SID-01915: Pages without contents

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.1.1	Perl version:
Category:	CategorySearch	Server OS:		Last update:	11 years ago

Hello, i'm trying to find a way to search for new pages we've created, but only pages that are still empty, with no contents. The reason why i want to do that, is that several colleagues use our twiki, and they maybe create pages and they just forget about it. So i'm trying to find these "blank" pages to delete them. Is there a solution ? Thank you !

-- Mathieu Crins - 2014-04-29

Discussion and Answer

To clarify, you want to find existing empty pages, not red-links to non-existing pages?

If you want to find existing empty pages you could create a topic with a FormattedSearch that lists topics, indicating the size of the content. There is no size variable, but it can be done with a SpreadSheetPlugin formula.

Example, limited to 16 topics:

Topic	Size	Last Update
SID-02518: Supported OS for TWiki-6.1.0	304	PeterThoeny, 2024-10-11 - 08:12
SID-02513: Safari WebLeftBar not aligned	350	PeterThoeny, 2023-12-19 - 04:54
SID-02508: Paypal link on Twiki VM page is broken	351	AlanMagnuson, 2023-06-13 - 17:26
SID-02516: Manage link seems to be incorrectly retrieved	476	PeterThoeny, 2024-05-03 - 06:55
SID-02509: Recommended NAS to host TWiKi on-premise Intranet.	533	PeterThoeny, 2023-06-30 - 07:51
SID-02523: Restoring a parent-less web from Trash	554	WilliamSeligman, 2025-12-22 - 22:32
SID-02521: Is MailInContrib Installed On TwikiDotOrg	698	PeterThoeny, 2025-02-08 - 00:37
SID-02511: A corrupted TWiki page	747	PeterThoeny, 2023-11-26 - 02:00
SID-02522: Regex search: lookaheads	990	PeterThoeny, 2025-11-24 - 05:15
SID-02514: New Web RSS feed enabling	1070	TonyQiu, 2024-01-25 - 12:50
SID-02519: TWiki causes an error when accessed through VPN	1371	PeterThoeny, 2024-10-21 - 04:19
SID-02515: Locked down Main web blocks user Watchlist topic creation	1414	BenScott, 2024-02-09 - 02:27
SID-02520: viewfile timeout	1662	PeterThoeny, 2024-12-05 - 06:55
SID-02510: Top level menu and title bar disfigured	1699	PeterThoeny, 2023-08-08 - 20:39
SID-02512: The save script can only be called with POST method.	1825	PeterThoeny, 2023-12-15 - 05:52
SID-02517: Registration without personal data (like e-mail adress)	2709	EmielVanRiel, 2024-06-26 - 07:59

Do a raw view to see how this works. Details in VarSEARCH, FormattedSearch, SpreadSheetPlugin VarTABLE, TablePlugin

-- Peter Thoeny - 2014-04-29

Hello, This is actually working! Thanks for that! Nevertheless I'm also looking for a listing of red-links to non-existing pages. Can someone please provide me with the code to do that? Thanks in advance Floris

-- Floris Slootmans - 2014-08-29

On red-links, see TopicReferencePlugin, HowToFindOrphans, HowToFindOrphanedTopics, HowToFindOrphanedOrWantedTopics, ListingAllUndefinedButUsedWikiWords, FindReferencedButNotDefinedWikiWords.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2014-08-30

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