1193: Externalities - Revision history

Qwertyuiopfromdefly: corrected previous edit | changed fifth to sixth

2026-01-29T04:56:08Z

corrected previous edit | changed fifth to sixth

Qwertyuiopfromdefly: changed fourth to fifth

2026-01-29T04:48:05Z

changed fourth to fifth

R128: table formatting

2025-11-03T15:24:22Z

table formatting

FaviFake: removed Category:April Fools' Day comics using HotCat

2025-06-24T13:20:17Z

removed Category:April Fools' Day comics using HotCat

FaviFake: New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

2025-05-11T21:22:18Z

New template!!! Take a look, it has a new navigation bar to browse the April Fools' comics in order, and much more info!

FaviFake at 16:55, 9 May 2025

2025-05-09T16:55:18Z

FaviFake: Undo revision 376220 by FaviFake (talk)

2025-05-03T16:47:30Z

Undo revision 376220 by FaviFake (talk)

FaviFake at 16:47, 3 May 2025

2025-05-03T16:47:00Z

FaviFake at 16:46, 3 May 2025

2025-05-03T16:46:08Z

FaviFake at 16:45, 3 May 2025

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 {{series
 | series        = April
-| number        = 5
+| number        = 6
 | date          = April 1, 2013
 | days_late     =
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 | extra_text    =
 }}
-{{TOC}}This was the fifth [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall]].
+{{TOC}}This was the sixth [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall]].
 ==Explanation==

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 | extra_text    =
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-{{TOC}}This was the fourth [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall]].
+{{TOC}}This was the fifth [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall]].
 ==Explanation==

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 |Presumably University of Illinois at Chicago. "Which one" could be a reference to other institutions with the same initials, or people who confuse "UIC" with "U of C" (University of Chicago, a different institution altogether). The rapid transit system in Chicago is called the 'L'.
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 |MY JOB NOW
 |@

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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Dynamic comics]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]

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 | image     = externalities.png
 | titletext = Mouse over words and things to see where they come from.<br><br>''[[:Category:Multiple title texts|Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text]]:'' This comic went up on April 1st, and the panels changed throughout the day in response to readers doing things like breaking hashes, editing a rapidly-shuffling set of target Wikipedia articles, and donating to Wikimedia Foundation. (The vandalism is over now and CMU won the hashing contest.)<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> Happy April 1st, Everyone!<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> uic has the third best hash. See the full standings at http&#58;//almamater.xkcd.com/best.csv<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the Wikimedia Foundation via this link. Currently at $51135.33
 }}
 {{TOC}}This was the fourth [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall]].

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 | titletext = Mouse over words and things to see where they come from.<br><br>''[[:Category:Multiple title texts|Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text]]:'' This comic went up on April 1st, and the panels changed throughout the day in response to readers doing things like breaking hashes, editing a rapidly-shuffling set of target Wikipedia articles, and donating to Wikimedia Foundation. (The vandalism is over now and CMU won the hashing contest.)<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> Happy April 1st, Everyone!<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> uic has the third best hash. See the full standings at http&#58;//almamater.xkcd.com/best.csv<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the Wikimedia Foundation via this link. Currently at $51135.33
 }}
-{{TOC}}
+{{TOC}}This was the fourth [[April Fools' Day comics|April Fools' Day comic]] released by [[Randall]].
 ==Explanation==
 {{incomplete|Need to add more explanations of ''[[#Fifth Panel]]''.}}
-This was the fourth [[:Category:April fools' comics|April fools' comic]] released by [[Randall]]. This comic isn't a static image - even the title text changes depending on which part of the image you're hovering over. It presented a competition for students to see who could come closest to breaking a {{w|Skein (hash function)|Skein hash}} but also an aid appeal for the Wikimedia Foundation.
+This comic isn't a static image - even the title text changes depending on which part of the image you're hovering over. It presented a competition for students to see who could come closest to breaking a {{w|Skein (hash function)|Skein hash}} but also an aid appeal for the Wikimedia Foundation. The comic references multiple times {{w|Baidu}}, a large Chinese Internet services company. Baidu controls the predominant Internet search provider of China and is sometimes called the "Google of China" for the similar services it provides. Baidu Search results follow the censorship dictates of the Chinese authorities, causing it to return censored responses to searches for politically sensitive terms when executed by web browsers in China. Thus, Megan replies "But nothing about Tiananmen Square." in the first panel is a reference to the {{w|1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre}} that killed hundreds of civilians. "It takes great minds to stifle other great minds." and "Let's block Canada" in the second panel are also references to the arbitrary government censorship of Baidu and other Chinese companies.
 The blank regions in the above image are dynamically generated from various sources.
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 {{comic discussion}}
-[[Category:April fools' comics]]
+[[Category:April Fools' Day comics]]
 [[Category:Dynamic comics]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]

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 | title     = Externalities
 | image     = externalities.png
-| titletext = Mouse over words and things to see where they come from.<br><br>{{nowrap|''[[Category:Multiple title texts|Different title text]]:''}} This comic went up on April 1st, and the panels changed throughout the day in response to readers doing things like breaking hashes, editing a rapidly-shuffling set of target Wikipedia articles, and donating to Wikimedia Foundation. (The vandalism is over now and CMU won the hashing contest.)<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> Happy April 1st, Everyone!<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> uic has the third best hash. See the full standings at http&#58;//almamater.xkcd.com/best.csv<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the Wikimedia Foundation via this link. Currently at $51135.33
+| titletext = Mouse over words and things to see where they come from.<br><br>''[[:Category:Multiple title texts|Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text]]:'' This comic went up on April 1st, and the panels changed throughout the day in response to readers doing things like breaking hashes, editing a rapidly-shuffling set of target Wikipedia articles, and donating to Wikimedia Foundation. (The vandalism is over now and CMU won the hashing contest.)<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> Happy April 1st, Everyone!<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> uic has the third best hash. See the full standings at http&#58;//almamater.xkcd.com/best.csv<br><br><span style="color:grey">''Different&nbsp;title&nbsp;text:''</span> The dog gains a pound for every $10 donated to the Wikimedia Foundation via this link. Currently at $51135.33
 }}
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