Talk:2868: Label the States - Revision history

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Fixed external image links.

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Squee333: /* New State Name Proposals and Abbreviations */

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‎New State Name Proposals and Abbreviations

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‎New State Name Proposals and Abbreviations

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‎New State Name Proposals and Abbreviations

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	[[User:Strontium\|Strontium]] ([[User talk:Strontium\|talk]]) 20:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC)		[[User:Strontium\|Strontium]] ([[User talk:Strontium\|talk]]) 20:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
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		+	;Some logical names
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		+	* South of Oregon → Jefferson (historic proposed State of Jefferson)
		+	* South of Idaho → Pocatello (Idaho city / Shoshone chief)
		+	* South of Wyoming → Laramie (river, city, and county in Wyoming)
		+	* East of Montana → Glacier (from Glacier National Park)
		+	* East of Wyoming → Lincoln (common regional county name)
		+	* South of the previous → Cheyenne (tribe and Wyoming capital)
		+	* East of Arizona → Apache (tribe and county name)
		+	* South of Tennessee → Watauga (river and early frontier settlement)
		+	* South of North Carolina → Roanoke (river/colony name)
		+	* East of New Hampshire → New Dover (mirror of Dover, NH)
		+	* East of Utah (the state in the vertical column) → Uintah Named after the Ute/Uintah** region and mountain range in Utah.
		+	. Between South Dakota and Nebraska* → Niobrara From the Niobrara River, which flows through that border region.
		+	* Between Indiana and Ohio → Miami Named for the Great Miami River and the Miami tribe**, historically important in that area.
		+	4. South of Arkansas* → Ouachita From the Ouachita Mountains and Ouachita River, prominent in Arkansas and northern Louisiana.
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 <!--Please sign your posts with ~~~~ and don't delete this text. New comments should be added at the bottom.-->
 I have not counted the states, but I deeply hope reaching the 64-state count involves splitting Michigan's mitten and peninsula in separate states. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.241.130|108.162.241.130]] 16:02, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 :I have now counted them. Sadly, with a Unified Michigan, there are 64 states, plus DC, plus those 3 enclave-looking bits in California, Utah and Florida that have the darker outlines. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.214.73|172.69.214.73]] 16:09, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
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 I saw the highlighted list and for a second I thought he put the "Loss" comic in there. [[User:Psychoticpotato|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato|talk]]) 21:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
-==Friends reference==
+;Friends reference
 Should the episode of Friends be referenced in explanation in which Ross tries to name all states or he doesn't get Thanksgiving Turkey and eventually comes in the middle of the night to eat with list of 50 states while aware Nevada is there twice? Meanwhile Joey's list way more than 50 states and accuses Ross of making stuff up as he listed 'Utah'?
 Script of episode: https://www.livesinabox.com/friends/season7/708cdld.htm
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 :I, uh, think this might be a bit of a reach. [[User:DL Draco Rex|DL Draco Rex]] ([[User talk:DL Draco Rex|talk]]) 00:38, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
-==Are the right states highlighted?==
+;Are the right states highlighted?
 I could be wrong, but I think this page currently identifies the real Colorado, Wyoming, and Tennessee as "new" states. The states where Colorado and Wyoming should be with respect to Utah are more accurate proportionally to those states, and the more southern of the two Tennessee-like states just looks more like Tennessee to my eyes. [[User:Squee333|Squee333]] ([[User talk:Squee333|talk]]) 03:14, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
 :I disagree strongly. The real Tennessee is a quadrilateral. The upper Tennessee is a quadrilateral. The lower one is not. It also makes absolutely no sense for that random state to be the real Wyoming. Look how much cleaner the previous version is. You can see how states were slid apart to fit new states. You can't just look at proportions, you also need to consider positions. I strongly suggest reversion. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.167.201|172.71.167.201]] 13:14, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 ::I was partially going off of the discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd/comments/18j9nnb/the_bonus_14_states/. I'll change it back, but looking at a real map I'm not entirely convinced.
-==New State Name Proposals and Abbreviations==
+;New State Name Proposals and Abbreviations
 Tried to come up with serious-sounding names while including some proposed states and native people in order to determine what to call certain regions. [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/859658248177319937/1194519792669962310/2868_catboy_proposal_v1.png View Map] Feel free to make your own edits, or tell me to edit it if you want the style to be consistent. Note that I’m not dead-set on the placement of Tennessee/Cherokee and Arkansas/Cahokia or the Cherokee/Cahokia abbreviations. [[User:CatboyNiko|CatboyNiko]] ([[User talk:CatboyNiko|talk]]) 06:01, 10 January 2024 (UTC)CatboyNiko
 :Your "Central Dakota" is the real South Dakota, and your South Dakota is actually the new state. Arkansas is AR, and Nebraska is NE. US states actually can't have the same abbreviations as Canadian provinces; Alberta is AB. Since these states would have gotten their abbreviations before the Canadian provinces if they actually existed, you might want to change the names. I won't comment any further about the controversy surrounding which states are actually AR, CO, TN, and WY... [[User:Squee333|Squee333]] ([[User talk:Squee333|talk]]) 22:50, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
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 I remembered that Discord’s links broke a while back but forgot to update my image links. Whoops. Hopefully [https://imgur.com/a/TaWZAwN imgur] won’t break soon. [[User:CatboyNiko|CatboyNiko]] ([[User talk:CatboyNiko|talk]]) 03:32, 14 October 2024 (UTC)CatboyNiko
-== My take on this ==
+;My take on this
 The way they put all the extra square "states" between the actual square states confuses me, and now I am not sure which one is the real Colorado and Wyoming, so I just assumed.

