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Somebody please explain what a "High School Misdirection Play" is. I did my best to explain American Gridiron, but I'm not a sports nut (far from it). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 16:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::How about now? [[User:TheOriginalSoni|TheOriginalSoni]] ([[User talk:TheOriginalSoni|talk]]) 16:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::I assume that a "Misdirection Play" is where the ball is made to look like it is passed/thrown/handed to one player who then proceeds to run as if they had the ball, attracting the defensive players away from the actual person holding the ball. Highschool football has a tendency to use more "tricky" plays than "higher" levels of play (college, professional) as there is more chance of success for a risky, surprise type of play compared to games with more experienced players. Similarly, there are more "surprise" plays in college ball than in the NFL - I think there are more "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-point_conversion two point conversions]" in college ball. [[User:J-beda|J-beda]] ([[User talk:J-beda|talk]]) 17:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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::In American Football, the team on offense must move the ball down the field past the defending team (similar to most field sports, such as football (soccer), rugby, or hockey). In order to do this, sometimes the offensive team will try to trick the defensive team into thinking the ball is, or will be moved, somewhere where it's not. This is called a misdirection. One example of this (the one I'm most familiar with) is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_pass Screen Pass]. In the comic, the "bride" is a member of the offensive team and, it is implied, has courted and promised to wed cueball, who is playing on the defense, in an incredibly elaborate attempt to misdirect him about the intended football play. It is quite absurd. [[Special:Contributions/98.189.235.248|98.189.235.248]]<br />
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:Boise State is a team known for their trick plays because they used 3 in a row in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl [[User:Joehammer79|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79|talk]]) 19:47, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
::This is false. They used 3 trick plays in the fourth quarter & Overtime, but they were not 'in a row.' jjhuddle 19:06, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:::I stand corrected. 5 years of college football made me forget all the little plays in between. [[User:Joehammer79|Joehammer79]] ([[User talk:Joehammer79|talk]]) 19:47, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Is anyone else struck by the fact that if there's continuity of stance in panels 1-3, then "Amy" is running backwards through the End Zone? --[[Special:Contributions/98.225.182.131|98.225.182.131]] 20:43, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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:I think in the last panel "Amy" actually has turned around and is running forward, because the veil is then trailing and the ball looks to be in the crook of the arm. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 20:50, 27 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1100:_Vows&diff=107211100: Vows2012-08-27T19:12:19Z<p>Jjhuddle: Housekeeping</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1100<br />
| date = August 27, 2012<br />
| title = Vows<br />
| image = vows.png<br />
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| titletext = So, um. Do you want to get a drink after the game?<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
A couple is about to get married, and the priest asks (for the sake of formality) if the bride takes the groom to be her husband. Rather than say 'Yes', she surprises him by saying No. [[Cueball|The groom]] is shocked because the bride is obviously expected to say yes.<br />
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It turns out that [[Cueball]] has been tricked into thinking that he is at his own wedding rather than playing in a High School {{w|Football (American)|Football}} game. "Amy" turns out to be a player for the opposing team and runs the ball in for a touchdown.<br />
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This is a play on Misdirection Plays common in football, especially in the high school level, where teams deliberately try to make the opponent think the ball is going a different direction than it is actually going. Taking the deception to the next level, this comic suggests that everything until Cueball's marriage was just a deception play to score the goal. Also, see {{w|The Matrix}}.<br />
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The title text is what Cueball apparently wants to say to 'Amy', after he realises he has been duped.<br />
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Also, if this is a High School game in the US, neither of them are old enough to drink alcohol, as is usually inferred from asking to go for a "drink." The drinking age in the US is 21.<br />
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A good example of a misdirection play is what's called the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkA3nxuMJoM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active|"wrong ball trick"]. Before hiking the ball, the quarterback or center signals to their coach that the ball in play is the wrong ball and picks it up to supposedly exchange it for the right one at the sideline. Both teams relax and stand up to wait for the right ball, but just before getting to the sideline the quarterback takes off running down the field. This is considered to be a dirty trick and usually only works in Pee-wee/little league football, but sometimes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQbAP-K28J8&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active| it doesn't].<br />
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*Somebody please explain what a "High School Misdirection Play" is. I did my best to explain American Gridiron, but I'm not a sports nut (far from it). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 16:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
**How about now? [[User:TheOriginalSoni|TheOriginalSoni]] ([[User talk:TheOriginalSoni|talk]]) 16:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
**I assume that a "Misdirection Play" is where the ball is made to look like it is passed/thrown/handed to one player who then proceeds to run as if they had the ball, attracting the defensive players away from the actual person holding the ball. Highschool football has a tendency to use more "tricky" plays than "higher" levels of play (college, professional) as there is more chance of success for a risky, surprise type of play compared to games with more experienced players. Similarly, there are more "surprise" plays in college ball than in the NFL - I think there are more "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-point_conversion two point conversions]" in college ball. [[User:J-beda|J-beda]] ([[User talk:J-beda|talk]]) 17:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
**In American Football, the team on offense must move the ball down the field past the defending team (similar to most field sports, such as football (soccer), rugby, or hockey). In order to do this, sometimes the offensive team will try to trick the defensive team into thinking the ball is, or will be moved, somewhere where it's not. This is called a misdirection. One example of this (the one I'm most familiar with) is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_pass Screen Pass]. In the comic, the "bride" is a member of the offensive team and, it is implied, has courted and promised to wed cueball, who is playing on the defense, in an incredibly elaborate attempt to misdirect him about the intended football play. It is quite absurd. [[Special:Contributions/98.189.235.248|98.189.235.248]]<br />
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*Boise State is a team known for their trick plays because they used 3 in a row in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl<br />
