Talkpages without associated subject pages

Talkpages without associated subject pages

I just went through Special:AllPages/Talk: and there's an unusually large number of pages in the talk namespace without their associated subject-namespace pages. Is there maybe a way to speed up the process of going through and deleting them without cluttering up the rest of RecentChanges?

TeleComNasSprVen04:30, 5 April 2011

Hi. Since it is a non-controversial act, I guess I could delete them using a bot flag to avoid flooding the recent changes. However, I am new as a sysop here and have never used the bot flag. So, I would feel more comfortable if you ask this same question to a more experienced sysop. If s/he agreeds I would surely delete these pages. Regards.” TeleS (T M @ C G) 00:47, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

TeleS (T M @ C G)00:47, 6 April 2011

I'm going to drop the bot flag on you. :)

~Philippe (WMF)03:48, 6 April 2011

Teles, you now have the bot flag. When you're done, go to Special:UserRights, and unbot yourself, please.

~Philippe (WMF)03:50, 6 April 2011

Thank you, Philippe :)

I only deleted pages that apparently had no use. A few talk pages didn't have an associated page but were transcluded on other discussions or were used as archives, so were not deleted. Here is the log. Regards.

TeleS (T M @ C G)05:49, 6 April 2011

Thank you so much to both of you! I think I'll stay here for some time and help cleanup whatever needs doing. :)

TeleComNasSprVen22:37, 6 April 2011