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OBSOLETE SONY ARCHIVE

Archive Stats

ObsoleteSony documents Sony portable audio across Walkman, Discman, MiniDisc, and Network Walkman.

Generated at build time from live archive datasets, localization records, route manifests, and sitemap output. Counts are recalculated on each production build.

12,940

Total generated pages

1,066

Total product models

10

Public languages

4

Product families

Models by family

Walkman

441 models

Cassette players and personal stereos.

Walkman representative model

1979–2004

Discman

171 models

Portable CD players and CD Walkman models.

Discman representative model

1984–2010

MiniDisc

106 models

MiniDisc recorders, players, NetMD, and Hi-MD.

MiniDisc representative model

1992–2006

Network Walkman

348 models

Memory Stick, hard-drive, flash, and Hi-Res players.

Network Walkman representative model

1999–2023

Archive scale

Sitemap URLs

12,825

Localized description records

10,653

Validation status

Validated during build

Latest build

Generated from latest production build

Pages by type

Product model pages
10,660
82.4%
Year pages
840
6.5%
Article pages
860
6.6%
Collection pages
150
1.2%
Utility pages
430
3.3%
Total generated pages
12,940
100%

Localization coverage

Language Localized description records Coverage Missing UI
English 1,066 100% 0 Full
Japanese 1,063 99.7% 3 Full
Spanish 1,065 99.9% 1 Full
Portuguese 1,065 99.9% 1 Full
French 1,065 99.9% 1 Full
Italian 1,065 99.9% 1 Full
German 1,066 100% 0 Full
Korean 1,066 100% 0 Full
Russian 1,066 100% 0 Full
Chinese 1,066 100% 0 Full

Family / year coverage

Family First year Latest year Years represented Year pages
Walkman 1979 2004 25 23
Discman 1984 2010 24 24
MiniDisc 1992 2006 14 14
Network Walkman 1999 2023 23 23

Content depth

Models with longDescription

1,066

100% of models

Models with specs

905

84.9% of models

Models with specs.dimensions

509

47.7% of models

Models with specs.weightG

497

46.6% of models

Models with color data

670

62.9% of models

Models with specs.batteryLife

419

39.3% of models

Models with article or year context

1,063

99.7% of models

Standout models

177

16.6% of models

Product image coverage

WALKMAN

143/441

298 missing - 32.4% coverage

DISCMAN

95/171

76 missing - 55.6% coverage

MINIDISC

106/106

0 missing - 100% coverage

NETWORK WALKMAN

219/348

129 missing - 62.9% coverage

Model network

Curated model relationships capped to three links per model, selected as reciprocal pairs first, with same-year family fallbacks for records without arrays, plus contextual cross-family cards rendered on product pages.

Connected-model links

2,824

2.65 avg; reciprocal first

Models with related links

1,066

100% of models; 394 curated from larger pools

Explicit cross-family links

0

From connectedto + relatedTo

Contextual year cards

3,152

Rendered product-page links

Broken links

0

Unresolved target IDs

Bidirectional pairs

1,201

A links to B and B links back

Largest curated pools

Model Family Displayed links Candidate pool Explicit cross-family links
NW-A828 Network Walkman 3 61 0
NW-M505 Network Walkman 3 29 0
NW-E002 Network Walkman 3 28 0
WM-FS1 Walkman 3 22 0
NW-A1000 Network Walkman 3 20 0
NW-A1200 Network Walkman 3 20 0
WM-D3 Walkman 3 20 0
NW-Z1070/W Network Walkman 3 17 0
NW-ZX100 Network Walkman 3 16 0
WM-DC2 Walkman 3 16 0

Editorial text volume

Localized product longDescription fields plus separate model interpretation modules where active public locales provide them.

Total editorial words 1,420,252
Total editorial characters 6,635,634
Language LongDescription Separate interpretations Total
English 126,687 words 642,165 chars 16,810 words 89,072 chars from interpretation files 143,497 words 731,237 chars
Japanese 174,313 chars 73,872 segmented words 8,824 chars 4,342 segmented words from interpretation files 183,137 chars 78,214 segmented words
Spanish 150,304 words 749,493 chars 19,140 words 99,518 chars from interpretation files 169,444 words 849,011 chars
Portuguese 144,034 words 704,703 chars 19,183 words 97,661 chars from interpretation files 163,217 words 802,364 chars
French 153,163 words 776,665 chars 18,963 words 100,007 chars from interpretation files 172,126 words 876,672 chars
Italian 142,453 words 764,202 chars 17,706 words 99,976 chars from interpretation files 160,159 words 864,178 chars
German 120,832 words 729,671 chars 21,078 words 131,320 chars from interpretation files 141,910 words 860,991 chars
Korean 314,271 chars 100,418 segmented words 42,624 chars 13,008 segmented words from interpretation files 356,895 chars 113,426 segmented words
Russian 112,004 words 696,211 chars 18,696 words 124,842 chars from interpretation files 130,700 words 821,053 chars
Chinese 249,583 chars 125,953 segmented words 40,513 chars 21,606 segmented words from interpretation files 290,096 chars 147,559 segmented words

UI strings, model names, tags, specs, prices, routes, navigation labels, short labels, generated metadata, and short product descriptions are excluded. Separate interpretations are counted only from localized *-interpretations-* modules, not from description files. Japanese, Chinese, and Korean rows emphasize character counts with segmented words shown as secondary context.

What counts?

Counts are generated from current build data. Product pages are counted across active public locales. Product model totals come from canonical family datasets. Localized description records count available product description entries across active locales. Editorial text volume counts localized longDescription fields and separate model interpretation files only.

Snapshot generated from the latest production build.

Active public locales
10
Internal locales
2
Data-only locales
1