1803: Location Reviews - Revision history

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42.book.addict at 09:35, 3 December 2025

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2001:4450:813D:C800:FCCA:442D:8C9D:DF33 at 22:18, 22 October 2025

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92.23.2.228: /* Explanation */ There's now three of them... I think that's overuse. But getting the punctuation correct on the newest.

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‎Explanation: There's now three of them... I think that's overuse. But getting the punctuation correct on the newest.

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 Many online advertising services and social media networks (such as {{w|Google}} and {{w|Yelp}} (both mentioned in the title text) and {{w|Facebook}}) allow users to leave reviews of stores, businesses, and locations. For various reasons these sites often find themselves with pages dedicated to, as [[Randall]] puts it, "places that really don't need reviews" such as government buildings, construction sites, and even entire [https://www.cntraveler.com/story/google-maps-reviews-of-entire-continents-are-bizarre-and-hilarious continents].
-Randall is poking fun at this phenomenon by inventing possible reviews for the (fictional) location ''Canyon River Nuclear Launch Facility'', depicted with a {{w|Google Map|Google Maps}}-styled map page along with a series of so-called reviews. (There does exist a {{w|Canyon River (Ontario)|Canyon River}} located in {{w|Ontario}}/{{w|Canada}} and one in {{w|Washington (state)|Washington}}/USA (the latter is a significant tributary to the {{w|Satsop River}}.) Canada has not maintained nuclear weapons since 1984, so such a launch site would be located in Washington).
+Randall is poking fun at this phenomenon by inventing possible reviews for the (fictional) location ''Canyon River Nuclear Launch Facility'', depicted with a {{w|Google Map|Google Maps}}-styled map page along with a series of so-called reviews. (There does exist a {{w|Canyon River (Ontario)|Canyon River}} located in {{w|Ontario}}/{{w|Canada}} and one in {{w|Washington (state)|Washington}}/USA (the latter is a significant tributary to the {{w|Satsop River}}). Canada has not maintained nuclear weapons since 1984, so such a launch site would be located in Washington.)
 See explanations for the [[#Trivia|11 visible]] (out of 22) reviews in the [[#Reviews|table below]]. Of course those responsible for such a facility with {{w|nuclear missiles}} would not like the attention they would be getting in this way, especially not when one of the comments mentions a hole in the fence... Although this comic makes a joke about reviews it has chosen a very dangerous facility to joke about.

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 Many online advertising services and social media networks (such as {{w|Google}} and {{w|Yelp}} (both mentioned in the title text) and {{w|Facebook}}) allow users to leave reviews of stores, businesses, and locations. For various reasons these sites often find themselves with pages dedicated to, as [[Randall]] puts it, "places that really don't need reviews" such as government buildings, construction sites, and even entire [https://www.cntraveler.com/story/google-maps-reviews-of-entire-continents-are-bizarre-and-hilarious continents].
-Randall is poking fun at this phenomenon by inventing possible reviews for the (fictional) location ''Canyon River Nuclear Launch Facility'', depicted with a {{w|Google Map|Google Maps}}-styled map page along with a series of so-called reviews. (There does exist a {{w|Canyon River (Ontario)|Canyon River}} located in {{w|Ontario}}/{{w|Canada}} and one in {{w|Washington (state)|Washington}}/USA (the latter is a significant tributary to the {{w|Satsop River}}). Canada does not maintain nuclear weapons since 1984, so such a launch site would be located in Washington).
+Randall is poking fun at this phenomenon by inventing possible reviews for the (fictional) location ''Canyon River Nuclear Launch Facility'', depicted with a {{w|Google Map|Google Maps}}-styled map page along with a series of so-called reviews. (There does exist a {{w|Canyon River (Ontario)|Canyon River}} located in {{w|Ontario}}/{{w|Canada}} and one in {{w|Washington (state)|Washington}}/USA (the latter is a significant tributary to the {{w|Satsop River}}.) Canada has not maintained nuclear weapons since 1984, so such a launch site would be located in Washington).
 See explanations for the [[#Trivia|11 visible]] (out of 22) reviews in the [[#Reviews|table below]]. Of course those responsible for such a facility with {{w|nuclear missiles}} would not like the attention they would be getting in this way, especially not when one of the comments mentions a hole in the fence... Although this comic makes a joke about reviews it has chosen a very dangerous facility to joke about.

