https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=197.185.221.9explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-05-20T06:00:10ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3247:_Particle_Census&diff=413080Talk:3247: Particle Census2026-05-19T04:20:35Z<p>197.185.221.9: Reply to YZ100</p>
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The 'standard' and '2x' sized images had unexpected sizes, so an imagesize parameter has been added to render the image consistently with other comics on this website. See the web [https://web.archive.org/web/*/particle_census.png archive] for more details. --[[User:TheusafBOT|TheusafBOT]] ([[User talk:TheusafBOT|talk]]) 18:54, 18 May 2026 (UTC)<br />
:should've been bigger 😒 [[User:CalibansCreations|'''<span style="color:#ff0000;">Caliban</span>''']] ([[User talk:CalibansCreations|talk]]) 22:01, 18 May 2026 (UTC)<br />
GRAMMATICAL ERROR! Should there be a category for grammar mistakes (Example [[1662: Jack and Jill]], where there was a grammar mistake.)? [[User:YZ100|YZ100]] 22:20, 18 May 2026 (UTC)<br />
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: Indeterminite? Location (singular)? [[Special:Contributions/197.185.221.9|197.185.221.9]] 04:20, 19 May 2026 (UTC)<br />
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In most civilized countries the census process is historically used to plan the sizing of public infrastructures (schools, hospitals, water and electricity infrastructures, waste disposal facilities, used water treatment, and all that sort of seemingly unimportant things). It does not surprise me that in the US it is primarily used as a political instrument, however. [[Special:Contributions/2001:861:3F07:A020:CBE1:3BDB:88F9:709A|2001:861:3F07:A020:CBE1:3BDB:88F9:709A]] 23:28, 18 May 2026 (UTC)</div>197.185.221.9