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==Editing contestants==
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*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive|Archive]] for discussions from 2007 - 2015.
  
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One thing when categorising contestants, if a certain 'heriarchy' could be maintained, e.g.-
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== Add ZoomDown to quick links ==
  
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series winners/
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I think [[ZoomDown]] is worthy of inclusion on here. [[User:Mclarenguy22|Mclarenguy22]] 17:54, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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coc winners/
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:So do I. Added.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 18:04, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
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finalists/
 
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contestants of series xx/
 
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remove all those that don't apply. Love and peace y'all. [[User:Nebagram]] 1707 25 July 2007 amended 1718 same day.
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== Christmas 2020 Specials ==
  
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== My first impressions ==
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Have just been announced, and apparently fulfilled. I propose that since these are being made-for-a-specific-date, they get normal episode numbers rather than the "S" prefix which is used for episodes out of sequence. Thoughts? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 21:06, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
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A good start; however, the structure leaves much to be desired. We could have done with a chance to discuss things before giving it this level of unstructured content.
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:This is the first I've heard of them, but seeing as this hasn't apparently stopped S40, S41 and S42 I wouldn't support the idea.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 11:57, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
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::Never mind, just spotted the most recent edit to [[Series 82]], and I'm amazed that they're proposing three episodes given they've still got one unaired to put out first.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 12:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
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:::Damian's said it was sprung on him as a surprise ("we end on Fri 18 Dec" / (C4:) "what about the next week"). I sort of understand, but that wouldn't be my first thought if I were Damian, to do archive-diving. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 16:35, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
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::::Anyway, I would reply to your main comment by saying that "S" episodes were filmed out of sequence and dropped in where needed: Episodes [[Episode 445|445]], [[Episode 495|495]], [[Episode 1003|1003]], [[Episode 1523|1523]], [[Episode 2874|2874]], and [[Episode 4473|4473]] were all filmed and broadcast in sequence. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 21:49, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
  
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Firstly, what's with such categories as [[:Category:Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley|Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley]] and [[:Category:9-round games|9-round games]]?  It makes more sense to categorise series than individual episodes in this way.  Of course, that leaves specials, which it might make sense to categorise individually.
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== Contestant positions ==
  
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Moreover, was it one person's decision or the consensus of a small group of people to title episodes by the overall serial number as opposed to, for example, the series and episode-within-series number or the original broadcast date. That said, I'm not sure what I think is the ideal naming strategy here. -- [[User:Smjg|Smjg]] 18:13, 31 July 2007 (BST)
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I have a really bad feeling many of these are now wrong (James changed them all about 10 years ago before C1 was champ and C2 was challenger). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtMwRqYsKkg&ab_channel=MartinPotter this video] of the credits of [[Episode 312]] has the contestants round the wrong way and [[Episode 28]] I have partially changed. Worried this may now be epidemic. 22:11, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
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:#Categorising by series is different to categorising by format because the finals used 14 rounds in the 9 round era. "Episodes presented by Richard Whiteley" is useful because there's no particular reason that presenters should change over at the end of a series (it was only a coincidence that Whiteley did so) although currently it could be done that way.
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:I did wonder why certain champions, such as [[Jane McLeman]], appeared to change seats.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 13:31, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
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:#The naming of the episodes is by number because that seemed convenient, gives concise titles, and provides a useful sorting order for categories. Numbering by series and episode doesn't have any advantages over that. Original broadcast date might be useful, but it's problematic when multiple episodes are broadcast on the same day. We could create redirects manually, but that probably isn't fun. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 18:45, 31 July 2007 (BST)
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::Do we have any solid evidence for the fact that champions move? [[Episode 15]] was also wrong, and if they don't move then 12-26 are also wrong.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] 16:28, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
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:::Champions stayed where they were until Series 37 I think it was - possibly a draw flips them? May send a message to Mike and Robbo as well on this. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 21:37, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
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EPisode 17: "Andrew won the toss." Oh bollocks. That means almost every episode could be wrong. Mike Brown says that Series 8 onwards should be fine, but yeah we're in a spot of bother now. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] 20:42, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
  
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And don't think multiple episodes on the same day won't happen - the series 53 quarterfinals 3 and 4 are proof of that. [[User:GJM|GJM]] 20:58, 31 July 2007 (BST)
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== Proposal for FA images ==
  
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:: Indeed.  However, what is the practical use of categorising episodes by format? Especially considering that, as these categories grow, few people are going to browse them with any real aim.  Moreover, the current system creates an inconsistency: we have a category of finals of the 9-round era, but no corresponding category of finals of the 15-round era.  (Except that the very first grand final is categorised as a 9-round - is this correct?) -- [[User:Smjg|Smjg]] 21:32, 1 August 2007 (BST)
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Suggest using {{tl|click Inline}} to link to the article rather than the image? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 21:57, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
  
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:::I'm sure adding a category for finals or 15-round finals is no problem, should it prove to be needed. Which it probably is. And the -era categories are very handy as a check, to make sure no games are miscategorised, misentered or similar. [[User:GJM|GJM]] 21:44, 1 August 2007 (BST)
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== Stuck Talk Page Header ==
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:::I take your point, I don't think categorising by format is fabulously useful. However, having the categories is harmless at worst, and if they do turn out to be useful adding them later would be a ton of work. They might be useful for some kind of automatic processing, even if they serve no purpose for human readers. Also, we ''do'' have [[:Category:Grand finals]], from which inferring the 15-round finals is not difficult if it were ever necessary. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 18:12, 4 August 2007 (BST)
 
