2123: Meta Collecting - Revision history

SomebodyElse: /* Explanation */

2026-05-13T12:42:43Z

‎Explanation

Elektrizikekswerk: /* Trivia */

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DKMell: capitalization

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capitalization

Paul2520: /* List of Items on the Shelf */ bottom shelf, fifth item may be a PEZ dispenser

2025-03-10T17:26:14Z

‎List of Items on the Shelf: bottom shelf, fifth item may be a PEZ dispenser

172.69.7.153: /* Trivia */

2025-03-09T02:42:58Z

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172.70.90.206: /* Trivia */

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ConscriptGlossary: /* Trivia */

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Elektrizikekswerk: /* Trivia */ No yachts

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‎Trivia: No yachts

Elektrizikekswerk: /* List of Items on the Shelf */

2024-07-04T06:39:43Z

‎List of Items on the Shelf

Elektrizikekswerk: /* List of Items on the Shelf */ Added a missing item in bottom shelf, replaced some ambiguous items with "Unidentifiable"

2024-07-04T06:39:27Z

‎List of Items on the Shelf: Added a missing item in bottom shelf, replaced some ambiguous items with "Unidentifiable"

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 Many people's hobbies involve {{w|collecting}} many items of the same category: Post stamps, collectible cards, painted dolls, wine, and so on. Just about anything can be collected, however, some things are collected much more often than others. Wikipedia has a page listing the most popular categories of such {{w|collectible}} items.
-In Randall's usual style of going meta with everything, he decided to start a meta-collection—a collection of examples of different things that people can collect. He uses Wikipedia's {{w|list of collectibles}} for reference. In the comic, [[Cueball]] is showing to his friend his collection of various items that have nothing in common except that they're all popular collectibles. So while most people try to collect everything in one narrow category of collectibles, Cueball's collection will only be complete if he can get one item from each of the list of collectible items as cataloged by Wikipedia's list, so he has a collection of representative elements from all collections.
+In [[Randall]]'s usual style of going meta with everything, he decided to start a meta-collection—a collection of examples of different things that people can collect. He uses Wikipedia's {{w|list of collectibles}} for reference. In the comic, [[Cueball]] is showing to his friend (who appears to be [[White Hat]]) his collection of various items that have nothing in common except that they're all popular collectibles. So while most people try to collect everything in one narrow category of collectibles, Cueball's collection will only be complete if he can get one item from each of the list of collectible items as cataloged by Wikipedia's list, so he has a collection of representative elements from all collections.
 In the title text, Randall complains about a Wikipedia editor who keeps adding {{w|yacht}}s to the list of collectibles, probably because it would force him to buy a yacht if he ever wanted to complete his collection of collectibles. Yachts are traditionally considered immensely expensive and the vast majority of people own zero yachts, let alone a collection of them.{{Citation needed}} Note that Randall does not specify how he is trying to get the page locked, and the comic itself might be a rather meta way of doing so: xkcd fans have a history of making lots of edits to Wikipedia articles Randall mentions, resulting in them being protected or locked. The article has in fact been edited and reverted about 50 times by these fans over the course of a single day and was {{w|special:redirect/logid/97716186|temporarily protected}} on March 14th, 2019, which expired three days later. The first addition of Yachts to this page was by a user named {{w|Special:Contributions/Xkcd2123|Xkcd2123}}, but it is unlikely that this user is Randall.

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 As of 25 May 2019 at 10:25 PM ET, the page was unlocked and yachts were back on the list.
 :As of 04 July 2024 at 06:40 UTC there are no yachts to be found on the list.
 A previous comic, [[739: Malamanteau]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to create the fictional page. The page has been turned into a redirect to the Wikipedia page for xkcd.

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 |Top Shelf, First Item
-|Possibly an Urn or cookie jar.
+|Possibly an urn or cookie jar.
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-|Model Boat
+|Model boat
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 |Bottom Shelf, First Item
-|Humanoid Figurine or Action Figure
+|Humanoid figurine or action figure
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-|Martini Glass
+|Martini glass
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 |Bottom Shelf, Fifth Item
-|Salt/Pepper shaker, Chess Piece, or {{w|Pez dispenser}}
+|Salt/pepper shaker, chess piece, or {{w|Pez dispenser}}
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-|Salt/Pepper shaker or Chess Piece
+|Salt/Pepper shaker, Chess Piece, or {{w|Pez dispenser}}
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	Another previous comic, [[1052: Every Major's Terrible]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd readers attempting to redirect "Physics major" to "Engineer".		Another previous comic, [[1052: Every Major's Terrible]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd readers attempting to redirect "Physics major" to "Engineer".
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		+	Total Collection Value
		+	GRAND TOTAL: $63,617.00
		+	Additional insights:
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		+	The classic/vintage car alone represents 62.88% of the total collection value
		+	Without the car, the collection would cost $23,617.00

	{{comic discussion}}		{{comic discussion}}

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 A previous comic, [[739: Malamanteau]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to create the fictional page. The page has been turned into a redirect to the Wikipedia page for xkcd.
-A previous comic, [{1052}], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to redirect "Physics major" to "Engineer".
+Another previous comic, [[1052: Every Major's Terrible]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd readers attempting to redirect "Physics major" to "Engineer".
 {{comic discussion}}

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	A previous comic, [[739: Malamanteau]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to create the fictional page. The page has been turned into a redirect to the Wikipedia page for xkcd.		A previous comic, [[739: Malamanteau]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to create the fictional page. The page has been turned into a redirect to the Wikipedia page for xkcd.
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		+	A previous comic, [{1052}], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to redirect "Physics major" to "Engineer".

	{{comic discussion}}		{{comic discussion}}

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	As of 25 May 2019 at 10:25 PM ET, the page was unlocked and yachts were back on the list.		As of 25 May 2019 at 10:25 PM ET, the page was unlocked and yachts were back on the list.
		+	:As of 04 July 2024 at 06:40 UTC there are no yachts to be found on the list.

	A previous comic, [[739: Malamanteau]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to create the fictional page. The page has been turned into a redirect to the Wikipedia page for xkcd.		A previous comic, [[739: Malamanteau]], also caused a similar situation on Wikipedia, with many xkcd fans attempting to create the fictional page. The page has been turned into a redirect to the Wikipedia page for xkcd.

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 |Teapot
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-|Bottom Shelf, Forth Item
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 |Possibly a coin on a stand
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-|Rock or tooth
+|Unidentifiable small item, maybe a rock or tooth
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-|Possibly a card
+|Unidentifiable rectangular item, possibly a collectible card
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 |Middle Shelf, Sixth Item
-|Possibly a pin-back button
+|Unidentifiable small item
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 |Teapot
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-|Bottom Shelf, Fourth Item
+|Bottom Shelf, Forth Item
 |Salt/Pepper shaker or Chess Piece
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-|Bottom Shelf, Fifth Item
+|Bottom Shelf, Sixth Item
-|Sickle
+|Unidentifiable small item
 |}