Talk:2380: Election Impact Score Sheet - Revision history

47.28.76.207 at 03:18, 6 February 2026

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47.28.76.207 at 03:17, 6 February 2026

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162.158.89.49 at 06:38, 1 July 2021

2021-07-01T06:38:06Z

141.101.105.250: /* Added a "Actual Effect" column to the table. */ Minor grammar/meaning changes to own contrib.

2020-11-05T15:57:33Z

‎Added a "Actual Effect" column to the table.: Minor grammar/meaning changes to own contrib.

141.101.105.250: /* Added a "Result" column to the table. */ Changed mind on column title. ("Eventual Influence" also possible, or combo of such terms, but longer than intended.)

2020-11-05T15:55:27Z

‎Added a "Result" column to the table.: Changed mind on column title. ("Eventual Influence" also possible, or combo of such terms, but longer than intended.)

141.101.105.250: /* Added a "Result" column to the table. */ new section

2020-11-05T15:40:32Z

‎Added a "Result" column to the table.: new section

Kjmitch: Comment response about the "hash" in "hashtag".

2020-11-04T19:01:19Z

Comment response about the "hash" in "hashtag".

108.162.241.178: Rambling about the drift from "#" being called "hash" to being called "hashtag"

2020-11-04T12:32:39Z

Rambling about the drift from "#" being called "hash" to being called "hashtag"

Testman: /* Printable version */ new section

2020-11-03T13:27:14Z

‎Printable version: new section

Paddles: Response to Lupo

2020-11-03T13:23:44Z

Response to Lupo

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 Before "Hashtag" existed, "#' was sometimes just called "hash". Once it was combined with a word (e.g. "#blart") and use to tag things like tweets, the combined unit was called a "hashtag" (i.e. a tag containing a hash symbol). At some point "#blart" changed from being read as "hash blart" (essentially reading the individual symbols that make it up) to "hashtag blart" (the meaning of the combined symbols), sort of how "$10" is read as "ten dollars" rather than "dollar-sign ten". But then taking the reading "hashtag blart" and back-applying it to the text "#blart" has produced the use of the term "hashtag" for the "#" symbol. Hopefully this won't go around the circle again and make "hashtagtags".
 :Really, though, '#' is still just called "hash". The "-tag" part refers to the whole string making up a topic description tag for the comment/tweet/blurb/whatever. "Hashtag" refers to a tag denoted by a hash symbol, and "#hashtag" prompts the system to link the user to other tweets by people discussing adding semantic meaning to user-generated text. Great for those of us who are super into text markup and metadata (though really, who isn't?). [[User:Kjmitch|Kjmitch]] ([[User talk:Kjmitch|talk]]) 19:01, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
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 == Nate Silver ==
 I wonder how many letters Nate Silver actually got following this comic.

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		+	Vote hashtags and Google "Go Vote" doodles are dumb (Besides that they mean vote for whom I want). The people who forget to vote are many of the people who shouldn't be voting[[Special:Contributions/47.28.76.207\|47.28.76.207]] 03:17, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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	Too early to say much about much, but eventually something like "(Pennsylvania narrowly went for) Trump, but did not stop Biden's win" or "(...) Trump, giving vital EVs to support his second term". Conversely, if it ever flips, what it meant for Biden. - I leave the content open to our future selves to fill in, but I suggest short, snappy and factual only, given the prior column's more wordy vague speculation from ahead of time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.250\|141.101.105.250]] 15:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)		Too early to say much about much, but eventually something like "(Pennsylvania narrowly went for) Trump, but did not stop Biden's win" or "(...) Trump, giving vital EVs to support his second term". Conversely, if it ever flips, what it meant for Biden. - I leave the content open to our future selves to fill in, but I suggest short, snappy and factual only, given the prior column's more wordy vague speculation from ahead of time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.250\|141.101.105.250]] 15:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	== Nate Silver ==
		+	I wonder how many letters Nate Silver actually got following this comic.

