Talk:what if? (blog)

2026-05-29T09:24:45Z

185.88.42.118: discusion

==Split the [[what if]] page into three organized pages==
Hello, I'm mostly known here for creating the huge table of [[2765: Escape Speed#Celestial_Bodies_and_Collectable_Items|2765: Escape Speed]]

I've organed the "What If?" pages on explainxkcd better, so we don't have a single page for three '''very''' different things. At the start of this wiki, this one page was only about the "what if?" blog, since Randall hadn't released any book. But then, after he published "What If?", we kept using this page for both the book and the blog, which meant that explanations of the book and the blog were randomly scattered across the page. This became even worse in 2022, since we kept using this ONE page for a web blog, and 2014 book and a 2022 book. All very different things that deserve their own, dedicated page.

So, I've fixed all of that! All the contents of this page have been split into three pages to clean up and organize the previous mess. Here they are:

* [[what if? (blog)|'''''what if?'' (blog)''']], for Randall's web blog
* [[What If? (book)|'''''What If?'' (book)''']], for the original book released in 2014
* '''''[[What If? 2]]''''', for the second book, released in 2022

Before you ask, yes, I've taken all the necessary steps, such as updating internal links in 150 comic pages and adding redirects to the right pages. Thank you. [[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 14:36, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

==NEW VIDEO SERIES==
[https://www.youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif NOT JOKING]--[[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.182|172.69.79.182]] 07:59, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

== "The slightly bluer one" (from Interplanetary Cessna) ==

Lacking a specific per-''WhatIf?'' discussion page, I just thought I'd note here (handiest place to record it, in passing) the [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67892275 current 'news' about the appearance of the two outer gas-giants]... ;) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.198|141.101.98.198]] 17:02, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
:Nooooooooooo!! D: [[User:Maplestrip|Maplestrip]] ([[User talk:Maplestrip|talk]]) 13:17, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

== Peptides ==

Having just looked at the article, it's basically all intact. Randall may see it as an early draft, but I see no such faults. (though I'm not particularly fluent in the squishy sciences, so...) [[User:CalibansCreations|'''<span style="color:#ff0000;">Caliban</span>''']] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations|talk]]) 14:45, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

== Merging the two tables ==

'''Note:''' The messages regarding the [[What If? chapters|''What If?'' article index]] project have been moved to '''[[Talk:What If? chapters]]'''. The merger was initially coordinated and organized on my [[User talk:FaviFake|talk page]]. To add a new topic regarding the article index, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:What_If?_chapters&action=edit&section=new click here]. To add a new topic regarding the blog or this page, [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:what_if%3F_(blog)&action=edit&section=new click here]. --[[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 09:54, 2 February 2025 (UTC)

Great work to everyone. I made a lot of changes to the original table long time ago, but have not have time to help this time. Fantastic work! --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 19:52, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
:Thank you! Now we need a way of displaying the what if category more prominently, like in the sidebar under "All comics". Right now it's very hard to navigate to these pages if you don't know where to look. --[[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 18:40, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

== how to ==

should there be an explanation for "how to" too? --[[User:Bb777|hi]] ([[User talk:Bb777|talk]]) 16:08, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
:You mean more than what's on our page [[How To]]? --[[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 16:13, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
::ohhh yeah enough until it gets published on the site, if ever. --[[User:Bb777|[insert signature here]]] ([[User talk:Bb777|talk]]) 01:23, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
:::sorry but you're gonna have to explain, i have no idea what you're trying to say. --[[User:FaviFake|FaviFake]] ([[User talk:FaviFake|talk]]) 16:45, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
== new comic on youtube channel ==
:a new comic has appeared on the youtube channel as a short called why is the sky blue

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