Talk:1436: Orb Hammer - Revision history

Kynde at 19:47, 7 June 2015

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452 at 14:45, 18 April 2015

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141.101.98.248 at 10:48, 18 April 2015

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Djbrasier at 01:36, 31 March 2015

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Davidy22 at 20:26, 28 March 2015

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108.162.216.89: Ending this page's incomplete status.

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Ending this page's incomplete status.

Kynde at 15:03, 15 March 2015

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Quetzalcoatl: A reference to comic 444?

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A reference to comic 444?

Davidy22 at 02:52, 21 October 2014

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199.27.128.207 at 23:31, 20 October 2014

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 Sorry if this is the wrong procedure, but I've never edited anything beyond fixing grammatical mistakes. I've edited the page to get rid of the "double Cueball problem". Why don't we just leave it at this for this page and mark it as "completed". {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.89}}
-That's fine (with me) for this page, but we'd appreciate input [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob here]. [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 01:36, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
+:That's fine (with me) for this page, but we'd appreciate input [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob here]. [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 01:36, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
 Surely humour was correct? --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.248|141.101.98.248]] 10:48, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
 :I agree.  [[Main_Page#Rules|Rule #1 is "Don't be a jerk."]], and discriminating against valid spelling on the basic of national origin certainly seems like "being a jerk" to me. -[[User:452|452]] ([[User talk:452|talk]]) 14:45, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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	Surely humour was correct? --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.248\|141.101.98.248]] 10:48, 18 April 2015 (UTC)		Surely humour was correct? --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.248\|141.101.98.248]] 10:48, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
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		+	:I agree. [[Main_Page#Rules\|Rule #1 is "Don't be a jerk."]], and discriminating against valid spelling on the basic of national origin certainly seems like "being a jerk" to me. -[[User:452\|452]] ([[User talk:452\|talk]]) 14:45, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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	That's fine (with me) for this page, but we'd appreciate input [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob here]. [[User:Djbrasier\|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier\|talk]]) 01:36, 31 March 2015 (UTC)		That's fine (with me) for this page, but we'd appreciate input [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob here]. [[User:Djbrasier\|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier\|talk]]) 01:36, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Surely humour was correct? --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.248\|141.101.98.248]] 10:48, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

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	Sorry if this is the wrong procedure, but I've never edited anything beyond fixing grammatical mistakes. I've edited the page to get rid of the "double Cueball problem". Why don't we just leave it at this for this page and mark it as "completed". {{unsigned ip\|108.162.216.89}}		Sorry if this is the wrong procedure, but I've never edited anything beyond fixing grammatical mistakes. I've edited the page to get rid of the "double Cueball problem". Why don't we just leave it at this for this page and mark it as "completed". {{unsigned ip\|108.162.216.89}}
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		+	That's fine (with me) for this page, but we'd appreciate input [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob here]. [[User:Djbrasier\|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier\|talk]]) 01:36, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

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 Although the alluded-to Mars Rover missions are on-going (most particularly Curiosity, and the long-running Opportunity), could the most immediate reference instead be Rosetta's Philae Lander, scheduled to land on its destination well within a month from the date of comic publication? (Although technically it's a drill, not a hammer,  And it's not a sample return mission at all, unlike the likes prior Stardust/Hayabusa missions, or conversly the ultimate "hitting it with hammer"/non-return nature of Deep Impact.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.247|141.101.98.247]] 14:52, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 :(Also, "testing for life", at least directly, has only been a specific aim of ''certain'' Mars sampling missions.  But perhaps that's enough (possibly misplaced) pedantry.  Just don't personally know specifically how to improve the current write-up.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.247|141.101.98.247]] 15:11, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
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 There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since there is really only one Cueball that "talks" it may be OK to keep him listed as Cueball. Just made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 15:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

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		+	Sorry if this is the wrong procedure, but I've never edited anything beyond fixing grammatical mistakes. I've edited the page to get rid of the "double Cueball problem". Why don't we just leave it at this for this page and mark it as "completed".
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	Although the alluded-to Mars Rover missions are on-going (most particularly Curiosity, and the long-running Opportunity), could the most immediate reference instead be Rosetta's Philae Lander, scheduled to land on its destination well within a month from the date of comic publication? (Although technically it's a drill, not a hammer, And it's not a sample return mission at all, unlike the likes prior Stardust/Hayabusa missions, or conversly the ultimate "hitting it with hammer"/non-return nature of Deep Impact.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.247\|141.101.98.247]] 14:52, 20 October 2014 (UTC)		Although the alluded-to Mars Rover missions are on-going (most particularly Curiosity, and the long-running Opportunity), could the most immediate reference instead be Rosetta's Philae Lander, scheduled to land on its destination well within a month from the date of comic publication? (Although technically it's a drill, not a hammer, And it's not a sample return mission at all, unlike the likes prior Stardust/Hayabusa missions, or conversly the ultimate "hitting it with hammer"/non-return nature of Deep Impact.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.247\|141.101.98.247]] 14:52, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
	:(Also, "testing for life", at least directly, has only been a specific aim of ''certain'' Mars sampling missions. But perhaps that's enough (possibly misplaced) pedantry. Just don't personally know specifically how to improve the current write-up.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.247\|141.101.98.247]] 15:11, 20 October 2014 (UTC)		:(Also, "testing for life", at least directly, has only been a specific aim of ''certain'' Mars sampling missions. But perhaps that's enough (possibly misplaced) pedantry. Just don't personally know specifically how to improve the current write-up.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.247\|141.101.98.247]] 15:11, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

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	The simple language/technical field idea is also touched on in [[444: Macgyver Gets Lazy]] [[User:Quetzalcoatl\|Quetzalcoatl]] ([[User talk:Quetzalcoatl\|talk]]) 15:31, 28 October 2014 (UTC)		The simple language/technical field idea is also touched on in [[444: Macgyver Gets Lazy]] [[User:Quetzalcoatl\|Quetzalcoatl]] ([[User talk:Quetzalcoatl\|talk]]) 15:31, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
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		+	There is a [[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#Merge_Cueball_.26_Rob\|community portal discussion]] of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. Since there is really only one Cueball that "talks" it may be OK to keep him listed as Cueball. Just made a note that the other guy also looks like Cueball. --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 15:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

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	I'm guessing Randal wasn't targeting the word list explicitly.		I'm guessing Randal wasn't targeting the word list explicitly.
	[[User:Divad27182\|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182\|talk]]) 16:34, 20 October 2014 (UTC)		[[User:Divad27182\|Divad27182]] ([[User talk:Divad27182\|talk]]) 16:34, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
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		+	The simple language/technical field idea is also touched on in [[444: Macgyver Gets Lazy]] [[User:Quetzalcoatl\|Quetzalcoatl]] ([[User talk:Quetzalcoatl\|talk]]) 15:31, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

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 : Hallucinations doesn't exactly use "simple" language. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.207|199.27.128.207]] 23:31, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
-== Comparing with the word list ==
+;Comparing with the word list
 I compared all the text with the cited word list [http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_1000_basic_words list], to see what was missing: