Talk:1970: Name Dominoes - Revision history

42.book.addict at 17:28, 29 October 2024

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172.70.162.142: /* Yo-Yo Ma is American, not Chinese */

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‎Yo-Yo Ma is American, not Chinese

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‎Yo-Yo Ma is American, not Chinese: new section

ColorfulGalaxy: Maybe Japanese, with one character per square?

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Maybe Japanese, with one character per square?

A(l)Chemist: Common names

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Common names

These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For at 10:49, 28 March 2018

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108.162.216.208 at 13:17, 24 March 2018

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Ad1217 at 08:24, 24 March 2018

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JamesCurran at 22:12, 23 March 2018

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	:Well, the {{w\|Yo-Yo Ma}} article ''says'' American, but born in Paris of Chinese parents and only moved to the US at age seven. (No clue given as to whether he was naturalised, on arrival/later, or one or both parents were US citizens to start with.)		:Well, the {{w\|Yo-Yo Ma}} article ''says'' American, but born in Paris of Chinese parents and only moved to the US at age seven. (No clue given as to whether he was naturalised, on arrival/later, or one or both parents were US citizens to start with.)
	:By my reckoning, he's at least Chinese-American (and has taken that label at face value for some of his life). Wouldn't know how much he still possesses official natural-born Frenchness on top of that (if his actual arrival wasn't in an embassy grounds, or something additionally complicating). These sorts of things can be messy to tie down exactly, and often vastly reinterpretable according to the situation. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.142\|172.70.162.142]] 17:01, 29 October 2024 (UTC)		:By my reckoning, he's at least Chinese-American (and has taken that label at face value for some of his life). Wouldn't know how much he still possesses official natural-born Frenchness on top of that (if his actual arrival wasn't in an embassy grounds, or something additionally complicating). These sorts of things can be messy to tie down exactly, and often vastly reinterpretable according to the situation. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.142\|172.70.162.142]] 17:01, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
		+	::According to the [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma#:~:text=Yo%2DYo%20Ma%20(born%207,of%20the%20world's%20greatest%20cellists Simple English Wikipedia], Yo-Yo Ma is a “French born Chinese-American”. [[User:42.book.addict\|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict\|talk]]) 17:28, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

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	== Yo-Yo Ma is American, not Chinese ==		== Yo-Yo Ma is American, not Chinese ==

−	...according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma#).	+	...according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma#). {{unsigned ip\|172.70.114.210\|15:50, 29 October 2024}}
		+	:Well, the {{w\|Yo-Yo Ma}} article ''says'' American, but born in Paris of Chinese parents and only moved to the US at age seven. (No clue given as to whether he was naturalised, on arrival/later, or one or both parents were US citizens to start with.)
		+	:By my reckoning, he's at least Chinese-American (and has taken that label at face value for some of his life). Wouldn't know how much he still possesses official natural-born Frenchness on top of that (if his actual arrival wasn't in an embassy grounds, or something additionally complicating). These sorts of things can be messy to tie down exactly, and often vastly reinterpretable according to the situation. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.142\|172.70.162.142]] 17:01, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

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	Can "Name Dominoes" grids written in another non-English alphabet be assembled? [[User:ColorfulGalaxy\|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy\|talk]]) 08:36, 13 December 2022 (UTC)		Can "Name Dominoes" grids written in another non-English alphabet be assembled? [[User:ColorfulGalaxy\|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy\|talk]]) 08:36, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
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		+	== Yo-Yo Ma is American, not Chinese ==
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		+	...according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma#).

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	:Looking at some of the missing entries in the Notability column for common names (eg. John Lewis, Chris Evans) and wondering what the best approach to this is. To me as a British person, John Lewis is a department store and Chris Evans is a radio presenter and former Top Gear host, however I realise this is not the case everywhere - Chris Evans is also an actor who featured in the Marvel films (probably more likely who Randell was referring to). Would it be best to list all notable people with that name (how do we decide who is notable enough?...) or should we just link the Wikipedia entry for people with that name? [[User:A(l)Chemist\|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist\|talk]]) 10:49, 3 March 2019 (UTC)		:Looking at some of the missing entries in the Notability column for common names (eg. John Lewis, Chris Evans) and wondering what the best approach to this is. To me as a British person, John Lewis is a department store and Chris Evans is a radio presenter and former Top Gear host, however I realise this is not the case everywhere - Chris Evans is also an actor who featured in the Marvel films (probably more likely who Randell was referring to). Would it be best to list all notable people with that name (how do we decide who is notable enough?...) or should we just link the Wikipedia entry for people with that name? [[User:A(l)Chemist\|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist\|talk]]) 10:49, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
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		+	== Other languages ==
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		+	Can "Name Dominoes" grids written in another non-English alphabet be assembled? [[User:ColorfulGalaxy\|ColorfulGalaxy]] ([[User talk:ColorfulGalaxy\|talk]]) 08:36, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

