3236: Border Message - Revision history

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BunsenH: /* Explanation */ you -> one

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GSLikesCats307 at 12:17, 23 April 2026

2026-04-23T12:17:09Z

GSLikesCats307: just fixed up a little mistake in the message :)

2026-04-23T12:15:05Z

just fixed up a little mistake in the message :)

GSLikesCats307 at 12:13, 23 April 2026

2026-04-23T12:13:54Z

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GSLikesCats307 at 09:24, 23 April 2026

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 The title text implies that the area around the border is forested. Due to the different logging regulations in the two areas, the densities or types of trees on each side of the border are so different that one can see the border, and hence the messages, when looking down on the land. What logging would happen in the 'no man's land' between the letters is unclear (possibly none?), but evidently is sufficiently different to make these visible.
-This comic may have been inspired by {{w|gerrymandering}}: defining voting districts to favor a particular group. This often results in districts with very unusual shapes. The comic was published on the day after Virginia voters passed {{w|2026 Virginia redistricting amendment|a referendum approving redistricting}} that favored the Democratic Party. See also the {{w|Belgium-Netherlands border}}, which is extremely chaotic. This comic also happens to have been published on {{w|Earth Day}}.
+This comic may have been inspired by {{w|gerrymandering}}: defining voting districts to favor a particular group. This often results in districts with very unusual shapes. The comic was published on the day after Virginia voters passed {{w|2026 Virginia redistricting amendment|a referendum approving redistricting}} that favored the Democratic Party. See also the {{w|Belgium-Netherlands border}}, which has been chaotic in places. This comic also happens to have been published on {{w|Earth Day}}.
 ==Transcript==

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 {{incomplete|This page was created by a bored legislator. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
-Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features which might otherwise form natural boundaries. This may well be quite boring for boundary legislators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown what kind of areas (municipal regions, counties, etc.) are involved here. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the "O"s and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w|Enclave and exclave|either}} exclaves (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases) or (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area (possibly regarded as ''{{w|terra nullius}}''). This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake. This would mean that, artistically (or [[2008|ironically]]) enough, the message with a nice positive saying would almost certainly annoy people, defeating the purpose.
+Quite a lot of US states, districts, and so on have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features which might otherwise form natural boundaries, or divisions established by customary, pre-survey, usage. This may well be quite boring for boundary legislators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown what kind of areas (municipal regions, counties, etc.) are involved here. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the "O"s and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w|Enclave and exclave|either}} exclaves (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases) or (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area (possibly regarded as ''{{w|terra nullius}}''). This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake. This would mean that, artistically (or [[2008|ironically]]) enough, the message with a nice positive saying would almost certainly annoy people, defeating the purpose.
 The title text implies that the area around the border is forested. Due to the different logging regulations in the two areas, the densities or types of trees on each side of the border are so different that one can see the border, and hence the messages, when looking down on the land. What logging would happen in the 'no man's land' between the letters is unclear (possibly none?), but evidently is sufficiently different to make these visible.

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 Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features which might otherwise form natural boundaries. This may well be quite boring for boundary legislators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown what kind of areas (municipal regions, counties, etc.) are involved here. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the "O"s and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w|Enclave and exclave|either}} exclaves (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases) or (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area (possibly regarded as ''{{w|terra nullius}}''). This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake. This would mean that, artistically (or [[2008|ironically]]) enough, the message with a nice positive saying would almost certainly annoy people, defeating the purpose.
-The title text implies that the area around the border is forested. Due to the different logging regulations in the two areas, the densities or types of trees on each side of the border are so different that you can see the border, and hence the messages, when looking down on the land. What logging would happen in the 'no man's land' between the letters is unclear (possibly none?), but evidently is sufficiently different to make these visible.
+The title text implies that the area around the border is forested. Due to the different logging regulations in the two areas, the densities or types of trees on each side of the border are so different that one can see the border, and hence the messages, when looking down on the land. What logging would happen in the 'no man's land' between the letters is unclear (possibly none?), but evidently is sufficiently different to make these visible.
 This comic may have been inspired by {{w|gerrymandering}}: defining voting districts to favor a particular group. This often results in districts with very unusual shapes. The comic was published on the day after Virginia voters passed {{w|2026 Virginia redistricting amendment|a referendum approving redistricting}} that favored the Democratic Party. See also the {{w|Belgium-Netherlands border}}, which is extremely chaotic. This comic also happens to have been published on {{w|Earth Day}}.

