Really everything above is good advice, there have always been as many opinions on the details of chain maintenance as there are bike owners!
Ultimately this means that everything outside total enclosure with oilbath or flow lubrication included is less than completely successful, every method trying to make the best out of a fundamentally bad situation.
A very large number of experienced cyclists just don't bother any more, apart from maybe a quick squirt of WD40 once in a blue moon to keep rust off. They just let the chain and sprockets wear out and then replace them. In truth they probably do less work in those occasional events than those who do regular complicated maintenance routines.
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