Oops, that might not be quite the same thing. Well.. worst case, it wouldn't be difficult to spider the site (pulling down all of the pages with code which reports on the missing links).
I'll poke around a bit more, though and see what I can find. Thanks for bearing with me, -- Raul On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 12:23 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pages_with_broken_file_links > > (When that category is created, the wiki automatically populates it.) > > FYI, > > -- > Raul > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 12:12 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is there an easy way to check for dead links? The 2009 page on Literate > > Programming from Nikitin - > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/User:Andrew_Nikitin/Literate - which I > > revamped for my GUI demo (in > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/NYCJUG/2021-11-09) has a lot of references > > that either don't go anywhere or maybe are in an older style? > > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 2:56 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I currently count 2087 pages in the "Main" namespace. (I saw 6 full > > > pages at > > > https://code.jsoftware.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:AllPages > > > with 345 href= references to pages in the Main namespace, and a > > > seventh page with 17 such references.) > > > > > > Which is pretty close to your number (which also includes other kinds of > > > pages). > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > Raul > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 8:35 AM chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Wiki statistics are at > > > https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Special:Statistics > > > > > > > > This gives the page count as 2,877 (Pages - Uploaded files). > > > > > > > > This would include archived pages and redirects, so perhaps around > > > > 2,500 > > > > active pages. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:32 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This is good news. J Wiki is a peerless garden. I look in vain for > > > anything > > > > > to match it in other computer languages. Other vendors' wikis are pale > > > > > shadows – even in the realm of APL. (Can somebody tell us just how > > > many J > > > > > wiki pages there are?) > > > > > > > > > > J wiki is my first stop when I come across an emergent topic, or ask > > > the > > > > > question: is there a J-er who knows something about that? > > > > > But all too often I hit pages that are seriously out-of-date. Example: > > > just > > > > > search on "Oleg" or "j602" and you reap a harvest of pure gold – but > > > > > antique gold. Last updated 2009 say, and nothing written since then. > > > > > > > > > > Now I have a contact point when I hit such a page. Weeding the J > > > garden is > > > > > going to be a Herculean labor. But if I ruled the world I'd have > > > picked Bob > > > > > for the task myself :-D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 20:29, 'robert therriault' via Programming < > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > > > > > First, thank you to Eric, Chris and Henry for asking me to take on > > > this > > > > > > role. Over the last few weeks, I have seen discussions about the > > > state of > > > > > > the wiki naturally emerge on the forums and so the time seems ripe > > > > > > to > > > > > > approach this challenge in a coordinated fashion. This is not a task > > > > > that I > > > > > > can take on alone and I have to acknowledge the amazing > > > > > > contributions > > > > > that > > > > > > have already been made to the wiki by Chris Burke in migrating the > > > > > original > > > > > > documents to a wiki format, Ian Clark and Henry Rich and the many > > > others > > > > > > who have contributed to Nuvoc, and to Roger Hui for the excellent > > > > > > contributions he made through the years in the essays section. These > > > are > > > > > > just a few of the people who have kept the wiki going over the > > > years, but > > > > > > just as important are the people who stepped up and clarified that > > > one > > > > > > detail about a little used adverb or included some details about > > > the way > > > > > > that they were using J. If you have contributed to the wiki in the > > > past > > > > > > thank you and if you have not, there will be lots of opportunities > > > going > > > > > > forward. > > > > > > > > > > > > The current state of the wiki feels to me like a mansion that is > > > need of > > > > > > maintenance. It still has a wonderful location, a classic look and > > > some > > > > > > amazing facilities, but there are also rooms that have not been > > > updated > > > > > > (some of which are rarely visited and may need to be removed to > > > provide > > > > > > access to other areas). In addition, while we are cleaning things > > > up, we > > > > > > may be able to build a few new wings to make it more attractive to > > > > > > visitors. If you really wanted to get excited about it, you could > > > > > > say > > > > > that > > > > > > we have inherited a theme park that will not only educate but will > > > also > > > > > > engage newcomers and could become a destination resort for those who > > > are > > > > > > interested in j. > > > > > > > > > > > > We are at a time when interest in the array languages is growing and > > > so > > > > > an > > > > > > updated wiki will be a real benefit to the whole community. If you > > > are > > > > > > interested in being part of this process let me know, either through > > > the > > > > > > general forum ([email protected]) or emailing me directly at > > > > > > [email protected]. My plan over the next week is to gauge the > > > > > > interest and start to organize the approach we will take. If you are > > > > > > interested in being a part of that vision then please get in touch > > > with > > > > > me. > > > > > > Wiki's are not a one person adventure. If planning the project is > > > not for > > > > > > you right now, get involved when you can. There will also be > > > > > opportunities > > > > > > down the road for curators who may be interested in a specific area > > > of > > > > > the > > > > > > J wiki and, as always, contributions from the community are > > > encouraged. > > > > > We > > > > > > will be providing weekly updates here on the programming forum to > > > keep > > > > > > everyone up to date. > > > > > > > > > > > > Stay tuned as we move forward together and please share any thoughts > > > that > > > > > > you have either by direct email to me or through the general forum > > > for > > > > > that > > > > > > is the place where the wiki will be discussed. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 10, 2021, at 11:38, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob Therriault has stepped up and volunteered to be the J Wiki > > > > > > Coordinator. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a lot that can be done to make the wiki more effective > > > > > > > for > > > > > both > > > > > > > seasoned and new J programmers. More importantly it could be > > > better at > > > > > > > catching and keeping the interest of those who drop by for a peek. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob has already made his mark on J with videos, Jig, > > > > > > > stackoverflow, > > > > > Array > > > > > > > Cast podcast, and forum presence. Fantastic that there is more to > > > come! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is a community effort, so we all need to chip in. But having > > > an > > > > > > active > > > > > > > coordinator is a big plus. > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > For information about J forums see > > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > > > Quantitative Consultant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