  
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== Server compromise ==
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Since the update I cannot yeet the "you have new messages" header from the top of the page. Just pointing out. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 19:51, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
  
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What was the nature of the server compromise? Without any further information, it might look like the message on the home page was written by a scammer who has compr(om)ised the Reams account.
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== Featured Articles ==
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:I've not been told exactly, but it's plausible that the database on which this wiki is run was stolen, including all the passwords. Of course the passwords are stored in encrypted form, but if you have a weak password or a hacker with a lot of time then it's certainly possible to break that. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 07:12, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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The monthly featured articles are outdated and should match the current article. [[User:Mclarenguy22|Mclarenguy22]] ([[User talk:Mclarenguy22|talk]]) 13:24, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
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:You can change all of them except the current month's by visiting {{tl|FA {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 21:16, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
  
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== Where I can find good quality films online ==
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== Episodes by contributor ==
  
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Where I can find good quality films?
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I'm really not sure about this. Quite apart from being incomplete (Alan Sugar, Gordon Brown, Maven Riley-Kovalev to name but three), there seems very little point in naming every cameo? [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 21:15, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
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Can anyone help me?
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:If I remember correctly, I created it for notable people who either a) turn up twice, in which case there is no obvious redirect target, or b) already have their own page, i.e. [[Terry Wogan]] and [[Rory Bremner]], at which you may as well mention it anyway. Sugar and Brown can be redirected to their relevant episodes.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 21:38, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
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:You can use Channel 4's 4oD service, although that can consume a lot of bandwidth. I don't know of anywhere else that redistributes Countdown. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 10:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 
  
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==People with the same name==
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== Stuck new message box ==
  
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Has anyone else noticed that a few contestants have had the same name. Look at [[Mike Brown]] and [[John Clarke]] for example, not to mention [[Linda Smith]] who was both a guest (indeed while I was on the show) and a contestant earlier on. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 16:22, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
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Hi, lately I've had an orange box appear on every page, just below the page title:
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:I have a hitlist of contestants with the same name, although it needs to be reviewed by hand. I'll post that when I get full Internet back (maybe tomorrow?) The guest/contestant clash issue hadn't occured to me though, I will have to check that out. I imagine it's fairly rare. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 21:47, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
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"You have a new message from another user (last change)."
  
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: I can't believe they had two different Mike Browns only six days apart!  Is it the later one that runs The Countdown Page? I'd imagine so - I remember the website being mentioned when he was on, and would certainly have noticed if the same name had cropped up again six days later.
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No matter what I do, I can't seem to get rid of it. I've tried deleting cookies and site data for apterous.org.  Are other people having the same problem?  More importantly, has anyone who was having the problem found a solution? — [[User:Smjg|Stewart]] ([[User talk:Smjg|talk]]) 00:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
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:It's been like that for ages. See the bottom of [[User talk:Reams]].--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 06:30, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
  
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: We might need to start having disambiguation pages, or at least disambiguation links at the beginnings of pages.  But what titles should we use?  [[John Clarke (Series 11)]]/[[John Clarke (Series 49)]]?  And when there are two in the same series - [[Mike Brown (first in Series 48)]]/[[Mike Brown (second in Series 48)]]?  [[Mike Brown (Episode 3324)]]/[[Mike Brown (Episode 3328 et seq.)]]? -- [[User:Smjg|Smjg]] 03:02, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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== List for DC guests by number of appearances ==
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::There are a few disambiguation pages already, which are named with the IMDB convention: Mike Brown, Mike Brown (I) ''etc''. But I think I prefer the by-series convention, although the Mike Brown situation is a bit clumsier. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 11:07, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
 
