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Old Dickens: /* CQ CQ CQ */

2020-02-06T02:07:30Z

CQ CQ CQ

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	:Apoloiges. just been out of circulation for a while and my email inbox was being swamped with crap - force deleted a lot of stuff without looking. so if it's possible for you to resend? interest and curiosity have been piqued. Thanks and nice to touch base again!		:Apoloiges. just been out of circulation for a while and my email inbox was being swamped with crap - force deleted a lot of stuff without looking. so if it's possible for you to resend? interest and curiosity have been piqued. Thanks and nice to touch base again!
	Email re-sent, fingers crossed. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:07, 4 February 2020 (UTC)		Email re-sent, fingers crossed. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:07, 4 February 2020 (UTC)<BR>
			...but again, no response.--[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 02:07, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Old Dickens: /* MMMM */

2020-02-04T00:25:08Z

MMMM

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	Take a look and see what you think? [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 20:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)		Take a look and see what you think? [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 20:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
	:Oh dear. I fixed a couple, with some difficulty, but I don't think many of them can be found at all. Why blue de: links? It wants [[User:Osiris\|the god of resurrection]]; perhaps he could filter all links with only one request? The list isn't much use in that state. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 23:05, 1 August 2016 (UTC)		:Oh dear. I fixed a couple, with some difficulty, but I don't think many of them can be found at all. Why blue de: links? It wants [[User:Osiris\|the god of resurrection]]; perhaps he could filter all links with only one request? The list isn't much use in that state. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 23:05, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
			:The list is still 1089 pages, but many should just be unlinked and some should be created, but whence all the de: links? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:25, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

	Standard operating procedure:		Standard operating procedure:

Old Dickens: /* CQ CQ CQ */

2020-02-04T00:07:12Z

CQ CQ CQ

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	Speaking of Zombies, he's back! But what about that email address? If it needs to be secret, you could delete it in Preferences. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)		Speaking of Zombies, he's back! But what about that email address? If it needs to be secret, you could delete it in Preferences. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

	Apoloiges. just been out of circulation for a while and my email inbox was being swamped with crap - force deleted a lot of stuff without looking. so if it's possible for you to resend? interest and curiosity have been piqued. Thanks and nice to touch base again!		:Apoloiges. just been out of circulation for a while and my email inbox was being swamped with crap - force deleted a lot of stuff without looking. so if it's possible for you to resend? interest and curiosity have been piqued. Thanks and nice to touch base again!
			Email re-sent, fingers crossed. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 00:07, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

AgProv: /* CQ CQ CQ */

2020-02-03T22:36:59Z

CQ CQ CQ

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	Speaking of Zombies, he's back! But what about that email address? If it needs to be secret, you could delete it in Preferences. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)		Speaking of Zombies, he's back! But what about that email address? If it needs to be secret, you could delete it in Preferences. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

	Apoloiges. just out of circulation for a while and my ~~ermail~~ inbox was being swamped with crap - force ~~depeted~~ a lot of stuff without looking ao if it's possible for you to ~~resed~~? Thanks and nice to ~~touvh~~ base again!		Apoloiges. just been out of circulation for a while and my email inbox was being swamped with crap - force deleted a lot of stuff without looking. so if it's possible for you to resend? interest and curiosity have been piqued. Thanks and nice to touch base again!

AgProv: /* CQ CQ CQ */

2020-02-03T22:35:17Z

CQ CQ CQ

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	I've had no response to an email since the last time I mentioned the problem in May 2016 (see above). How can I forward quite an interesting letter I got from Somerset? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:56, 27 July 2019 (UTC)<BR>		I've had no response to an email since the last time I mentioned the problem in May 2016 (see above). How can I forward quite an interesting letter I got from Somerset? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:56, 27 July 2019 (UTC)<BR>
	Speaking of Zombies, he's back! But what about that email address? If it needs to be secret, you could delete it in Preferences. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)		Speaking of Zombies, he's back! But what about that email address? If it needs to be secret, you could delete it in Preferences. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

			Apoloiges. just out of circulation for a while and my ermail inbox was being swamped with crap - force depeted a lot of stuff without looking ao if it's possible for you to resed? Thanks and nice to touvh base again!

Old Dickens: /* CQ CQ CQ */

2020-02-03T22:29:55Z

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	==CQ CQ CQ==		==CQ CQ CQ==
	I've had no response to an email since the last time I mentioned the problem in May 2016 (see above). How can I forward quite an interesting letter I got from Somerset? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:56, 27 July 2019 (UTC)		I've had no response to an email since the last time I mentioned the problem in May 2016 (see above). How can I forward quite an interesting letter I got from Somerset? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:56, 27 July 2019 (UTC)<BR>
			Speaking of Zombies, he's back! But what about that email address? If it needs to be secret, you could delete it in Preferences. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 22:29, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Old Dickens: CQ AgProv

2019-07-27T18:56:19Z

CQ AgProv

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	* repeat up to 1175 times.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 08:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)		* repeat up to 1175 times.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 08:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
	* return to list.		* return to list.