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 Let me see if I can do that by myself.
-== Added a "Actual Effect" column to the table. ==
+== Added an "Actual Effect" column to the table. ==
-Too early to say much about much, but eventually something like "(Pennsylvania narrowly went for) Trump, but did not stop Biden's win" or "(...) Trump, giving EVs that were support for his second term". Conversely, if it ever flips, what it meant for Biden. - I leave the content open to our future selves to fill in, but I suggest short, snappy and factual only, given the prior column's more wordy vague speculation from ahead of time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.250|141.101.105.250]] 15:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
+Too early to say much about much, but eventually something like "(Pennsylvania narrowly went for) Trump, but did not stop Biden's win" or "(...) Trump, giving vital EVs to support his second term". Conversely, if it ever flips, what it meant for Biden. - I leave the content open to our future selves to fill in, but I suggest short, snappy and factual only, given the prior column's more wordy vague speculation from ahead of time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.250|141.101.105.250]] 15:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

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 Let me see if I can do that by myself.
-== Added a "Result" column to the table. ==
+== Added a "Actual Effect" column to the table. ==
 Too early to say much about much, but eventually something like "(Pennsylvania narrowly went for) Trump, but did not stop Biden's win" or "(...) Trump, giving EVs that were support for his second term". Conversely, if it ever flips, what it meant for Biden. - I leave the content open to our future selves to fill in, but I suggest short, snappy and factual only, given the prior column's more wordy vague speculation from ahead of time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.250|141.101.105.250]] 15:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

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		+	== Added a "Result" column to the table. ==
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		+	Too early to say much about much, but eventually something like "(Pennsylvania narrowly went for) Trump, but did not stop Biden's win" or "(...) Trump, giving EVs that were support for his second term". Conversely, if it ever flips, what it meant for Biden. - I leave the content open to our future selves to fill in, but I suggest short, snappy and factual only, given the prior column's more wordy vague speculation from ahead of time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.250\|141.101.105.250]] 15:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

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	I don't know if Randall knew about or intended the reference, but there is a website http://hashtaghashtag.org/, describing itself as "#Hashtag is dedicated to political analysis and long-form opinion pieces on politics and public policy." Or maybe he just wanted to be a smart-ass with the #Hastag. [[User:Bischoff\|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff\|talk]]) 07:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)		I don't know if Randall knew about or intended the reference, but there is a website http://hashtaghashtag.org/, describing itself as "#Hashtag is dedicated to political analysis and long-form opinion pieces on politics and public policy." Or maybe he just wanted to be a smart-ass with the #Hastag. [[User:Bischoff\|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff\|talk]]) 07:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Before "Hashtag" existed, "#' was sometimes just called "hash". Once it was combined with a word (e.g. "#blart") and use to tag things like tweets, the combined unit was called a "hashtag" (i.e. a tag containing a hash symbol). At some point "#blart" changed from being read as "hash blart" (essentially reading the individual symbols that make it up) to "hashtag blart" (the meaning of the combined symbols), sort of how "$10" is read as "ten dollars" rather than "dollar-sign ten". But then taking the reading "hashtag blart" and back-applying it to the text "#blart" has produced the use of the term "hashtag" for the "#" symbol. Hopefully this won't go around the circle again and make "hashtagtags"

	== Printable version ==		== Printable version ==

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	I don't know if Randall knew about or intended the reference, but there is a website http://hashtaghashtag.org/, describing itself as "#Hashtag is dedicated to political analysis and long-form opinion pieces on politics and public policy." Or maybe he just wanted to be a smart-ass with the #Hastag. [[User:Bischoff\|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff\|talk]]) 07:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)		I don't know if Randall knew about or intended the reference, but there is a website http://hashtaghashtag.org/, describing itself as "#Hashtag is dedicated to political analysis and long-form opinion pieces on politics and public policy." Or maybe he just wanted to be a smart-ass with the #Hastag. [[User:Bischoff\|Bischoff]] ([[User talk:Bischoff\|talk]]) 07:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
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		+	== Printable version ==
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		+	I would argue that the "[Click for printable version]" should be hyperlinked with the link to https://xkcd.com/2380/election_impact_score_sheet.pdf
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		+	Let me see if I can do that by myself.

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 [[Special:Contributions/172.69.42.92|172.69.42.92]] 03:37, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 :Not sure. However, according to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population wikipedia]] they have the 3rd lowest population per electoral vote ratio (of the proper states), meaning that an alaskan vote in theory counts more than a texan one (which has the highest ratio). But don't ask me. I am a European with no big clue about that complicated US election system. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 06:29, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
 It seems that "538" is a reference to https://fivethirtyeight.com which seems to be a USA election news aggregation website. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.80|108.162.216.80]] 07:30, 3 November 2020 (UTC)