  
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::: I'm not with you. [[Mike Brown]] is, at the moment, an ''ambiguation'' page, i.e. it covers up the distinction between the three Mike Browns by treating them as one and the same. A ''disambiguation'' page, OTOH, is a page whose sole purpose is to list and link to different entities with the same name. And [[Mike Brown (I)]] doesn't exist at the moment.  So what are you on about? -- [[User:Smjg|Smjg]] 14:15, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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I'm amazed that we haven't got a list of DC guests by number of appearance. Definitely think one should be had, as it would be nice to know who has the record for the most (well, I think we know), but also who else is pretty high on the list... [[User:JRTerrier24|JRTerrier24]] ([[User talk:JRTerrier24|talk]]) 13:01, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
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:Went to create a table using Excel, but hit brain fog. Will carry on when I'm feeling a bit more clear-headed.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 14:58, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
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:::: I can't remember any actual pages like that, I was just illustrating the existing convention (which I think was set by Ben.) Most other pages are indeed ambiguous. I will post the list of potential problem pages today. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 17:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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::::: Don't drag me into this. Nebagram 18:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
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== Episode titles ==
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It's been suggested before that we title the episodes by date rather than by Mike Brown's fairly arbitrary numbering system (which long since desynched from the production team's numbering.) This would be:
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* Easier to search.
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|[[Geoffrey Durham]]||165<tr/>
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* Easier to maintain.
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|[[Martin Jarvis]]||152<tr/>
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I could rename the existing articles automatically so it's no big deal. Any thoughts? [[User:Reams|Soo]] 21:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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|[[Paul Zenon]]||145<tr/>
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:I would certainly find indexing by date more useful, and would welcome it.  However, how would you cope with (a) the semi finals of series 53 (I think that's the correct series), which were shown on the same day as each other, just after RW's death? (b) Coundown masters programmes, shown on the same day as a regular programme?  I imagine (b) is no problem, as such programmes would be referenced from a different page, if indeed they  appear here at all. [[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 22:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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::The 53SFs could still be titled by date, but with some suffix, e.g. "First semi-final". This shouldn't be too hard. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 00:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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:I personally prefer going series/heat number/qf, e.g. 57/GF for the most recent grand final, or 37/67 for a completely random heat. Maybe have the dates as redirects, and have MB's numbering also as redirect? Nebagram 22:57, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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::That has all the problems of maintainence and searching as the existing system. Although I do like the idea of, say, "Series 53 final" redirecting to the relevant game. And yes, there'll be redirects all over the place. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 00:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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:Also I don't know where you got the desynching from given that the production team actually use Mike Brown's site whenever they need an archive. Nebagram 22:57, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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::For example, the special 1000th episode was actually [http://www.thecountdownpage.com/series20.htm 1003]. They also got numerous other anniversaries wrong (e.g. Susie's 1000 episode) so if they do use Mike's site, they don't do it very successfully. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 00:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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==Solution to the [[Mike Brown]] problem==
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See [[Mike Brown]] for my solution to the problem, if anyone has a better idea, change it, otherwise, shuddup! [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 00:24, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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:Although I can't be bothered doing all of the ambiguous ones by hand, any chance of getting dumper to do it? [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 14:29, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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What's with articles like [[Jade Goody]] and [[everyone]]? At some point we're gonna have to decide if this is a serious projet or not, no? [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 14:31, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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:I think we can have serious pages and frivolous pages, as long as the two don't interfere. We have pages about the DC guests for completeness, but I doubt anyone uses this wiki as a serious information source for them, and I don't mind them being a bit silly. The episode, contestant and series pages are held to much higher standards. You're right about [[everyone]] though. It is now an ex-article. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 18:15, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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::I still think [[Gevin]] and [[Zef]] deserve some sort of page, after all gevincountdown and Zef's Countdown summaries have pages on here, I think? I might have a crack at the Zef article when I'm drunk (no seriously I will). [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 20:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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:::I'm not against them having pages if anyone can be bothered to write them. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 23:58, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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Also taken from the Wiktionary, how about a [[Countdown:Request an article]] page, people might come up with some articles that are missing. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 20:22, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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:[[Special:Wantedpages]] is a pretty good starting point. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 23:58, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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I thought I would create [[:Category:Countdown]] just as a way of keeping all the categories together, so something like [[:Category:People]] could go in that category, just to make sure every is accessible via at least one category. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 20:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
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:Doesn't seem like a bad idea. It also makes [[Special:Uncategorizedcategories|this]] more compact. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 23:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
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I think the Oxford dictionary pages are the ones most needed now. I'd do them myself but I'm not as well informed as other people such as Ben, so I'd prefer to leave it. PS I've finished my [[:Category:Lists|lists]] for now. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 19:44, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
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I was trying to access the above link from [[Series 4]] but it doesn't work, I think it's directly linked to the URL because the URL is http://www.countdownwiki.com/St._John_Daly where as I think on the real Wikipedia it would code the . as something else. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 21:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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:It's actually a rather subtle bug with the URL rewriter that allows us to have such pretty URLs. You can access the page via [http://www.countdownwiki.com/index.php?title=St._John_Daly the long url] until such time as I can devise a fix. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 01:36, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
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::That works alright but when I try and edit it, I can't. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 17:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
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:::Are you sure? The [http://www.countdownwiki.com/index.php?title=St._John_Daly&action=edit edit link] works fine for me. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 18:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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:::::St. John Daly's now sorted.  Now to do all the others whose names contain full stops. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 13:10, 7 October 2009 (BST)
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Why do I try and sign my emails with four tildes? I should get out more. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 17:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