**This is false. They used 3 trick plays in the fourth quarter & Overtime, but they were not 'in a row.' jjhuddle 19:06, 27 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1100:_Vows&diff=10719Talk:1100: Vows2012-08-27T19:07:06Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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*Somebody please explain what a "High School Misdirection Play" is. I did my best to explain American Gridiron, but I'm not a sports nut (far from it). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 16:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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**How about now? [[User:TheOriginalSoni|TheOriginalSoni]] ([[User talk:TheOriginalSoni|talk]]) 16:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
**I assume that a "Misdirection Play" is where the ball is made to look like it is passed/thrown/handed to one player who then proceeds to run as if they had the ball, attracting the defensive players away from the actual person holding the ball. Highschool football has a tendency to use more "tricky" plays than "higher" levels of play (college, professional) as there is more chance of success for a risky, surprise type of play compared to games with more experienced players. Similarly, there are more "surprise" plays in college ball than in the NFL - I think there are more "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-point_conversion two point conversions]" in college ball. [[User:J-beda|J-beda]] ([[User talk:J-beda|talk]]) 17:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
**In American Football, the team on offense must move the ball down the field past the defending team (similar to most field sports, such as football (soccer), rugby, or hockey). In order to do this, sometimes the offensive team will try to trick the defensive team into thinking the ball is, or will be moved, somewhere where it's not. This is called a misdirection. One example of this (the one I'm most familiar with) is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_pass Screen Pass]. In the comic, the "bride" is a member of the offensive team and, it is implied, has courted and promised to wed cueball, who is playing on the defense, in an incredibly elaborate attempt to misdirect him about the intended football play. It is quite absurd. [[Special:Contributions/98.189.235.248|98.189.235.248]]<br />
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*Boise State is a team known for their trick plays because they used 3 in a row in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl<br />
**This is false. They used 3 trick plays in the fourth quarter & Overtime, but they were not 'in a row.' jjhuddle 19:06, 27 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1100:_Vows&diff=10718Talk:1100: Vows2012-08-27T19:06:35Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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Somebody please explain what a "High School Misdirection Play" is. I did my best to explain American Gridiron, but I'm not a sports nut (far from it). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 16:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: How about now? [[User:TheOriginalSoni|TheOriginalSoni]] ([[User talk:TheOriginalSoni|talk]]) 16:52, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: I assume that a "Misdirection Play" is where the ball is made to look like it is passed/thrown/handed to one player who then proceeds to run as if they had the ball, attracting the defensive players away from the actual person holding the ball. Highschool football has a tendency to use more "tricky" plays than "higher" levels of play (college, professional) as there is more chance of success for a risky, surprise type of play compared to games with more experienced players. Similarly, there are more "surprise" plays in college ball than in the NFL - I think there are more "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-point_conversion two point conversions]" in college ball. [[User:J-beda|J-beda]] ([[User talk:J-beda|talk]]) 17:04, 27 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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: In American Football, the team on offense must move the ball down the field past the defending team (similar to most field sports, such as football (soccer), rugby, or hockey). In order to do this, sometimes the offensive team will try to trick the defensive team into thinking the ball is, or will be moved, somewhere where it's not. This is called a misdirection. One example of this (the one I'm most familiar with) is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_pass Screen Pass]. In the comic, the "bride" is a member of the offensive team and, it is implied, has courted and promised to wed cueball, who is playing on the defense, in an incredibly elaborate attempt to misdirect him about the intended football play. It is quite absurd. [[Special:Contributions/98.189.235.248|98.189.235.248]]<br />
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*Boise State is a team known for their trick plays because they used 3 in a row in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl<br />
**This is false. They used 3 trick plays in the fourth quarter & Overtime, but they were not 'in a row.' jjhuddle 19:06, 27 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1099:_Tuesdays&diff=10675Talk:1099: Tuesdays2012-08-27T16:05:17Z<p>Jjhuddle: Blanked the page</p>
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<div>*Uhmmm, Where's Comic 1100 (Vows)?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1098:_Star_Ratings&diff=10183Talk:1098: Star Ratings2012-08-22T13:40:06Z<p>Jjhuddle: signature line/bullets</p>
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*An alternate explanation is that internet users only vote in 1s and 5s, and that the cutoff represents the point where there are too many 1s.<br />
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*The people most likely to vote are those with strong opinions, which would often be polerized to one or five stars. These people would be the most likely to vote because their connection to the product would make them more willing to spend the time to share their experiance.</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1019:_First_Post&diff=99481019: First Post2012-08-20T16:06:00Z<p>Jjhuddle: grammar</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
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| date = February 20, 2012<br />
| title = First Post<br />
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| titletext = 'Nuh-uh! We let users vote on comments and display them by number of votes. Everyone knows that makes it impossible for a few persistant voices to dominate the discussion.'<br />
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== Explanation ==<br />
This comic displays how much money goes into advertising vs. how much money is actually needed to do basically the same thing. The left graphic shows a $1,500,000 budget for ads on news sites every day until the election. The right graphic shows $200,000 that can be used with virtually the same results just by giving tech-savvy users salary to troll websites and make sure the employer's view is dominating the discussion. This practice is widely used, though most of America is unaware of it.<br />
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== Title Text ==<br />
