Editing Talk:1102: Fastest-Growing

It's about Apple fanboys. [[Special:Contributions/62.195.79.12|62.195.79.12]]
: And how is that? [[Special:Contributions/173.44.98.247|173.44.98.247]] 05:52, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
What if I just started my own religion. Technically speaking it had 0 members, and then I joined it. Would this mean a growth of infinite percent? Also, a flaw with using percents is if a religion has one person, person a, and then person b joined it, it would have 100% growth. Then person b or a (doesn't matter which) leaves. The religion has increased by 100% and decreased by 50%. Now, you can't really add percentages, but I have just grown 50%! Ha! By adding no people! Then if the one tha left, comes and leaves again, I have grown by 100% this year. --[[Special:Contributions/98.221.139.80|98.221.139.80]]
:''Technically'', if you start your own religion, you start out with 1 member (yourself)... unless you invent a religion you don't actually believe in, and then suddenly, um, {{w|Drinking_the_Kool-Aid|drink the koolaid}}. ...;) -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 15:37, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
::OK. I create the religion. Leave it, and come back. It has grown by ∞ %. --[[Special:Contributions/98.221.139.80|98.221.139.80]]
::: You left it?  How do we know you weren't excommunicated? ;-)  Also, along the lines of ''if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it...'', if a religion has nobody following it, does't it cease to exist?  BTW, ∞ is not a numerical quantity, so ∞ % isn't really possible, even if the growth is infinite. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 05:19, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
The xkcd religion! Nice one, Black Hat.--[[Special:Contributions/98.221.139.80|98.221.139.80]]

The "claims to be fastest-growing religion" Wikipedia page is now a redirect to {{w|Growth of religion}}. I would change the link in the explanation, but, I'm not sure which section it should go to. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.45|108.162.216.45]] 03:18, 23 November 2013 (UTC)
:I did update the link and moved it into the section Trivia. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:20, 23 November 2013 (UTC)

"It seems safe to assume he dislikes this type of missionary method."
Well, it does get pretty boring doing things the same way every night. [[User:Hppavilion1|Hppavilion1]] ([[User talk:Hppavilion1|talk]]) 04:32, 18 December 2016 (UTC)

I love how the character is named "Combover". Fitting. --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD'''  ]]<sup>[[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]]</sup> 18:12, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

What kind of missionary do you think "Combover" is? Looks like a mormon to me... --[[User:JayRulesXKCD|'''JayRules''XKCD'''  ]]<sup>[[User talk:JayRulesXKCD|what's up?]]</sup> 18:15, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

There's a couple (between 2 and 5) reasons why I don't think Combover is a Mormon. I looked it up—Mormon Missionaries always travel in pairs, but Combover doesn't appear to have any cohort. Also, the percentage mentioned doesn't correlate with Mormonism. Lastly, Mormon Missionaries teach lessons to prospective members before they join; they don't just say "join my religion because." If anyone else agrees with me, I think the references to Mormonism should be removed for these reasons. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.148|108.162.219.148]] 17:12, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

I'm new here, but I wanted to ask if someone can fix the link at the end to say the Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints? I'm not sure how to without breaking the link, but it is incorrect and needs to be fixed. Additionally, The last comment is indeed correct about the reference to my religion, however the reference is not out of place and was a welcome sight. Thank you all for contributing so nicely. {{unsigned|SmallCorrector|17:17, 6 February 2024}}
:To teach you how, where there is a wikilink to a page "A Page On Wikipedia" using <code><nowiki>{{w|A Page On Wikipedia}}</nowiki></code>, you can give it "A Better Page On Wikipedia", instead, by <code><nowiki>{{w|A Better Page On Wikipedia}}</nowiki></code>, or "Different Text To Link With" as <code><nowiki>{{w|A Page On Wikipedia|Different Text To Link With}}</nowiki></code>.
:I checked where the "Mormon Missionary" link went to, in case it was a redirected page (I always prefer to send such links ''directly'' to the destination page). I found that ''they'' have called their own article by that name. An issue which you can always bring up on their own pages (assuming nobody has already). That page does start with the (I presume) proper and full nomenclature for the same, of course.
:Deciding that it would be dishonest to link to a "Mormon ..." page with the full/accurate name (it would look Ok until someone clicked on the link and finds themselves on the 'improperly named' page, and confusion could be had along the way), I hope you like my solution of appending the desired version, to cater for both those unfamiliar with the more formal term ''and'' those who deserve the right to expect it.
:...though maybe there's some even better way. You (now that you know how) or anyone else can try other things out, if wished. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.183|172.69.194.183]] 22:23, 6 February 2024 (UTC)