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 I remembered that Discord’s links broke a while back but forgot to update my image links. Whoops. Hopefully [https://imgur.com/a/TaWZAwN imgur] won’t break soon. [[User:CatboyNiko|CatboyNiko]] ([[User talk:CatboyNiko|talk]]) 03:32, 14 October 2024 (UTC)CatboyNiko
 The way they put all the extra square "states" between the actual square states confuses me, and now I am not sure which one is the real Colorado and Wyoming, so I just assumed.
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 Can't wait for a sequel version - versions with other countries?
---[[Special:Contributions/172.70.94.147|172.70.94.147]] 20:20, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
+[[User:Strontium|Strontium]] ([[User talk:Strontium|talk]]) 20:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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	I remembered that Discord’s links broke a while back but forgot to update my image links. Whoops. Hopefully [https://imgur.com/a/TaWZAwN imgur] won’t break soon. [[User:CatboyNiko\|CatboyNiko]] ([[User talk:CatboyNiko\|talk]]) 03:32, 14 October 2024 (UTC)CatboyNiko		I remembered that Discord’s links broke a while back but forgot to update my image links. Whoops. Hopefully [https://imgur.com/a/TaWZAwN imgur] won’t break soon. [[User:CatboyNiko\|CatboyNiko]] ([[User talk:CatboyNiko\|talk]]) 03:32, 14 October 2024 (UTC)CatboyNiko
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		+	The way they put all the extra square "states" between the actual square states confuses me, and now I am not sure which one is the real Colorado and Wyoming, so I just assumed.
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		+	Some fake state names I made up are more humorous.
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		+	[https://imgur.com/a/pCFPJvA Here is my interpretation.]
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		+	North & South Laramie: It's near the real Wyoming, and Fort Laramie was there.
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		+	Boise: Fort Boise was there, although I could've called it New Idaho.
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		+	Rocheuse: Colorado is known for being the most mountainous state ever. It's French for Rocky.
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		+	New Oregon: It's below the real Oregon.
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		+	New Colorado & Wyoming: They're near the real Colorado and Wyoming.
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		+	New Indiana: Near the real Indiana.
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		+	New Arizona: It's between New Mexico and Arizona.
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		+	Kearney: Fort Kearney was in Nebraska, and this is sandwiched between the real South Dakota and Nebraska.
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		+	Central Carolina: Sandwiched between North & South Carolina.
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		+	'''More humorous ones'''
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		+	New New Hampshire: Near the real New Hampshire.
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		+	Baseballee: It's near Tennessee, and it sounds like Tennis-ee.
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		+	Aren't Kansas: Arkansas? Are Kansas? Enough said.
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		+	Can't wait for a sequel version - versions with other countries?
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		+	--[[Special:Contributions/172.70.94.147\|172.70.94.147]] 20:20, 15 May 2025 (UTC)