Many internet sites today that you can comment on display the comments in the order they are received, with the first post showing up at the top of the comments, just after the article ends. This comic shows the massive flaw in this programming.<br />
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== Discussion ==</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1019:_First_Post&diff=99301019: First Post2012-08-20T15:00:42Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
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| date = February 20, 2012<br />
| title = First Post<br />
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| titletext = 'Nuh-uh! We let users vote on comments and display them by number of votes. Everyone knows that makes it impossible for a few persistant voices to dominate the discussion.'<br />
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== Explanation ==<br />
This comic displays how much money goes into advertising vs. how much money is actually needed to do basically the same thing. The left graphic shows a $1,500,000 budget for ads on news sites every day until the election. The right graphic shows $200,000 that can be used with virtually the same results just by giving tech-savvy users salary to troll websites and make sure the employers view is dominating the discussion. This practice is widely used, though most of America is unaware of it.<br />
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== Title Text ==<br />
Many internet sites today that you can comment on display the comments in the order they are received, with the first post showing up at the top of the comments, just after the article ends. This comic shows the massive flaw in this programming.<br />
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== Discussion ==</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1019:_First_Post&diff=99291019: First Post2012-08-20T15:00:19Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1019<br />
| date = February 20, 2012<br />
| title = First Post<br />
| image = first post.png<br />
| titletext = 'Nuh-uh! We let users vote on comments and display them by number of votes. Everyone knows that makes it impossible for a few persistant voices to dominate the discussion.'<br />
| imagesize =<br />
}}<br />
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== Explanation ==<br />
This comic displays how much money goes into advertising vs. how much money is actually needed to do basically the same thing. The left graphic shows a $1,500,000 budget for ads on news sites every day until the election. The right graphic shows $200,000 that can be used with virtually the same results just by giving tech-savvy users salary to troll websites and make sure the employers view is dominating the discussion. This practice is widely used, though most of America is unaware of it.<br />
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== Title Text ==<br />
Many internet sites today that you can comment on display the comments in the order they are received, with the first post showing up at the top of the comments, just after the article ends. This comic shows the massive flaw in this programming.</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1019:_First_Post&diff=99281019: First Post2012-08-20T14:57:54Z<p>Jjhuddle: opening statements</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1019<br />
| date = February 20, 2012<br />
| title = First Post<br />
| image = first post.png<br />
| titletext = 'Nuh-uh! We let users vote on comments and display them by number of votes. Everyone knows that makes it impossible for a few persistant voices to dominate the discussion.'<br />
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== Explanation ==<br />
This comic displays how much money goes into advertising vs. how much money is actually needed to do basically the same thing. The left graphic shows a $1,500,000 budget for ads on news sites every day until the election. The right graphic shows $200,000 that can be used with virtually the same results just by giving tech-savvy users salary to [[troll (internet)]] websites and make sure the employers view is dominating the discussion. This practice is widely used, though most of America is unaware of it.<br />
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== Title Text ==<br />
Many internet sites today that you can comment on display the comments in the order they are received, with the first post showing up at the top of the comments, just after the article ends. This comic shows the massive flaw in this programming.</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1097:_A_Hypochondriac%27s_Nightmare&diff=9915Talk:1097: A Hypochondriac's Nightmare2012-08-20T14:19:37Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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*I am not sure that hypochondriac is spelled hypochrondiac. According to the dictionary it is hypochondriac. I wonder if RM will fix this. --[[User:Grep|Grep]] ([[User talk:Grep|talk]])<br />
**I think hypochondriac is the right spelling (according to Google and Wikipedia)<br />
**Is it possible that the spelling of hypo'''chron'''diac is on purpose? The timing of the banana and jet engine versus the death mites? [[User:Altor|Altor]] ([[User talk:Altor|talk]]) 12:46, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
*** I doubt that it was intended, as I would think there would still be the r in driac. It has not been changed as of now, so I can't be sure. #TEBOWTIME 14:19, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*What are "death mites"?<br />
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*I feel like a Hypochondriac's nightmare would be dying from a disease that they detected at the earilest stage, but could do absolutely nothing about. #TEBOWTIME 10:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Don't you think the Title Text is more suggesting that Randal has a rash and he made the comic to calm himself down, but then it turns out that he has death mites in real life?<br />
** Using the context clues, it's safe to assume that Cueball is thinking the title-text. #TEBOWTIME 13:24, 20 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1097:_A_Hypochondriac%27s_Nightmare&diff=9895Talk:1097: A Hypochondriac's Nightmare2012-08-20T13:24:21Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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*I am not sure that hypochondriac is spelled hypochrondiac. According to the dictionary it is hypochondriac. I wonder if RM will fix this. --[[User:Grep|Grep]] ([[User talk:Grep|talk]])<br />
**I think hypochondriac is the right spelling (according to Google and Wikipedia)<br />
**Is it possible that the spelling of hypo'''chron'''diac is on purpose? The timing of the banana and jet engine versus the death mites? [[User:Altor|Altor]] ([[User talk:Altor|talk]]) 12:46, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*What are "death mites"?<br />
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*I feel like a Hypochondriac's nightmare would be dying from a disease that they detected at the earilest stage, but could do absolutely nothing about. #TEBOWTIME 10:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Don't you think the Title Text is more suggesting that Randal has a rash and he made the comic to calm himself down, but then it turns out that he has death mites in real life?<br />
** Using the context clues, it's safe to assume that Cueball is thinking the title-text. #TEBOWTIME 13:24, 20 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1097:_A_Hypochondriac%27s_Nightmare&diff=98901097: A Hypochondriac's Nightmare2012-08-20T12:36:59Z<p>Jjhuddle: Title Text edit</p>
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| number = 1097<br />
| date = August 20, 2012<br />
| title = A Hypochrondiac's Nightmare<br />
| image = a hypochrondiacs nightmare.png<br />
