User blog:MemberD/7,000 pages

Happy New Year ..and starting 2024 with another significant milestone of 7,000 pages. I dedicated it to former Beatle Ringo Starr, who was fairly high up in the Wanted Pages list (although not top) and was the last remaining Beatle to get his own page. Now well over 80 years young, he's still active and recently has a hand in the 'last Beatles song' Now and Then, released last year. I believe he was also the 'oldest' Beatle and the last to join the band.

I had considered 'choosing' page 7,000 with a random number generator (which Google now kindly provides), taking the Wanted Pages list from 1 - 300. I tried it out for page 6,999 and it actually came up with Not The Nine O'Clock News which was also deserving its own page, albeit not having many links. I've tried to a fe more TV programmes recently as I think that's a category which doesn't get enough attention in the grand scheme of Pop Culture things. The most 'wanted' pages remain music related - groups, artist, DJs, etc. - which is almost inevitable. I've also tried to do a few Films pages of late although without putting in too much detail.

Amazing that we're now 40 years on from 1984, 50 from 1974, 30 from 1994, and - crucially! - 60 years from 1964, which is our Pop Culture starting year. So sixty years since The Beatles first went to the US, since TOTP first started etc., oh and 60 years since this author's birth (btw).

So here's to 2024 ... I'll drink to that.