			==CQ CQ CQ==
			I've had no response to an email since the last time I mentioned the problem in May 2016 (see above). How can I forward quite an interesting letter I got from Somerset? --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 18:56, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

AgProv: /* MMMM */

2016-08-02T08:07:40Z

MMMM

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	Take a look and see what you think? [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 20:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)		Take a look and see what you think? [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 20:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
	:Oh dear. I fixed a couple, with some difficulty, but I don't think many of them can be found at all. Why blue de: links? It wants [[User:Osiris\|the god of resurrection]]; perhaps he could filter all links with only one request? The list isn't much use in that state. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 23:05, 1 August 2016 (UTC)		:Oh dear. I fixed a couple, with some difficulty, but I don't think many of them can be found at all. Why blue de: links? It wants [[User:Osiris\|the god of resurrection]]; perhaps he could filter all links with only one request? The list isn't much use in that state. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 23:05, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

			Standard operating procedure:
			*Under "Welcome to the..." (first paragraph) click on "wanted but still empty pages".
			*Open list, scroll down until you find something that sparks interest.
			*Open empty page. Click on "What links here" to find the article where the item is referenced to see if this adds further information or sparks a neuron of memory. Keep cross-referencing the links or even (in extremis, I have been known to do this now and again) go to the original book to look it up!
			* If there really isn't anything that can be written, return to linked article and edit link, either to remove it or to point to a more relevant page.
			*If it can be done, write article. Tidy and add categories.
			* repeat up to 1175 times.... [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 08:07, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
			* return to list.

Old Dickens: /* MMMM */

2016-08-01T23:05:50Z

MMMM

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	Some are so tangential they're really not worth doing as independent pages in their own right: in these cases I've either done away with altogether, or else incorporated a brief mention of the character, place, concept or item on a suitable "overview" page.		Some are so tangential they're really not worth doing as independent pages in their own right: in these cases I've either done away with altogether, or else incorporated a brief mention of the character, place, concept or item on a suitable "overview" page.

	And some are just so weird or ~~irelevant~~, I'm not sure how they got there at all.		And some are just so weird or irrelevant, I'm not sure how they got there at all.

	Take a look and see what you think? [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 20:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)		Take a look and see what you think? [[User:AgProv\|AgProv]] ([[User talk:AgProv\|talk]]) 20:34, 1 August 2016 (UTC)
			:Oh dear. I fixed a couple, with some difficulty, but I don't think many of them can be found at all. Why blue de: links? It wants [[User:Osiris\|the god of resurrection]]; perhaps he could filter all links with only one request? The list isn't much use in that state. --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 23:05, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

AgProv: /* MMMM */

2016-08-01T20:37:05Z

MMMM

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	So where are 1100 empty pages and how did they get there? I tried to create one: it didn't work. (I'd rather improve, organise or reduce a thousand old ones, anyway.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 19:23, 1 August 2016 (UTC)		So where are 1100 empty pages and how did they get there? I tried to create one: it didn't work. (I'd rather improve, organise or reduce a thousand old ones, anyway.) --[[User:Old Dickens\|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens\|talk]]) 19:23, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

	go to Main Page, then click on "wanted but still empty pages" in the first paragraph. this ~~openes~~ up a list currently 1175 items long. Most of these redlinks open onto empty pages which have links and references in other articles - established by previous editors setting up a link to be filled in later, either by themselves or somebody else with the time, knowledge and inclination. What complicates things is that several hundred items appearing on the list are in fact active articles - but on the German language Wiki, so I'm not sure what they're doing here as "empty pages".		go to Main Page, then click on "wanted but still empty pages" in the first paragraph. this opens up a list currently 1175 items long. Most of these redlinks open onto empty pages which have links and references in other articles - established by previous editors setting up a link to be filled in later, either by themselves or somebody else with the time, knowledge and inclination. What complicates things is that several hundred items appearing on the list are in fact active articles - but on the German language Wiki, so I'm not sure what they're doing here as "empty pages".

	Havinf trawled through it, my guess is that several hundred of the residue could usefully be completed, in time, as legitimate and worthwhile article pages. I've done a fair deal of that in the last week, and you cleared about thirty in one fell swoop by deleting that Czech-language article. (the list was nearly 1400 items long!)		Havinf trawled through it, my guess is that several hundred of the residue could usefully be completed, in time, as legitimate and worthwhile article pages. I've done a fair deal of that in the last week, and you cleared about thirty in one fell swoop by deleting that Czech-language article. (the list was nearly 1400 items long!)