| titletext = BUT WHAT IF I REASSURE MYSELF WITH A JOKE AND THEN DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE RASH AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE DEATH MITES AND I COULD HAVE CAUGHT IT<br />
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== Explanation ==<br />
A hypochondriac is a person who is obsessively worried about their health. This is a hypochondriac's nightmare because he always was expecting to die due to a disease, but instead he dies by slipping on a banana and falling into an airplane engine. [[Cueball]] is hating himself for wasting so many hours on {{w|WebMD}} (an online health symptom reference) worrying about a rash on his arm because he now knows how he dies.<br />
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The title text is Cueball pondering what it would be like if it turned out that death mites killed him. It is not known if he is thinking this as he is slipping on the banana peel, or in a different time and place.<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
*Hypochondriac is wrongly spelled as Hypochrondiac in this comic.<br />
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*I am not sure that hypochondriac is spelled hypochrondiac. According to the dictionary it is hypochondriac. I wonder if RM will fix this. --[[User:Grep|Grep]] ([[User talk:Grep|talk]])<br />
**I think hypochondriac is the right spelling (according to Google and Wikipedia)<br />
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*What are "death mites"?<br />
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*I feel like a Hypochondriac's nightmare would be dying from a disease that they detected at the earilest stage, but could do absolutely nothing about. #TEBOWTIME 10:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Don't you think the Title Text is more suggesting that Randal has a rash and he made the comic to calm himself down, but then it turns out that he has death mites in real life?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1097:_A_Hypochondriac%27s_Nightmare&diff=9888Talk:1097: A Hypochondriac's Nightmare2012-08-20T12:28:38Z<p>Jjhuddle: spacing</p>
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<div>*I am not sure that hypochondriac is spelled hypochrondiac. According to the dictionary it is hypochondriac. I wonder if RM will fix this. --[[User:Grep|Grep]] ([[User talk:Grep|talk]])<br />
**I think hypochondriac is the right spelling (according to Google and Wikipedia)<br />
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*What are "death mites"?<br />
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*I feel like a Hypochondriac's nightmare would be dying from a disease that they detected at the earilest stage, but could do absolutely nothing about. #TEBOWTIME 10:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Don't you think the Title Text is more suggesting that Randal has a rash and he made the comic to calm himself down, but then it turns out that he has death mites in real life?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1097:_A_Hypochondriac%27s_Nightmare&diff=9882Talk:1097: A Hypochondriac's Nightmare2012-08-20T10:33:56Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>*I am not sure that hypochondriac is spelled hypochrondiac. According to the dictionary it is hypochondriac. I wonder if RM will fix this. --[[User:Grep|Grep]] ([[User talk:Grep|talk]])<br />
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*What are "death mites"?<br />
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*I feel like a Hypochondriac's nightmare would be dying from a disease that they detected at the earilest stage, but could do absolutely nothing about. #TEBOWTIME 10:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1097:_A_Hypochondriac%27s_Nightmare&diff=9881Talk:1097: A Hypochondriac's Nightmare2012-08-20T10:33:12Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>*I am not sure that hypochondriac is spelled hypochrondiac. According to the dictionary it is hypochondriac. I wonder if RM will fix this. --[[User:Grep|Grep]] ([[User talk:Grep|talk]])<br />
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*What are "death mites"?<br />
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*I feel like a Hypochondriac's night would be dying from a disease that they detected at the earilest stage, but could do absolutely nothing about. #TEBOWTIME 10:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1086:_Eyelash_Wish_Log&diff=9539Talk:1086: Eyelash Wish Log2012-08-17T17:14:16Z<p>Jjhuddle: Created page with "* This is one of my favorite xkcd comics ever. I can't stop laughing. ~~~~"</p>
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<div>* This is one of my favorite xkcd comics ever. I can't stop laughing. #TEBOWTIME 17:14, 17 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1088:_Five_Years&diff=9538Talk:1088: Five Years2012-08-17T17:11:10Z<p>Jjhuddle: Created page with "*So is the interviewer dead?!?! ~~~~"</p>
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<div>*So is the interviewer dead?!?! Tebow Time, Twice a Day. 17:11, 17 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1096:_Clinically_Studied_Ingredient&diff=95371096: Clinically Studied Ingredient2012-08-17T16:40:30Z<p>Jjhuddle: Is it really Megan?!?!</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1096<br />
| date = August 17, 2012<br />
| title = Clinically Studied Ingredient<br />
| image = Clinically Studied Ingredient.png<br />
| titletext = Blatantly banking on customers not understanding that it's like a Hollywood studio advertising that their new movie was 'watched by Roger Ebert'.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
This comic is poking fun at a phrase which some ads use to boost sales of their product. They state that their product contains a "clinically studied ingredient", which consumers assume means that the product itself has been clinically tested and proven. However, the phrase is very ambiguous. Firstly, only a single ingredient has necessarily been studied, not the combined effect of all the ingredients in the product (which can produce drastically different effects). Secondly, the phrase just states an ingredient was clinically studied, and doesn't mention the findings of that study (which, for all we know, could have found the ingredient to be ineffective or harmful). In other words, the phrase is used in shrewd marketing techniques.<br />
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There is a question as to whether the long-haired female is Megan or not.<br />
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In the comic, we come in the middle of a conversation with a female character telling [[Cueball]] that she's been tested. Although, she doesn't state what she was tested for, the implication is that they were talking about {{w|STD}}s. However, Megan does not reveal the results of the tests. When Cueball inquires, Megan acts like he is being unreasonable to also want that information. In this way, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] is making an analogy to how the marketer might think consumers would be unreasonable to want to know the ''results'' of the clinical studys on the ingredient.<br />
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In the title text, {{w|Roger Ebert}} is a famous film critic. However, we can expect most big name movies to be watched by him. Simply stating that he saw a movie doesn't necessarily mean that he liked it.<br />
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{{Comic discussion}}</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1096:_Clinically_Studied_Ingredient&diff=9491Talk:1096: Clinically Studied Ingredient2012-08-17T12:03:43Z<p>Jjhuddle: megan addition</p>
