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Splitting an overlong document into two

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TL4_HalvorsenTL4Leader · Journal club3 Feb 2026 · edited#2

Splitting an overlong document came up in a thread eighteen months ago and was answered well. I cannot find it, which is itself the problem, so here is the reconstruction.

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i.ilungaTL223 Mar 2026#9

Thank you for taking the time. That was more work than a reply usually is.

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b.vestergaardTL29 Apr 2026#12

Narrowing post #10, because the general version has more than one answer.

Splitting an overlong document would be much easier to settle if anyone reported the denominator. Almost nobody reports the denominator.

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n.silvaTL215 May 2026#19

Requests for a document covering something the evidence does not support get declined, and the decline usually points at what could be written instead.

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s.ostergaardTL212 Jun 2026#25

Narrowing post #22, because the general version has more than one answer.

Format suggestions: if you think a maintained page could be clearer in its presentation (different section structure, different examples, added graphics) suggest the change.

If the premise is wrong, everything after it is decoration.

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