2927: Alphabetical Cartogram - Revision history

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172.68.225.90: /* Table of states */

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Xurkitree10: /* Transcript */

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162.158.103.32 at 18:10, 15 August 2024

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CipherGuide: Pronunciation

2024-07-30T09:13:16Z

Pronunciation

172.69.34.125: Mentioned that previous comic discussed siren noises

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Mentioned that previous comic discussed siren noises

B for brain: /* Explanation */

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172.71.242.219: Really was not a sentence fragment, considering what it followed. And lost its intended sense. Re-rewritten to be less problematic. Unless you don't like starting sentences with conjunctions.

2024-05-05T21:18:53Z

Really was not a sentence fragment, considering what it followed. And lost its intended sense. Re-rewritten to be less problematic. Unless you don't like starting sentences with conjunctions.

172.69.22.220: Completed a sentense fragment in the first paragraph.

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Completed a sentense fragment in the first paragraph.

Zowayix: /* Explanation */

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 ==Transcript==
 :A More Fair Map
 :Instead of giving more area to larger states, this map improves fairness by sizing the states alphabetically.

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 With 2024 being an election year in the United States, this comic may be a spoof on [https://web.archive.org/web/20230526150825/https://blog.mapchart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MapChart_Map-1-1536x1115.webp electoral cartograms], which resize the states based on their number of electoral votes (roughly the same as resizing them based on population).
-The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states, it could also refer to [[2926: Doppler Effect|the previous comic, which discussed siren noises]]. It may also refer to the common mispronunciation of the name.
+The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states, it could also refer to [[2926: Doppler Effect|the previous comic, which discussed siren noises]]. It may also refer to the common mispronunciation of the name, or a deliberate renaming to push it higher alphabetically.
 Bias resulting from alphabetical order was also the topic of [[2789: Making Plans]].

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 With 2024 being an election year in the United States, this comic may be a spoof on [https://web.archive.org/web/20230526150825/https://blog.mapchart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MapChart_Map-1-1536x1115.webp electoral cartograms], which resize the states based on their number of electoral votes (roughly the same as resizing them based on population).
-The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states, it could also refer to [[2926: Doppler Effect|the previous comic, which discussed siren noises]].
+The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states, it could also refer to [[2926: Doppler Effect|the previous comic, which discussed siren noises]]. It may also refer to the common mispronunciation of the name.
 Bias resulting from alphabetical order was also the topic of [[2789: Making Plans]].

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 With 2024 being an election year in the United States, this comic may be a spoof on [https://web.archive.org/web/20230526150825/https://blog.mapchart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MapChart_Map-1-1536x1115.webp electoral cartograms], which resize the states based on their number of electoral votes (roughly the same as resizing them based on population).
-The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states.
+The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states, it could also refer to [[2926: Doppler Effect|the previous comic, which discussed siren noises]].
 Bias resulting from alphabetical order was also the topic of [[2789: Making Plans]].

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	This comic shows a map of the {{w\|United States}}, with every state resized based on where it appears in an alphabetical list of states. Hence {{w\|Alabama}} is the largest state and {{w\|Wyoming}} is the smallest. The joke is that the comic purports to "be more fair". But there's nothing fair or unfair about sizing states by alphabetical order, whether or not it is 'fair' in the first place to have states being shown as bigger or smaller merely because of raw geographical fact (and perhaps a ''little'' bit of [[977: Map Projections\|cartographic bias]]).		This comic shows a map of the {{w\|United States}}, with every state resized based on where it appears in an alphabetical list of states. Hence {{w\|Alabama}} is the largest state and {{w\|Wyoming}} is the smallest. The joke is that the comic purports to "be more fair". But there's nothing fair or unfair about sizing states by alphabetical order, whether or not it is 'fair' in the first place to have states being shown as bigger or smaller merely because of raw geographical fact (and perhaps a ''little'' bit of [[977: Map Projections\|cartographic bias]]).

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic shows a map of the {{w|United States}}, with every state resized based on where it appears in an alphabetical list of states. Hence {{w|Alabama}} is the largest state and {{w|Wyoming}} is the smallest. The joke is that the comic purports to "be more fair", but there's nothing fair or unfair about sizing states by alphabetical order. Whether it is 'fair' in the first place to have states being shown as bigger or smaller merely because of raw geographical fact (and perhaps a ''little'' bit of [[977: Map Projections|cartographic bias]]) is also questionable.
+This comic shows a map of the {{w|United States}}, with every state resized based on where it appears in an alphabetical list of states. Hence {{w|Alabama}} is the largest state and {{w|Wyoming}} is the smallest. The joke is that the comic purports to "be more fair". But there's nothing fair or unfair about sizing states by alphabetical order, whether or not it is 'fair' in the first place to have states being shown as bigger or smaller merely because of raw geographical fact (and perhaps a ''little'' bit of [[977: Map Projections|cartographic bias]]).
 Wyoming shrank the most proportionally in geographical size, while {{w|Delaware}} grew the most. Compared to a {{w|List of U.S. states and territories by area|ranking of US states by area}}, {{w|Texas}} dropped the most (41 places), while Delaware and {{w|Connecticut}} rose the most (also 41 places). South Carolina and Vermont did not change rank.

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	This coincides with a recent [https://record.umich.edu/articles/study-alphabetical-order-of-surnames-may-affect-grading/ study] from the University of Michigan showing that the alphabetical order of surnames leads to differences in grading.		This coincides with a recent [https://record.umich.edu/articles/study-alphabetical-order-of-surnames-may-affect-grading/ study] from the University of Michigan showing that the alphabetical order of surnames leads to differences in grading.
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		+	With 2024 being an election year in the United States, this comic may be a spoof on [https://web.archive.org/web/20230526150825/https://blog.mapchart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MapChart_Map-1-1536x1115.webp electoral cartograms], which resize the states based on their number of electoral votes (roughly the same as resizing them based on population).

	The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states.		The title text creates a portmanteau of the words “wee,” which means “little,” and “Wyoming,” making fun of how small it is on this map, since Wyoming appears last on the alphabetical list of states.