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 {{incomplete|This page was created by a bored legislator. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
-Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features round the area. This may well be quite boring for boundary legistrators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown whether the areas are municipal regions, counties, etc. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the "O"s and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w|Enclave and exclave|either}} exclaves (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases) or (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area (possibly regarded as ''{{w|terra nullius}}''). This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake. - Which would mean that, artistically (or [[2008|ironically]]) enough the message with a nice positive saying would almost certainly annoy people, defying the purpose.
+Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features which might otherwise form natural boundaries. This may well be quite boring for boundary legislators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown what kind of areas (municipal regions, counties, etc.) are involved here. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the "O"s and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w|Enclave and exclave|either}} exclaves (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases) or (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area (possibly regarded as ''{{w|terra nullius}}''). This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake. This would mean that, artistically (or [[2008|ironically]]) enough, the message with a nice positive saying would almost certainly annoy people, defeating the purpose.
+The title text implies that the area around the border is forested. Due to the different logging regulations in the two areas, the densities or types of trees on each side of the border are so different that you can see the border, and hence the messages, when looking down on the land. What logging would happen in the 'no man's land' between the letters is unclear (possibly none?), but evidently is sufficiently different to make these visible.
 This comic may have been inspired by {{w|gerrymandering}}: defining voting districts to favor a particular group. This often results in districts with very unusual shapes. The comic was published on the day after Virginia voters passed {{w|2026 Virginia redistricting amendment|a referendum approving redistricting}} that favored the Democratic Party. See also the {{w|Belgium-Netherlands border}}, which is extremely chaotic. This comic also happens to have been published on {{w|Earth Day}}.

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−	Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features round the area. This may well be quite boring for boundary legistrators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown whether the areas are municipal regions, counties, etc. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the "O"s and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w\|Enclave and exclave\|either}} exclaves (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases) or (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area (possibly regarded as ''{{w\|terra nullius}}''). This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake. - Which would mean that, artistically (or [[2008\|ironically]]) enough the message with a nice ~~little~~ saying would almost certainly annoy people, defying the purpose.	+	Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features round the area. This may well be quite boring for boundary legistrators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown whether the areas are municipal regions, counties, etc. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the "O"s and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w\|Enclave and exclave\|either}} exclaves (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases) or (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area (possibly regarded as ''{{w\|terra nullius}}''). This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake. - Which would mean that, artistically (or [[2008\|ironically]]) enough the message with a nice positive saying would almost certainly annoy people, defying the purpose.

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-:[A section of a map showing the border between two geographic areas, East Valley and Southlake (marked on it). The border is shown as a dotted line, and it spells out a message, followed by a small diagonal part:]
+:[A section of a map showing the border between two geographic areas, East Valley and Southlake (marked on the map). The border is shown as a dotted line, and it spells out a message, followed by a small diagonal part:]
 :WE HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS MAP

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 {{incomplete|This page was created by a bored legislator. Don't remove this notice too soon.}}
-Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features round the area. This may well be quite boring for boundary legistrators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown whether the areas are municipal regions, counties, etc. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the O's and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w|Enclave and exclave|exclaves}} (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases),  (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area, or possibly {{w|''terra nullius''}}. This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake.
+Quite a lot of US States have very long, straight borders, in some cases due to lacking obvious geographic features round the area. This may well be quite boring for boundary legistrators, having to just draw long straight lines. In this comic though, legislators who were negotiating the boundary between two geographic areas ("Southlake" and "East Valley") livened up the normally boring process by arranging for the boundary to spell out a message when viewed on a map. It's unknown whether the areas are municipal regions, counties, etc. The boundary definition includes multiple areas — such as the bottom of the W, the interior of the O's and other letters with "holes", the apostrophe and so on — that are {{w|Enclave and exclave|exclaves}} (probably of the northern territory, that are surrounded by the southern one, in most cases),  (unlabeled) enclaved territories in their own right that are associated with no other disconnected area, or possibly ''{{w|terra nullius}}''. This would be very inconvenient for both tourists and locals, since they would have to constantly consult the map if they want to know whether they are in East Valley or Southlake.
 The title text implies that the area around the border is forested. Due to the different logging regulations in the two areas, the densities or types of trees on each side of the border are so different that you can see the border, and hence the messages, when looking down on the land. What logging would happen in the 'no man's land' between the letters is unclear (possibly none?), but evidentally that is different as well.