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<div>* The 1997 parody film {{w|Plump Fiction}} (an atrocious film from the looks of it) jokingly used the tagline «From the producers who saw "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoir Dogs" and "Braveheart"» to the same effect. --[[User:Buggz|Buggz]] ([[User talk:Buggz|talk]]) 11:53, 17 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* I think the joke isn't just that what Megan was tested for isn't clear, but like the clinically studied compound, she doesn't say if she was found to be healthy or not.<br />
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* Longer hair than normal, but maybe it's just too early this morning for me. Tebow Time, Twice a Day. 12:03, 17 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9228Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T17:21:38Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the explanation. Tebow Time, Twice a Day. 17:19, 16 August 2012 (UTC) ([[User talk:jjhuddle|talk]]) <br />
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*It's a mistake to think the every-pickier level of detail is a flaw in these interest subcultures. Smaller and smaller levels of study are what flesh out our knowledge of the world. And myriad small subgroups of shared interests allow many people to achieve excellence and status, not just in their minds but in an (admittedly small) range of reality. Examples: the people who maintain and improve the Kennedy line of Boston Terriers; people whose specialty is tooth wear in prehuman hominids; people who parse xkcd comics.<br />
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* I don't think that the comic means it as a flaw, I think it's a just a (humourous) observation, not a negative critisism.<br />
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* Agreed, and it even goes on here (just drop in on the community portal, to see tempests in a tea pot such as whether he's [[Cueball]] or [[Rob]]...) I couldn't help but think that RM poked his head in on this site and came up with this comic as a response. (Of course, that would be greatly overestimating our importance in the grand scheme of things, but we are all entitled to our little fantasies of grandeur, no?) Ah, well... it seemed perfect timing nonetheless. '''By the way, folks: please sign your posts.''' Four tildes, a la <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, is all it takes... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:30, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* I don't think the fractal analogy holds because human subcultures cannot be nested infinitely deep. At some point, subcultures will come down to individual humans, who aren't also (infinitely deep) subcultures. [[Special:Contributions/70.31.155.184|70.31.155.184]] 15:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9227Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T17:19:47Z<p>Jjhuddle: tildas!!!~!~!~</p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the explanation. Tebow Time, Twice a Day. 17:19, 16 August 2012 (UTC) ([[User talk:jjhuddle|talk]]) 09:34, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*It's a mistake to think the every-pickier level of detail is a flaw in these interest subcultures. Smaller and smaller levels of study are what flesh out our knowledge of the world. And myriad small subgroups of shared interests allow many people to achieve excellence and status, not just in their minds but in an (admittedly small) range of reality. Examples: the people who maintain and improve the Kennedy line of Boston Terriers; people whose specialty is tooth wear in prehuman hominids; people who parse xkcd comics.<br />
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* I don't think that the comic means it as a flaw, I think it's a just a (humourous) observation, not a negative critisism.<br />
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* Agreed, and it even goes on here (just drop in on the community portal, to see tempests in a tea pot such as whether he's [[Cueball]] or [[Rob]]...) I couldn't help but think that RM poked his head in on this site and came up with this comic as a response. (Of course, that would be greatly overestimating our importance in the grand scheme of things, but we are all entitled to our little fantasies of grandeur, no?) Ah, well... it seemed perfect timing nonetheless. '''By the way, folks: please sign your posts.''' Four tildes, a la <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, is all it takes... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:30, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* I don't think the fractal analogy holds because human subcultures cannot be nested infinitely deep. At some point, subcultures will come down to individual humans, who aren't also (infinitely deep) subcultures. [[Special:Contributions/70.31.155.184|70.31.155.184]] 15:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9225Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T17:15:47Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the explanation. [[User:jjhuddle|jjhuddle]] ([[User talk:jjhuddle|talk]]) 09:34, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*It's a mistake to think the every-pickier level of detail is a flaw in these interest subcultures. Smaller and smaller levels of study are what flesh out our knowledge of the world. And myriad small subgroups of shared interests allow many people to achieve excellence and status, not just in their minds but in an (admittedly small) range of reality. Examples: the people who maintain and improve the Kennedy line of Boston Terriers; people whose specialty is tooth wear in prehuman hominids; people who parse xkcd comics.<br />
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* I don't think that the comic means it as a flaw, I think it's a just a (humourous) observation, not a negative critisism.<br />
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* Agreed, and it even goes on here (just drop in on the community portal, to see tempests in a tea pot such as whether he's [[Cueball]] or [[Rob]]...) I couldn't help but think that RM poked his head in on this site and came up with this comic as a response. (Of course, that would be greatly overestimating our importance in the grand scheme of things, but we are all entitled to our little fantasies of grandeur, no?) Ah, well... it seemed perfect timing nonetheless. '''By the way, folks: please sign your posts.''' Four tildes, a la <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, is all it takes... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:30, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* I don't think the fractal analogy holds because human subcultures cannot be nested infinitely deep. At some point, subcultures will come down to individual humans, who aren't also (infinitely deep) subcultures. [[Special:Contributions/70.31.155.184|70.31.155.184]] 15:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Tebow Time, Twice a Day. 17:14, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9224Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T17:15:26Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the explanation. [[User:jjhuddle|jjhuddle]] ([[User talk:jjhuddle|talk]]) 09:34, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*It's a mistake to think the every-pickier level of detail is a flaw in these interest subcultures. Smaller and smaller levels of study are what flesh out our knowledge of the world. And myriad small subgroups of shared interests allow many people to achieve excellence and status, not just in their minds but in an (admittedly small) range of reality. Examples: the people who maintain and improve the Kennedy line of Boston Terriers; people whose specialty is tooth wear in prehuman hominids; people who parse xkcd comics.<br />
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* I don't think that the comic means it as a flaw, I think it's a just a (humourous) observation, not a negative critisism.<br />