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Being a mathematical type, I always like lists. Something like [[List of guests by number of appearances]] would be quite interesting, admittedly not very interesting. I suppose the priority right now is to update the site so the end of [[Series 57]] and the start of [[Series 58]]. Anyone interested? [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 00:22, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
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:I would definitely work on stuff like the Series tables which I can't build automatically. Most lists can be autogenerated at some point when I have more time. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 08:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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That's about it, really. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 12:38, 2 April 2008 (BST)
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''Almost'' all DC guests now have images, but one fiendish GotD has eluded me: [[Merrill Thomas]]. -[[User:Jturner|Jturner]] 18:42, 2 April 2008 (BST)
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== 9000th page ==
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[[Richard James]] has the honour of having the 9000th page in his name. Hooray! The 10000th page should be along in about 2 or 3 years time, so that's one for the diary. This seems like a good time to say well done and thank you to everyone who's worked on the first 9000 pages, especially Ben Wilson, Howard Somerset and Martin Gardner who've put in a quite unreasonable number of hours. Thank you all. [[User:Reams|Soo]] 16:24, 11 April 2008 (BST)
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I think we should standardise on referring to people (especially contestants) by their surname. It reads much more professionally. Calling them by their first name makes it sound like we're chatting about our friends, which may often be true but is not really in the spirit of an encyclopaedia. [[User:Reams|Charlie]] 16:05, 27 April 2008 (BST)
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:I'm certainly not against it, but if you say Holden and Wills it makes it sound like your an American sports broadcaster, which is why I sometimes thing first names is a bit more British. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 16:33, 27 April 2008 (BST)
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If you head to [http://www.apterous.org/cdb/wikicap.php this page], you can see the wikitext versions of all recaps written with the Recap Writer in the last week (starting from today at least.) This should make it much easier for us to grab the latest episodes and post them here, rather than waiting to the end of each series to do a huge dump of all the episodes. I've also fixed a number of outstanding bugs with the wikitext generation, although it's still not perfect. [[User:Reams|Charlie]] 10:22, 30 April 2008 (BST)
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: Only just found this comment.  And used it yesterday to put one of my recaps on the Wiki.  Any reason why it's limited to just the last week?  One month might be more useful.  I tend to work in batches, and I notice a lot of other people here do too. [[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 11:48, 2 June 2008 (BST)
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::No particular reason for the limit, I just didn't want the page to get huge. Everything is available in the database so I might make it browsable at some point. [[User:Reams|Charlie]] 10:35, 10 June 2008 (BST)
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:::Doesn't help when someone puts a recap in five times, does it.  Sorry about that.  Got finger trouble last Thursday.  [[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 12:49, 10 June 2008 (BST)
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Since the Corral has been replaced by the Coundown DataBase, is there an equivalent place from which we can pick up Wiki formatted recaps for inserting here?  As a rough estimate, I think this facility meant that I was able to put about six recaps onto the Wiki in the time it would otherwise take to do one. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 11:00, 9 September 2008 (BST)
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:link changed from Corral to Countdown database [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 00:01, 18 September 2008 (BST)
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== Another decent idea ==
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Just out of interest I'd like to see a [[List of number one seeds]] and so on... obviously I don't think a computer would find this difficult to work out. As far as I know you can't put a '''#''' in an article title. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 16:39, 11 June 2008 (BST)
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|[[Maggie Aderin-Pocock]]||20<tr/>
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: Associated with that list could be an indication of how far they progressed.  [[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 16:44, 11 June 2008 (BST)
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::Another good idea would be to talk about the behind the scenes element, such as the [[Yorkshire TV studios]] or the [[Green room]] for example, but I personally don't have enough information to write those articles. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 17:37, 19 June 2008 (BST)
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==1st of August==
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Can I trust someone to update the 'article of the month' featured on the 1st of August as I will be in the middle of rural France with no computer. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 14:03, 17 July 2008 (BST)
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: If nobody else has done it within a few hours of the start of August, then I'll have a go.  I've located the August article.  I think August is one of the few months this year when I won't be in France at all.  Have fun. [[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 14:10, 17 July 2008 (BST)
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:: I've made a couple of type corrections to the August article, but chickened out of activating it as Article of the Month, for fear of wrecking the Main Page.  Can you have a look at it, Charlie? [[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 08:33, 1 August 2008 (BST)
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::: Finally worked out how to do it.  [[User:Drawoh|Drawoh]] 21:55, 8 August 2008 (BST)
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== Sorting surnames beginning O' ==
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When setting up the page for today's winner Dan O'Hara, I gave him a default sort key of "Ohara, Dan".  This would enable him to be sorted after a person such as John Ogden.  This conforms to the British indexing standard, which decrees that punctuations are disregarded when determining indexing sequence.  I see, however, that other similar names, e.g. David O'Donnell have been given a default sort key which includes the apostrophe, thus putting them all in front of someone like Annie Oakley.  I believe the default sort keys for all O' people should be changed.  Does anyone object?  If not, I'll get on with it.  [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 16:43, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
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: While you're at it, another standard that doesn't seem to be being followed at the moment: Mc should be sorted as Mac. -- [[User:Smjg|Smjg]] 20:50, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
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::I'd looked at Mc/Mac. But the British standard says that Mc should be sorted after the last of the names beginning Ma, and not merged with the Mac names.  BT telephone directories specifically do not follow the British standard in this respect.  I think we have the Mc names correct.  I've just noticed that there are one or two others wrong though, and I'll fix them.  [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 21:31, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
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== Zero at front of dates ==
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Someone seems to be randomly going through contestants' pages and removing leading zeros from dates of episodes.  Looking back, I see that many series have dates shown without leading zeros, e.g. 1/04/2008, and others have leading zeros, e.g. 01/04/2008.  Do we have a standard?  The random removal seems to be very haphazard, it's as if someone once or twice a day is using the Random page facility, and then modifying the dates if necessary.  If we do have a standard, and if I've not been following it, I'm happy to go through, in a more systematic manner than just picking random pages, and remove leading zeros. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 08:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
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My personal preference is to have a leading zero; I think the date column in the series episodes tables looks neater when all dates are the same length, but I'm quite happy to have them either way.  However, I'll continue to put leading zeros in unless someone rules otherwise. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 11:55, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
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== "Des the Pansy" ==
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http://www.countdownwiki.com/index.php?title=Des_the_Pansy
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Plus this redirect page, "Des the pansy":
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http://www.countdownwiki.com/index.php?title=Des_the_pansy
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Thoughts? (<small>unsigned message</small>)
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I think [[Des the Pansy]] and [[Jade Goody]] should be deleted. Very unfunny both of them. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 20:17, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
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== Episode and Series sort keys ==
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Not an urgent problem, and one that I probably will have no interest in, as I'm likely to die before it gets important.
