Talk:3073: Tariffs - Revision history

FaviFake at 22:17, 25 April 2025

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FaviFake at 22:16, 25 April 2025

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FaviFake: Cleaning up notice

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Cleaning up notice

172.70.91.159 at 09:46, 24 April 2025

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172.69.134.252: The problem is obvious, at least to some of us.

2025-04-24T06:32:19Z

The problem is obvious, at least to some of us.

42.book.addict at 00:59, 20 April 2025

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172.68.205.151 at 19:12, 19 April 2025

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172.68.12.180 at 18:52, 19 April 2025

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172.68.7.43 at 18:50, 19 April 2025

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FaviFake at 16:50, 17 April 2025

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-<noinclude>{{notice2|This comic is about present-day politics and {{w|Donald Trump|}}. Additionally, the comic is about a political policy point that has disparate viewpoints which are both backed by extensive study. Please {{w|WP:DFTT|don’t feed the trolls}}: don’t give recognition or respond to trolls or vandals. If you find vandalism, revert and move on. If the vandal is a registered user, {{w|WP:RBI|revert, block, and ignore}}. As with these contentious topics, please don't write in a biased and slanted manner. Always be considerate of the other side, don’t {{w|WP:CIVIL|attack people}}, and always {{w|WP:AGF|assume good faith}}. (In case you need assistance in blocking a vandal, message [[User talk:Kynde|Kynde]].)}}</noinclude>
+<noinclude>{{notice2|This comic is about present-day politics and the Trump administration. Additionally, the comic is about a political policy point that has disparate viewpoints which are both backed by extensive study. Please {{w|WP:DFTT|don’t feed the trolls}}: don’t give recognition or respond to trolls or vandals. If you find vandalism, revert and move on. If the vandal is a registered user, {{w|WP:RBI|revert, block, and ignore}}. As with these contentious topics, please don't write in a biased and slanted manner. Always be considerate of the other side, don’t {{w|WP:CIVIL|attack people}}, and always {{w|WP:AGF|assume good faith}}. (In case you need assistance in blocking a vandal, message [[User talk:Kynde|Kynde]].)}}</noinclude>
 Uh, still no April fools [[User:Aprilfoolsupdate!|Aprilfoolsupdate!]] ([[User talk:Aprilfoolsupdate!|talk]]) 23:50, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

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-<noinclude>{{notice2|This comic is about present-day politics and {{w|Donald Trump|}}. Additionally, the comic is about a political policy point that has disparate viewpoints which are both backed by extensive study. Please {{w|WP:DFTT|don’t feed the trolls}}: don’t give recognition or respond to trolls or vandals. If you find vandalism, revert and move on. If the vandal is a registered user, {{w|WP:RBI|revert, block, and ignore}}. If you need assistance in blocking a vandal, message [[User talk:Kynde|Kynde]]. As with these contentious topics, please don't write in a biased and slanted manner. Always be considerate of the other side, don’t {{w|WP:CIVIL|attack people}}, and always {{w|WP:AGF|assume good faith}}.}}</noinclude>
+<noinclude>{{notice2|This comic is about present-day politics and {{w|Donald Trump|}}. Additionally, the comic is about a political policy point that has disparate viewpoints which are both backed by extensive study. Please {{w|WP:DFTT|don’t feed the trolls}}: don’t give recognition or respond to trolls or vandals. If you find vandalism, revert and move on. If the vandal is a registered user, {{w|WP:RBI|revert, block, and ignore}}. As with these contentious topics, please don't write in a biased and slanted manner. Always be considerate of the other side, don’t {{w|WP:CIVIL|attack people}}, and always {{w|WP:AGF|assume good faith}}. (In case you need assistance in blocking a vandal, message [[User talk:Kynde|Kynde]].)}}</noinclude>
 Uh, still no April fools [[User:Aprilfoolsupdate!|Aprilfoolsupdate!]] ([[User talk:Aprilfoolsupdate!|talk]]) 23:50, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

