsFound = TRUE) //If "checkpage" resulted in a "positive"
PageToSearch = PageToSearch - PageLeft
Else //If "checkpage" resulted in a "negitive"
PageToSearch = PageToSearch + PagesLeft
PageToCheck = DiffList[PageToSearch, 0]
Return (LastPageChecked)