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* Agreed, and it even goes on here (just drop in on the community portal, to see tempests in a tea pot such as whether he's [[Cueball]] or [[Rob]]...) I couldn't help but think that RM poked his head in on this site and came up with this comic as a response. (Of course, that would be greatly overestimating our importance in the grand scheme of things, but we are all entitled to our little fantasies of grandeur, no?) Ah, well... it seemed perfect timing nonetheless. '''By the way, folks: please sign your posts.''' Four tildes, a la <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, is all it takes... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:30, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* I don't think the fractal analogy holds because human subcultures cannot be nested infinitely deep. At some point, subcultures will come down to individual humans, who aren't also (infinitely deep) subcultures. [[Special:Contributions/70.31.155.184|70.31.155.184]] 15:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Tebow Time, Twice a Day. 17:14, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9223Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T17:14:57Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the explanation. [[User:jjhuddle|jjhuddle]] ([[User talk:jjhuddle|talk]]) 09:34, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*It's a mistake to think the every-pickier level of detail is a flaw in these interest subcultures. Smaller and smaller levels of study are what flesh out our knowledge of the world. And myriad small subgroups of shared interests allow many people to achieve excellence and status, not just in their minds but in an (admittedly small) range of reality. Examples: the people who maintain and improve the Kennedy line of Boston Terriers; people whose specialty is tooth wear in prehuman hominids; people who parse xkcd comics.<br />
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* I don't think that the comic means it as a flaw, I think it's a just a (humourous) observation, not a negative critisism.<br />
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* Agreed, and it even goes on here (just drop in on the community portal, to see tempests in a tea pot such as whether he's [[Cueball]] or [[Rob]]...) I couldn't help but think that RM poked his head in on this site and came up with this comic as a response. (Of course, that would be greatly overestimating our importance in the grand scheme of things, but we are all entitled to our little fantasies of grandeur, no?) Ah, well... it seemed perfect timing nonetheless. '''By the way, folks: please sign your posts.''' Four tildes, a la <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, is all it takes... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:30, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* I don't think the fractal analogy holds because human subcultures cannot be nested infinitely deep. At some point, subcultures will come down to individual humans, who aren't also (infinitely deep) subcultures. [[Special:Contributions/70.31.155.184|70.31.155.184]] 15:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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Tebow Time, Twice a Day. 17:14, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=627:_Tech_Support_Cheat_Sheet&diff=9169627: Tech Support Cheat Sheet2012-08-16T11:59:33Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 627<br />
| date = August 24, 2009<br />
| title = Tech Support Cheat Sheet<br />
| image = tech_support_cheat_sheet.png <br />
| titletext = 'Hey Megan, it's your father. How do I print off a flowchart?'<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the Tech Support world, many times the problem with the computer can be diagnosed and solved by simply using {{w|Google}} effectively. This flowchart demonstrates what most tech support does when they encounter problems with which they don't know exactly what to do. After showing this to someone, they ''should'' be able to solve most of their computer issues on their own (Stop laughing so loud computer people).<br />
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Title Text - Megan's father somehow has seen this and can't figure out how to print it off, so he calls Megan. ''Does Megan's dad read these daily?!?!''<br />
{{Comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=627:_Tech_Support_Cheat_Sheet&diff=9168627: Tech Support Cheat Sheet2012-08-16T11:59:18Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Explanation */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 627<br />
| date = August 24, 2009<br />
| title = Tech Support Cheat Sheet<br />
| image = tech_support_cheat_sheet.png <br />
| titletext = 'Hey Megan, it's your father. How do I print off a flowchart?'<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
In the Tech Support world, many times the problem with the computer can be diagnosed and solved by simply using {{w|Google}} effectively. This flowchart demonstrates what most tech support does when they encounter problems with which they don't know exactly what to do. After showing this to someone, they ''should'' be able to solve most of their computer issues on their own (Stop laughing so loud computer people).<br />
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Title Text - Megan's father somehow has seen this and can't figure out how to print it off, so he calls Megan. ''Does Megan's Dad read these daily?!?!''<br />
{{Comic discussion}}<br />
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9167Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T11:36:26Z<p>Jjhuddle: I'm anal</p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the explanation. [[User:jjhuddle|jjhuddle]] ([[User talk:jjhuddle|talk]]) 09:34, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9166Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T11:34:14Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the description. [[User:jjhuddle|jjhuddle]] ([[User talk:jjhuddle|talk]]) 09:34, 16 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1095:_Crazy_Straws&diff=9165Talk:1095: Crazy Straws2012-08-16T11:32:51Z<p>Jjhuddle: sugestion</p>
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<div>Compare [[915:_Connoisseur|xkcd.com/915]]. [[User:Arlo James Barnes|Arlo James Barnes]] ([[User talk:Arlo James Barnes|talk]]) 10:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
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*"Subcultures" is misspelled in the comic. Perhaps Randall will fix it and reupload? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 15:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
:Randall has corrected the mistake, but the image on this page is still the old one. Would we want to keep both versions of the image in the interest of completeness? [[User:Erenan|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan|talk]]) 00:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
* Have to admit, this one went a bit over my head. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 20:38, 15 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
*Fractals not only have an unlimited level of detail; they are (most times) self-similar in the sense that you'll find the same pattern on every level of detail. Just like finding the equivalent of finding the "Paris hilton of the plastic straw subcultures' hobbyists' splinter group." [[User:BKA|BKA]] ([[User talk:BKA|talk]]) 09:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
*I think we should get the corrected comic, but note that it was originally misspelled in the description.</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=627:_Tech_Support_Cheat_Sheet&diff=9037627: Tech Support Cheat Sheet2012-08-15T13:08:45Z<p>Jjhuddle: First try at creating</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 627<br />
| date = August 24, 2009<br />
| title = Tech Support Cheat Sheet<br />
| image = tech_support_cheat_sheet.png <br />
| titletext = 'Hey Megan, it's your father. How do I print off a flowchart?'<br />
