Talk:3195: International Station - Revision history

Zaphod Beebledoc at 19:53, 24 February 2026

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Zaphod Beebledoc at 19:51, 24 February 2026

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Baruch at 09:31, 21 January 2026

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82.13.184.33 at 09:26, 20 January 2026

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Elizium23: De gustibus non est disputandum

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De gustibus non est disputandum

82.132.239.241: Second pre-posting editing error that was missed. Pedant's Curse, probably.

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Second pre-posting editing error that was missed. Pedant's Curse, probably.

82.132.239.241: ...also, Preview what you write. Then re-Preview it when you've redone bits of it... ;)

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...also, Preview what you write. Then re-Preview it when you've redone bits of it... ;)

82.132.239.241 at 04:57, 20 January 2026

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Elizium23: tildetildetildetilde

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tildetildetildetilde

Elizium23: wikilinks

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wikilinks

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 :Let us not forget {{w|https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/space#Verb|the verb form of "space"}} but I am unsure how to work it in here! [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 23:16, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
 ::I believe that you intended to write <code><nowiki>{{wiktionary|space#Verb|the verb form of "space"}}</nowiki></code>, as in '{{wiktionary|space#Verb|the verb form of "space"}}', for a start. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.11.33|92.23.11.33]] 00:24, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
-:What would the 'space' between alternate universes be known as? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tholian_Web] --[[User:Zaphod Beebledoc|Zaphod Beebledoc]] ([[User talk:Zaphod Beebledoc|talk]]) 19:51, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
+:What would the 'space' between alternate universes be known as? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tholian_Web The Tholian Web] --[[User:Zaphod Beebledoc|Zaphod Beebledoc]] ([[User talk:Zaphod Beebledoc|talk]]) 19:51, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
 I initially interpreted the cartoon as showing the people and objects floating within something gloopy, and the wrench as a bone, and that the joke was about an "internal space station". Here we are, inside a gelatinous cube, or possibly a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immunity_Syndrome_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) gigantic space amoeba]... [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 15:43, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

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 :Let us not forget {{w|https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/space#Verb|the verb form of "space"}} but I am unsure how to work it in here! [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 23:16, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
 ::I believe that you intended to write <code><nowiki>{{wiktionary|space#Verb|the verb form of "space"}}</nowiki></code>, as in '{{wiktionary|space#Verb|the verb form of "space"}}', for a start. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.11.33|92.23.11.33]] 00:24, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 I initially interpreted the cartoon as showing the people and objects floating within something gloopy, and the wrench as a bone, and that the joke was about an "internal space station". Here we are, inside a gelatinous cube, or possibly a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Immunity_Syndrome_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) gigantic space amoeba]... [[User:BunsenH|BunsenH]] ([[User talk:BunsenH|talk]]) 15:43, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

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 This one reminds me of 3143 a bit too much. [[User:Explainyourself|Explainyourself]] ([[User talk:Explainyourself|talk]]) 03:45, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
-Am I the only one that interpreted it as "originally it was not supposed to be a space station but rather a 'regular' (ie. terrestrial) station, but because of a transcribing mistake they put it in space, hence the random floating stuff" {{unsigned|Baruch|10:04, 19 January 2026 (UTC)}}
+Am I the only one that interpreted it as "originally it was not supposed to be a space station but rather a 'regular' (ie. terrestrial) station, but because of a transcribing mistake they put it in space, hence the random floating stuff" {{unsigned|Baruch|10:04, 19 January 2026 (UTC)}} [[User:Baruch|Baruch]] ([[User talk:Baruch|talk]]) 09:31, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
 :That is a good insight! I think the wording is open to this kind of interpretation. (Interestingly, the "random floating stuff" does not include a sketch of the station interior itself, or any structure, ''per se''.) [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 18:50, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

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 :That's entirely leaving aside from the possibility that he deliberately waited until they were all safely back on Earth (and the emergency, whatever its nature, hadn't worsened) before doing something too funny, just in case it went sour. But then the link to the return is even more definite. [[Special:Contributions/92.23.11.33|92.23.11.33]] 01:00, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 ::We could still be thorough and say the news cycle was 8–15 January. And where is it written that wikilinks should not have all the words in them? Why is 4 words better than 9? Why is "to Earth" dangling outside of the phrase? There isn't even any punctuation or a... grammatical reason to chop it up this way. Where is it written? Where did we arrive at consensus? Why argue with IPv4 that only has 4 days of contribs? [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 03:39, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 ::I would say, if we are speculating about what went on in Randall's mind, that no matter how long it was "in the can", that publishing this comic at that time would be contingent on the safe return of the crew. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 03:48, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 The Hubble Telescope suffered from the same transcription issue - and we don't have Roscosmos to blame for that. --[[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76|2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76]] 01:14, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 :I think it is high time that I make a pilgrimage to the "{{w|Vatican Observatory|Vatican Space Observatory}}" on "{{w|Mount Graham International Observatory|Mount Space Graham}}", and discuss their "transcription errors", as well. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 03:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

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 ::For links, yes be economical. I hate {{w|Hyperlink#Link behavior in web browsers|so much text being put into a link that the effective context of what that link is cannot be easily determined by eye, and which leaves large bits of blue (with or without underline, depending upon additional CSS/etc) initially, then typically that purplish shade (again with or without underline) if I find that I've visited it, so that I'm forced to hover over the link to get more idea of what I'm clicking}} upon. If you can't be usefully focussed with what text the {{w|Hyperlink#Link behavior in web browsers|link}} is tied to, you've probably not even made sure the link is the most apt one possible.
 ::And try to hit the middle-ground. Don't just link to '{{tvtropes|SelfDemonstratingArticle|here}}', nor go beyond more than the basic necessary number of words when the possibly {{tvtropes|SesquipedalianLoquaciousness|Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness}} of the target page title is not something you're deliberately quoting. This is basic online-etiquette, people, which was already something that pre-HTML hyperlinking systems encouraged even before Web 1.0 came on the scene. [[Special:Contributions/82.132.239.241|82.132.239.241]] 04:57, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 The Hubble Telescope suffered from the same transcription issue - and we don't have Roscosmos to blame for that. --[[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76|2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76]] 01:14, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
 :I think it is high time that I make a pilgrimage to the "{{w|Vatican Observatory|Vatican Space Observatory}}" on "{{w|Mount Graham International Observatory|Mount Space Graham}}", and discuss their "transcription errors", as well. [[User:Elizium23|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23|talk]]) 03:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

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	The Hubble Telescope suffered from the same transcription issue - and we don't have Roscosmos to blame for that. --[[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76\|2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76]] 01:14, 20 January 2026 (UTC)		The Hubble Telescope suffered from the same transcription issue - and we don't have Roscosmos to blame for that. --[[Special:Contributions/2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76\|2A09:BAC2:637A:1250:0:0:1D3:76]] 01:14, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
−	:I think it is high time that I make a pilgrimage to the "Vatican Space Observatory" on "Mount Space Graham", and discuss their transcription errors, as well. [[User:Elizium23\|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23\|talk]]) 03:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)	+	:I think it is high time that I make a pilgrimage to the "{{w\|Vatican Observatory\|Vatican Space Observatory}}" on "{{w\|Mount Graham International Observatory\|Mount Space Graham}}", and discuss their "transcription errors", as well. [[User:Elizium23\|Elizium23]] ([[User talk:Elizium23\|talk]]) 03:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)