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Episodes have default sort keys of four digits, 0000 to 4732 (today's).  Series have sort keys of two digits, 00 to 59 (the one that finished today).  When we get to series 100 or episode 10000, the whole system of sorting episodes, sometimes by series number and sometimes by episode number, is going to break down.  The first of these milestones will probably occur in 2029, so there's plenty of time to think about it.  [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 04:52, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
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== QF, SF and Final episode sort keys ==
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Up to now, these categories have had sort keys equal to the series number.  I've just changed the relevant episodes for series 1 to 9 qf, sf and finals matches to give them two digits, so that they appear before before the series 10 episodes, but for the QF and SF categories, they still sometimes appear in random order within a series.  One way to sort those correctly is to change the QF and SF sort key to ss,n for the nth qf or sf of series ss.  However, all we're trying to do is to sort them into episode order, and the default key will do this just as well.  I therefore suggest removing the cat key from the QF, SF categories (and for consistency from the final category), and use the default instead. Doing this would also delay the problem mentioned in the previous paragraph for a further 10 years.  [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 08:47, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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==[[Countdown:Articles for deletion]]==
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I'd like people to have a look at this, I (we) won't delete the articles unless someone else posts a note of agreement. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 13:04, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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:I've added a couple more. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 23:12, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
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|[[Pasha Kovalev]]||15<tr/>
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==Appearances by lexicographers and guests==
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There are many discrepancies between the number of appearances shown on the wiki and on the countdown page.  Sometime these should be checked and corrected.  Probably the worst is Susie Dent's page, which shows her last episode as one midway through her maternity leave. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 20:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
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|[[Shirley Ballas]]||15<tr/>
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==Celebrity Countdown - missing links==
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|[[Brian Capron]]||14<tr/>
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The eight games played in the [http://www.countdownwiki.com/Celebrity_Countdown Celebrity Countdown series] have little coverage. Five of the contestants don't have pages, neither do seven of the guests.  These should all be easy to create.  Also, only one of the eight games is recapped.  We might need access to Mike Brown's notes to remedy this. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 19:47, 8 May 2009 (BST)
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|[[Clare Balding]]||14<tr/>
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: Well done!  They're looking good.  I've just had a look at the one game that does have a recap page, and see that it's a summary only, and doesn't have episode details.  There should be no difficulty in doing the same for the other seven. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 11:34, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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|[[Dennis Taylor]]||14<tr/>
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:: I'm pretty certain John Cole was the weather man, and yes, you've got the correct Andy Gray. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 11:37, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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:::No, John Cole was the ITN political correpondent years ago - I remember he had a very strong accent.  Maybe you're thinking of John Kettley . . .
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Is the summary OK? I'm not too sure. But thanks for letting me do this, it's great fun, and I'm learning a lot about the wiki. [[User:Kai Laddiman|Countdown Kid]] 23:43, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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|[[Jon Gaunt]]||14<tr/>
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: C2 summary looks good.  Yes, probably "second episode" should be bold, to match "first episode".  And the red link at the bottom needs attention.  Have a look at what's done for that link in C1.  Best way to learn about wiki is to try it.  I've heard rumours that wiki handling may be brought into the national curriculum.  You're doing well.  [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 12:41, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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|[[Terry Wogan]]||14<tr/>
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:: Just one small thing- CC games were 7 rounders (LLNLLNC) rather than 9-rounders. Other than that it's good, and something that's long overdue. [[User:86.157.20.244|86.157.20.244]] 14:12, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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::Oh for Christs's sake it be nice it I could stay logged in once in a while. Nebagram 14:13, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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::: The Bamber Gascoigne cat looks good, so does C2, except that, as Ben mentioned, they're all 7-round games, and that itself will probably need another new category. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 23:13, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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|[[David Steel]]||12<tr/>
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::::Okey doke, I'll try and get that done. I think I've done skeletons correctly for the C-episodes, but there maybe a couple of mistakes for you to (if you'd be nice enough) rectify. :-) [[User:Kai Laddiman|Countdown Kid]] 23:17, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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|[[Ernie Wise]]||12<tr/>
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:::::I THINK I'm done. If you notice anything, then do what you want with it - fix it yourself, our give me a call. :-) [[User:Kai Laddiman|Countdown Kid]] 23:43, 9 May 2009 (BST)
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::::::That all looks great.  Well done, and thanks.  :-) [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 00:33, 10 May 2009 (BST)
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|[[June Whitfield]]||12<tr/>
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== June article ==
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|[[Norman Painting]]||12<tr/>
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We need a June featured article ASAP. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 18:08, 1 June 2009 (BST)
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|[[Shirley Anne Field]]||12<tr/>
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|[[Simon Biagi]]||12<tr/>
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:[[Kai Laddiman|Found one.]] [[User:Kai Laddiman|Countdown Kid]] 18:13, 1 June 2009 (BST)
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|[[Arthur Smith]]||11<tr/>
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::Suits me, will just need a bit of editing, then. [[User:Mglovesfun|Mglovesfun]] 18:19, 1 June 2009 (BST)
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|[[Barbara Taylor Bradford]]||11<tr/>
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|[[David Baddiel]]||11<tr/>
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== YouTube coverage ==
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|[[Diane Solomon]]||11<tr/>
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|[[Fern Britton]]||11<tr/>
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Just an idea.  Someone has recently added a few youtube links to some episode pages.  Some are ideal, in particular the Harvey Freeman v Allan Saldanha game.  It was good to get a chance to view that one again.  How about a category for episodes containing youtube links?  This could enable people quickly to find episodes they might like to watch, and see some old favourites.  It would, of course, be a bit fluid, as youtube vids tend to disappear after a while, but with periodic attention it could be worthwhile. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 13:30, 9 June 2009 (BST)
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:Sounds cool to me. [[User:Kai Laddiman|Countdown Kid]] 15:56, 9 June 2009 (BST)
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|[[Rula Lenska]]||11<tr/>
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== Inaccessible Contestants ==
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|[[Al Murray]]||10<tr/>
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Can't get to the page of St. John Daly, contestant in Series 4.  Searching on him shows that his page does exist, but can't access his page from any of the links. There's another player, who simply goes by the name O.T.  Stumbled across him a few weeks ago, but can't find him now.  Some of his links work, but others don't. It's possibly due to the fullstops in the names.
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|[[Alexis Conran]]||10<tr/>
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Sometime, when there's nothing better to do, need to sort this one. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 00:03, 26 June 2009 (BST)
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|[[Alison Steadman]]||10<tr/>