| imagesize =<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
In the Tech Support world, many times the problem with the computer can be diagnosed and solved by simply using {{w|Google}}. This flowchart demonstrates what most tech support does when they encounter problems with which they don't know exactly what to do. After showing this to someone, they should be able to solve most of their computer issues on their own (Stop laughing so loud computer people).<br />
<br />
Title Text - Megan's father somehow has seen this and can't figure out how to print it off, so he calls Megan.<br />
<br />
{{Comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1093:_Forget&diff=6160Talk:1093: Forget2012-08-10T11:02:17Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
<hr />
<div>How far off the top of that list is the death of JFK? SteveB<br />
* Looking at the time table, my guess would be around 2000. ~JJ</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1093:_Forget&diff=6159Talk:1093: Forget2012-08-10T11:01:57Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
<hr />
<div>How far off the top of that list is the death of JFK? SteveB<br />
* Looking at the time table, my guess would be around 2000. ** JJ</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1093:_Forget&diff=6158Talk:1093: Forget2012-08-10T11:01:44Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
<hr />
<div>How far off the top of that list is the death of JFK? SteveB<br />
** Looking at the time table, my guess would be around 2000. ** JJ</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1093:_Forget&diff=61571093: Forget2012-08-10T10:59:30Z<p>Jjhuddle: Title Text reference.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1093<br />
| date = August 10, 2012<br />
| title = Forget<br />
| image = Forget.png<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| titletext = 'Baby Got Back' turned 20 this year. My favorite nostalgia show is VH1's 'I Love The Inexorable March of Time Toward the Grave That Awaits Us All.'<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
The median age in {{w|USA}} is about 35 years. This means that anything that happened longer ago than that (plus the first five or six years of one's life, where they're too young to remember cultural events) will be remembered by a minority of people. For example, here in 2012, the majority of Americans are too young to remember the 1970s.<br />
<br />
Title Text - This is in reference to the vastly over-saturated programming on VH1 dedicated to the history of the TV universe.<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Comic discussion}}</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1092:_Michael_Phelps&diff=56081092: Michael Phelps2012-08-08T16:11:04Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Description */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1092<br />
| date = August 8, 2012<br />
| title = Michael Phelps<br />
| image = Michael Phelps.png<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| titletext = [shortly] ... he ate ALL of it!?<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
{{w|Michael Phelps}} is an American {{w|Olympics|Olympic}} swimmer, who could easily be considered the best swimmer worldwide: he is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, with 22 medals, 18 of them gold (won in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 summer Olympics). He was most dominant in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he won gold in all of the eight events in which he competed (the record for a single games).<br />
<br />
This comic is a take on the idea that, Michael Phelps being (irritatingly) fast and uncatchable in a pool, a quirky yet simple trick one could imagine to nullify his pool's supremacy and render him helpless (in a way, to pee on his parade), would be to turn the water into {{w|Jello}}, a gelatine product, by simply dropping a huge quantity of Jello powder in the pool.<br />
<br />
In the comic, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] try to get rid of Michael Phelps (as if he were a common pest like an animal) who is swimming in Megan's pool. As they can't catch him since he swims too fast (and he taunts them about it), Cueball resorts to the Jello trick, bringing big boxes of Jello powder, to stop and catch him.<br />
<br />
However, according to the title-text, after having waited the time necessary for the water to solidify, Cueball realizes that Phelps ate all the resulting Jello. This may be a reference to Phelps being used to eating impressive food quantities (about 12,000 calories daily), to keep up with his strenuous exercise regimen.<sup>[http://www.michaelphelps.net/michael-phelps-diet/]</sup> It may also be referenced to pictures of Phelps smoking marijuana from a bong that arose after the 2008 Oylmpics in Beijing, China.<br />
{{Comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5607explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:09:40Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1092:_Michael_Phelps&diff=56061092: Michael Phelps2012-08-08T16:09:15Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1092<br />
| date = August 8, 2012<br />
| title = Michael Phelps<br />
| image = Michael Phelps.png<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| titletext = [shortly] ... he ate ALL of it!?<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Description ==<br />
<br />
{{w|Michael Phelps}} is an American {{w|Olympics|Olympic}} swimmer, who could easily be considered the best swimmer worldwide: he is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, with 22 medals, 18 of them gold (won in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 summer Olympics). He was most dominant in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he won gold in all of the eight events in which he competed (the record for a single games).<br />
<br />
This comic is a take on the idea that, Michael Phelps being (irritatingly) fast and uncatchable in a pool, a quirky yet simple trick one could imagine to nullify his pool's supremacy and render him helpless (in a way, to pee on his parade), would be to turn the water into {{w|Jello}}, a gelatine product, by simply dropping a huge quantity of Jello powder in the pool.<br />
<br />
In the comic, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] try to get rid of Michael Phelps (as if he were a common pest like an animal) who is swimming in Megan's pool. As they can't catch him since he swims too fast (and he taunts them about it), Cueball resorts to the Jello trick, bringing big boxes of Jello powder, to stop and catch him.<br />
<br />
However, according to the title-text, after having waited the time necessary for the water to solidify, Cueball realizes that Phelps ate all the resulting Jello. This may be a reference to Phelps being used to eating impressive food quantities (about 12,000 calories daily), to keep up with his strenuous exercise regimen;<sup>[http://www.michaelphelps.net/michael-phelps-diet/]</sup> or it may be due to pictures of him smoking from a bong that arose after the 2008 Oylmpics in Beijing, China.<br />
{{Comic discussion}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5604explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:07:05Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5603explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:06:37Z<p>Jjhuddle: </p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5602explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:06:14Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Michael Phelps Comic */</p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5601explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:05:29Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Michael Phelps Comic */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5600explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:05:22Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Michael Phelps Comic */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5599explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:05:18Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Michael Phelps Comic */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?</div>Jjhuddlehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Miscellaneous&diff=5598explain xkcd:Community portal/Miscellaneous2012-08-08T16:05:11Z<p>Jjhuddle: /* Michael Phelps Comic */ new section</p>