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-<noinclude>{{notice2|This comic and explanation is about present-day politics and {{w|Donald Trump|Donald Trump, the current President of the US}}. Additionally, the comic is about a political policy point that has disparate viewpoints which are both backed by extensive study and rarely implemented well. Please {{w|WP:DFTT|don’t feed the trolls}}, meaning that you don’t give recognition or respond to trolls or vandals. If you find vandalism, revert and move on. If the vandal is a registered user, {{w|WP:RBI|revert, block and ignore}}. If you are not an admin and need assistance in blocking someone, send a message to [[User:Kynde]] or [[User:Theusaf]]. As with these contentious topics, please do not edit if you believe you have a conflict of interest or might be writing in a biased and slanted manner (in regards to both major American political parties). Be {{w|WP:BOLD|bold}}, but not reckless. Always be considerate of the other side, don’t {{w|WP:CIVIL|attack people}}, and always {{w|WP:AGF|assume good faith}}. Thanks, '''[[User:42.book.addict|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:9pt;color:pink">42.book.addict</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:42.book.addict|<span style="font-family:Cormorant Garamond;font-size:6pt;color:#B1E4E3">Talk to me!</span>]]</sup>''' 00:23, 9 April 2025 (UTC)}}</noinclude>
+<noinclude>{{notice2|This comic is about present-day politics and {{w|Donald Trump|}}. Additionally, the comic is about a political policy point that has disparate viewpoints which are both backed by extensive study. Please {{w|WP:DFTT|don’t feed the trolls}}: don’t give recognition or respond to trolls or vandals. If you find vandalism, revert and move on. If the vandal is a registered user, {{w|WP:RBI|revert, block, and ignore}}. If you need assistance in blocking a vandal, message [[User talk:Kynde|Kynde]]. As with these contentious topics, please don't write in a biased and slanted manner. Always be considerate of the other side, don’t {{w|WP:CIVIL|attack people}}, and always {{w|WP:AGF|assume good faith}}.}}</noinclude>
 Uh, still no April fools [[User:Aprilfoolsupdate!|Aprilfoolsupdate!]] ([[User talk:Aprilfoolsupdate!|talk]]) 23:50, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

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 :"Repeatedly"? By what criteria? Obviously in your opinion, anyway, and I'm not going to tell you what to think (or try to guess what you're thinking), but I believe you're being subjective. Nice to hear from you, though. Please do come by again some time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.226|141.101.98.226]] 20:51, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
 ::”Repeatedly” by the criterion of being duplicated, happening again, recurring, and repeating over and over and over again. The current ‘explanation’ for the geophysicist/subduction comic a few days after this one is a perfect example, since it goes on for paragraph after paragraph after paragraph with dozens of unnecessary details, until someone (not me) was irritated enough to add a comment in the header about it. The purpose of this site, explainxkcd, is presumably to explain XKCD, not to teach everything there is to know about economics/tariffs or geophysics/subduction. To understand my point better (if anyone else ever reads this, anyway), look up the phrases “jumped the shark” and “mission creep” both of which apply to the current state of explainxkcd. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.252|172.69.134.252]] 06:32, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
 :Seconded. This really should be the policy. I have strong political opinions like just about everyone (and like everyone, I certainly think that my views are logically derived from cold hard objective facts), but I have refrained from editing this page because I am VERY aware that it would do absolutely nothing to help anyone, and detract from the purpose of this website. "Explain xkcd" is for explaining xkcd, it's not a a platform to persuade the internet to adopt your political opinions. [[User:MeZimm|MeZimm]] ([[User talk:MeZimm|talk]]) 20:42, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
 :I really don't know what you guys are talking about, at least regarding the explanation for this specific comic.  I believe the contributors have done a pretty good job keeping the explanation pretty close to neutral, except maybe it might be just a little opinionated in one paragraph.  Most of the "extra" explanation in there provides some necessary background that may not be quite as obvious to future readers.  Any leaning toward one opinion or another is mostly an explanation of the leaning attributed to the characters by the author himself.  If you have a specific rebuke against a portion that seems more opinionated or subjective, either tag it in the explanation without changing the explanation itself, or bring up the specifics in this discussion.  Please try not to bash this whole site and the contributors because of your own opinions. [[User:SammyChips|SammyChips]] ([[User talk:SammyChips|talk]]) 00:08, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