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:Found the second one.  He's Y.T, not O.T. and is in Series 8. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 00:12, 26 June 2009 (BST)
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|[[Amanda Lamb]]||10<tr/>
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::Now found a third. Mark St. John London, from Series 18.  Looks very much like it's the fullstops. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 00:48, 26 June 2009 (BST)
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|[[Ardal O'Hanlon]]||10<tr/>
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:::All now fixed.  At least all that I've managed to find.  If anyone finds amy more, let me know. [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 16:31, 7 October 2009 (BST)
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|[[Carl Frampton]]||10<tr/>
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== July featured article ==
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It's now four days into July and the featured article remains as {{word|[[GANDISEEG]]}} - are we switching to a new one any time soon? -- [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 17:47, 4 July 2009 (BST)
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== Tournaments ==
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|[[Donal MacIntyre]]||10<tr/>
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Could we have a little box on the front page for Upcoming Tournaments?  I think it would be useful for people to be able to just come to the Wiki anytime when they want to know if there are any imminent events in which they can take part. [[User:Vande|Vande]] 08:59, 23 September 2009 (BST)
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:Looks sensible. Hopefully soon I'll have a little time, and an available pc, in order to look at such requests. :) 10:04, 24 September 2009 (BST)
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== Did you know... ==
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|[[Heather Small]]||10<tr/>
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Inspired by Wikipedia, I propose a new section on the Main Page dedicated to interesting Countdown facts, which would be updated every month. Supposing the idea is popular amongst the rest of the wiki editors, I am happy to put the template together and place it onto the front page. Does anybody have any comments, criticisms, or suggestions for facts which would make interesting reading on the front page?
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Thanks in advance, [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 16:47, 3 October 2009 (BST)
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|[[Katharine Merry]]||10<tr/>
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:Sounds like a very good idea to me, and a good way of encouraging people to visit more regularly [[User:Vande|Vande]] 16:58, 3 October 2009 (BST)
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|[[Kim Woodburn]]||10<tr/>
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::So long as no-one objects I'll begin this feature in November, and run it for a month at a time in synch with the featured article. In preparation for this, can anyone think of some interesting facts which appear in the various articles of this wiki? I'll start: did you know...
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|[[Lynda Baron]]||10<tr/>
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::*...that in round 8 of '''[[Episode 4523]]''' the [[niner]] {{word|DECANTERS}} was spelt out in reverse order?
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|[[Matt Allwright]]||10<tr/>
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::*...that original host '''[[Richard Whiteley]]''''s real first name was John?
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|[[Matt Le Tissier]]||10<tr/>
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::*...that the [[Episode 3152|Series 46 grand final]] [[conundrum]] {{word|SANTASITS}} had two valid solutions?
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|[[Maureen Lipman]]||10<tr/>
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::The lattermost one is probably best suited to December, but hopefully it will inspire you to throw some facts my way! Thanks in advance, [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 11:59, 11 October 2009 (BST)
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|[[Michael Buerk]]||10<tr/>
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:::*...that [[Kirk Bevins|Kirk Bevan]] achieved the [[Episode 4770|first ever known max game]]? [[User:Kai Laddiman|Kai Laddiman]] 13:19, 11 October 2009 (BST)
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::::Cool, I've started to amass these into [[Template:DYK November|next month's first template]]. Feel free to edit it for now, and I'll lock it shortly before the new feature goes live. :-)
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|[[Michaela Strachan]]||10<tr/>
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::::Cheers, [[User:Crispy|Chris &#39;Crispy&#39; Philpot]] 16:58, 11 October 2009 (BST)
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:::::It might be even better if Kirk's surname is spelt correctly.  But otherwise, great.  :) [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 18:44, 11 October 2009 (BST)
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|[[Robert Rinder]]||10<tr/>
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::::::Soz Howard, just a little joke, wasn't serious :P [[User:Kai Laddiman|Kai Laddiman]] 19:30, 11 October 2009 (BST)
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|[[Robin Cousins]]||10<tr/>
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:::::::np  I know what he thinks when his name's spelt wrongly; I've done it in the past, but unintentionally.  So on second thoughts, leave it.  ;) [[User:Drawoh|drawoh]] 19:39, 11 October 2009 (BST)
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|[[Sherrie Hewson]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Stephen K Amos]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Sue MacGregor]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Sunetra Sarker]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Thelma Barlow]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Tim Brooke-Taylor]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Tony Jacklin]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Wendi Peters]]||10<tr/>
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|[[William Davis]]||10<tr/>
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|[[William Roache]]||10<tr/>
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|[[Andrew Sachs]]||9<tr/>
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|[[Anne Gregg]]||9<tr/>
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|[[Dr Nighat Arif]]||9<tr/>
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|[[Trudie Goodwin]]||9<tr/>
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|[[Adam Buxton]]||8<tr/>
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|[[Nick Helm]]||8<tr/>
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|[[Humphrey Lyttelton]]||7<tr/>
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|[[Nick Mohammed]]||7<tr/>
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|[[Phill Jupitus]]||7<tr/>
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|[[Shobna Gulati]]||7<tr/>
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|[[Andrea McLean]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Anne Robinson]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Anya Sitaram]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Diane Keen]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Edith Bowman]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Sheila Ferguson]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Suzi Quatro]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Tom Allen]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Tony Robinson (guest)]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Victor Ubogu]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Vijay Amritraj]]||6<tr/>
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|[[Ade Adepitan]]||5<tr/>
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|[[Aggie MacKenzie]]||5<tr/>
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|[[Ainsley Harriott]]||5<tr/>
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|[[Alison Comyn]]||5<tr/>
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|[[Amit Dhand]]||5<tr/>
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:I'm feeling better. For technical reasons, I'm going to have to feed these in 100 at a time.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 18:47, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
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::You can go through previous revisions of this page for the history, but this is done and is up to date as of yesterday (but does not take into account articles that don't yet exist, e.g. next week's Osman episodes or the week after's Harris episodes).--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 19:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
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:::Updated.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 15:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
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::::For what it's worth, I'm fairly certain that Lesley Graham, Bob Bevan, Merrill Thomas, Marc Freden, Simon Biagi, Anya Sitaram, Lee Peck, Richard Sisson, Ian Hyland, Noreen Khan, Victoria Mather, and Damian Eadie are the guests without articles and Jazz Emu and Stevie Martin are the Catsdown guests without articles. Not all of them pass GNG though. Eadie certainly doesn't...--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 23:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
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:::::We've got [[Special:MostLinkedCategories]] which sort of does the job. [[User:The Doctor|The Doctor]] ([[User talk:The Doctor|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/The_Doctor|contribs]]) 22:47, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
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::::::To a certain extent, although it relies on episodes having pages.--[[User:Launchballer|Launchballer]] ([[User talk:Launchballer|talk]]) 23:03, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

