Talk:2725: Sunspot Cycle - Revision history

Heleatunda at 03:39, 6 February 2026

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Heleatunda at 03:38, 6 February 2026

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42.book.addict: template:fact does not exist

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172.71.178.207 at 01:17, 19 January 2023

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172.68.58.130: I realized something.

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I realized something.

172.70.90.222 at 13:50, 18 January 2023

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Stevev at 08:31, 18 January 2023

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162.158.90.136 at 03:33, 18 January 2023

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172.70.100.132 at 01:08, 18 January 2023

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Mnl: add asoiaf comment

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add asoiaf comment

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	We now have a counterexample for "The sun is bright, and its light illuminates the Earth {{cn}}", which is from comic 285 [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.130\|172.68.58.130]] 19:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)		We now have a counterexample for "The sun is bright, and its light illuminates the Earth {{cn}}", which is from comic 285 [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.130\|172.68.58.130]] 19:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

−	Reminds me of the world of “Lion of Senet”. The planet actually ~~orbit~~ two suns in a rather erratic fashion and caused one of the suns to “disappear” for years at a time.[[User:Heleatunda\|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda\|talk]]) 03:38, 6 February 2026 (UTC)	+	Reminds me of the world of “Lion of Senet”. The planet actually orbited two suns in a rather erratic fashion and caused one of the suns to “disappear” for years at a time.[[User:Heleatunda\|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda\|talk]]) 03:39, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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	We now have a counterexample for "The sun is bright, and its light illuminates the Earth {{cn}}", which is from comic 285 [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.130\|172.68.58.130]] 19:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)		We now have a counterexample for "The sun is bright, and its light illuminates the Earth {{cn}}", which is from comic 285 [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.130\|172.68.58.130]] 19:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Reminds me of the world of “Lion of Senet”. The planet actually orbit two suns in a rather erratic fashion and caused one of the suns to “disappear” for years at a time.[[User:Heleatunda\|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda\|talk]]) 03:38, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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 :I know that editing may be hard. FYI: create {{Citation needed}}s like this: <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code> {{User:PoolloverNathan/Signature}} 17:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 ::Though over-use should be discouraged. Except in exceptional circumstances (many different things separately explained, giving a number of prime opportunities) I'd avoid more than one Citation Needed per comic. And I personally think (and it is the [[explain_xkcd:Editor_FAQ#Is_the_Citation_needed_template_here_similar_to_the_analog_at_Wikipedia.3F|official intention]]) that trying to find even ''one'' 'suitable' item per comic devalues the joke, perhaps should be (on average, but not punctually so just for the sake of it) maybe one for every three or four such pages; but I know there are those who would want to stamp (at least!) one into every comic, just because they can. And I would not normally remove an instance just because its usage is comparatively weaker than those in the two adjacent articles.
-::And note that there are redirecting versions of {{Template|citation needed}}, {{Template|cn}} and {{Template|fact}} (amongst others) in case you can't recall that it is "Capital C, small n" or are forgetful/lazy as you try to type it, though I think using the non-redirecting original should be done if you know how to fully write and capitalise it (feels neater). There is also {{Template|Actual citation needed}} when the 'real thing' is needed; though in a manner where you expect that issue to be resolved and removed by the next person who can either ''actually'' 'cite' what is true or else remove the properly doubtful information.
+::And note that there are redirecting versions of {{Template|citation needed}}, {{Template|cn}} and <nowiki>{{Template|fact}}</nowiki> (amongst others) in case you can't recall that it is "Capital C, small n" or are forgetful/lazy as you try to type it, though I think using the non-redirecting original should be done if you know how to fully write and capitalise it (feels neater). There is also {{Template|Actual citation needed}} when the 'real thing' is needed; though in a manner where you expect that issue to be resolved and removed by the next person who can either ''actually'' 'cite' what is true or else remove the properly doubtful information.
 ::Anyway, I shall add my thanks to [[User:GordonFreeman|the original Explainer]], it was a good first job, IMO. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.222|172.70.90.222]] 13:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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	For different {{w\|Helliconia#Astronomy\|astronomical reasons}}, it made me mostly think about the Helliconia series by Brian Aldiss. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.222\|172.70.90.222]] 13:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)		For different {{w\|Helliconia#Astronomy\|astronomical reasons}}, it made me mostly think about the Helliconia series by Brian Aldiss. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.222\|172.70.90.222]] 13:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Someone put the following in the Incomplete tag. I don't think it's right (a 7 year cycle... Could have been fudged to somehow happen three times in every two solar-cycles to more closely match..?) but it deserves to be seen in the context of every ''other'' potential inspirational source being mentioned:
		+	:Title text is a clear allusion to Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day" which is about the sun coming out every 7th year on Venus, an event which only Margot can remember. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Summer_in_a_Day
		+	...also, that editor should have tried using the site-standard {{Template\|w}} method for the link, perhaps, if they're reading this. For your future info, ok? [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.207\|172.71.178.207]] 01:17, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

