Talk:3058: Tall Structures - Revision history

172.70.162.196 at 17:26, 5 March 2025

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Alos at 14:10, 5 March 2025

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172.70.160.252 at 13:52, 5 March 2025

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172.71.10.242 at 13:43, 5 March 2025

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172.68.151.30 at 11:59, 5 March 2025

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162.158.167.65 at 15:04, 4 March 2025

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162.158.175.72: You could add a Wikipedia link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower

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You could add a Wikipedia link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower

141.101.98.248 at 12:53, 4 March 2025

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TomtheBuilder: if I see one more person delete the table...

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if I see one more person delete the table...

172.71.241.111 at 12:37, 4 March 2025

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	You could add a Wikipedia link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.72\|162.158.175.72]] 13:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		You could add a Wikipedia link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.72\|162.158.175.72]] 13:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
		+	:At the time of this suggestion, there actually ''was'' such a link. Though it was removed in a later (justified, IMO) removal of the disproportionately off-comic focus on this particular structure (amongst manner others that exist and were neither in the comic nor given 'explanation space'). But you've mentioned it here, too, so fear not! [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.196\|172.70.162.196]] 17:26, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

	I'm interested to know what sort of garment would {{w\|Felix Baumgartner}} need to wear to qualify for the highest structure award when jumping from 36,402.6 metres. --[[User:Alos\|Alos]] ([[User talk:Alos\|talk]]) 14:10, 5 March 2025 (UTC)		I'm interested to know what sort of garment would {{w\|Felix Baumgartner}} need to wear to qualify for the highest structure award when jumping from 36,402.6 metres. --[[User:Alos\|Alos]] ([[User talk:Alos\|talk]]) 14:10, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
		+	:Long Johns? (Though perhaps more like what Kittinger would wear, than Baumgartner or {{w\|Alan Eustace}}...) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.196\|172.70.162.196]] 17:26, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

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	You could add a Wikipedia link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.72\|162.158.175.72]] 13:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		You could add a Wikipedia link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.72\|162.158.175.72]] 13:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
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		+	I'm interested to know what sort of garment would {{w\|Felix Baumgartner}} need to wear to qualify for the highest structure award when jumping from 36,402.6 metres. --[[User:Alos\|Alos]] ([[User talk:Alos\|talk]]) 14:10, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

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	:1000m is the height where you should start considering opening your chute, so you wouldn't do much skydiving if you jumped from that height. Beginners will start aroung 1500m to have a few seconds of free fall before opening, advanced skydivers somewhere between 3000m and 5000m.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.151.30\|172.68.151.30]] 11:59, 5 March 2025 (UTC)		:1000m is the height where you should start considering opening your chute, so you wouldn't do much skydiving if you jumped from that height. Beginners will start aroung 1500m to have a few seconds of free fall before opening, advanced skydivers somewhere between 3000m and 5000m.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.151.30\|172.68.151.30]] 11:59, 5 March 2025 (UTC)
		+	::Reminds me of the old (often retold, often varying, probably more apocryphal than not) about the Gurkhas, the British 'overseas' branch of the army which is rightfully honoured and feared for its bravery and tenacity and basically being a compact bundle of badass.
		+	::At some point (typically in WW2), the idea arises that it would be useful to drop a regiment or two of them behind enemy lines. They are approached with the idea of undergoing training, which they readily volunteer for, and then they get the full briefing.
		+	:::British Officer: We'll take you up in the plane and drop you from <given height>, on your first training flight.
		+	:::Gurkha Officer: That sounds rather high, can we perhaps try <slightly lower height> for our first attempt?
		+	:::British Officer: I wouldn't advise that, you need a bit more height just to make sure your parachutes open properly.
		+	:::Gurkha Officer: Oh, we'll have parachutes? Ok then, no problem!
		+	::... [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.252\|172.70.160.252]] 13:52, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

	This is kinda random, but does this wiki have a page for xkcd.com/no and xkcd.com/yes?? I didn't see any and I think they at least deserve a page {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.94\|04:32, 4 March 2025}}		This is kinda random, but does this wiki have a page for xkcd.com/no and xkcd.com/yes?? I didn't see any and I think they at least deserve a page {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.94\|04:32, 4 March 2025}}

