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Explain this list?

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It seems like it would be good to include a statement why these haven't been numbered, or whether some will eventually be numbered and how that happens. Tom Ruen (talk) 12:53, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Page size

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This page is 636,764 bytes long, which is far too big. What's the best way to subdivide it? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:33, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say "By year" starting in 1999, with the earlier discoveries all on one page. Praemonitus (talk) 15:25, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, but put 1993 through 1999 on one page, then by year. StarryGrandma (talk) 15:35, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Why stop at 1999 and not 2000? The century ends at 2000, and this follows the format of other list articles such as List of minor planets: 1001–2000 & Meanings of minor planet names: 1001–2000.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:29, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that's what I'm saying: for X='List of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects discovered', 'X before 1999', X in 1999, X in 2000, X in 2001, ... Praemonitus (talk) 16:42, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Please quote the relevant passage from WP:PAGELENGTH to which you're referring.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  15:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The technical issues and absolute limit are at WP:CHOKING. Though few use dial-up nowadays, mobile phone readers are in the majority. StarryGrandma (talk) 15:47, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm slightly in favor of splitting this list up, since 1) it will continue to grow, and 2) there is probably a simply way to separate. I'm strongly against splitting being done 'exclusively due to policy', since there are many lists > 200kB that are best left as-is.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:25, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Had anyone proposed "splitting exclusively due to policy", you may have had a point. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:30, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • We did this with Lists of exoplanets and I think it worked out really well. I'd agree to go with "before 2000" and then a page for every year after that. I'm happy to do the legwork. And similar to the list of exoplanets, we could have a "full" page that would transclude the individual pages, for those who want to see the full list all at once. Primefac (talk) 15:56, 9 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A start

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In light of the above, I have now split out List of unnumbered trans-Neptunian objects, 1993-2000. It's still on the heavy side, at 97,487 bytes, but much more manageable. Please review it, before we make the next split. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:09, 18 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That article seems fine. I have fixed the title. Should we move the rest now, disambiguated by year?  Nixinova  T  C  06:42, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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