	We now have a counterexample for "The sun is bright, and its light illuminates the Earth {{cn}}", which is from comic 285 [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.130\|172.68.58.130]] 19:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)		We now have a counterexample for "The sun is bright, and its light illuminates the Earth {{cn}}", which is from comic 285 [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.130\|172.68.58.130]] 19:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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	For different {{w\|Helliconia#Astronomy\|astronomical reasons}}, it made me mostly think about the Helliconia series by Brian Aldiss. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.222\|172.70.90.222]] 13:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)		For different {{w\|Helliconia#Astronomy\|astronomical reasons}}, it made me mostly think about the Helliconia series by Brian Aldiss. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.222\|172.70.90.222]] 13:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
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		+	We now have a counterexample for "The sun is bright, and its light illuminates the Earth {{cn}}", which is from comic 285 [[Special:Contributions/172.68.58.130\|172.68.58.130]] 19:22, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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 :Welcome to explain xkcd then. Any edit that is not vandalism is a good edit, because it makes other think about what should be here. So even if it is later completely changed it got things going. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 08:05, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 :I know that editing may be hard. FYI: create {{Citation needed}}s like this: <code><nowiki>{{Citation needed}}</nowiki></code> {{User:PoolloverNathan/Signature}} 17:08, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 Is it perhaps worth mentioning that sunspots, while they're darker than the rest of the sun's surface, are not actually black. They are cooler than surrounding regions and appear dark by contrast, but they're emitting lots of IR and some visible light. A sunspots-only (ignore the oxymoron) sun would still emit light and heat, just less. [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 03:18, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
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 The alternately dark and bright sun is very reminiscent of the OnOff star in Vernor Vinge's novel ''A Deepness in the Sky'', although the duty cycle of the OnOff star is very different, spending 215 years "off" and 35 years "on" in a 250-year cycle.  The On-Off Star even has an planet that is Earthlike and habitable, at least during the times the OnOff star is "on".  Somehow life on that planet evolved to cope with the cryogenic freezing temperatures (the atmosphere actually freezes to the surface) when the star is "off" and is inhabited by an intelligent race of arachnid-like creatures.
 [[User:Stevev|Stevev]] ([[User talk:Stevev|talk]]) 08:31, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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	Should we say anything about the weird aliased version of this comic that went up originally? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.100.132\|172.70.100.132]] 01:08, 18 January 2023 (UTC)		Should we say anything about the weird aliased version of this comic that went up originally? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.100.132\|172.70.100.132]] 01:08, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
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		+	The alternately dark and bright sun is very reminiscent of the OnOff star in Vernor Vinge's novel ''A Deepness in the Sky'', although the duty cycle of the OnOff star is very different, spending 215 years "off" and 35 years "on" in a 250-year cycle. The On-Off Star even has an planet that is Earthlike and habitable, at least during the times the OnOff star is "on". Somehow life on that planet evolved to cope with the cryogenic freezing temperatures (the atmosphere actually freezes to the surface) when the star is "off" and is inhabited by an intelligent race of arachnid-like creatures.
		+	[[User:Stevev\|Stevev]] ([[User talk:Stevev\|talk]]) 08:31, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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 To what "financial crash of 2014" does this refer?  I recall the housing crisis causing financial trouble, but that was around 2008. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.166.173|162.158.166.173]] 03:51, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 :This has nothing to do with finance so if you think the peak at 2014 should have any meaning I think you are wrong. there where just for some reason more sunspots even though the sun was still in the dark period. Maybe most of the few huge sunspots broke into smaller but with only thin lines between, so still dark but the count goes up. Then they closed again later keeping the sun dark but the number of spots fluctuating. --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 08:05, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 Does anyone have any idea what is supposed to be on the Y axis of the bottom graph? Something that goes up when the sun is transitioning between brightnesses and is at its lowest when the sun is either fully bright or fully dark? {{unsigned ip|108.162.241.213}}

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	This comic me think of the long [https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Westeros#Known_seasons seasons of Westeros] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire A Song of Ice and Fire]. [[User:Mnl\|Mnl]] ([[User talk:Mnl\|talk]]) 00:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)		This comic me think of the long [https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Westeros#Known_seasons seasons of Westeros] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire A Song of Ice and Fire]. [[User:Mnl\|Mnl]] ([[User talk:Mnl\|talk]]) 00:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
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		+	Should we say anything about the weird aliased version of this comic that went up originally? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.100.132\|172.70.100.132]] 01:08, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

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	Is there some way to shrink the size of the comic? It startled me a little bit when I typed in the URL of this website and saw this taking up a large amount of space, with me initially thinking that this was just another stupid case of vandalism. [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|talk]]) 16:32, 17 January 2023 (UTC)		Is there some way to shrink the size of the comic? It startled me a little bit when I typed in the URL of this website and saw this taking up a large amount of space, with me initially thinking that this was just another stupid case of vandalism. [[User:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|SilverTheTerribleMathematician]] ([[User talk:SilverTheTerribleMathematician\|talk]]) 16:32, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
	:Fixed {{User:PoolloverNathan/Signature}} 17:07, 17 January 2023 (UTC)		:Fixed {{User:PoolloverNathan/Signature}} 17:07, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
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		+	This comic me think of the long [https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Westeros#Known_seasons seasons of Westeros] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire A Song of Ice and Fire]. [[User:Mnl\|Mnl]] ([[User talk:Mnl\|talk]]) 00:02, 18 January 2023 (UTC)