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 ::Weird. Here with active links: [https://xkcd.com/yes/ yes] and [https://xkcd.com/no/ no]. Not sure where to put this, maybe under the explanation of xckd or the structure of the page? Hmmm --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:30, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
 :::Still no idea why they exist? I was hoping somebody had already sleuthed it out. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.167.65|162.158.167.65]] 15:04, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
 Nice to see the UK officially represented, there, but it's not even the {{w|Emley Moor transmitting station|tallest tower in the UK}} (and that's not counting the seven or eight latticework masts that range from merely taller than The Shard to even taller than EMTS). I suspect similar absences feature in the rest of the list, which I note yet features other freestanding towers-but-not-buildings (plus the 'joker' neither-tower-nor-building that is the aerostat). [[Special:Contributions/172.70.163.142|172.70.163.142]] 07:06, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

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	:Usually, the plane you are skydiving from won't remain circling above you ... -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 03:22, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		:Usually, the plane you are skydiving from won't remain circling above you ... -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 03:22, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
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		+	:1000m is the height where you should start considering opening your chute, so you wouldn't do much skydiving if you jumped from that height. Beginners will start aroung 1500m to have a few seconds of free fall before opening, advanced skydivers somewhere between 3000m and 5000m.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.151.30\|172.68.151.30]] 11:59, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

	This is kinda random, but does this wiki have a page for xkcd.com/no and xkcd.com/yes?? I didn't see any and I think they at least deserve a page {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.94\|04:32, 4 March 2025}}		This is kinda random, but does this wiki have a page for xkcd.com/no and xkcd.com/yes?? I didn't see any and I think they at least deserve a page {{unsigned ip\|172.69.23.94\|04:32, 4 March 2025}}

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	Comment thread for the inclusion of the table, if you have an opinion, state your opinion first with '''"KEEP"''' or '''"REMOVE"''' and then explain your position below. [[User:TomtheBuilder\|TomtheBuilder]] ([[User talk:TomtheBuilder\|talk]]) 12:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		Comment thread for the inclusion of the table, if you have an opinion, state your opinion first with '''"KEEP"''' or '''"REMOVE"''' and then explain your position below. [[User:TomtheBuilder\|TomtheBuilder]] ([[User talk:TomtheBuilder\|talk]]) 12:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
	:As the above IP (in double-reply to Kynde), ''KEEP'' because we have (or should have) plenty of similar tables-of-things-in-the-comic, and this is exactly in line with that. If there's any serious reason why it is superfluous in the Explanation, it'll go in the Trivia, but I can't currently see why it needs to be moved. But I look forward to the (twice-?!)removing IP, or any other individual, justifying the "we don't need" attitude. (Also, as I can't provably change my vote, even if ever persuaded otherwise, don't try to count this or any other IPs in the tally. This is an indicative statement only.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.248\|141.101.98.248]] 12:53, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		:As the above IP (in double-reply to Kynde), ''KEEP'' because we have (or should have) plenty of similar tables-of-things-in-the-comic, and this is exactly in line with that. If there's any serious reason why it is superfluous in the Explanation, it'll go in the Trivia, but I can't currently see why it needs to be moved. But I look forward to the (twice-?!)removing IP, or any other individual, justifying the "we don't need" attitude. (Also, as I can't provably change my vote, even if ever persuaded otherwise, don't try to count this or any other IPs in the tally. This is an indicative statement only.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.248\|141.101.98.248]] 12:53, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
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		+	You could add a Wikipedia link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostankino_Tower. --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.175.72\|162.158.175.72]] 13:45, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

