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+ | My first impression on reading the list of demonyms was that they all referred to some degree to the «Fair Folk». I believe some of the explanations given are a bit stretched, aren't they? Can't they all refer to basically the same thing?--[[Special:Contributions/188.114.111.17|188.114.111.17]] 13:45, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | ||
I think "Castleopolis" is much more likely to be a reference to The Phantom Tollbooth (which I'm sure xkcd has referenced at least once before) than a *very* small town in Michigan. As I suggested in the table, The Phantom Tollbooth has castles and cities named Digitopolis and Dictionopolis, so this seems like the more likely reference to me. All open to interpretation of course! [[User:Erronius|Erronius]] ([[User talk:Erronius|talk]]) 23:52, 17 July 2017 (UTC) | I think "Castleopolis" is much more likely to be a reference to The Phantom Tollbooth (which I'm sure xkcd has referenced at least once before) than a *very* small town in Michigan. As I suggested in the table, The Phantom Tollbooth has castles and cities named Digitopolis and Dictionopolis, so this seems like the more likely reference to me. All open to interpretation of course! [[User:Erronius|Erronius]] ([[User talk:Erronius|talk]]) 23:52, 17 July 2017 (UTC) | ||
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::I have moved manually [[1864]] to [[1864: City Nicknames]] and more; check my edits from that time. I'm hoping this helps.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:02, 19 July 2017 (UTC) | ::I have moved manually [[1864]] to [[1864: City Nicknames]] and more; check my edits from that time. I'm hoping this helps.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 20:02, 19 July 2017 (UTC) | ||
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I've added Canberra to Meeting Place. It is really apposite to Canberra - but did Randall mean it that way? Some of these fancy labels are really generic! They could have come from almost anything. {{unsigned ip|172.68.254.102}} | I've added Canberra to Meeting Place. It is really apposite to Canberra - but did Randall mean it that way? Some of these fancy labels are really generic! They could have come from almost anything. {{unsigned ip|172.68.254.102}} | ||
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I'm wondering if it might aid readability to have multiple rows in the table for some entries, where there's multiple interpretations. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.76|141.101.98.76]] 10:31, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | I'm wondering if it might aid readability to have multiple rows in the table for some entries, where there's multiple interpretations. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.76|141.101.98.76]] 10:31, 20 July 2017 (UTC) | ||
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