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Welcome to the main page talk.

  • Archive for discussions from 2007 - 2015.

Add ZoomDown to quick links

I think ZoomDown is worthy of inclusion on here. Mclarenguy22 17:54, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

So do I. Added.--Launchballer 18:04, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Christmas 2020 Specials

Have just been announced, and apparently fulfilled. I propose that since these are being made-for-a-specific-date, they get normal episode numbers rather than the "S" prefix which is used for episodes out of sequence. Thoughts? The Doctor 21:06, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

This is the first I've heard of them, but seeing as this hasn't apparently stopped S40, S41 and S42 I wouldn't support the idea.--Launchballer 11:57, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Never mind, just spotted the most recent edit to Series 82, and I'm amazed that they're proposing three episodes given they've still got one unaired to put out first.--Launchballer 12:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Damian's said it was sprung on him as a surprise ("we end on Fri 18 Dec" / (C4:) "what about the next week"). I sort of understand, but that wouldn't be my first thought if I were Damian, to do archive-diving. The Doctor 16:35, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Anyway, I would reply to your main comment by saying that "S" episodes were filmed out of sequence and dropped in where needed: Episodes 445, 495, 1003, 1523, 2874, and 4473 were all filmed and broadcast in sequence. The Doctor 21:49, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Contestant positions

I have a really bad feeling many of these are now wrong (James changed them all about 10 years ago before C1 was champ and C2 was challenger). this video of the credits of Episode 312 has the contestants round the wrong way and Episode 28 I have partially changed. Worried this may now be epidemic. 22:11, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

I did wonder why certain champions, such as Jane McLeman, appeared to change seats.--Launchballer 13:31, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
Do we have any solid evidence for the fact that champions move? Episode 15 was also wrong, and if they don't move then 12-26 are also wrong.--Launchballer 16:28, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Champions stayed where they were until Series 37 I think it was - possibly a draw flips them? May send a message to Mike and Robbo as well on this. The Doctor 21:37, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

EPisode 17: "Andrew won the toss." Oh bollocks. That means almost every episode could be wrong. Mike Brown says that Series 8 onwards should be fine, but yeah we're in a spot of bother now. The Doctor 20:42, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Proposal for FA images

Suggest using {{click Inline}} to link to the article rather than the image? The Doctor (talk | contribs) 21:57, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Stuck Talk Page Header

Since the update I cannot yeet the "you have new messages" header from the top of the page. Just pointing out. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 19:51, 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Featured Articles

The monthly featured articles are outdated and should match the current article. Mclarenguy22 (talk) 13:24, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

You can change all of them except the current month's by visiting {{FA October}}. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 21:16, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Episodes by contributor

I'm really not sure about this. Quite apart from being incomplete (Alan Sugar, Gordon Brown, Maven Riley-Kovalev to name but three), there seems very little point in naming every cameo? The Doctor (talk | contribs) 21:15, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

If I remember correctly, I created it for notable people who either a) turn up twice, in which case there is no obvious redirect target, or b) already have their own page, i.e. Terry Wogan and Rory Bremner, at which you may as well mention it anyway. Sugar and Brown can be redirected to their relevant episodes.--Launchballer (talk) 21:38, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Stuck new message box

Hi, lately I've had an orange box appear on every page, just below the page title: "You have a new message from another user (last change)."

