steveb - 7:57 pm on Oct 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

"When the pages show for their "PageHasMoved" text, are they still listed as supplemental, or do they appear to be part of the normal index at this point?"

Both. If you search for pagehasmoved, the new title is displayed and the listing looks normal. if uou search for "some text that was on the the page in 2004", then the 2004 title and a listing marked Supplemental will be shown.

To some degree this makes sense, as Google says the Supplemental listings are in a separate database.

"are you sure that it was your actions that caused the pages to be removed, or is it just Google noise?"

Definitely sure. The 85/15 split occurs at the same moment, so it can't possibly be a coincidence or glitch.

Separate note, I used the URL removal tool on more 85/15 pages twenty hours ago. These pages had been previously removed seven months ago, and reappared like clockwork last month. After 20 hours they still have not been removed. First time removals go in six or so hours in my experience. If the ones from yeterday don't get removed at all, that is a new wrinkle.