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 Author: Finnegan_McCool View Messages Posted By Finnegan_McCool
 Posted: Feb 11, 2026 06:49
 Subject: "NEWS" Topic
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Finnegan_McCool (62)

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Clicking on "NEWS" leads to no content.

On the "All Topics" page, which can only be reached from the "Community"
link, the following topic information is found"

Forum Category/Topic Group(?): NEWS
Topic: NEWS (News from the BrickLink Administration.)
Messages: 10
Last Post: 11 years ago

Selecting the topic shows no messages.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 11, 2026 09:30
 Subject: Re: "NEWS" Topic
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In Suggestions, Finnegan_McCool writes:
  Clicking on "NEWS" leads to no content.

On the "All Topics" page, which can only be reached from the "Community"
link, the following topic information is found"

Forum Category/Topic Group(?): NEWS
Topic: NEWS (News from the BrickLink Administration.)
Messages: 10
Last Post: 11 years ago

Selecting the topic shows no messages.

The News topic in not empty… but all its remaining messages are cancelled.

The admins use the Administrative topic (https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?ID=30
) now for their announcements.
 Author: Finnegan_McCool View Messages Posted By Finnegan_McCool
 Posted: Feb 13, 2026 08:37
 Subject: Re: "NEWS" Topic
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In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
  In Suggestions, Finnegan_McCool writes:
  Clicking on "NEWS" leads to no content.

On the "All Topics" page, which can only be reached from the "Community"
link, the following topic information is found"

Forum Category/Topic Group(?): NEWS
Topic: NEWS (News from the BrickLink Administration.)
Messages: 10
Last Post: 11 years ago

Selecting the topic shows no messages.

The News topic in not empty… but all its remaining messages are cancelled.

The admins use the Administrative topic (https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?ID=30
) now for their announcements.

I am aware of what the admins use. That is why I posted my comment. I probably
should have stated that the "NEWS" topic appears to no longer be used.
Is that correct? I hope I did not use the wrong words to express that. Please
excuse my ignorance for incorrectly interpreting that by my not being able to
see any messages in the "NEWS" topic meant that it was empty. I was not
aware that that meant "all its remaining messages are cancelled." I often
make the same mistake in the real world. I looked in my empty coffee cup just
now and thought it was empty. Wouldn't you know it though? It turns out that
all of its remaining coffee was simply cancelled.
Thank you for your kind help.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 13, 2026 18:07
 Subject: Re: "NEWS" Topic
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In Suggestions, Finnegan_McCool writes:
  […]
  The News topic in not empty… but all its remaining messages are cancelled.

The admins use the Administrative topic (https://www.bricklink.com/messageList.asp?ID=30
) now for their announcements.

I am aware of what the admins use. That is why I posted my comment. I probably
should have stated that the "NEWS" topic appears to no longer be used.
Is that correct? I hope I did not use the wrong words to express that. Please
excuse my ignorance for incorrectly interpreting that by my not being able to
see any messages in the "NEWS" topic meant that it was empty. I was not
aware that that meant "all its remaining messages are cancelled." I often
make the same mistake in the real world. I looked in my empty coffee cup just
now and thought it was empty. Wouldn't you know it though? It turns out that
all of its remaining coffee was simply cancelled.
Thank you for your kind help.

I wasn’t rebutting you, I was only commenting.
There’s an option to see/hide cancelled messages (https://www.bricklink.com/messageFilter.asp?viewFrom=P
).  That is, you’ll see messages with the title “(Cancelled).”

Now, more information: normally, if you click on a cancelled message, you can
“see” it, with their content reduced to “cancelled.”  But those in the News topic
lead to an error page.
So my guess is that there’s a database problem with these messages and they are
not completely deleted and they are still half-there, and that prevents the admins
to completely get rid of the News topic.