<hr />
<div><noinclude>{{Community portal}}</noinclude><br />
<br />
== Issue dates. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Jeff,<br />
<br />
As i'm creating pages I struggle with the issue dates of comics. I've added a comment to all pages that contain the (unknown/incorrect) dates. Is there a way to research those dates? --[[User:Rikthoff|Rikthoff]] ([[User talk:Rikthoff|talk]])<br />
: [http://xkcd.com/archive/] if you mouse over the comic name, it will have the date. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 18:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
- if you mouse over comic name in "Archive" section of xkcd.com. Older comics(1-44 or so) might be found in [http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal archive][[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:35, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Should we consider using "2012-08-03" style dates and letting localization "do the right thing"? Most pages so far use "August 3, 2012" style dates, with a few incorrectly doing "August 3rd, 2012"... Presumably the template could do the localizing/localising...--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 18:39, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: The date is also available with the [http://xkcd.com/json.html JSON API], which I'm going to use for the [[User_talk:Jeff#Automatic_Import|import]]. I use <nowiki>{{#dateformat: year-month-day}}</nowiki>, MediaWiki should figure out the correct way to display it based on your preferences. --[[User:SlashMe|SlashMe]] ([[User talk:SlashMe|talk]]) 18:47, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<small>Moved from [[User talk:Jeff]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:15, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
== Date? ==<br />
<br />
How do I find the date a comic was first posted (to put in the comic header here?) [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 12:26, 3 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
<small>Moved from [[Talk:Main Page]]. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:43, 4 August 2012 (EDT)</small><br />
<br />
Original posting date is listed on xkcd's [[http://xkcd.com/archive/ archive page]] as hover-text for each post. The first 44 comics are all listed as 2006-01-01. Many of these were previously posted on the [[http://liveweb.archive.org/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=40 livejournal site]], and some dates can be found/inferred by checking there.--[[User:Bpothier|B. P.]] ([[User talk:Bpothier|talk]]) 17:49, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== The Community Portal's design ==<br />
<br />
{{tl|Community portal}} looks too Wikipedia-ish (because that's where I got it). Someone who can design things should probably fix that. It isn't protected for the time being, though it probably will be in the future (high-visibility template). --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 00:54, 4 August 2012 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Common mistake ==<br />
<br />
This affects all pages that ever say "alt text" in reference to the TITLE text on xkcd images. "Alt text" is incorrect; Alt text refers to the text that is shown as an alternative when images are not displayed. Title text is what xkcd uses and is shown as a tool tip-like bubble when images are hovered over.<br />
<br />
I would correct this myself but I saw no way to edit the main page. --[[User:Jillysky|Jillysky]] ([[User talk:Jillysky|talk]]) 14:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:You actually don't need to edit the main page to fix it, as what's there is just a mirror (transclusion) of the actual content from the comic page, at [[Curiosity]], which is open for editing by anyone. Then again, the "alt-text" in that case is generated by a template, {{tl|comic}}, so that's where we should fix this. The template's code, however, is currently a terrible mess (sorry!), so I went ahead and took care of it. Thanks for catching that! --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 16:24, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:Ah? So it's wrong, for instance, on http://m.xkcd.com? because of that I took it for granted that we could call it the alt-text... - [[User:Cos|Cos]] ([[User talk:Cos|talk]]) 17:38, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Yes. If you look at the page's html source, you'll see:<br />
<nowiki><img<br />
id="comic"<br />
src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/curiosity.png"<br />
title="As of this writing the NASA/JPL websites are still overloaded. Trying CURIOSITY-REAR-CAM_[256px_x_256px].torrent.SwEsUb.DVDRip.XviD-aXXo.jpg instead."<br />
alt="Curiosity"></nowiki><br />
::(line breaks added for clarity) --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 23:54, 6 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::That was my error in the template. I knew "image text" that has been commonly used by Jeff was not techically correct, but I didn't actually go back and confirm it was alt text before I included that tag in the template. That's to Waldir (I believe?) for correcting the template. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 14:14, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
<br />
== Outage ==<br />
<br />
Just experienced the following navigating the site...<br />
<br />
Internal Server Error<br />
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to <br />
complete your request.<br />
<br />
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin@kundenserver.de and inform <br />
them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that <br />
may have caused the error.<br />
<br />
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.<br />
<br />
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an <br />
ErrorDocument to handle the request.<br />
<br />
Very strange, and not able to repro it, so it seems to have been transient. Just noting it here in case it happens again. I assume this is a hosting company hiccup.<br />
<br />
BTW, while researching the above, I noticed that the ''explainxkcd.com'' domain registration expires in 3 days (August 10)... hopefully the bill has been paid; I'd hate for this site to go down; Grace Period and Redemption are a PITA... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:44, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:over the past week, I've gotten a few of those Internal Server Errors at random. [[User:TheHYPO|TheHYPO]] ([[User talk:TheHYPO|talk]]) 15:05, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Not sure what is up with them, but I've gotten some as well. It is either me messing with the site or the server creaking under pressure. --[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:32, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Could be the pressure... I've been getting a few randomly and the site every now and then gets quite slow. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 18:43, 7 August 2012 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Michael Phelps Comic ==<br />
<br />
I have an addition to add to the Michael Phelps comic from today (8/8), but cannot add it. The source is locked from editing, but it needs another fact or two in the page. Is there something that needs to be done so we the users can edit pages?</div>Jjhuddle