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	Comment thread for the inclusion of the table, if you have an opinion, state your opinion first with '''"KEEP"''' or '''"REMOVE"''' and then explain your position below. [[User:TomtheBuilder\|TomtheBuilder]] ([[User talk:TomtheBuilder\|talk]]) 12:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		Comment thread for the inclusion of the table, if you have an opinion, state your opinion first with '''"KEEP"''' or '''"REMOVE"''' and then explain your position below. [[User:TomtheBuilder\|TomtheBuilder]] ([[User talk:TomtheBuilder\|talk]]) 12:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
		+	:As the above IP (in double-reply to Kynde), ''KEEP'' because we have (or should have) plenty of similar tables-of-things-in-the-comic, and this is exactly in line with that. If there's any serious reason why it is superfluous in the Explanation, it'll go in the Trivia, but I can't currently see why it needs to be moved. But I look forward to the (twice-?!)removing IP, or any other individual, justifying the "we don't need" attitude. (Also, as I can't provably change my vote, even if ever persuaded otherwise, don't try to count this or any other IPs in the tally. This is an indicative statement only.) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.248\|141.101.98.248]] 12:53, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

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	:If we were to add other examples, though, we could do without a lot of the extra information, just keep it no more complicated than the table with the comic-depicted structures. (One option is, indeed, to open up the comic's table to off-comic examples, those lines being given a light grey cell background to distinguish any which aren't on the comic, and distinguish masts, towers, buildings, rigs(?) and (the lone example of) tethered aerostat.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.253\|172.70.160.253]] 12:20, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		:If we were to add other examples, though, we could do without a lot of the extra information, just keep it no more complicated than the table with the comic-depicted structures. (One option is, indeed, to open up the comic's table to off-comic examples, those lines being given a light grey cell background to distinguish any which aren't on the comic, and distinguish masts, towers, buildings, rigs(?) and (the lone example of) tethered aerostat.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.253\|172.70.160.253]] 12:20, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
	:Postscript: became confused as to why the table I'd originally seen here no longer was. It got {{diff\|367814\|removed}}, but I don't understand why. Anyway, if it really doesn't belong in the Explanation, put it into the Trivia section instead and then add any desired relevent Otsankino/etc lines in as well...? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.178\|141.101.98.178]] 12:35, 4 March 2025 (UTC)		:Postscript: became confused as to why the table I'd originally seen here no longer was. It got {{diff\|367814\|removed}}, but I don't understand why. Anyway, if it really doesn't belong in the Explanation, put it into the Trivia section instead and then add any desired relevent Otsankino/etc lines in as well...? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.178\|141.101.98.178]] 12:35, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Comment thread for the inclusion of the table, if you have an opinion, state your opinion first with '''"KEEP"''' or '''"REMOVE"''' and then explain your position below. [[User:TomtheBuilder\|TomtheBuilder]] ([[User talk:TomtheBuilder\|talk]]) 12:38, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

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 :I'm sure there's a definitive list of "tallest artificial structures (not shown in the comic)", which we can decide the full criteria for (a number of additional broadcasting masts, self-supporting alone ''or'' guy-roped, plus maybe various oil-platforms that are sufficiently tall if you measure from the subsurface base). The (now-Triviaed) Ostankino intormation should not really sit there alone, ''without'' various other absences noted (see just above your comment, in this Talk/Discussion section).
 :If we were to add other examples, though, we could do without a lot of the extra information, just keep it no more complicated than the table with the comic-depicted structures. (One option is, indeed, to open up the comic's table to off-comic examples, those lines being given a light grey cell background to distinguish any which aren't on the comic, and distinguish masts, towers, buildings, rigs(?) and (the lone example of) tethered aerostat.) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.160.253|172.70.160.253]] 12:20, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
-:Postscript: became confused as to why the table I'd originally seen here no longer was. It got {{diff|367814|removed}), but I don't understand why. Anyway, if it really doesn't belong in the Explanation, put it into the Trivia section instead and then add any desired relevent Otsankino/etc lines in as well...? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.178|141.101.98.178]] 12:35, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
+:Postscript: became confused as to why the table I'd originally seen here no longer was. It got {{diff|367814|removed}}, but I don't understand why. Anyway, if it really doesn't belong in the Explanation, put it into the Trivia section instead and then add any desired relevent Otsankino/etc lines in as well...? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.178|141.101.98.178]] 12:35, 4 March 2025 (UTC)