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 In my opinion, explainxkcd has gone off the cliff, and not just on this particular article, but repeatedly, and it’s getting worse and worse. I'm not going to edit it myself, but might I suggest a rule of thumb? If it isn’t necessary to help some understand the COMIC, then don’t put it in there in the first place! [[Special:Contributions/172.69.23.176|172.69.23.176]] 20:02, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
 :"Repeatedly"? By what criteria? Obviously in your opinion, anyway, and I'm not going to tell you what to think (or try to guess what you're thinking), but I believe you're being subjective. Nice to hear from you, though. Please do come by again some time. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.226|141.101.98.226]] 20:51, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
 :Seconded. This really should be the policy. I have strong political opinions like just about everyone (and like everyone, I certainly think that my views are logically derived from cold hard objective facts), but I have refrained from editing this page because I am VERY aware that it would do absolutely nothing to help anyone, and detract from the purpose of this website. "Explain xkcd" is for explaining xkcd, it's not a a platform to persuade the internet to adopt your political opinions. [[User:MeZimm|MeZimm]] ([[User talk:MeZimm|talk]]) 20:42, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
 :I really don't know what you guys are talking about, at least regarding the explanation for this specific comic.  I believe the contributors have done a pretty good job keeping the explanation pretty close to neutral, except maybe it might be just a little opinionated in one paragraph.  Most of the "extra" explanation in there provides some necessary background that may not be quite as obvious to future readers.  Any leaning toward one opinion or another is mostly an explanation of the leaning attributed to the characters by the author himself.  If you have a specific rebuke against a portion that seems more opinionated or subjective, either tag it in the explanation without changing the explanation itself, or bring up the specifics in this discussion.  Please try not to bash this whole site and the contributors because of your own opinions. [[User:SammyChips|SammyChips]] ([[User talk:SammyChips|talk]]) 00:08, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

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 ::It would be better to link it to a source though, rather than just leaving it as an unevidenced quote.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.58|172.70.162.58]] 08:43, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
 :::Choose ''your'' prefered source and example of the quote, then. Not hard to find. (Or to have tripped over and generally get blasted with over the last week or so, if you've not been avoiding newspapers, blocking news notifications and avoiding all TV/radio news in anticipation of an upcoming film release.) As long as it isn't the National Enquirer or The Onion, it'll probably do. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.241.18|172.71.241.18]] 09:36, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
-::::It's so not hard to find that you can't produce a single example. {{unsigned ip|172.68.12.180|18:52, 19 April 2025}}
+::::It's so not hard to find that you can't produce a single example. {{unsigned ip|172.68.12.180|18:52, 19 April 2025 (UTC)}}
 :::::[https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=trump+quote+ripped+off LMGTFY] [[Special:Contributions/172.68.205.151|172.68.205.151]] 19:12, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

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 Uh, still no April fools [[User:Aprilfoolsupdate!|Aprilfoolsupdate!]] ([[User talk:Aprilfoolsupdate!|talk]]) 23:50, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
 :The April fools is the president the U.S. Elected. (note: I am Usanian)[[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.232|172.70.214.232]] 12:41, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
 :I have good news [[User:Dextrous Fred|Dextrous Fred]] ([[User talk:Dextrous Fred|talk]]) 20:14, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
 I felt like using all caps is a good idea for explanations, since the comic itself is all caps [[User:Aprilfoolsupdate!|Aprilfoolsupdate!]] ([[User talk:Aprilfoolsupdate!|talk]]) 00:03, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
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 ::It would be better to link it to a source though, rather than just leaving it as an unevidenced quote.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.58|172.70.162.58]] 08:43, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
 :::Choose ''your'' prefered source and example of the quote, then. Not hard to find. (Or to have tripped over and generally get blasted with over the last week or so, if you've not been avoiding newspapers, blocking news notifications and avoiding all TV/radio news in anticipation of an upcoming film release.) As long as it isn't the National Enquirer or The Onion, it'll probably do. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.241.18|172.71.241.18]] 09:36, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
+::::It's so not hard to find that you can't produce a single example.

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	::It would be better to link it to a source though, rather than just leaving it as an unevidenced quote.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.58\|172.70.162.58]] 08:43, 10 April 2025 (UTC)		::It would be better to link it to a source though, rather than just leaving it as an unevidenced quote.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.162.58\|172.70.162.58]] 08:43, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
	:::Choose ''your'' prefered source and example of the quote, then. Not hard to find. (Or to have tripped over and generally get blasted with over the last week or so, if you've not been avoiding newspapers, blocking news notifications and avoiding all TV/radio news in anticipation of an upcoming film release.) As long as it isn't the National Enquirer or The Onion, it'll probably do. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.241.18\|172.71.241.18]] 09:36, 10 April 2025 (UTC)		:::Choose ''your'' prefered source and example of the quote, then. Not hard to find. (Or to have tripped over and generally get blasted with over the last week or so, if you've not been avoiding newspapers, blocking news notifications and avoiding all TV/radio news in anticipation of an upcoming film release.) As long as it isn't the National Enquirer or The Onion, it'll probably do. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.241.18\|172.71.241.18]] 09:36, 10 April 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Trump is right and tariffs are good.