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	Iʼm surprised no one suggested “Nebraskota” for the new state between Nebraska and South Dakota.		Iʼm surprised no one suggested “Nebraskota” for the new state between Nebraska and South Dakota.
	[[User:Heleatunda\|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda\|talk]]) 19:24, 13 April 2024 (UTC)		[[User:Heleatunda\|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda\|talk]]) 19:24, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I remembered that Discord’s links broke a while back but forgot to update my image links. Whoops. Hopefully [https://imgur.com/a/TaWZAwN imgur] won’t break soon. [[User:CatboyNiko\|CatboyNiko]] ([[User talk:CatboyNiko\|talk]]) 03:32, 14 October 2024 (UTC)CatboyNiko

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	Is Maine the only state which actually became ''larger'' in this version of the US map? --[[User:Raviolio\|Raviolio]] ([[User talk:Raviolio\|talk]]) 15:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)		Is Maine the only state which actually became ''larger'' in this version of the US map? --[[User:Raviolio\|Raviolio]] ([[User talk:Raviolio\|talk]]) 15:31, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
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		+	I saw the highlighted list and for a second I thought he put the "Loss" comic in there. [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 21:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

	==Friends reference==		==Friends reference==

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	:::::: Name Origins: Dineta is the Navajo homeland -- it could replace either Gadsen or Nuuchi. The Yankton are part of the Dakota, so this makes it so there are (secretly) three Dakotas. Nuuchi is the endonym of the Ute. Seedskeedee is Shoshone for the Green River. When the province of Carolina was split in twain OTL, the new provinces were named after two of the lords proprietary, the Earl of Clarendon and the Duke of Albemarle. The Earl of Craven was another lord proprietary. [[User:JackBonhomie\|JackBonhomie]] ([[User talk:JackBonhomie\|talk]]) 02:47, 25 February 2024 (UTC)		:::::: Name Origins: Dineta is the Navajo homeland -- it could replace either Gadsen or Nuuchi. The Yankton are part of the Dakota, so this makes it so there are (secretly) three Dakotas. Nuuchi is the endonym of the Ute. Seedskeedee is Shoshone for the Green River. When the province of Carolina was split in twain OTL, the new provinces were named after two of the lords proprietary, the Earl of Clarendon and the Duke of Albemarle. The Earl of Craven was another lord proprietary. [[User:JackBonhomie\|JackBonhomie]] ([[User talk:JackBonhomie\|talk]]) 02:47, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
	:::::::Great suggestions! Used them (except for Franklin, since the new state is apparently the southern one, and Quapaw, since they weren't on the AR/LA border) here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Squee3/Misc/main/label_the_states_2x.png [[User:Squee333\|Squee333]] ([[User talk:Squee333\|talk]]) 20:19, 25 February 2024 (UTC)		:::::::Great suggestions! Used them (except for Franklin, since the new state is apparently the southern one, and Quapaw, since they weren't on the AR/LA border) here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Squee3/Misc/main/label_the_states_2x.png [[User:Squee333\|Squee333]] ([[User talk:Squee333\|talk]]) 20:19, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Iʼm surprised no one suggested “Nebraskota” for the new state between Nebraska and South Dakota.
		+	[[User:Heleatunda\|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda\|talk]]) 19:24, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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 :::::: Here's mine: https://imgbox.com/OmT0Zuq6
 :::::: Name Origins: Dineta is the Navajo homeland -- it could replace either Gadsen or Nuuchi. The Yankton are part of the Dakota, so this makes it so there are (secretly) three Dakotas. Nuuchi is the endonym of the Ute. Seedskeedee is Shoshone for the Green River. When the province of Carolina was split in twain OTL, the new provinces were named after two of the lords proprietary, the Earl of Clarendon and the Duke of Albemarle. The Earl of Craven was another lord proprietary. [[User:JackBonhomie|JackBonhomie]] ([[User talk:JackBonhomie|talk]]) 02:47, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
-:::::::Great suggestions! Used them (except for Franklin; see discussion above) here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Squee3/Misc/main/label_the_states_2x.png [[User:Squee333|Squee333]] ([[User talk:Squee333|talk]]) 20:19, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
+:::::::Great suggestions! Used them (except for Franklin, since the new state is apparently the southern one, and Quapaw, since they weren't on the AR/LA border) here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Squee3/Misc/main/label_the_states_2x.png [[User:Squee333|Squee333]] ([[User talk:Squee333|talk]]) 20:19, 25 February 2024 (UTC)