No matter what I do, I can't seem to get rid of it. I've tried deleting cookies and site data for apterous.org. Are other people having the same problem? More importantly, has anyone who was having the problem found a solution? — Stewart (talk) 00:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

It's been like that for ages. See the bottom of User talk:Reams.--Launchballer (talk) 06:30, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

List for DC guests by number of appearances

I'm amazed that we haven't got a list of DC guests by number of appearance. Definitely think one should be had, as it would be nice to know who has the record for the most (well, I think we know), but also who else is pretty high on the list... JRTerrier24 (talk) 13:01, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Went to create a table using Excel, but hit brain fog. Will carry on when I'm feeling a bit more clear-headed.--Launchballer (talk) 14:58, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
Gyles Brandreth 333
Richard Stilgoe 240
Nigel Rees 184
Philip Franks 176
Richard Digance 173
Dr Phil Hammond 170
Geoffrey Durham 165
Martin Jarvis 152
Paul Zenon 145
Jan Harvey 134
Tom O'Connor 121
Tim Rice 120
Jon Culshaw 118
Bill Tidy 116
Jo Brand 110
Keith Barron 99
Gloria Hunniford 93
Pam Ayres 90
Ken Bruce 89
Ned Sherrin 87
Rick Wakeman 87
Barry Cryer 85
John Inverdale 80
Alastair Stewart 79
Tim Vine 69
Janet Street-Porter 63
David Jacobs 62
Simon Williams 62
Colin Murray 60
Eve Pollard 60
Barry Norman 57
Richard Arnold 55
Denis Norden 52
Richard Madeley 50
Kenneth Williams 48
Angela Rippon 47
Jenny Eclair 45
Martin Lewis 45
Nicki Chapman 45
Jenny Hanley 43
John Junkin 43
Chris Packham 41
Dan Walker 41
Helen Fospero 40
Levi Roots 40
Magnus Magnusson 40
Sheridan Morley 40
Alistair McGowan 39
Kate Humble 39
Ann Widdecombe 38
Dr Linda Papadopoulos 38
Sylvia Syms 38
Brian Johnston 37
Mark Foster 37
Lance Percival 36
Dave Spikey 35
John Thomson 35
Penny Smith 35
Rufus Hound 35
Tanni Grey-Thompson 35
Henry Blofeld 34
Nicholas Owen 34
Rory Bremner 34
Joan Bakewell 33
Lesley Graham 33
Steve Jones (guest) 33
Myleene Klass 31
Adrian Chiles 30
Jay Rayner 30
Margaret Mountford 30
Michael Whitehall 30
Neil Delamere 30
Kathryn Apanowicz 28
Dinah Sheridan 27
Stephen Fry 27
Jennie Bond 27
Melvyn Hayes 27
John Parrott 26
Les Dennis 26
Lionel Blair 26
Rosalind Ayres 26
Bob Harris 25
Christopher Biggins 25
Dave Myers 25
Esther Rantzen 25
Jeremy Thompson 25
Len Goodman 25
Peter Baldwin 25
Eric Knowles 24
Lesley Garrett 24
Ricky Tomlinson 24
Carol Barnes 23
Frazer Hines 23
Russell Harty 23
Sally James 22
Julia Bradbury 21
Carol Thatcher 20
David Lloyd 20
Greg Rusedski 20
John Sergeant 20
Justin Moorhouse 20
Maggie Aderin-Pocock 20
Marcus Brigstocke 20
Mark Pougatch 20
Nina Hossain 20
Pat Nevin 20
Patrick Mower 20
Paul Sinha 20
Prue Leith 20
Raj Bisram 20
Ranulph Fiennes 20
Rick Edwards 20
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Derek Nimmo 18
Jan Ravens 18
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I'm feeling better. For technical reasons, I'm going to have to feed these in 100 at a time.--Launchballer (talk) 18:47, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
You can go through previous revisions of this page for the history, but this is done and is up to date as of yesterday (but does not take into account articles that don't yet exist, e.g. next week's Osman episodes or the week after's Harris episodes).--Launchballer (talk) 19:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Updated.--Launchballer (talk) 15:31, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I'm fairly certain that Lesley Graham, Bob Bevan, Merrill Thomas, Marc Freden, Simon Biagi, Anya Sitaram, Lee Peck, Richard Sisson, Ian Hyland, Noreen Khan, Victoria Mather, and Damian Eadie are the guests without articles and Jazz Emu and Stevie Martin are the Catsdown guests without articles. Not all of them pass GNG though. Eadie certainly doesn't...--Launchballer (talk) 23:22, 20 September 2024 (UTC)
We've got Special:MostLinkedCategories which sort of does the job. The Doctor (talk | contribs) 22:47, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
To a certain extent, although it relies on episodes having pages.--Launchballer (talk) 23:03, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
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