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	Would it be helpful to fill in still-missing entries of the Notability column of the Table of Names. I can volunteer to do that. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 10:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)		Would it be helpful to fill in still-missing entries of the Notability column of the Table of Names. I can volunteer to do that. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 10:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
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		+	:Looking at some of the missing entries in the Notability column for common names (eg. John Lewis, Chris Evans) and wondering what the best approach to this is. To me as a British person, John Lewis is a department store and Chris Evans is a radio presenter and former Top Gear host, however I realise this is not the case everywhere - Chris Evans is also an actor who featured in the Marvel films (probably more likely who Randell was referring to). Would it be best to list all notable people with that name (how do we decide who is notable enough?...) or should we just link the Wikipedia entry for people with that name? [[User:A(l)Chemist\|AlChemist]] ([[User talk:A(l)Chemist\|talk]]) 10:49, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

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	I'll continue looking into it, and thought it might be worth mentioning. Could this be some kind of QR code?		I'll continue looking into it, and thought it might be worth mentioning. Could this be some kind of QR code?
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		+	Would it be helpful to fill in still-missing entries of the Notability column of the Table of Names. I can volunteer to do that. [[User:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For]] ([[User talk:These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For\|talk]]) 10:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

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	I wonder if Randall used an algorithm to build this. It would be interesting to generate dense domino packings automatically. Does he have an official github account or similar? --[[User:Quantum7\|Quantum7]] ([[User talk:Quantum7\|talk]]) 08:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)		I wonder if Randall used an algorithm to build this. It would be interesting to generate dense domino packings automatically. Does he have an official github account or similar? --[[User:Quantum7\|Quantum7]] ([[User talk:Quantum7\|talk]]) 08:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
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		+	I'll continue looking into it, and thought it might be worth mentioning. Could this be some kind of QR code?

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 I've created a table/spreadsheet of all the numbers, with a,b,c meaning first, second, and third part of name, respectively, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tcxq1Hp3-AcGFrfkv3xRD1wNg9OO12gpN05D1H42-sU/edit?usp=sharing here]. Also, Van Jones is missing in both the numbered image and all text on this page. [[User:Ad1217|Ad1217]] ([[User talk:Ad1217|talk]]) 04:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
-::::Cool. Thanks for pointing out that I failed to number the tile after 249. I'm now correcting the image adding this as number 250 and correcting the numbers after that. Ad1217 could you update your spreadsheet, and would it be OK to add a picture of this to the explanation? (I spotted an error in your spreadsheet as well, as you have used 286b rather than 268b at the bottom, but correctly used 268a --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
+:Cool. Thanks for pointing out that I failed to number the tile after 249. I'm now correcting the image adding this as number 250 and correcting the numbers after that. Ad1217 could you update your spreadsheet, and would it be OK to add a picture of this to the explanation? (I spotted an error in your spreadsheet as well, as you have used 286b rather than 268b at the bottom, but correctly used 268a --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
 Does anyone else see the connection between "Six degrees of Kevin Bacon" and the fact that this picture is basically a network/graph? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.249.136|108.162.249.136]] 05:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

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 :::Do you think that maybe Randall created this comic just to screw with this wiki? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.53|108.162.221.53]] 14:51, 22 March 2018 (UTC)Martin
 ::::Certainly, a real explanation to Randall's ''Name Dominoes'' doesn't need a numbered list or one of these overwhelming tables. A short overview (a small bullet list would be the best) to the rules implied by the image and shown in the title text would be a proper explanation. Everything else is trivia at maximum. And I can't resist: This table, whenever it will be completely filled, tops them all...--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:30, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 I see alternative names or nicknames sometimes matches together. But is the Chris Pratt/Chris Evans match with Topher Grace a bit of a stretch? I see that Topher is a variation of Chris'''topher''' and Chis is a shortening of the same. But I guess it must be an acceptable move if Randle put it in the comic. Maybe it’s worth special points or something. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.38.70|162.158.38.70]] 18:14, 21 March 2018 (UTC)TheStewart

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 ::Yes great example of a table, and yes no wiki links in transcript. I will put this in the explanation now. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:42, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 :::I have now made an image where each tile is numbered from left to right. See this [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/73/1970-_Name_Dominoes_-_The_large_image_with_numbers.jpg picture] and [[1970: Name Dominoes/Numbered images|Explanation]] here. I have created a transcript from this list. And the table --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 14:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
 And I thought Alistair Cookie was a reference to the fact Alistair Cook is batting like a muppet.