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 * Only 11 of the 22 reviews posted are shown. For those 11 the average star rating is 2.6/5 stars. All five possible ratings are represented at least once.
 * For a few days after the release of this comic the Google Search results for "[https://www.google.com/search?q=canyon+river+nuclear+launch+facility Canyon River Nuclear Launch Facility]" briefly showed the facility was located at 43.428445, -101.124018 in {{w|List_of_townships_in_South_Dakota#B|Blackpipe Township}}, {{w|Mellette County, South Dakota}} and it included the reviews shown in the comic and more.
-** Randall's statement about Google deleting these kinds of reviews turned out to be true as they were quickly deleted, but not before someone made [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/8/8a/1803_Location_Reviews_for_Canyon_River_Nuclear_Launch_Facility.PNG this screenshot] of one of the other reviews.
+** Randall's statement about Google deleting these kinds of reviews turned out to be true as they were quickly deleted, but not before someone made [[:File:1803_Location_Reviews_for_Canyon_River_Nuclear_Launch_Facility.PNG|this screenshot]] of one of the other reviews.
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	Many online advertising services and social media networks (such as {{w\|Google}} and {{w\|Yelp}} (both mentioned in the title text) and {{w\|Facebook}}) allow users to leave reviews of stores, businesses, and locations. For various reasons these sites often find themselves with pages dedicated to, as [[Randall]] puts it, "places that really don't need reviews" such as government buildings, construction sites, and even entire [https://www.cntraveler.com/story/google-maps-reviews-of-entire-continents-are-bizarre-and-hilarious continents].		Many online advertising services and social media networks (such as {{w\|Google}} and {{w\|Yelp}} (both mentioned in the title text) and {{w\|Facebook}}) allow users to leave reviews of stores, businesses, and locations. For various reasons these sites often find themselves with pages dedicated to, as [[Randall]] puts it, "places that really don't need reviews" such as government buildings, construction sites, and even entire [https://www.cntraveler.com/story/google-maps-reviews-of-entire-continents-are-bizarre-and-hilarious continents].

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 | number    = 1803
 | date      = February 24, 2017
 | title     = Location Reviews
 | image     = location_reviews.png
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 ==Explanation==
 Many online advertising services and social media networks (such as {{w|Google}} and {{w|Yelp}} (both mentioned in the title text) and {{w|Facebook}}) allow users to leave reviews of stores, businesses, and locations. For various reasons these sites often find themselves with pages dedicated to, as [[Randall]] puts it, "places that really don't need reviews" such as government buildings, construction sites, and even entire [https://www.cntraveler.com/story/google-maps-reviews-of-entire-continents-are-bizarre-and-hilarious continents].

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 | <span style="color:orange;">★★★★☆</span> || My cousin worked here || If true, this review is a serious security risk (e.g. kidnapping the reviewer to extort information from his cousin). The comment may also just be a way for the reviewer to pretend he knows someone who works in the higher levels of the government. Usually this kind of comment together with a four star rating is to signal that you know more about the location than a regular reviewer does. Of course, you could then also be perceived as partial.
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-| <span style="color:orange;">★★☆☆☆</span> || Waitstaff heavily armed and very rude || This review mistakes the facility's security guards for a restaurant's waitstaff. Since the guards are protecting some of the most dangerous weapons in existence, and would not let unknown outsiders into the facility, it follows that they would be heavily armed, and quite rude to those who sought entry without proper permission. Moreover, nuclear weapons are generally not food-safe{{Citation needed}}. Thus they earn the place only 2 stars.
+| <span style="color:orange;">★★☆☆☆</span> || Waitstaff heavily armed and very rude || This review mistakes the facility's security guards for a restaurant's waitstaff. Since the guards are protecting some of the most dangerous weapons in existence, and would not let unknown outsiders into the facility, it follows that they would be heavily armed, and quite rude to those who sought entry without proper permission. Moreover, nuclear weapons are generally not food-safe.{{Citation needed}} Thus they earn the place only 2 stars.
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 | <span style="color:orange;">★☆☆☆☆</span> || Stop doing chemtrails || This reviewer believes in the {{w|chemtrail conspiracy theory}} and is urging the government to cease spreading the chemtrails. Believing this place has something to do with chemtrail spraying of course leads to only one star. This conspiracy was earlier mentioned both in [[966: Jet Fuel]] and [[1677: Contrails]], and later in [[2654: Chemtrails]]